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Transcribed 217 episodes - 385 hours of Decoding the Gurus.

Decoding the Gurus

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2025

2025 - July

18 Jul
Fri

Supplementary Material 33: Weinstein Enigmas, The Epstein Conspiracies, and Dwarves punching ducks

00:39:31
02 Jul
Wed

Required Readings: Buddhism - A Journey Through History

00:28:39
01 Jul
Tue

Mind, Culture & Visual Illusions: Dorsa Amir and Chaz Firestone on Visual Illusions

01:05:58

2025 - June

28 Jun
Sat

Supplementary Material 32: A Shower of Bastards

00:37:11
23 Jun
Mon

Matthew McConaughey: Selling is Love!

03:29:28
14 Jun
Sat

Decoding Academia 33: The Great Müller-Lyer Debate from Fish Tanks to Eye Operations *Patreon Preview*

01:02:09
13 Jun
Fri

Supplementary Material 31: Aquatic Nightmares, Strategic Obliviousness, & Race Realists

00:46:02
07 Jun
Sat

Trump vs. Elon: The Gurusphere Reacts

00:25:18
07 Jun
Sat

Shamanism and the Art of Charismatic Otherness with Manvir Singh

01:20:47
01 Jun
Sun

Supplementary Material 30: Decoding Irish Stew, Owl Hate, and Hypothetical Avoidance

00:44:27

2025 - May

30 May
Fri

Eric Weinstein vs. Sean Carroll: Pomp & Fury

02:07:44
24 May
Sat

Supplementary Material 29: Sensemaking Evolved Relationship Constellations, Woke Lucifer, and Cancerous Outrage

00:36:53
24 May
Sat

Billionaire Besties: How Tech Titans Save the World (While Complaining About Food Stamps)

03:00:10
16 May
Fri

Supplementary Material 28: The Ultimate Geometric Unifying Cognitive-Theoretic Iceberg

00:37:26
10 May
Sat

Gurometer: Gary Stevenson

00:22:54
04 May
Sun

Gary Stevenson: The People's Economist

03:51:40

2025 - April

25 Apr
Fri

Supplementary Material 27: Joe Rogan vs. Douglas Murray vs. Sam Harris vs. DTG

00:46:08
18 Apr
Fri

Michael Shellenberger: Conspiratorial Propaganda

02:05:47
16 Apr
Wed

Decoding the Uncomfortable Conversations with Josh Szeps

01:16:32
12 Apr
Sat

Supplementary Material 26: Flint Dibble Interview, Bonding over Outgroup Hate, and Manly Sycophancy

01:13:50
06 Apr
Sun

Lex Fridman & Douglas Murray: The Wise Man from the Land of Peace

01:21:52

2025 - March

30 Mar
Sun

Supplementary Material 25: Ancient Pyramids, Sesame Street Monsters, & MORE Lab Leak Discourse

00:41:00
29 Mar
Sat

Mini Decoding: Back in the K-Hole

01:28:28
23 Mar
Sun

Gurometer: Naomi Klein

00:32:58
15 Mar
Sat

Naomi Klein: It was Neoliberal Capitalism all along!

03:23:10
14 Mar
Fri

Naomi Klein: It was Neoliberal Capitalism all along!

03:23:10
08 Mar
Sat

Special Supplementary Material: Two Psychologists, One Anthropologist, Three Beers

00:50:30

2025 - February

28 Feb
Fri

Supplementary Material 24: Dialogos with Greek Gods, the Metaphysics of Pepe, and Red-Pilled Embarrassment

00:45:42
22 Feb
Sat

Supplementary Material 23: Content Shark Psychology, Rorschach Tweets, and the Art of Radicalisation

00:33:08
21 Feb
Fri

Chris Langan: The Smartest Person in the World with a 200 IQ!

02:57:27
20 Feb
Thu

Decoding Academia 32: Do Babies REALLY like good guys?

