

For the Sake of Argument
Jake Newfield
Interviews and Debates with leaders in Philosophy, Politics, and Science
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Dec 15, 2023 • 32min
#26: David Kipping: Is there other life in the universe? | Cool Worlds, Exomoons, Habitable Exoplanets
David Kipping and I discuss whether there is other life in the universe, Cool Worlds Exomoons, andHabitable Exoplanets.
David Kipping is the host of "Cool Worlds," and is a Professor of Astronomy at Columbia University.
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Timeline:
00:00 - Is there life in the universe?
09:39 - The Great Filter
20:00 - Scientific Process: How to Interpret Data

Dec 13, 2023 • 10min
#25: Jay Michaelson: Markwayne Mullin vs Sean O'Brien FIGHT on Senate Floor
Markwayne Mullin vs Sean O'Brien fight on Senate Floor - CNN Moderator Jay Michaelson.
Jay Michaelson is a writer, journalist, professor, CNN commentator, and Rolling Stone columnist. Jay's new book, The Secret That is Not a Secret, can be purchased today: amazon.com/Secret-That-Not-Heretical-Tales/dp/B0C9VWXHK7
Jay Michaelson is a writer, journalist, professor, CNN commentator, and Rolling Stone columnist.
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Timeline:
00:00 - Introductions
01:00 - Markwayne Mullin vs Sean O'Brien fight on US Senate floor
05:00 - The role of Bernie Sanders

Nov 1, 2023 • 37min
#24: Andy Norman: How to Consume Media Without Forming Bias
Andy Norman is the Founder of Mental Immunity Project (mentalimmunityproject.org), is the author of "Mental Immunity," and directs the Humanism Initiative at Carnegie Mellon University.
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Oct 23, 2023 • 30min
#23: Lawrence Krauss: Free Will & Consciousness
Lawrence Krauss is a theoretical physicist and cosmologist, founder of ASU's Origins Project, and author of "The Known Unknowns" and "The Edge of Knowledge."
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Oct 19, 2023 • 58min
#22: James Sexton: Marriage, Relationships, Fame
James Sexton is a prolific Divorce Attorney and Author of "How to Stay in Love," and "If You're In My Office, It's Already Too Late."
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Oct 4, 2023 • 33min
#21: Adam Frank: Exploring Life Beyond Earth
Adam Frank is a professor of Astrophysics at the University of Rochester, and a Scientific Writer.
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Sep 30, 2023 • 55min
#20: Donald Hoffman: Reality and Consciousness
Donald Hoffman is a Professor of Cognitive Sciences at UC Irvine and a popular science author who authored "The Case Against Reality." Hoffman popularized the idea that consciousness causes brain activity and that consciousness "creates" the properties of the physical world.
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Nov 9, 2022 • 36min
#19: Nicholas Christakis: Social Networks, COVID, Twitter
Professor Nicholas Christakis is the Sterling professor of Social and Natural Science at Yale University. Professor Christakis is the author of Apollo's Arrow and was named in Time's 100 most influential people in the world in 2009.
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Oct 15, 2022 • 49min
#18: Ben Taylor: Religion, Ego, Ultra Running
Ben Taylor is a leader in AI who was formerly the Chief AI Strategist at DataRobot and Chief Data Scientist at HireVue.
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Sep 24, 2021 • 34min
#17: Garrett Reisman: Senior Advisor to SpaceX and NASA Astronaut
Garrett Reisman is a Senior Advisor to SpaceX, a Professor of Astronautical Engineering at USC, and a former NASA astronaut.