Great Question

Great Question

Big Thinkers join us to ruminate on a great question that they may — or may not — have pondered before.
Latest episode
The truth about supplements, from a doctor
“The truth is there are very few supplements that have good evidence-based medicine to support them.”

Dr. Jen Gunter

Various capsules arranged diagonally on a blue surface, alternating between light and dark colors.
6mins
How did complex systems emerge from chaos? Physicist Sean Carroll explains.
3mins
Climate change. War. Civil unrest. Is it responsible to have kids today?
A person stands on an abstract surface, casting a large question mark-shaped shadow surrounded by vibrant orange, blue, and purple hues.
4mins
Can psychedelics solve the ‘hard problem’ of consciousness? A Johns Hopkins professor explains.
5mins
Bo Seo, Harvard’s former debate coach, explains a good argument.
4mins
Should you confess to cheating? A Columbia ethics professor explains.
4mins
Dr. Carl Hart breaks taboos surrounding drug use in America.
3mins
Expert Matthew Ball explains how the Metaverse is a golden opportunity to fix the internet.
Elon Musk, Jack Dorsey, Steve Jobs, Elizabeth Holmes – are these celebrity CEOs good for their business?
dao leadership
2mins
DAOs don’t have a C-suite. How are they led?
truth bias
2mins
How to see through the lies that surround us.
Experiencing flow state
Experiences that put you in a state of flow are shown to override PTSD and heartbreak.
Is there an afterlife
What if death isn’t the end? NDEs may complicate what science teaches us about death and consciousness.
study tips
4mins
What do candles, coffee, and candy have to do with it?
childhood trauma
3mins
People usually think about the military when they talk about trauma. But  for every soldier who gets PTSD in a war zone, there’s at least 30 children who get traumatized […]