Supplementary Material 34: Giants, Grifters, and Google Eyed Loons
We drown in waves of ideological fluidity as the gurusphere continues to crash all around us.
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DTG 'July' Live Hang Out
It comes but once a month: the Galaxy Brain Live Hang Out.
Join us one and all for a truly special waffle!
Time is set for 4pm JST on Aug 6th, to find out what time and date that is in your neck of the woods, just click the link above...
2025-08-04 11:35:36 +0000 UTC View PostThe Epstein Discourse: Conspiracy Olympics
We examine the commentary and conspiracy chatter around Jeffrey Epstein’s death, featuring takes from MAGA influencers and Red Scare to Coffeezilla, QAnon Anonymous, and beyond.
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A Return to Gary World - Director's Cut
In this exhausting deep dive, Matt and Chris take a break from counting their billionaire stipends to devote (what some might call) an inordinate amount of time to Gary Stevenson’s recent appearance with a challenging interviewer: Tomás from De...
2025-07-30 03:06:48 +0000 UTC View PostUpdate on Upcoming DTG Episodes
I thought you all might be interested in an update on forthcoming content and that it would be good for us too to remind ourselves of what is on the docket.
2025-07-25 23:11:32 +0000 UTC
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Sabine's Contrarian Outrage: How Dare You Criticise Eric!
In this mini-decoding, we examine Sabine Hossenfelder's recent fervent defence of Eric Weinstein and her sharp rebuke of his critics. Sabine suggests that Eric poses a genuine threat to the physics establishment, claiming he terrifies them by expo...
2025-07-25 21:56:27 +0000 UTC View PostShout Out Amnesty 2025
As you may have noticed, our shoutout system is a little haphazard. In part, this is because we simply did not anticipate that we would ever have enough suppor...
Mind, Culture & Visual Illusions: Dorsa Amir and Chaz Firestone on Visual Illusions
Matt and Chris sit down to chat with Dorsa Amir and Chaz Firestone (@chazfirestone) about their recent paper 'Is Visual Perception WEIRD? The Müller-Lyer Illusion and the Cultural Byproduct Hypothesis.'
In a conversation that serves as a we...
2025-07-19 08:41:52 +0000 UTC View PostSupplementary Material 33: Weinstein Enigmas, The Epstein Conspiracies, and Dwarves punching ducks
In this packed supplementary episode, we tackle all of the urgent global issues, ranging from Epstein file conspiracies to Matt’s immense love of a fantasy game where dwarves punch ducks for fun. Along the way, we’re joined by a stellar cast o...
2025-07-18 12:58:41 +0000 UTC View PostMatt and Chris' Economics...
In case you did not know, Matt and Chris grew up in hard-knock working-class circumstances. Chris was often forced to shovel coal in the winter months, ...
2025-07-09 06:48:59 +0000 UTC View PostSource Material for Next Decoding: Naval Ravikant
Hello there,
Just a quick update to let you know that the next main decoding will be focused on none other than Naval Ravikant, tech entrepreneur, investor, and philosopher-king of Twitter, known for dispensing bite-sized wisdom on ...
2025-07-09 04:10:46 +0000 UTC View PostDTG 'June' Live Hangout
The monthly live hangout is scheduled!
Mon 11am July 14th JST... for the Galaxy Brain tier. If you want to find out what that is in your local time just click the link above.
Recording will be available afterwards if you can't attend. ...
2025-07-09 04:03:34 +0000 UTC View PostSam Harris' Manager is Just Asking Questions
Join us as we explore how Sam and his ever-questioning manager tackle everything from social media's impact on modern loneliness to Jordan Peterson’s religious revival and Ezra Klein’s attempted 'reputational murder.'
00:00 Introduction...
2025-07-04 08:51:41 +0000 UTC View PostGurometer: All In Podcast
Join us as we endure the consequences of our samsaric sins and painstakingly rate the insufferable hosts of the All In podcast through an in-depth analysis of 11 factors! Watch as we valiantly struggle to score the billionaire tech bros while Matt...
2025-07-03 08:02:46 +0000 UTC View PostExploring Mind, Culture & Visual Illusion Controversies with Dorsa Amir and Chaz Firestone
In this academic-themed interview episode of Decoding the Gurus, Matt and Chris sit down to chat with the cross-disciplinary academics Dorsa Amir and Chaz Firestone about their recent paper 'Is Visual Perception WEIRD? The Müller-Lyer Illusion an...
