The Insight Show Notes — Season 2, Episode 26: The Epigenetics Revolution
The Insight Show Notes — Season 2, Episode 26: The Epigenetics RevolutionThis week on The Insight (Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher and Google Podcasts) Razib talks about the “Epigenetics Revolution” with John Greally of Albert Einstein School of Medi…
What is a “Brown Pundits” podcast?
One of the interesting things about asking people whether they would come on this blog’s podcast is that they often say “I don’t know if I’d be that interesting to the audience….” More specifically, there isn’t always a South Asian “hook” to some of the episodes. But the name of the podcast is “Brown Pundits” …
The Insight Show Notes — Season 2, Episode 25: The $1,000 Genome
The Insight Show Notes — Season 2, Episode 25: The $1,000 GenomeCitation: Rodrigo MartinezIf you haven’t, please fill out The Insight listener survey.This week on The Insight (Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher and Google Podcasts) Rodrigo Martinez of V…
Reader Survey for The Insight
Reader Survey for The Insight podcastAfter 50+ episodes and 200,000+ downloads, Spencer and I have decided that we want to know a little bit more about the listeners to our podcasts, as well as taking some feedback for the future direction of The Insig…
The Insight Show Notes — Season 2, Episode 24: Deconstructing the Denisovans
The Insight Show Notes — Season 2, Episode 24: Deconstructing the DenisovansThe Dali skull, 200,000 years old. A Denisovan?This week on The Insight (Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher and Google Podcasts) Spencer is back, as we go back to our old two-ma…
Browncast Episode 29: Zaid Jilani on the discourse, the primaries, and culture
Another BP Podcast is up. You can listen on Libsyn, iTunes, Spotify, and Stitcher. Probably the easiest way to keep up the podcast since we don’t have a regular schedule is to subscribe at one of the links above. You can also support the podcast as a patron (the primary benefit now is that you get the podcasts considerably earlier than …
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BrownCast Podcast episode 27: Zach on why he’s an Islamophobe and why he hates PewDiePie
Another BP Podcast is up. You can listen on Libsyn, iTunes, Spotify, and Stitcher. Probably the easiest way to keep up the podcast since we don’t have a regular schedule is to subscribe at one of the links above. You can also support the podcast as a patron (the primary benefit now is that you get the podcasts considerably earlier than …
The Insight hits 200,000 downloads!
After a year and a half, and 50+ podcasts over two seasons, The Insight has surpassed 200,000 downloads. We appreciate everyone’s support, especially those who have left positive reviews on Apple Podcasts and Stitcher. The Insight is also on Spotify, G…
BrownCast Podcast episode 26: Surya Yalamanchili, all-American desi on politics, India, and culture
Another BP Podcast is up. You can listen on Libsyn, iTunes, Spotify, and Stitcher. Probably the easiest way to keep up the podcast since we don’t have a regular schedule is to subscribe at one of the links above. You can also support the podcast as a patron (the primary benefit now is that you get the podcasts considerably earlier than …
Podcasts incoming!!!
I just want to remind readers that if you are a patron of the podcast, I post them early on Patreon. Two podcasts were posted today, and two will be posted tomorrow. I’ll probably roll out the podcasts over the next week. I assume when I post the posts you get notifications, but usually, I …
BrownCast Podcast episode 25: Christoph, center-left edgelord on social justice, Islam, and cosmopolitanism
Another BP Podcast is up. You can listen on Libsyn, iTunes, Spotify, and Stitcher. Probably the easiest way to keep up the podcast since we don’t have a regular schedule is to subscribe at one of the links above. You can also support the podcast as a patron (the primary benefit now is that you get the podcasts considerably earlier than …
The Insight Show Notes — Season 2, Episode 20: This View of Life, Completing the Darwinian…
The Insight Show Notes — Season 2, Episode 20: This View of Life, Completing the Darwinian RevolutionThis week on The Insight (Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher and Google Podcasts) we discuss the “evolutionary thinking” with David Sloan Wilson, the Pr…
BrownCast Podcast episode 24: Shadi Hamid, American politics, Egyptian politics, being online
Another BP Podcast is up. You can listen on Libsyn, iTunes, Spotify, and Stitcher. Probably the easiest way to keep up the podcast since we don’t have a regular schedule is to subscribe at one of the links above. You can also support the podcast as a patron (the primary benefit now is that you get the podcasts considerably earlier than …
BrownCast Podcast episode 23: Dr. Jeffrey Long on Hinduism, history and politics
Another BP Podcast is up. You can listen on Libsyn, iTunes and Stitcher. Probably the easiest way to keep up the podcast since we don’t have a regular schedule is to subscribe at one of the links above. You can also support the podcast as a patron (the primary benefit now is that you get the podcasts considerably earlier than everyone else…). Would …
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BrownCast Podcast episode 21: A conversation with Thomas Chatterton Williams, a cosmopolitan in Paris
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The Insight Show Notes — Season 2, Episode 17: Polygenic risk scores and diversity
The Insight Show Notes — Season 2, Episode 17: Polygenic risk scores and diversityThe risk for coronary heart diseaseThis week on The Insight (Apple Podcasts, Stitcher and Google Podcasts) we discuss “polygenic risk scores” (PRS) and genetic diversity …
BrownCast Podcast episode 20: Conversation with a middle-class Dalit
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BrownCast Podcast episode 19: Conversation with Saloni – a globalist centrist edgelord
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BrownCast Podcast episode 17: India-Pakistan conflict, Hindu nationalism, Cosmopolitanism
Another BP Podcast is up. You can listen on Libsyn, iTunes and Stitcher. Probably the easiest way to keep up the podcast since we don’t have a regular schedule is to subscribe at one of the links above. You can also support the podcast as a patron (the primary benefit now is that you get the podcasts considerably earlier than everyone else…). Would …
A brain warped by reading
Stanislas Dehaene’s Reading in the Brain: The New Science of How We Read is an excellent book because it shows how we reuse preexistent cognitive architecture to extend our capacities through cultural creativity. There is, for example, a part of …