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Converging Dialogues is a podcast that is designed to have honest and authentic conversations with a diversity of thoughts and opinions. Wide-ranging topics include philosophy, psychology, politics, and social commentary. A spirit of civility, respect, an
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#508 - The Continuing Crisis of Boyhood: A Dialogue with Leonard Sax (opens the original)
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In this episode, Xavier Bonilla has a dialogue with Leonard Sax about the continued crisis of boyhood. They discuss the current state of boys in education and in the workplace, why girls are doing better in these domains, impact on pair bonding, limited options for boys, why influencing and streaming is not viable, impact of mass media, ADHD, and many more topics. Leonard Sax, MD, PhD, is a board-certified family physician, psychologist, and the New York Times bestselling author of Why Gender Ma
#507 - Demagogues and Democracies: A Dialogue with John Keane (opens the original)
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In this episode, Xavier Bonilla has a dialogue with John Keane about demagogues and despots. They talk about the rise of demagogues in the modern era, why democracies have been infiltrated with demagogues, despots, tools that demagogues use, demagogues in the future, and many more topics. John Keane is Professor of Politics at the University of Sydney and renowned globally for his creative thinking about politics, history, media and democracy. His books include The Shortest History of Democracy,
#506 - Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics: A Dialogue with Robin Waterfield & John Sellars (opens the original)
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In this episode, Xavier Bonilla has a dialogue with Robin Waterfield and John Sellars on their new translation of Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics. They discuss translating Aristotle’s ethics for a modern audience, Aristotelian Greek vs. other forms of Greek, different works of ethics, Aristotle’s eudaimonia, the good life, Aristotle’s virtues, using reason for ethics, friendship, and many other topics. Robin Waterfield is a British classical scholar, translator, and editor, specializing in Ancien
#505 - The Brain Is Not A Machine: A Dialogue with Romain Brette (opens the original)
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In this episode, Xavier Bonilla has a dialogue with Romain Brette about the brain and various theoretical concepts in neuroscience. They talk about the idea of the brain as a computer, memory and reality, functionalism, connectionism, and computational theory of mind, and the extended mind. They also discuss perception, representations, anticipation, Friston, free energy, and active interferences, emotions, the brain as a complex biological ecosystem, panpsychism, and many more topics. Romain Br
#504 - Global Perspectives of the American Revolution: A Dialogue with Sarah Pearsall (opens the original)
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In this episode, Xavier Bonilla has a dialogue with Sarah Pearsall about the global perspectives of the American Revolution. They discuss American independence in a global context, freedom, Indigenous nations pushing for revolution, Canada not joining the colonies, Hessians, Six indigenous nations, Cuba, and many more topics. Sarah M. S. Pearsall is an award-winning historian with degrees from Yale, Harvard, and Cambridge, where she taught for nearly a decade. She is a professor and Chair of the
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