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Alan Alda & Bill McKibben 11 Nov 2025 • EN

Bill McKibben: Tomorrow Will be Sunny

A confident prediction from the man who first brought our warming planet to public attention some 35 years ago. Energy from solar and wind is now cheaper than traditional fossil fuels and is being rapidly adopted across the world. The exception is the US where the federal priority is planet-warming coal, oil and gas. B

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Tim, Phil, & Tate are joined by Bryan Callen to discuss airlines canceling more than 700 flights as FAA shutdown begins, theories emerging that the NJ election was rigged, Gen Z women celebrating Zohran Mamdani's win, and Sydney Sweeney refusing to apologize for jeans ad in viral interview.   Hosts:  Tim @Timcast (ever

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Robin is a professor emeritus of evolutionary psychology of the Social and Evolutionary Neuroscience Research group in the Department of Experimental Psychology at the University of Oxford. He is the author of many books including: Grooming, Gossip and the Evolution of Language (1997) Human Story (2004) How Many Friend

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What if space and time aren’t real, and consciousness is the true fabric of the universe? In this mind-expanding conversation of Mayim Bialik's Breakdown, Dr. Donald Hoffman, pioneering cognitive scientist and author of The Case Against Reality, breaks down the revolution currently shaking science to its core. Could ev

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Neal Brennan & Alain de Botton 30 Oct 2025 • EN

Alain de Botton

Neal Brennan interviews Alain de Botton (The School of Life) about the things that make him feel lonely, isolated, and like something's wrong - and how he is persevering despite these blocks. Subscribe to the School of Life:  @theschooloflifetv  00:00 Intro 00:33 Philosophy as self-therapy 3:24 ‘Status Anxiety’ & Caree

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Douglas Rushkoff & Cory Doctorow 22 Oct 2025 • EN

Cory Doctorow: Enshittification is Not Inevitable

Cory Doctorow, author of Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It, unpacks the systemic forces behind digital monopolies, regulatory capture, the erosion of user rights, and how collective action and policy change can reclaim technology for the public good. Team Human is proudly spons

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