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Decoding the Gurus

By Christopher Kavanagh and Matthew BrowneSociety & Culture, Science, Social SciencesEnglish

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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 our way through and talk some smart-sounding smack about the intellectual giants of our age, from...

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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 our way through and talk some smart-sounding smack about the intellectual giants of our age, from Jordan Peterson to Robin DiAngelo. Are they revolutionary thinkers or just grifters with delusions of grandeur?
Join us and let's find out!

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Episodes 268 episodes in the feed

  1. Jensen Huang, Part 1: AI Will Fix Everything (Probably)

    Episode 1712 h 2 min

  2. Supplementary Material 57: p(doom) Updates, Nazi Apologist Imbeciles, and JAQs about False Flag Conspiracies

    Bonus39 min

  3. Supplementary Material 56: 10% for AI Doom, Bespoke Debates, and Eurotrash DJs

    Bonus26 min

  4. Candace Owens, Part 2: The Woman Who Noticed Everything

    Episode 1702 h 27 min

  5. Candace Owens, Part 1: Charlie Kirk and the Cosmic Conspiracy

    Episode 1691 h 42 min

  6. Gurometer Triple Threat: Professor Jiang, Mel Robbins & Jimmy Carr *Patreon Preview*

    Bonus59 min

  7. Supplementary Material 55: Nature Debates, Murder Drone Conspiracies, and Podcast Vibes

    Bonus34 min

  8. Mel Robbins, Part 2: Matt & Chris manifest their fully actualised future selves

    Episode 1681 h 42 min

  9. Supplementary Material 54: Solarpunk Pecan Pie, Northern Irish Sushi, & the Discourse Meat Grinder

    Bonus41 min

  10. Mel Robbins, Part 1: The Hard Science of Manifestation

    Episode 1672 h 4 min

Show 40 older episodes

  1. Jimmy Carr & Joe Rogan: The Jester & the Khan

    Episode 1662 h 54 min

  2. Lab Leak Groundhog Day: COVID Origins in 2026 with Worobey, Andersen, and Holmes

    Episode 1651 h 44 min

  3. Supplementary Material 53: Matthew the Succulent, Bin-faced Politicians, and Very Very Tired Economists

    Bonus31 min

  4. Supplementary Material 52: Under-Optimized Academics, Tired Economists, and Bailiwick Clarifications

    Bonus22 min

  5. Decoding Academia 36: Revenge of the Chimpanzees *Patreon Series*

    Bonus27 min

  6. Professor Jiang, Part 2: Cosmic Jiang's Jenga Tower of Bullshit

    Episode 1641 h 31 min

  7. Professor Jiang, Part 1: Geopolitical Pantomime

    Episode 1632 h 32 min

  8. Supplementary Material 51: Parasitic Palate Cleansers, Selective Understanding, and the "Context"

    Bonus31 min

  9. Gurometer: Iain McGilchrist *Patreon Preview*

    Bonus39 min

  10. Supplementary Material 50: The String Theory Mafia, Shameless Propagandists, and The Topography of Semantic Space

    Bonus48 min

  11. L. Ron Hubbard: Sleeping with Bandits, Hunting with Pygmies And So On

    Episode 1622 h 24 min

  12. Supplementary Material 49: Calibrated Podcast Expectations, The Great Consciousness Debate of 2026, and Russell Brand is a Bad Guy

    Bonus44 min

  13. Iain McGilchrist, Part 2: Hemispheres, Culture, and Cosmic Consciousness

    Episode 1613 h 10 min

  14. Supplementary Material 48: Grey Beard's Council, Late-Stage Anti-Capitalism, and Demonic Mould Health Updates

    Bonus44 min

  15. Iain McGilchrist, Part 1: Right-Brain Thinking

    Episode 1602 h 3 min

  16. Mentalism and Meta-Deception with Stevie Baskin

    Episode 1591 h 28 min

  17. Supplementary Material 47: The DTG Conspiracy UNMASKED, Quantum Idiots, and Triggernometry Prophecies

    Bonus44 min

  18. The Moral Dilemmas of AI with Michael Inzlicht

    Episode 1581 h 38 min

  19. Ken Wilber: Spiralling Upwards through a Technicolor Cosmos

    Episode 1572 h 38 min

  20. Gurometer: Teal Swan and Scott Galloway

    Bonus19 min

  21. Supplementary Material 46: Epstein Did Microtransactions, Grok Did Nothing Wrong, and Murder is Bad

    Bonus36 min

  22. Blindboy, Part 2: Where Have All the Good Men Gone?

    Episode 1561 h 49 min

  23. Blindboy, Part 1: Unmasking the Evil Elite Cabal

    Episode 1552 h 21 min

  24. Decoding Academia: Moral Entrepreneurs, Measurement Issues, & Screentime with Andrew Przybylski (Patreon Preview)

    Episode 1541 h 13 min

  25. Supplementary Material 45: Mick Drops, The Weinstein Conspiracy Hour, and Lessons from History

    Bonus33 min

  26. Decoding Academia 35: When Prophecy Fails Debunked? (Patreon Series)

    Bonus37 min

  27. Teal Swan: All Hail Source

    Episode 1532 h 59 min

  28. Decoding Academia 34: Empathetic AIs? (Patreon Series)

    Bonus22 min

  29. The Rise of the Science Populists with Sam Gregson and Tim Henke

    Episode 1521 h 35 min

  30. Supplementary Material 44: Peasant Archmages, Moral Panics, and LOTR Parenting Tips

    Bonus32 min

  31. Open Science, Psychology, and the Art of Not Quite Claiming Causality with Julia Rohrer

    Episode 1511 h 32 min

  32. Supplementary Material 43: Red-Blooded Americans, Real Life Alan Partridge, and Rationalist Eulogies

    Bonus21 min

  33. Scott Galloway, Part 2: Peak Masculinity

    Episode 1503 h 8 min

  34. Supplementary Material 42: Chimpanzee Testicles, Home Alone Statistics, and Influencer Research

    Bonus34 min

  35. Scott Galloway, Part 1: On Men

    Episode 1492 h 51 min

  36. The Replication Crisis Christmas Quiz w/ Mickey Inzlicht & Dave Pizarro

    Episode 1481 h 29 min

  37. DTG Christmas Quiz 2025 with Helen Lewis

    Episode 1471 h 26 min

  38. Supplementary Material 41: Ironic Nazis, Blustering Tories, and Ol' Squeaky's Lament

    Bonus43 min

  39. Gurometer: Stefan Molyneux *Patreon Preview*

    Bonus32 min

  40. Stefan Molyneux, Part 2: Back in the Moly Hole

    Episode 1461 h 31 min

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