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#1260 Émile Torres: The Risks of AI and Climate Change

May 29, 2026

Dr. Émile Torres is an affiliate at Data and Society. Their work over the past decade has centered around a single theme: eschatology, whether religious, secular, or scientific. Recently, their work has been focused on the nature and causes of human extinction, its ethical implications, and the history of the idea. They are the author of Morality, Foresight, and Human Flourishing: An Introduction to Existential Risks, and their latest book is Human Extinction: A History of the Science and Ethics of Annihilation, a sprawling work of intellectual history, ethics, and population axiology. More»
#1259 Sarah Stein Lubrano: Why Political Debate Does Not Work

May 28, 2026

Dr. Sarah Stein Lubrano is a writer, content strategist, and researcher. Her writing focuses on social and political life and its relationship to psychology. She is also Head of Research for The Future Narratives Lab, where their work focuses on narratives about social and political change. She is the author of Don't Talk About Politics: How to Change 21st-Century Minds. More»
#1258 Nuno Pessoa Gil: Uma Conversa Honesta Sobre Suicídio e Eutanásia Com Um Psiquiatra

May 25, 2026

THIS INTERVIEW IS IN PORTUGUESE. More»
#1257 Jeffry Simpson: Attachment Styles and Interpersonal Relationships

May 22, 2026

Dr. Jeffry Simpson is Distinguished University Teaching Professor and Chair of the Department of Psychology at the University of Minnesota, where he directs the Doctoral Minor in Interpersonal Relationships. Dr. Simpson’s research interests center on adult attachment processes, trust, human mating, social influence, and how early developmental experiences are related to adult health, relationship functioning, and parenting outcomes. He has served as president of the International Association for Relationship Research. More»
#1256 Nathan King - The Excellent Mind: Intellectual Virtues for Everyday Life

May 21, 2026

Dr. Nathan King is Professor of Philosophy and Edward B. Lindaman Endowed Chair at Whitworth University. His scholarly work addresses such topics as intellectual virtue, business ethics, the philosophy of education, civil discourse, the epistemology of disagreement, and the philosophy of religion. He is the author of The Excellent Mind: Intellectual Virtues for Everyday Life. More»
#1255 Teresa Baron: The Ethics of Procreation, Pronatalism, and Antinatalism

May 18, 2026

Dr. Teresa Baron is an Assistant Professor at Nottingham University working on reproductive ethics and philosophy of parenthood. She is the author of The Philosopher's Guide to Parenthood, Philosophy of the Family: Ethics, Identity and Responsibility (with Dr. Christopher Cowley), and The Artificial Womb on Trial. She is currently writing on the ethics of ectogenic research and editing a new Handbook of Philosophy and the Family for Routledge. More»
#1254 Lynda Boothroyd: How Culture and the Media Shape Gender Differences and Mate Preferences

May 15, 2026

Dr. Lynda Boothroyd is a Professor of Psychology at Durham University. Her research focuses on Evolutionary and Cross-Cultural understandings of interpersonal attraction and sexual selection. She has focused on body ideals in rural Nicaragua alongside experimental work both in the laboratory and in the field on the impacts of visual experience on body size preferences. More»
#1253 Ricardo Barroso: Comportamento Criminoso, do Ponto de Vista da Psicologia Clínica e da Justiça

May 14, 2026

THIS INTERVIEW IS IN PORTUGUESE. More»
#1252 David Benatar - The Human Predicament: A Candid Guide to Life's Biggest Questions

May 11, 2026

Dr. David Benatar is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the University of Cape Town. He is best known for his advocacy of antinatalism in his book Better Never to Have Been: The Harm of Coming into Existence, in which he argues that coming into existence is a serious harm, regardless of the feelings of the existing being once brought into existence, and that, as a consequence, it is always morally wrong to create more sentient beings. He’s also the author of The Human Predicament: A Candid Guide to Life's Biggest Questions (2017). More»
#1251 Bradley Hillier-Smith: The Ethics of State Responses to Refugees

May 8, 2026

Dr. Bradley Hillier-Smith is an Associate Lecturer at the University of St Andrews. His main research interests are in global justice, human rights, migration ethics, obligations towards refugees, as well as ethical issues behind pressing social and political problems. His research aims to make a positive difference to people’s lives, wellbeing and rights through improving public policy and our social and political institutions. He is the author of The Ethics of State Responses to Refugees. More»