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,
2/1,300 episodes analyzed 2 hours of audio 9 books mentioned
Most mentioned books
- 1 Nietzsche on the Eternal RecurrenceNeil Sinabu · 1× across 1 episode
- 2 Nina Hartley's Guide to Better SexNina Hartley · 1× across 1 episode
- 3 Shameless Sex: Choose Your Own Pleasure Path to Unlock the Sex Life You've Been Waiting ForAmy Baldwin and April Lampert · 1× across 1 episode
- 4 Tell Me What You WantJustin Lehmiller · 1× across 1 episode
- 5 The Erotic MindJack Morin · 1× across 1 episode
- 6 The Fellowship of the RingJ. R. R. Tolkien · 1× across 1 episode
- 7 The Gay ScienceFriedrich Nietzsche · 1× across 1 episode
- 8 The Physics That Makes the Universe StickJim Al-Khalili · 1× across 1 episode TP
- 9 Thus Spoke ZarathustraFriedrich Nietzsche · 1× across 1 episode
- 1 Nietzsche on the Eternal RecurrenceNeil Sinabu · 1× across 1 episode
- 2 Nina Hartley's Guide to Better SexNina Hartley · 1× across 1 episode
- 3 Shameless Sex: Choose Your Own Pleasure Path to Unlock the Sex Life You've Been Waiting ForAmy Baldwin and April Lampert · 1× across 1 episode
- 4 Tell Me What You WantJustin Lehmiller · 1× across 1 episode
- 5 The Erotic MindJack Morin · 1× across 1 episode
- 6 The Fellowship of the RingJ. R. R. Tolkien · 1× across 1 episode
- 7 The Gay ScienceFriedrich Nietzsche · 1× across 1 episode
- 8 The Physics That Makes the Universe StickJim Al-Khalili · 1× across 1 episode TP
- 9 Thus Spoke ZarathustraFriedrich Nietzsche · 1× across 1 episode
- 1 Nietzsche on the Eternal RecurrenceNeil Sinabu · 1× across 1 episode
- 2 Nina Hartley's Guide to Better SexNina Hartley · 1× across 1 episode
- 3 Shameless Sex: Choose Your Own Pleasure Path to Unlock the Sex Life You've Been Waiting ForAmy Baldwin and April Lampert · 1× across 1 episode
- 4 Tell Me What You WantJustin Lehmiller · 1× across 1 episode
- 5 The Erotic MindJack Morin · 1× across 1 episode
- 6 The Fellowship of the RingJ. R. R. Tolkien · 1× across 1 episode
- 7 The Gay ScienceFriedrich Nietzsche · 1× across 1 episode
- 8 The Physics That Makes the Universe StickJim Al-Khalili · 1× across 1 episode TP
- 9 Thus Spoke ZarathustraFriedrich Nietzsche · 1× across 1 episode
#1306 Steve Keen: The Existential Risk of Climate Change, and the War in Iran
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#1305 Vanniall: Trans Women in the Sex Industry
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#1304 Michael Wilson: Chimpanzee Behavior, Ecology, Violence, and Human Warfare
0:00 / 63:04
#1303 Charmaine Borg: Sexual Arousal, Sexual Disgust, and Sexual Dysfunction
0:00 / 42:11
#1302 Benjamin Saltzman - Turning Away: The Poetics of an Ancient Gesture
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Turning Away: The Poetics of an Ancient Gesture
Benjamin Saltzman
and today we're going to talk about his book turning away the poetics of an ancient gesture ▶ tap to play from here
Confessions
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
yeah so i so i mentioned earlier that each chapter starts with a an archaic scene ▶ tap to play from here
Republic
Plato
this moment in plato's republic where socrates just tells the story of leontius ▶ tap to play from here
Genesis
Eric Schmidt, Henry Kissinger, and Craig Mundie
containing a poetic translation of the book of genesis heavily illustrated ▶ tap to play from here
#1301 Suki Finn - What's in a Doughnut Hole?: And Other Philosophical Food for Thought
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What's in a Donut Hole?: And Other Philosophical Food for Thought
Suki Finn
and today we're going to talk about her book what's in a donut hole and other philosopical food for thought ▶ tap to play from here
Women of Ideas
Suki Finn
my previous book that i edited called women of ideas ▶ tap to play from here
#1300 Jim Al-Khalili - On Time: The Physics That Makes the Universe Tick
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The Physics That Makes the Universe Stick
Jim Al-Khalili
and today we're going to talk about his new book on time the physics that makes the universe stick ▶ tap to play from here
#1299 Amy Baldwin: Shameless Sex
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Shameless Sex: Choose Your Own Pleasure Path to Unlock the Sex Life You've Been Waiting For
Amy Baldwin and April Lampert
she's the author together with april lampert who by the way is the other cohost of the shameless sex podcast of uh shameless sex choose your own pleasure path to unlock the sex life you've been waiting for ▶ tap to play from here
Nina Hartley's Guide to Better Sex
Nina Hartley
nina hartley released her book nina hartley's guide to and so i mean it was basically a porn start educating people on sex ▶ tap to play from here
The Erotic Mind
Jack Morin
jack morin's work i think he passed away maybe in the eighties maybe the nineties but he wrote the book the erotic mind ▶ tap to play from here