00:34:56
12 Feb
Wed

Supplementary Material 22: Tim Tams, Nazi Salutes, and AI Demonology

01:04:06
11 Feb
Tue

Gurometer: Peter Thiel *Patreon Preview"

00:50:44
04 Feb
Tue

Peter Thiel: The Techno-Apocalypse is Nigh

03:07:38

2025 - January

22 Jan
Wed

The Wounded Bird Lex Fridman vs. The Evil Ukrainian Bot Farms

01:19:07
10 Jan
Fri

Supplementary Material 21: The emergency snake, thought = secularised prayer, and Love and War

00:47:46
02 Jan
Thu

Gurometer: Curtis Yarvin

00:17:02

2024

2024 - December

27 Dec
Fri

Supplementary Material 20: Stolen Valour, Based Murder, and Eric Weinstein's Phonecall Problems

00:40:08
25 Dec
Wed

Curtis Yarvin: The Edgelord's Guide to Monarchy 40K

02:40:59
13 Dec
Fri

DTG Christmas Quiz 2024 with Helen Lewis & Badstats

01:32:42

2024 - November

29 Nov
Fri

Supplementary Material 19: Critic-O-Rama with extra trans-dimensional alien demons

00:47:20
24 Nov
Sun

Dawkins vs. Peterson: There Be Dragons

01:37:26
16 Nov
Sat

Supplementary Material 18: The Clown Car Cometh

00:38:01
12 Nov
Tue

Sabine Hossenfelder: Science is a Liar ... Sometimes

01:50:08
04 Nov
Mon

Guru US Election Special

01:54:01
01 Nov
Fri

Supplementary Material 17: American Dreams, YouTube Algorithms, and Poisonous Plastics

00:31:21

2024 - October

28 Oct
Mon

Book Review: The Selfish Gene

01:15:34
20 Oct
Sun

Interview with Flint Dibble (Round 2): Battling Pseudo Archaeology & Sharing Science

01:54:46
15 Oct
Tue

John Vervaeke and Jordan Peterson: Word Worshipers

03:05:16
08 Oct
Tue

Supplementary Material 16: Riding a Phoenix to Rescue the Gurusphere

00:47:27
05 Oct
Sat

Gurometer: Dr. K (Bonus Preview)

00:51:55
02 Oct
Wed

Decoding Academia 30: Sadistic Trolls love Dark Humour *Preview*

00:32:55

2024 - September

24 Sep
Tue

Darryl Cooper, Nazi Apologetics, & Disturbances in the Discourse

02:22:52
16 Sep
Mon

Supplementary Material 15: Russian Stooges, Lex Love-bombs, and Heterodox Hypocrisy

00:51:26
13 Sep
Fri

Dr. K (Part 3): Therapeutic Non-Therapy

04:29:01

2024 - August

31 Aug
Sat

Supplementary Materials 14: Return to the Gurusphere

00:45:38
14 Aug
Wed

Supplementary Materials 13: Dead Bears, Biblical Stories, and Coffeezilla's Legal Battle

00:43:58
11 Aug
Sun

Bryan Johnson: Definitely not a vampire!

01:21:35
04 Aug
Sun

Supplementary Materials 12: Olympic Ceremonies and Presidential Candidates

00:46:02
03 Aug
Sat

Gabor Maté: Achieving Authenticity, Tackling Trauma, and Minimizing Modern Malaise

02:48:20
03 Aug
Sat

Supplementary Materials 12: Olympic Ceremonies and Presidential Candidates

00:46:02

2024 - July

27 Jul
Sat

Supplementary Materials 11: Alex Jones is at it again

00:42:02
25 Jul
Thu

Ranking the Gurus

01:02:10
19 Jul
Fri

Supplementary Materials 10: Rigorous Conspiracy Hypothesising about the Trump Shooting

00:32:02
08 Jul
Mon

Dr. K (Part 2): Rhetorical Judo Flips

03:57:31
06 Jul
Sat

Supplementary Materials 9: Galaxy Brains Collide

00:37:59

2024 - June

23 Jun
Sun

Dr. K (Part 1): OPed Ayurvedic Medicine vs. Nerfed 'Western' Allopathy

03:14:15
07 Jun
Fri

Supplementary Materials 8: Lab Leak Discourse, Toxic YouTube Dynamics, and the Metaphysics of Peppa Pig

00:42:39
02 Jun
Sun

Slavoj Žižek: When is a shark not a shark?

