Michael Pollan, author of the new bestseller How to Change Your Mind, discusses recent findings about the therapeutic and spiritual effects of psychedelic drugs.
Quantitative sociologist Adaner Usmani challenges conventional wisdom on racism’s role in higher incarceration rates among blacks.
Aryeh Cohen-Wade speaks with film critic Alissa Wilkinson about the new movie First Reformed and its striking portrayal of American Christianity.
Dan Kaufman and Massimo Pigliucci take issue with Daniel Dennett’s idea of an illusory “self” as “an icon on a computer screen.”
Anesthesiologist Stuart Hameroff discusses the theory of consciousness that he and physicist Roger Penrose developed.
Robert Wright and transhumanist philosopher David Pearce consider the question.
Glenn Loury and Bret Weinstein discuss Trump’s knack for baiting the left into opposing regular people’s “common sense” beliefs.
Bill Black and Jemar Tisby discuss the role of racism in the “quiet exodus” of black Christians from white evangelical congregations.
Aryeh Cohen-Wade speaks with Amanda Mull, author of the recent essay “Body Positivity Is a Scam,” about how the social network can shape one’s self-image.
Omar Baddar of the Arab American Institute outlines which media outlets do a good job at illuminating the Palestinian perspective.