Decoding the Gurus
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Shows
- Supplementary Material (53)Supplementary Material episodes.
- Decoding Academia (7)Decoding Academia series episodes.
- Gurometer (9)Gurometer episodes and previews.
- Mini Decoding (6)Mini Decoding episodes.
- Required Readings (2)Required Readings episodes.
- Decoding the Gurus (123)Main episodes and everything else.
Episode highlights
- Supplementary Material 53: Matthew the Succulent, Bin-faced Politicians, and Very Very Tired Economists from Supplementary Material • 2026-07-21We endure the ravages of time to deliver you this exhausted Supplementary Material. Bowed but never broken, the decoders persist. The full episode…
- Supplementary Material 52: Under-Optimized Academics, Tired Economists, and Bailiwick Clarifications from Supplementary Material • 2026-07-09Two absolutely shattered academic heroes heroically drag themselves through yet another supplementary episode to bring you the important guru news…
- Decoding Academia 36: Revenge of the Chimpanzees *Patreon Series* from Decoding Academia • 2026-07-08In this Decoding Academia episode, we venture into comparative psychology, focusing on a fascinating line of work by Fumihiro Kano and colleagues on…
- Decoding Academia: Moral Entrepreneurs, Measurement Issues, & Screentime with Andrew Przybylski (Patreon Preview) from Decoding Academia • 2026-02-27Another episode where the guest is not a sense-making prophet or a galaxy-brained guru, as we engage in academic dialogos with Oxford psychologist…
- Gurometer: Iain McGilchrist *Patreon Preview* from Gurometer • 2026-06-12In this Gurometer edition, Matt and Chris feed Iain McGilchrist into the sacred instrument to see where exactly refined country-parish-minister…
- Gurometer: Teal Swan and Scott Galloway from Gurometer • 2026-03-18In this Gurometer double bill, Matt and Chris break out the much-sought-after Gurometer™ to score Teal Swan and Scott Galloway across the 11…
- Mini Decoding: Sabine's Contrarian Outrage- How Dare You Criticise Eric! from Mini Decoding • 2025-07-25In this mini-decoding, Matt and Chris examine Sabine Hossenfelder's recent fervent defence of Eric Weinstein and her sharp rebuke of his critics,…
- Mini Decoding: Back in the K-Hole from Mini Decoding • 2025-03-29In this very special episode, Matt and Chris, despite swearing off any further Dr. K content after their previous three-part series, find…
- Required Readings: The Genius Myth by Helen Lewis from Required Readings • 2025-10-29In another exciting Required Reading episode, Chris and Matt offer their penetrating, high IQ thoughts on the latest book by journalist and podcast…
- Required Readings: Buddhism - A Journey Through History from Required Readings • 2025-07-02In this episode of "Decoding Academia: Required Readings", Chris and Matt take a joint stroll through the history of Buddhism through Donald S.…
- Mel Robbins, Part 1: The Hard Science of Manifestation from Decoding the Gurus • 2026-08-25Are you tired, stuck, or inconveniently constrained by reality? Good news: you may simply be imagining the wrong one. In Part One of our decoding of…
- Jimmy Carr & Joe Rogan: The Jester & the Khan from Decoding the Gurus • 2026-08-17Joe Rogan, the Great Khan of podcasting, is once again receiving a travelling jester at court. This time it is Jimmy Carr who arrives bearing gifts:…