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

324 | Elizabeth Mynatt on Universities and the Importance of Basic Research

AMA | August 2025

323 | Jacob Barandes on Indivisible Stochastic Quantum Mechanics

In this episode of the Mindscape podcast, host Sean Carroll interviews Jacob Barandes, a physicist and philosopher at Harvard University, about his new proposal for thinking about quantum mechanics, known as indivisible stochastic quantum mechanics. The conversation begins with an overview of the history and foundation...

322 | Philip Pettit on Language, Agency, Politics, and Freedom

321 | David Tong on Open Questions in Quantum Field Theory

AMA | July 2025

320 | Solo: Complexity and the Universe

319 | Bryan Van Norden on Philosophy From the Rest of the World

318 | Edward Miguel on the Developing Practice of Development Economics

317 | Nicole Rust on Why Neuroscience Hasn't Solved Brain Disorders

AMA | June 2025

316 | Niayesh Afshordi and Phil Halper

315 | Branden Fitelson on the Logic and Use of Probability

314 | Karen Lloyd on the Deep Underground Biosphere

313 | Eric Topol on the Changing Face of Medicine and Aging

AMA | May 2025

312 | Thomas Levenson on the Mutual History of Humans and Germs

311 | Annaka Harris on Whether Consciousness is Fundamental

AMA | April 2025

310 | Marc Kamionkowski on Dark Energy and Cosmic Anomalies