Archive - Alex O'Connor

Is Consciousness Fundamental? #104 - Annaka Harris

Consciousness is the most familiar yet mysterious feature of the universe.

May 3 •

1:31:00

April 2025

ChatGPT Takes on Zeno's Paradox

Did you know it’s impossible to clap your hands?

Apr 30 •

17:25

Apr 27 •

Upcoming Substack-Exclusive Q&A - Submit Your Questions!

Apr 23 •

Rhett McLaughlin Explains Why He Left Christianity

Rhett McLaughlin is best known as one half of Rhett and Link, an iconic YouTube duo who host the internet’s most-watched daily talk show, Good Mythical…

Apr 18 •

1:51:44

You're Not Smarter Than a Caveman - David Deutsch

Could a caveman do calculus?

Apr 13 •

1:53:56

April 2025 Updates

A digital postcard from a very delayed train on the American East Coast

Apr 5 •

Brian Greene on String Theory, Fine-Tuning, and the Multiverse

Apr 1 •

1:19:13

March 2025

Episode 100: Who is the Best Philosopher?

In April 2019 I uploaded my first podcast. At the time, it was branded “The Cosmic Skeptic Podcast”, and was practically allergic to anything resembling…

Mar 21 •

3:08:04

Penn Badgley on Playing a Psychopath

Mar 15 •

1:55:13

Richard Dawkins' Final Live Shows

Mar 14 •

Death, Haircuts, and Nothingness: Rating Your Philosophical Hot Takes 4

Mar 12 •

23:53

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