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Inner Cosmos with David Eagleman

Inner Cosmos with David Eagleman

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Neuroscientist and author David Eagleman discusses how our brain interprets the world and what that means for us. Through storytelling, research, interviews, and experiments, David Eagleman tackles wild questions that illuminate new facets of our lives and our realities.

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Episodes
  • Ep140 "How does your brain decide what’s true?" with Sam Harris

    Ep140 "How does your brain decide what’s true?" with Sam Harris
    Feb 9 2026

    Why do we believe what we believe? Why is changing our opinions so difficult, and why does a challenged belief so often feel like a personal attack? What if beliefs didn’t evolve to be true, but to be socially useful? Today we speak with Sam Harris about the topic of our beliefs: how we see the world and what we take to be true about it.
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    1 hr and 21 mins
  • Ep139 "What does alignment look like in a society of AIs?" with Danielle Perszyk

    Ep139 "What does alignment look like in a society of AIs?" with Danielle Perszyk
    Feb 2 2026

    Is intelligence a property of individual brains, or is it something that emerges from many brains trying to align with one another? How can we build AI agents to improve our understanding of the world and to mediate between rivaling humans? For this and much more, we speak today with Danielle Perszyk, a cognitive scientist who leads the human-computer interaction team at Amazon’s AGI Lab.
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    58 mins
  • Ep138 "Why do our political brains mistake opinion for truth?" with Kaizen Asiedu

    Ep138 "Why do our political brains mistake opinion for truth?" with Kaizen Asiedu
    Jan 26 2026

    What if your confidence in your political beliefs does not correlate with their accuracy? Why does a pundit's outrage often feel so convincing and nuance so unsatisfying? Are conspiracy theories a predictable feature of human brains? Is there any way to stop ourselves from mistaking our feelings for conclusions? How can we come to be clearer thinkers? Today we speak with political commentator Kaizen Asiedu about how we arrive at our hot takes on the world.
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    1 hr and 8 mins
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After listening to the first episode, I am definitely following this podcast. Mr Eagleman is articulate and explains his reasoning well.
My only problem is that the emphasis on words in his narration is somewhat sing-song but that is minor. He has this excited tone of voice which is contagious; I became curious about what he was curious about and I enjoyed that.
I'm looking forward to listening to more. And I am going to shake up my routines as he suggested at the end.

Fascinating and a good use of my time

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This episode really makes you question your entire perception of reality. Strongly recommend, well done.

Brilliant Episode

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