02:32:20

2024 - May

27 May
Mon

Supplementary Materials 7: Guru Oneupmanship, Hard Ad Pivots, MOOOINK, and Left Wing Populism

00:36:50
24 May
Fri

Destiny: Right to Reply

02:03:09
16 May
Thu

*Preview* Decoding Academia 27: Dark Triad Authenticity

00:29:59
10 May
Fri

Supplementary Materials 6: Christian Sensemaking, Hipster Race Realists, & Marijuana Pseudoscience

00:49:20
02 May
Thu

Interview with Flint Dibble on Pseudo Archaeology and Science Communication

01:10:24

2024 - April

26 Apr
Fri

Supplementary Material 5: Spiritual UFOs, Alternative Theories of Evolution, and Atlantean Grievances

00:43:51
22 Apr
Mon

Destiny: Debate King and/or Degenerate?

03:15:42
13 Apr
Sat

Supplementary Material 4: Passive Aggressive Therapists, Shit-posting Monks, and Weaponised Naivety

00:36:09
05 Apr
Fri

Yuval Noah Harari: Eat Bugs and Live Forever

02:17:07

2024 - March

31 Mar
Sun

Supplementary Material 3: Sand-worms, Anti-Capitalist Merch, and High Level Idea-Jacking

00:52:03
26 Mar
Tue

Mini-Decoding: The Descent of Jordan B. Peterson

01:23:14
22 Mar
Fri

Supplementary Material 2: Dissident Dialogues, Bloodbaths, & Genocidal Debates

00:36:28
15 Mar
Fri

Gurometer: Hasan Piker *PREVIEW*

00:23:30
13 Mar
Wed

Hasan Piker: A swashbuckling Bromance

01:55:04
07 Mar
Thu

Supplementary Material 1: Cringe Immunity & Supplemental Ethics

00:29:16
06 Mar
Wed

Interview with Kevin Mitchell on Agency and Evolution

02:09:08
02 Mar
Sat

Sean Carroll: The Worst Guru Yet?!?

02:39:39

2024 - February

28 Feb
Wed

Mini-Decoding: Indulgent Monologuing

00:50:01
17 Feb
Sat

Sam Harris: Right to Reply

02:13:15
09 Feb
Fri

The Passion of the Jordan and the Wisdom of the Bret

01:30:28

2024 - January

30 Jan
Tue

Mini Decoding: Yuval and the Philosophers

00:40:32
19 Jan
Fri

DTG's Face to Face Reflections 2024

00:30:46

2023

2023 - December

28 Dec
Thu

Mini-Decoding: Huberman on the Vaccine-Autism Controversy

00:48:09
24 Dec
Sun

Sam Harris: Transcending it All?

03:20:08
23 Dec
Sat

Sam Harris: Transcending it All?

03:20:08
22 Dec
Fri

DTG Christmas Quiz 2023 with Helen Lewis

01:41:18
08 Dec
Fri

Red Scare: Bohemian Hipsterism x Reactionary Tradcaths

02:39:19

2023 - November

18 Nov
Sat

Interview with Daniël Lakens and Smriti Mehta on the state of Psychology

02:42:29
09 Nov
Thu

Andrew Huberman and Peter Attia: Self-enhancement, supplements & doughnuts?

03:12:00

2023 - October

16 Oct
Mon

Interview with Julia Ebner: Extremist Networks & Radicalisation

02:02:59
03 Oct
Tue

Triggernometry's Big Moment: Entering the Guru Galaxy

02:30:47

2023 - September

19 Sep
Tue

Interview with the Conspirituality Trio: Navigating the Chakras of Conspiracy

02:39:32
06 Sep
Wed

Andrew Huberman: Forest Bathing in Negative Ions

02:10:02

2023 - August

18 Aug
Fri

Noam Chomsky: Lover of linguistics, the USA... not so much

03:22:31

2023 - July

22 Jul
Sat

The Science and the Art of Gurometry

01:28:55
14 Jul
Fri

Mick West & Eric Weinstein: UFO Tango

02:55:52

2023 - June

23 Jun
Fri

Interview with Jonathan Howard on Covid Contrarians

02:07:35
21 Jun
Wed

"Mini" Decoding of Michael Shermer's Advice on Conspiracy Theories

01:24:54
17 Jun
Sat

Interview with Mick West: UFOs, Aliens, and Conspiracy Psychology

01:44:06
10 Jun
Sat

Eliezer Yudkowksy: AI is going to kill us all

03:20:15

2023 - May

20 May
Sat

Interview with Renée DiResta: Online Ecosystems, Disinformation, & Censorship Debates

