Steven Pinker

Steven Pinker, PhD

6 Followers
72 Interviews
As an evolutionary psychologist, Steven Pinker advances the idea that humans are getting along better over time – despite what we see on the nightly news. As a linguist, he knows how the mind learns and a psychologist, he knows how the mind feels. On the About page on his personal website, Pinker has posted an X-ray of his brain and a spreadsheet of his genome.

Steven Pinker's Interviews

This is a live recording from our recent show – The Future of Humanity – held on 3 June 2025 at London’s Royal Institution Theatre. The event was a conversation between psychologist Steven Pinker and biologist Richard Dawkins – both previous guests on The Panpsycast – exploring the evolution of human beings and the cha

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Welcome to Episode 144 (Part I of II), where Richard Dawkins interviews Steven Pinker on the past and future of humanity. This is a live recording from our recent show – The Future of Humanity – held on 3 June 2025 at London’s Royal Institution Theatre. The event was a conversation between psychologist Steven Pinker an

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Bo Winegard & Steven Pinker 04 Jun 2025 • EN

Modernity is a good thing | Steven Pinker

Watch or listen to the full thing at AporiaMagazine.com

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Jonathan Kay & Steven Pinker 31 May 2025 • EN

The Problem With ‘Harvard Derangement Syndrome’

Harvard professor Steven Pinker tells Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay why Donald Trump’s campaign against his university’s ‘woke’ policies goes too far. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Nick Gillespie & Steven Pinker 07 May 2025 • EN

Steven Pinker: Can Harvard Be Saved?

The Harvard psychologist discusses recent gains for free speech at Harvard, growing political and ideological threats to academic freedom, and the importance of shared knowledge in sustaining truth and progress.

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Steven Pinker 20 Mar 2025 • EN

Steven Pinker Knows Everything

Harry sits down with Steven Pinker, who wears many intellectual hats, all well: linguist, psychologist, political philosopher, historian, and social critic, for starters. After some brief discussion of his childhood and background, they dive into Pinker’s best-selling “The Better Angels of Our Nature,” (Bill Gates’s fa

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