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Decoding the Gurus
An exiled Northern Irish anthropologist and a hitchhiking Australian psychologist take a close look at the contemporary crop of 'secular gurus', iconoclasts, and other exiles from the mainstream, offering their own brands of unique takes and special insights. Leveraging two of the most diverse accents in modern podcasting, Chris and Matt dig deep into the claims, peek behind the psychological curtains, and try to figure out once and for all... What's it all About? Join us, as we try to puzzle…
Episodes
- Decoding the Gurus
Special Episode: Interview with Amanda Montell on Cultish Linguistics
Amanda Montell is an author, linguist, and podcaster with a new book 'Cultish' on "how cultish groups from Jonestown and Scientology to SoulCycle and social…
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Anthony DeMello: The Bob Ross of Spiritual Gurus?
Well, the hosts have had a good long taste of the culture wars and friends, it is a bitter, bitter draught. As a palette cleanser, we return to a simpler time…
- Decoding the Gurus
Special Episode: Interview with Jesse Singal on Quick Fix Psychology
Another week and another extra special interview with journalist, podcaster, and Twitter outrage lightning rod, Jesse Singal.We discuss his new book on Quick…
- Decoding the Gurus
Special Episode: Interview with Tim Nguyen on Geometric Unity
Despite promising to leave Weinstein world for an overdue holiday, Matt and Chris have been lured back by a world shattering theory with a cosmic vision of…
- Decoding the Gurus
Bret Weinstein & Jordan Peterson: Two gargantuan intellects stare into the abyss
The big dog of the Intellectual Dark Web, Jordan Peterson, is back! And this hero, this mythical archetype, is welcomed back from his long hiatus by DTG…
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Brett Weinstein & Heather Heying: Why are 'they' suppressing Ivermectin, the miracle cure?
This episode wasn't meant to be about Ivermectin, or Bret and Heather's unique ability to apply an 'evolutionary lens' to understand everything, including…
- Decoding the Gurus
Michael O"Fallon: The Jacobins are Back..... To Reset..... Everything.... Dun Dun Daah!
Just as the Terror was used by Robespierre and the Jacobins during the French Revolution two centuries ago, fear and draconian control is being used today to…
- Decoding the Gurus
Gwyneth Paltrow: Crawling with parasites and in need of a cleanse
Who would have thought it, the Hollywood A-lister and founder of the luxury lifestyle brand 'Goop', Gwyneth Paltrow also finds time to host a podcast. Making…
- Decoding the Gurus
Special Episode: Sam Harris & Meditation is all you need
Sam Harris is a public intellectual who inspires strong reactions both positive and negative. Here, Matt and Chris dip their toes into Sam's introspective…
- Decoding the Gurus
Special Episode: Interview with Phrost on Bullshido
Matt and Chris are helped again by a guest in their endless quest to get the bottom of what the Hell is Going On and What It's All About.Phrost describes…
- Decoding the Gurus
Ibram X. Kendi: Gurometer Rating (Patreon Preview)
In this episode we provide a special preview of our usual Patreon content with the follow up discussion and our Gurometer™ scores for Ibram X. Kendi. You can…
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Ibram X. Kendi: Inside you are two wolves. One of them is racist.
Ibram X. Kendi is a Professor of history, director of the Boston University Center for Antiracist Research, and a research fellow at Harvard University. He is…
- Decoding the Gurus
Special Episode: Interview with Matthew Remski on Conspirituality
Today we talk to Matthew Remski, co-host of the Conspirituality podcast, writer, yoga practitioner, and independent journalist. Matthew is a font of…
- Decoding the Gurus
Nassim N. Taleb: Everything these idiots, frauds, and assholes don't understand
Nassim Taleb, what a mensch. He's got the confidence of a bull in a china shop that has just bought a lycra muscle-shirt and knows it looks great on him.Our…
- Decoding the Gurus
Special Episode: Interview with Thi Nguyen, a Gurometer's Guru
Today we talk to C. Thi Nguyen, a philosophy professor at University of Utah. He has some excellent insights into the kind of discourse that *feels* like it…
- Decoding the Gurus
Douglas Murray: Can indulgent dinner conversation save OUR civilisation?
Douglas Murray is a British conservative columnist, social pundit, and veteran culture warrior famed for his biting wit and eloquent intellectual speech. But…
- Decoding the Gurus
Special Episode: Calibrating the Gurometer
Chris and Matt take a break from examining the endless stream of Guru galaxy brain takes to offer their own and calibrate their newly minted Gurometer.The…
- Decoding the Gurus
Contrapoints: Making Philosophy Fabulous Again
Natalie Wynn is kind of a big deal. Her YouTube channel Contrapoints explores not only philosophy, but also politics and social issues. Praised by august…
Decoding the GurusSpecial Episode: Entering the Portal
Chris and Matt take a peak behind the curtain at Guru Community dynamics in the Web 2.0 era in an extended interview with Dan Gilbert, a self described…
- Decoding the Gurus
Scott Adams: Chris and Matt Go to Hell
Scott Adams, creator of Dilbert, has since written self-help books like 'Win Bigly' & 'Loserthink' and now hosts his own podcast "Coffee with Scott Adams".In…
- Decoding the Gurus
Russell Brand: Spiritual Transcendence and Anarchic Revolution is Praxis
Russell Brand is a hip bohemian Englishman on the path to enlightenment. And he likes the ineffable. Like, a lot. The decoders kinda like him too, despite the…
- Decoding the Gurus
Rutger Bregman: Piglets vs. Toddlers
Rutger Bregman is a Dutch Historian who wants to tell the world that humans are actually fundamentally kind, hunter gatherer societies contain important wisdom…
- Decoding the Gurus
Special Episode: Is Eric Weinstein Feynman-Negative?
Eric Weinstein has a habit of inserting mini conspiracy laden "audio-essays" at the beginning of his podcast The Portal. The one released this week was…
- Decoding the Gurus
JP Sears: Get Ultra Spiritual, Resist the Government, and Promote Coronavirus Conspiracies
JP Sears is quite the contradictory figure. He's well known for his YouTube videos mocking alternative health and spirituality, but he also sells natural…
- Decoding the Gurus
Jordan Peterson: The Alchemical Lemon explains the Crystalline Structure of Logos
Chris and Matt finally discuss the big kahuna Jordan Peterson by taking a deep dive into his extended 2017 interview on the Transliminal YouTube channel titled…
- Decoding the Gurus
James Lindsay: The monkey is out of the box and it HATES liberalism
Chris and Matt discuss James Lindsay's talk at the Speaking Truth to Social Justice conference held at the ostentatious National Liberal Club, in an episode…
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Eric and Bret Weinstein: A Dark Horse Gallops through the Portal
Matt and Chris introduce themselves and the overall concept for the podcast then take a deep dive into an infamous episode of Eric Weinstein's podcast 'The…