02:20:07
15 May
Mon

Christopher Hitchens: Rhetoric, Religion, and Ramadan

02:21:28
09 May
Tue

Interview with Matt Johnson on Christopher Hitchens

02:18:48

2023 - April

16 Apr
Sun

Oprah Winfrey: Self Actualising Your Destiny

02:10:42
08 Apr
Sat

"Mini" Decoding of Matthew Goodwin & Interview with Paul Bloom

02:47:32

2023 - March

25 Mar
Sat

Interview with Travis View: QANon & Modern Conspiracies

01:48:02
11 Mar
Sat

Interview with Worobey, Andersen & Holmes: The Lab Leak

02:45:29
08 Mar
Wed

Dave Rubin: A Pointless Partisan Pundit

02:15:17

2023 - February

25 Feb
Sat

Bill Maher: A boozy, stoned, liberal take on classic anti-vax tropes

02:09:33
24 Feb
Fri

Bill Maher: A boozy, stoned, liberal take on classic anti-vax tropes

02:09:33
02 Feb
Thu

Daniel Dennett: It's Evolution Baby

02:33:37

2023 - January

21 Jan
Sat

"Mini" Decoding of Konstantin Kisin's Oxford Union speech

01:06:55
20 Jan
Fri

"Mini" Decoding of Konstantin Kisin's Oxford Union speech

01:06:55
14 Jan
Sat

Interview with Coffeezilla on Cryptocurrencies, NFTs, and modern scammers

03:05:42
13 Jan
Fri

Interview with Coffeezilla on Cryptocurrencies, NFTs, and modern scammers

03:05:42

2022

2022 - December

29 Dec
Thu

Elon Musk: The Techno Shaman

02:26:35
27 Dec
Tue

Gurus Christmas Special with Helen Lewis

02:16:18
10 Dec
Sat

Guru Right to Reply with Jamie Wheal

02:34:31
09 Dec
Fri

Guru Right to Reply with Jamie Wheal

02:34:31

2022 - November

17 Nov
Thu

Interview with Manvir Singh on Gurus & Shamans

02:24:52
02 Nov
Wed

Robin DiAngelo: Matt and Chris struggle with their fragility

03:07:36

2022 - October

16 Oct
Sun

Interview with Konstantin Kisin from Triggernometry on Heterodoxy, Biases, and the Media

02:05:14
15 Oct
Sat

Interview with Konstantin Kisin from Triggernometry on Heterodoxy, Biases, and the Media

02:05:14
01 Oct
Sat

Peterson, Murray & Pageau: Transcendent Tableware

01:00:31

2022 - September

30 Sep
Fri

Peterson, Murray & Pageau: Transcendent Tableware

01:00:31
27 Sep
Tue

Interview with Neil Levy on Intellectual Virtue Signalling

01:56:38
14 Sep
Wed

Daniel Schmachtenberger, Jamie Wheal & Jordan Hall: Making Sense about Making Sense of Sensemaking

03:36:22
03 Sep
Sat

Interview with Helen Lewis on culture wars and religion, that Jordan Peterson interview, and gurus generally

02:16:15

2022 - August

27 Aug
Sat

Interview with Dan Friesen from Knowledge Fight on Alex Jones, the Sandy Hook Trial, and conspiracy ecosystems

02:14:13
21 Aug
Sun

John Vervaeke & Jonathan Pageau: Decoding the Demons

00:47:01
20 Aug
Sat

Interview with Elgen Strait on the Unification Church and the assassination of Shinzo Abe

01:40:10

2022 - July

31 Jul
Sun

Special: Guru Right to Reply with Robert Wright

02:23:46
24 Jul
Sun

Recoding Jordan Peterson: Think again, Sunshine!

