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Upcoming Interviews
🕑 Added 2021-05-28 21:27:28 +0000 UTCSince I'm posting updates, it might be a good time to mention about interviews.
We did have a bunch of interviews scheduled (or at least penciled in) for May but then due to various issues (people being unavailable, work deadlines, family illness, etc.) we were not able to record them. I'm hoping that we can reschedule most of them for June/July although we are going to have to go through the scheduling process again (which is always a little bit of an issue due to the national time differences).
In any case, here is a list of our planned guests, topic, and an update on the current status:
1. Jesse Singal: Psychology Gurus & the dynamics of the Culture War/Online controversies (on board and ready to interview, just need to find a suitable time)
2. Stuart Ritchie: Mainstream Science Gurus & Covid Skeptics (almost recorded but sadly missed and having issues rescheduling, we will keep trying!)
3. Daniel Harper: Far-Right Guru Dynamics & Discussion of differences in our approaches (need to reconfirm & schedule!)
4. Evan Thompson: Western Buddhism & Exoticism (on board but need to reschedule)
5. Sarah Mojarad: Combatting Online Disinformation & Social Media Polarisation (on board but need to schedule)
6. Amanda Montell: Cultish linguistics (have not reached out, just heard her on Conspirituality and found the discussion great, will try to organise...)
EDIT:
7. (I forgot) Tim Nguyen: Google Employee & Co-author of critical paper on Geometric Unity (Due to record this next week!)
Comments
Trenton Knauer
That’s great! I’ve got a good deal of respect for Singal as he is one of few in the “IDW-adjacent sphere” who acknowledges the incentives to produce culture war content, etc. I’m excited to hear the interview!
Christopher Kavanagh
Jessie rebooked.
Christopher Kavanagh
No longer aspirational, booked!
Christopher Kavanagh
She's an aspirational guest at the minute but we are trying!
Carolyn Reeves
I am already looking forward to your conversation with Amanda Montell - a meeting of decoders extraordinaire! Hope it works out
Lukas Annerer-Walcher
Looking forward to every single one of these guys!
Christopher Kavanagh
Booked Singal & Ritchie... then failed to schedule! Now attempting to reschedule...
Trenton Knauer
Awesome that you booked Singal and Ritchie!