2025-07-01 11:00:14 +0000 UTC View PostRequired Readings: Buddhism- A Journey Through History
Having survived Cod... we move on to Buddhism.
Our review will be available shortly. So this is the hangout for the INTERACTIVE AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION event, during which Matt and I will take a backseat and listen to others' hot takes for a ...
2025-06-30 03:19:55 +0000 UTC View PostSteven Pinker's Heterodox Standards: When Open Inquiry Meets Race Realism
We discuss the curious lineup at a recent 'heterodox' conference and the differing standards demonstrated by academics when it comes to more questionable outlets.
2025-06-28 22:59:13 +0000 UTC View PostSupplementary Material 32: A Shower of Bastards
We wallow in the mud with some of the worst gurus of the gurusphere. Join us and lament the guru paradise that we all live in.
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Matthew McConaughey: Selling is Love!
In this stunning episode, Matt and Chris grapple with their trauma and learn to accept their hidden strengths as they submerge their egos into the wild world of Matthew McConaughey's burgeoning self-help empire to explore The Art of Livin’. Join...
2025-06-23 01:13:23 +0000 UTC View PostOldering Volume 2
It’s been just over a year since I started bouldering so I thought I’d share another little highlight reel. Yes it is self indulgent but if we can’t indulge ourselves on the Patreon where can we indulge! ‘They’ won’t let us talk about ...
2025-06-15 21:22:20 +0000 UTC View PostJordan Peterson's Sensemaking Extravaganza
Join us for a delightful compilation of Jordan B. Peterson’s greatest recent hits. Watch in awe as he performs his signature semantic acrobatics, dodges simple hypotheticals, and battles with basic definitions, all while dishing out profound ins...
2025-06-14 23:31:18 +0000 UTC View PostInterview with Chris on 'Breaking Beliefism'
Short and sweet and maybe of interest to some. I can't remember what I said, but this is the blurb:
"In this episode, Professor Paul Dolan talks to anthropologist Dr. Chris Kavanagh about secular gurus, how online platforms have amplified t...
2025-06-13 12:07:39 +0000 UTC View PostSupplementary Material 31: Aquatic Nightmares, Strategic Obliviousness, & Race Realists
We head into the darker corners of the gurusphere and marvel at some very, very brave people and their valiant efforts to play devil's advocate. Join us, won't you?
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Decoding Venture Capitalism and the Besties with Adam Sher
In this special Patreon interview edition of Decoding the Gurus, the hosts descend into the world of venture capitalism by speaking with Adam Sher, a kind Patreon member and an expert in private equity!
This is a follow-up of sorts to the A...
Decoding Venture Capitalism and the Besties with Adam Sher
In this special Patreon interview edition of Decoding the Gurus, the hosts descend into the world of venture capitalism by speaking with Adam Sher, a kind Patreon member and an expert in private equity!
This is a follow-up of sorts to the ...
Source Material for Next Decoding: Matthew McConaughey
We have promised this for a long time, and we want a bit of a break from the incessant culture war content, so we are diving into the self-help world with Matthew McConaughey!
The above video will give you a taste but actually Chris download...
2025-06-07 05:57:08 +0000 UTC View PostShamanism and the Art of Charismatic Otherness with Manvir Singh
The Decoders welcome back cognitive anthropologist Manvir Singh for a continued exploration into the social and cognitive dimensions of shamanism. Building upon their earlier conversation, this episode involves further discussion of the psychologi...
2025-06-07 05:42:33 +0000 UTC View PostTrump vs. Elon: The Gurusphere Reacts
There’s been a disturbance in the Gurusphere. Two of its central objects of worship are feuding. The guru’s guru, Elon Musk, and the MAGA God-King, Donald Trump, have finally turned on each other, trading blows on social media. In this mini su...
2025-06-07 00:36:37 +0000 UTC View PostEric Weinstein vs Sean Carroll: Pomp & Fury
Eric Weinstein enters the Piers Morgan arena to spar with actual physicist Sean Carroll, and it goes about as well as you'd expect. Matt and Chris decode the clash between Eric’s grandiose, conspiracy-laced revisionism and Sean’s patient attem...
2025-06-04 00:01:59 +0000 UTC View PostDTG 'May' Live Hang Out
We may be in June, but that does not mean we have quite finished with May yet...
The Galaxy Brain tier hangout will be happening on Friday, 9am JST on the 6th June. If you want that date and time converted to your timezone, just click the li...
2025-06-02 05:24:15 +0000 UTC View Post