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The Dissenter

My name is Ricardo Lopes, and I’m from Portugal. Thank you for visiting my podcast. Over the past few years, I have conducted and released more than 900 interviews and talks with experts and academics from a variety of areas and disciplines, ranging from the Arts and Philosophy to the Social Sciences and Biology. You will certainly find a subject of your interest covered here. New interviews are released on Mondays,

#1297 Neil Sinhababu: Nietzsche on the Eternal Recurrence
Aug 2026
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#1296 Carolyn Kraft: Discussing the Ethics and Legality of Sex Work
Aug 2026
0:00 / 104:12
#1295 Neal Hebert: A Philosophical Analysis of Wrestling | WWE SummerSlam 2026
Aug 2026
0:00 / 112:15
#1294 Harry Reis - How to Feel Loved: The Five Mindsets That Get You More of What Matters Most
Aug 2026
0:00 / 75:02
#1293 Amy McPhie Allebest: Breaking Down Patriarchy
Aug 2026
0:00 / 89:02
#1292 Nima Bassiri: Capitalism, Psychiatry, and the Emergence of Pathological Value
Aug 2026
0:00 / 80:58
#1291 Christopher Kavanagh & Matthew Browne: Decoding the Gurus
Aug 2026
0:00 / 101:38
8 and 1/2 Years of The Dissenter: I Need Your Support, Please
Aug 2026
0:00 / 1:57
#1290 Matthew Lindauer: The Fruitfulness of Normative Concepts
Aug 2026
0:00 / 83:30
#1289 Wataru Toyokawa: Social Learning, Collective Decision-Making, and the Wisdom/Madness of Crowds
Aug 2026
0:00 / 73:58
#1288 Omer Bartov - Israel: What Went Wrong?
Aug 2026
0:00 / 48:34
#1287 Audun Dahl - Between Fixed and Fickle: Why Our Moral Views Keep Changing
Jul 2026
0:00 / 65:49
#1286 Hugo Drochon: Elites and Democracy
Jul 2026
0:00 / 65:04
#1285 Luke Kemp - Goliath's Curse: The History and Future of Societal Collapse
Jul 2026
0:00 / 66:06
#1284 Lars Penke: Do Women's Mate Preferences Change During Ovulation?
Jul 2026
0:00 / 79:04
#1283 Stijn Vanheule: Why Psychosis Is Not So Crazy
Jul 2026
0:00 / 56:24
#1282 Turi Munthe - Why We Think What We Think: The Unexpected Origins of Our Deepest Beliefs
Jul 2026
0:00 / 69:28
#1281 Francesca Rossi: The Benefits and Risks of AI
Jul 2026
0:00 / 36:24
#1280 Rafael Ruiz: Is "Woke" Good, Actually?
Jul 2026
0:00 / 50:56
#1279 Patrick Hassan: An Open Conversation About Suicide with a Philosopher
Jul 2026
0:00 / 77:56
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