01:36:09
10 Jul
Sun

*Patreon Preview* Lex and Haidt: Gurometer Ratings

00:46:14
08 Jul
Fri

Lex Fridman & Jonathan Haidt: The Techno Monk & The Social Scientist

03:02:59

2022 - June

11 Jun
Sat

Interview with Nathan Allebach on Online Brands, Weird Twitter & that Steak Umms Account

02:06:41
10 Jun
Fri

Interview with Nathan Allebach on Online Brands, Weird Twitter & that Steak Umms Account

02:06:41

2022 - May

30 May
Mon

Jaron Lanier: Fear of an Algorithmic Planet

01:54:40
24 May
Tue

*Patreon Preview* Decoding Academia 8: Monkey see, Monkey do?

00:58:51
20 May
Fri

Interview with Michael Inzlicht on the Replication Crisis, Mindfulness, and Responsible Heterodoy

02:10:49

2022 - April

29 Apr
Fri

Very Bad Gurus with David Pizarro & Tamler Sommers

02:14:58
23 Apr
Sat

Interview with Timbah Toast on his Tim Pool Documentary & Scooby Doo Partisans

02:02:03
09 Apr
Sat

Reverend Sun Myung Moon: Absolute Decoding

01:45:53
08 Apr
Fri

Reverend Sun Myung Moon: Absolute Decoding

01:45:53

2022 - March

31 Mar
Thu

Interview with Elgen Strait on growing up in the Moonies & cultish manipulation

01:30:40
26 Mar
Sat

Interview with Julian Walker on Conspirituality, Conspiracies and (Global) Culture Wars

01:58:13
17 Mar
Thu

Interview with Josh Szeps, The Rumble from Downunder

01:41:50
06 Mar
Sun

James Lindsay & Michael O'Fallon: Eating bugs for Feminist Glaciology

03:15:53
03 Mar
Thu

Interview with Liam Bright on Scientific Orthodoxy, Reform Efforts & DTG's Philosophy

02:05:27

2022 - February

26 Feb
Sat

Interview with Virginia Heffernan on Edge, the dangers of Scientism, & Culture Wars

02:21:24
19 Feb
Sat

Robert Wright: A Cosmic Journey Across the Bob-o-verse

02:40:15
11 Feb
Fri

Interview: Debunking (Antivaxx) Funk with Dr Dan Wilson

01:14:50
10 Feb
Thu

Interview: Debunking (Antivaxx) Funk with Dr Dan Wilson

01:14:50
04 Feb
Fri

Special: Joe Rogan 'Sorry, not Sorry'

01:08:22

2022 - January

28 Jan
Fri

*Patreon Preview* Malone & McCullough: Gurometer Ratings

00:51:17
13 Jan
Thu

Robert Malone & Peter McCullough: A litany of untruths

03:16:43

2021

2021 - December

30 Dec
Thu

*Patreon Preview* Decoding Academia #2: False Positive Psychology

00:58:34
18 Dec
Sat

Joe Rogan: Just an average Joe?

03:07:12
10 Dec
Fri

Special: Guru Right to Reply with Chris Williamson

01:46:52
03 Dec
Fri

Decoding Academia: Matt on his ENTIRE research career *Patreon Sample*

01:03:15

2021 - November

26 Nov
Fri

Brené Brown: Matt and Chris courageously embrace their vulnerability

02:10:05
23 Nov
Tue

Decoding Academia: Chris on Religion & Ritual *Patreon Sample*

00:53:26
07 Nov
Sun

Interview with Annie Kelly on Vaccines, Conspiracies, & Misinformation

01:43:36
06 Nov
Sat

Interview with Annie Kelly on Vaccines, Conspiracies, & Misinformation

01:43:36

2021 - October

30 Oct
Sat

Special: Interview with Sam Harris on Gurus, Tribalism & the Culture War

03:05:27
26 Oct
Tue

Mikhaila Peterson: The Marvelous World of Meat

02:15:50
09 Oct
Sat

Interview with Stuart Neil on SARS CoV-2

01:59:01

2021 - September

24 Sep
Fri

Special Episode: Interview with Stuart Ritchie on Hunter Gatherers in the 21st Century, covid skeptics, and bad science

01:53:11
11 Sep
Sat

Jordan Hall: Sensemaking, or the superficial pitter-patter on the neocortex?

02:11:52

2021 - August

27 Aug
Fri

Special Episode: Welcome to Weinstein World with special guest David Pizarro

02:01:26
20 Aug
Fri

Gad Saad: Oh my Gad, it's the Saadfather!

