Decoding the Gurus
An exiled Northern Irish anthropologist and a hitchhiking Australian psychologist take a close look at the contemporary crop of 'secular gurus', iconoclasts, and other exiles from the mainstream, offering their own brands of unique takes and special insights. Leveraging two of the most diverse accents in modern podcasting, Chris and Matt dig deep into the claims, peek behind the psychological curtains, and try to figure out once and for all... What's it all About? Join us, as we try to puzzle our way through and talk some smart-sounding smack about the intellectual giants of our age, from Jordan Peterson to Robin DiAngelo. Are they revolutionary thinkers or just grifters with delusions of grandeur? Join us and let's find out!
Hosts & Guests
It all makes sense now!
2 days ago
I have a PhD in Weinsteinian physics. Given this background, I was initially critical of the analysis of Chris and Matt, who seemed like mere neurons compared to the infinite computational power of the Weinsteins, James Lindsay, and so on. However, my skepticism was halted when on one of my sense making walks I had a spiritual experience. I was listening to the podcast—balking at how little sense they were making, of course—when suddenly I was struck by the realization that Chris and Matt’s sense making capacity was not intellectual but spiritual! Their voices harmonized instantiating a mellifluousness orders of magnitude greater than that of Sam Harris. Every sound, sight, perception, and sensation emitted more sense for me to make. Everything made sense, sense making made sense! Sense making became not only the making of sense but the process by which sense itself creates the conditions in which sense is made via the act of sense making consciousness. This is not a mere podcast, no, it’s a verbal hypnosis to induce the state of sense making consciousness. Chris and Matt just pose as slouches to attract angry sense makers to show how far he hierarchy of sense extends! Needless to say, it all makes sense now. Five stars
Listen to all the time
Aug 16
Going to watch the Foundation series just to hear then talk about it on an old episode!!
Waffley
3 days ago
The Gabor Mate episode was painful to listen to, I couldn’t believe that one of the hosts is a psychologist. Even a research psychologist must have heard of attachment theory, childhood aces and the vast body of research into the other aspects of developmental trauma. The references to Freud really date how long it must be since Matt studied anything relevant to clinical psychology.
Parasites
Aug 22
What an amazing growth model- accuse more successful podcasters until they appear on your show to boost engagement. Doesn’t sound familiar at all…
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Information
- CreatorChristopher Kavanagh and Matthew Browne
- Years Active2020 - 2024
- Episodes147
- RatingClean
- Copyright© Copyright 2024 Christopher Kavanagh and Matthew Browne
- Show Website