Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas

Sean Carroll and physicist Daniel Akrib discuss the LUX-ZEPLIN experiment’s recent detection of an unexplained event that may signal dark matter.

Sean Carroll interviews philosopher Greg Caruso, a "hard incompatibilist" who argues that free will is incompatible with both determinism and indeterminism.

Sean Carroll interviews poet Elizabeth Alexander about her new book, *Signals Across Vast Distances*, which explores the essential role of poetry in sustaining democracy.

Sean Carroll opens this AMA episode by correcting previous errors regarding Copenhagen’s location and a quantum mechanics thought experiment involving entangled particles and double slits.

Sean Carroll interviews Jared Diamond, author of *Guns, Germs, and Steel* and *Profit, Prophets, and Kings*, to explore the relative impact of individuals versus environmental forces in history.

Sean Carroll interviews physicist Jim Al-Khalili about his new book, *On Time*, exploring the nature of time, entropy, and the arrow of time.

Sean Carroll interviews Vitor Cardoso, director of the Center of Gravity, during Copenhagen’s Black Hole Week.

Sean Carroll interviews biologist Stuart Feierstein about his book *It Could Be Otherwise*, which argues that science is defined by structured ignorance and failure rather than just facts.

Sean Carroll interviews philosopher and cognitive scientist Chandra Sripada to explore whether Large Language Models think like humans or represent an alien intelligence.

Sean Carroll opens by celebrating LeBron James joining the Philadelphia 76ers, framing sports fandom as a rational source of hope.

Sean Carroll interviews complex systems theorist Luis Bettencourt on how cities function as biological-like systems governed by universal scaling laws.