02:42:51
13 Aug
Fri

Special Episode: Interview with Robert Wright on crackpots, gurus, and modern media ecosystems

01:39:38

2021 - July

30 Jul
Fri

Special Episode: Interview with Evan Thompson on Buddhist Exceptionalism

01:17:27
23 Jul
Fri

Carl Sagan: My God, it's full of stars

02:13:03
15 Jul
Thu

Special Episode: Interview with Daniel Harper on the Far Right & IDW Criticism

01:27:09
14 Jul
Wed

Special Episode: Interview with Daniel Harper on the Far Right & IDW Criticism

01:27:09
02 Jul
Fri

Special Episode: Interview with Amanda Montell on Cultish Linguistics

01:01:09

2021 - June

26 Jun
Sat

Anthony DeMello: The Bob Ross of Spiritual Gurus?

02:05:15
25 Jun
Fri

Anthony DeMello: The Bob Ross of Spiritual Gurus?

02:05:15
18 Jun
Fri

Special Episode: Interview with Jesse Singal on Quick Fix Psychology

01:15:46
12 Jun
Sat

Special Episode: Interview with Tim Nguyen on Geometric Unity

01:11:56
11 Jun
Fri

Special Episode: Interview with Tim Nguyen on Geometric Unity

01:11:56
04 Jun
Fri

Bret Weinstein & Jordan Peterson: Two gargantuan intellects stare into the abyss

03:14:25

2021 - May

22 May
Sat

Brett Weinstein & Heather Heying: Why are 'they' suppressing Ivermectin, the miracle cure?

01:53:25
06 May
Thu

Michael O"Fallon: The Jacobins are Back..... To Reset..... Everything.... Dun Dun Daah!

03:17:34

2021 - April

13 Apr
Tue

Gwyneth Paltrow: Crawling with parasites and in need of a cleanse

02:29:52
02 Apr
Fri

Special Episode: Sam Harris & Meditation is all you need

01:02:41

2021 - March

19 Mar
Fri

Special Episode: Interview with Phrost on Bullshido

01:02:29
12 Mar
Fri

Ibram X. Kendi: Gurometer Rating (Patreon Preview)

00:45:13
11 Mar
Thu

Ibram X. Kendi: Gurometer Rating (Patreon Preview)

00:45:13
06 Mar
Sat

Ibram X. Kendi: Inside you are two wolves. One of them is racist.

02:42:43
05 Mar
Fri

Ibram X. Kendi: Inside you are two wolves. One of them is racist.

02:42:43

2021 - February

20 Feb
Sat

Special Episode: Interview with Matthew Remski on Conspirituality

01:40:34
09 Feb
Tue

Nassim N. Taleb: Everything these idiots, frauds, and assholes don't understand

01:47:42

2021 - January

29 Jan
Fri

Special Episode: Interview with Thi Nguyen, a Gurometer's Guru

01:37:15
22 Jan
Fri

Douglas Murray: Can indulgent dinner conversation save OUR civilisation?

02:46:25
09 Jan
Sat

Special Episode: Calibrating the Gurometer

01:20:50
08 Jan
Fri

Special Episode: Calibrating the Gurometer

01:20:50

2020

2020 - December

28 Dec
Mon

Contrapoints: Making Philosophy Fabulous Again

01:57:57
18 Dec
Fri

Special Episode: Entering the Portal

01:27:24
10 Dec
Thu

Scott Adams: Chris and Matt Go to Hell

02:15:47

2020 - November

21 Nov
Sat

Russell Brand: Spiritual Transcendence and Anarchic Revolution is Praxis

02:04:37
07 Nov
Sat

Rutger Bregman: Piglets vs. Toddlers

02:14:13

2020 - October

30 Oct
Fri

Special Episode: Is Eric Weinstein Feynman-Negative?

01:19:44
23 Oct
Fri

JP Sears: Get Ultra Spiritual, Resist the Government, and Promote Coronavirus Conspiracies

02:06:01
09 Oct
Fri

Jordan Peterson: The Alchemical Lemon explains the Crystalline Structure of Logos

02:26:02

2020 - September

23 Sep
Wed

James Lindsay: The monkey is out of the box and it HATES liberalism

01:59:26
09 Sep
Wed

Eric and Bret Weinstein: A Dark Horse Gallops through the Portal

03:17:39

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