

For the Sake of Argument
Jake Newfield
Interviews and Debates with leaders in Philosophy, Politics, and Science
Episodes
Mentioned books

Jun 4, 2024 • 1h 21min
#46: Zach Bitter: Jakob Ingebrigsten Debate & World Records
Zach Bitter is the former World Record Holder for the 100-mile run and the 12-hour run. Zach is a professional endurance athlete, endurance coach, and podcast host of the Human Performance Outliers Podcast.
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Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/for-the-sake-of-argument/id1567749546
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JakeNewfield

May 23, 2024 • 47min
#45: Michael Levin: Regenerative Limbs, Intelligence, Consciousness, Free Will
Michael Levin is an American developmental and synthetic biologist at Tufts University, where he is the Vannevar Bush Distinguished Professor. Levin is a director of the Allen Discovery Center at Tufts University and Tufts Center for Regenerative and Developmental Biology.
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May 23, 2024 • 36min
#44: Jepson Taylor: Artificial General Intelligence, Consciousness, Ultra Marathons
Jepson Taylor is the former Chief AI Strategist at DataRobot and Dataiku.
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Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4k9DDGJz02ibpUpervM5EY
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/for-the-sake-of-argument/id1567749546
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JakeNewfield

May 16, 2024 • 56min
#43: David Zucker and Jim Abrahams: How we Made Airplane!
David Zucker and Jim Abrahams are the Producers and Directors of the 1980 Comedy, "Airplane!" They also created Scary Movie 3, Scary Movie 4, and the Naked Gun movies.
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May 11, 2024 • 46min
#42: Timothy Denevi: What Campus Protests Are Really About
Timothy Denevi is the author of Freak Kingdom: Hunter S. Thompson's Manic Ten-Year Crusade Against American Fascism and Hyper: A Personal History of ADHD . His essays on politics, sport, and religion have recently appeared in The Paris Review, New York Magazine, Salon, The Normal School, and Literary Hub. Timothy is an assistant professor at George Mason University.
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Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/for-the-sake-of-argument/id1567749546
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JakeNewfield

May 9, 2024 • 45min
#41: Dom D'Agostino: Ketogenic Diet Health Benefits
Dominic (Dom) D'Agostino is a tenured Associate Professor in the Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology at the University of South Florida. He is also a Research Scientist at the Institute for Human and Machine Cognition.
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Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/for-the-sake-of-argument/id1567749546
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May 8, 2024 • 44min
#40: Peter Singer: Israel vs Palestine and Speciesism Debate
Peter Singer is dubbed the “the world’s most influential living philosopher” by The New Yorker and has written, co-authored, edited, or co-edited more than 50 books.
Peter Singer is a renowned moral philosopher and an esteemed Professor of Bioethics at Princeton University. Yesterday, May 6th, Peter Singer received Princeton University’s 48th annual Howard T. Behrman Award for Distinguished Achievement in the Humanities.
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May 6, 2024 • 1h 6min
#39: Gary Taubes: Dangers of Ozempic & Refuting Peter Attia
Gary Taubes and I discuss the dangers of ozempic and also why he disagrees with Peter Attia.
Gary Taubes is an investigative science and health journalist and co-founder of the non-profit Nutrition Science Initiative (NuSI.org). He is the author of Rethinking Diabetes (2024), The Case Against Sugar (2016)
00:00 - Introductions
00:01 - Diabetes, Insulin
10:35 - Low Carb Diets
14:35 - Low Fat Diet
15:20 - Risks of Ozempic
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Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/for-the-sake-of-argument/id1567749546
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JakeNewfield

Apr 26, 2024 • 47min
#38: Dan Carlin (Audio-Only)
Dan Carlin is the host of 3 very successful podcasts: Hardcore History, Hardcore History: Addendum, and Common Sense, for which he received recognitions and awards, including best educational and history podcasts, and ranking among the best podcasts of all time.
In this episode, Dan discusses WHY he prefers audio-only, and HOW he tells such great stories.
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Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4k9DDGJz02ibpUpervM5EY
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/for-the-sake-of-argument/id1567749546
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JakeNewfield

Apr 25, 2024 • 36min
#37: Lawrence Krauss: The Multiverse, Cosmos, and Free Speech
Lawrence Krauss is a world-renowned theoretical physicist, commentator, bestselling author, President of The Origins Project Foundation and host of the Origins Podcast.
Among his numerous important scientific contributions was his proposal, in 1995, that most of the energy of the Universe resided in empty space.