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Changed My Mind

Changed My Mind

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Changed My Mind explores a powerful idea: changing your mind isn't a weakness - it's a superpower. Each episode features accomplished thinkers sharing pivotal moments when they changed their mind about something important. We explore the evidence that tipped the scales, the emotional journey, and how seeing the world from a new perspective impacted their lives. Join us for conversations that will challenge your assumptions and expand your perspective.Changed My Mind Podcast Social Sciences
Episodes
  • How trivia games could bridge America's political divide (with Josh Greene)
    Jul 1 2025

    Josh Greene is a Harvard psychologist, neuroscientist, and philosopher whose research has reshaped how we understand moral decision-making. But after publishing his book Moral Tribes, Josh changed his mind - realizing that explaining why people clash wasn’t enough. Since then, he’s focused on building tools to reduce division and promote cooperation.

    We explore how Josh made that shift, what it means to be a “moral engineer,” and how projects like Giving Multiplier and a bipartisan trivia game are helping people bridge divides in an increasingly polarised world.


    Want more Josh Greene or his work?

    • Check out Josh’s lab and research
    • Try Giving Multiplier — use code changedmymind for a matching bonus
    • Play Tango — the trivia game tackling polarisation


    About the hosts:
    Thom and Aidan left boring, stable careers in law and tech to found FarmKind, a donation platform that helps people be a part of the solution to factory farming — regardless of their diet. While the podcast isn’t about animal welfare, it’s inspired by their daily experience grappling with a fundamental question: Why do people so rarely change their minds, even when confronted with compelling evidence? This curiosity drives their exploration of intellectual humility and the complex factors that enable (or prevent) meaningful belief change.

    Thoughts? Feedback? Guest recommendations?
    Email us at hello@changedmymindpod.com


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    1 hr and 6 mins
  • Should you make changing your mind your worldview? (with Jamie Woodhouse)
    Jun 17 2025

    Jamie Woodhouse is the leading advocate of Sentientism, a worldview that's about: (1) Using naturalistic evidence and reason to figure out what's real, and (2) Giving compassion for all sentient beings. We explore how Jamie changed his mind from Christianity to Sentientism, what it’s like to question your deepest beliefs and why staying intellectually flexible might be the greatest change anyone can make.

    Want more Jamie Woodhouse or Sentientism?

    • Check out the Sentientism podcast, which has over 200 episodes (also available on Spotify and YouTube)
    • Check out the Sentientism website and community


    About the hosts:

    Thom and Aidan left boring, stable careers in law and tech to found ⁠⁠FarmKind⁠⁠, a donation platform that helps people be a part of the solution to factory farming — regardless of their diet. While the podcast isn’t about animal welfare, it’s inspired by their daily experience grappling with a fundamental question: Why do people so rarely change their minds, even when confronted with compelling evidence? This curiosity drives their exploration of intellectual humility and the complex factors that enable (or prevent) meaningful belief change.

    Thoughts? Feedback? Guest recommendations? Email us at hello@changedmymindpod.com

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    54 mins
  • How a learning athlete prepares to interview Nobel Prize winners (with Joe Walker)
    Jun 10 2025

    Today we're joined by Joe Walker, host of The Joe Walker Podcast, where he conducts refreshingly in-depth conversations with the world's deepest thinkers. Joe has spoken with figures like Noam Chomsky, Daniel Kahneman, and Nassim Taleb, and is known for his extraordinary preparation process - sometimes investing over 200 hours of deep study for a single conversation.

    We'll be exploring Joe's remarkable system for going from complete novice to discussing complex subjects with world experts in a matter of weeks – a process that includes textbooks, tutoring sessions, hundreds of flashcards, and in at least one case terraforming a hotel room with post-it notes. We'll also discuss how preparing for and having these conversations has shaped Joe's views on two topics: the risk posed by nuclear weapons, and the question of how people actually form and change their beliefs.

    Want more Joe Walker? Check out his podcast. Here is the episode he recommended on evolutionary biology.

    Things we mentioned:

    • The Scout Mindset
    • ⁠The Myth of the Framework⁠


    About the hosts:

    Thom and Aidan left boring, stable careers in law and tech to found ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠FarmKind⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, a donation platform that helps people be a part of the solution to factory farming — regardless of their diet. While the podcast isn’t about animal welfare, it’s inspired by their daily experience grappling with a fundamental question: Why do people so rarely change their minds, even when confronted with compelling evidence? This curiosity drives their exploration of intellectual humility and the complex factors that enable (or prevent) meaningful belief change.

    Thoughts? Feedback? Guest recommendations? Email us at hello@changedmymindpod.com

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    1 hr and 3 mins
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