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Robinson's Podcast

Robinson Erhardt
Quantum Mechanics
Artificial Intelligence
Consciousness
Donald Trump
Israel-Palestine Conflict
String Theory
Philosophy
Neuroscience
Black Holes
China
Israel
Measurement Problem
General Relativity
Time
Gaza
Holographic Principle
Entropy
Marxism
Genetics
Gravity

Robinson Erhardt researches symbolic logic and the foundations of mathematics at Stanford University. Join him in conversations with philosophers, scientists, weightlifters, artists, and everyone in-between. linktr.ee/robinsonerhardt

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Nicholas Humphrey is a theoretical psychologist and Emeritus Professor of Psychology at the London School of Economics, where his work has focused on the evolution of intelligence and conscious... more

Joe Henrich is the Ruth Moore Professor of Biological Anthropology and Professor of Human Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University. His research focuses on cultural evolution, human psychology, sociality, prestige, cooperation, and the emergence of... more

Richard Wrangham is the Ruth Moore Professor of Biological Anthropology, Emeritus, at Harvard University. A primatologist and biological anthropologist, he has studied wild chimpanzees in Uganda since 1987 and is known for his work on human evolution... more

Daniel Lieberman is the Edwin M. Lerner II Professor of Biological Sciences and Professor of Human Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University, where he studies the evolution of the human body and its relevance to health. In this episode, Robinson and... more

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Joe Henrich
Professor known for work on cultural evolution, WEIRD psychology, and the anthropology of cooperation
Harvard University (and other affiliations mentioned in dialogue)
Episode: 289 - Joe Henrich: How Culture Made Humans Weird
Richard Wrangham
Evolutionary biologist and author of Catching Fire
Harvard University (as of discussions)
Episode: 288 - Richard Wrangham: How Humans Caught Fire
Daniel Lieberman
Professor of Human Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University
Harvard University, Department of Human Evolutionary Biology
Episode: 287: Daniel Lieberman: Evolution and the Human Diet
Adam Mockler
Gen Z media influencer and political commentator
Independent creator
Episode: 286: Adam Mockler: Trump, Newsom, and the Dark Future of American Politics
Steve Keen
Economist known for critiques of mainstream economics and energy-focused production theory
Economist (affiliation not explicitly stated in transcript)
Episode: 284 - Steve Keen: The Economics of Global Warfare
Timothy Snyder
Historian and author
Yale University
Episode: 283 - Timothy Snyder: Donald Trump and the End of America
David Albert
Philosopher debating foundations of quantum mechanics
Columbia University (historically, with ties to Princeton/AT&T/other affiliations mentioned in discourse)
Episode: 280 - David Albert & Jacob Barandes: Debating the Foundation of Quantum Mechanics
Jacob Barandes
Physicist presenting an indivisible theory of quantum mechanics
University affiliation discussed (contextually)
Episode: 280 - David Albert & Jacob Barandes: Debating the Foundation of Quantum Mechanics
Paul Davies
Physicist discussing quantum foundations and Quantum 2.0
University of Adelaide (as described in discussion)
Episode: 279 - Paul Davies: The Second Quantum Mechanics Revolution

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Robinson Erhardt
Host of the show; Stanford-related researcher in symbolic logic and foundations of mathematics.

Reviews

4.8 out of 5 stars from 1.8k ratings
  • Loud ads ruin great listen.

    Please fix the volumes so your pod matches the ad volume. The ads are very jarring when they come on.

    Apple Podcasts
    4
    Bobbydigitali
    United States2 months ago
  • Ads ruin this podcast

    Advertisements ruin this otherwise excellent podcast. Too bad Robinson won't put the ads at rhe beginning of the show like Lex Fridman, Matt Beall and others do. It's unlistenable in its current form.

    Apple Podcasts
    1
    Unbearable advertisements
    United States3 months ago
  • Robinson has very interesting guests

    This is one of my favourite podcasts and Robinson is a generous host BUT that constant uplift in his voice on every sentence is very hard to listen to. Sounds a bit Valley Girls. 🙁

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Boxerairhead60
    Australia5 months ago
  • Ads too loud

    Robinson please check the audio levels before publishing. The ads are so loud and sudden when I have my airpods in they nearly give me a heart attack

    Apple Podcasts
    4
    Elevan_
    United States6 months ago
  • Has crackpots on with no pushback

    He has Richard Wolfe on and repeatedly misses opportunities to push back on lie after lie. For example, he said that millions of Palestinians have been killed. Also Wolfe seems to have no understanding of the dynamics in the region between the gulf states and Iran. He says that America is no longer a superpower. America has destroyed Iran in weeks, meanwhile after years of war, Russia can barely put a dent in a country next door. Regardless if this war is a good idea, America can still project p... more

    Apple Podcasts
    1
    jwein1210
    United States6 months ago

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289 - Joe Henrich: How Culture Made Humans Weird
Q: What role do social norms and enforcement mechanisms play in maintaining cooperation?
Norms persist through reputation, social sanctions, and sometimes institutional enforcement; in many small-scale societies, punishment is achieved via social mechanisms like shunning or crop damage rather than formal policing.
289 - Joe Henrich: How Culture Made Humans Weird
Q: How did large-scale cooperation emerge in humans if genetics alone cannot explain the rapid scale-up?
Large-scale cooperation arose through cultural evolution, including shifts in social norms and institutions (e.g., the Catholic Church reducing kinship-based constraints), enabling impersonal exchange and formal governance.
289 - Joe Henrich: How Culture Made Humans Weird
Q: Does WEIRD psychology distort our understanding of human behavior when generalizing to non-Western populations?
Yes, the host explains that most psychological research is conducted on Western, educated, industrialized, rich, and democratic groups and that many heuristics and biases are variable across societies, so generalizations should be made cautiously.
288 - Richard Wrangham: How Humans Caught Fire
Q: How does fire influence social structure and cooperation in early humans?
Fire provides social focal points, enabling longer gatherings around the hearth, reducing stress, and increasing storytelling and social bonding. It also creates a need for cooperation to maintain fires and protect food resources, which likely contributed to the development of social alliances, approximate governance around camps, and gendered division of labor that supported larger, more stable groups.
282 - Richard Wolff: China, Russia, Iran, and World War III
Q: What connects war and economic decline in the analysis?
War and empire decline are linked through the way empires shift resources from social welfare to defense, placing the burden on the middle and lower classes while the elite protect wealth; this imbalance fuels instability and increases the risk of conflict.

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