Episode 179: "A Most Racist Pandemic, Failure to Test"

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Many Worlds, Bad Science, and the Strangeness of Being w/Sean Carroll (Members Only #307)

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.wethefifth.comFrom the multiverse to time travel to bad studies and internet “experts,” and then all the way to metaphysics and belief, Sean Carroll explains why modern life makes everyone sound so sure about thing ...  Show more

Iran and the Fog of Regime Change (w/Hooman Majd) - #547

Hooman Majd comes from a family that reads like a parable about modern Iran: a grandfather who was an ayatollah, an uncle who worked for the Shah, and a folk-singing aunt. Everyone’s family has a version of this, right?-Iran is a tragedy-the sense of triumph has already faded-is ...  Show more

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