Tell Me What You Want
Justin Lehmiller
go read doctor justin le miller's book tell me what you want ▶ tap to play from here
#1298 Rachel Steele: Humanizing Sex Workers
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#1297 Neil Sinhababu: Nietzsche on the Eternal Recurrence
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Nietzsche on the Eternal Recurrence
Neil Sinabu
and today we're talking about his book nietzsche on the eternal recurrence ▶ tap to play from here
The Gay Science
Friedrich Nietzsche
so what early statements about the eternal return can be found in gay science and is that the work where we can first find the idea of the eternal recurrence mentioned in any way ▶ tap to play from here
Thus Spoke Zarathustra
Friedrich Nietzsche
right so let's talk about the spokes are trust and what we can find there about the eternal recurrence ▶ tap to play from here
The Fellowship of the Ring
J. R. R. Tolkien
contender would be the fellowship of the ring which i read when i was uh uh in eighth grade ▶ tap to play from here
#1296 Carolyn Kraft: Discussing the Ethics and Legality of Sex Work
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Sex Workers and Their Clients
Gerald Mosley
i read uh intellect on an intellectual level since i read gerald mosley he was a former attorney from california sex workers and their clients which was released back in twenty twenty one ▶ tap to play from here
#1295 Neal Hebert: A Philosophical Analysis of Wrestling | WWE SummerSlam 2026
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Kayfabe Nation: Professional Wrestling, Donald Trump, and the New Cynicism
Neil Herbert and John Cogburn
his book with dr john cogburn who unfortunately today cannot join us k fave nation professional wrestling donald trump and the new cynicism ▶ tap to play from here
The Philosophy of Mass Art
Noel Carroll
the philosopher noel carroll talks about that in phil in the ontology of mass art which is one of my favorite works of aesthetics of the last 30 years ▶ tap to play from here
#1294 Harry Reis - How to Feel Loved: The Five Mindsets That Get You More of What Matters Most
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How to Feel Love: The Five Mindsets That Get You More of What Matters Most
Dr. Harry Reis and Dr. Sonja Lyubomirsky
um the title of it is how to feel love the five mindset that get you more of what matters most ▶ tap to play from here
#1293 Amy McPhie Allebest: Breaking Down Patriarchy
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The Color Purple
Alice Walker
people might know alice walker is the author of the color purple ▶ tap to play from here
The Second Sex
Simone de Beauvoir
simone de beauvoir in the second sex talks about it in it she uses the word imminence ▶ tap to play from here
#1292 Nima Bassiri: Capitalism, Psychiatry, and the Emergence of Pathological Value
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Madness and Enterprise: Psychiatry, Economic Reason, and the Emergence of Pathological Value
Nima Basiri
today we're going to talk about his book madness and enterprise psychiatry economic reason and the emergence of pathological value ▶ tap to play from here
Meditations on First Philosophy
René Descartes
it's like what foucault says about descartes discussion of madness in the in the meditations he says descartes simply removes madness from the scene of discussion ▶ tap to play from here
The Wretched of the Earth
Frantz Fanon
france fanon talks about this actually in right of the earth where he says there was a view by the french colonizers that the entire algerian war was just an expression of nativist madness ▶ tap to play from here
History of Madness
Michel Foucault
in the history of madness the very first kind of book which is that in the early modern period ▶ tap to play from here
#1291 Christopher Kavanagh & Matthew Browne: Decoding the Gurus
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The Selfish Gene
Richard Dawkins
and the you know the selfish gene and so on matt and i big fans of that that book and and actually his evolutionary writing in in general ▶ tap to play from here
The Black Book of Communism: Crimes, Terror, Repression
Stéphane Courtois
oh ok so communism killed one hundred milyen people and i'm like oh okay here we go again the figure from the black book of communism ▶ tap to play from here
8 and 1/2 Years of The Dissenter: I Need Your Support, Please
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#1290 Matthew Lindauer: The Fruitfulness of Normative Concepts
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The Fruitfulness of Normative Concepts
Matthew Lindauer
and today we're going to talk about his book the fruitfulness of normative concept ▶ tap to play from here
The Federalist Papers
James Madison
refer to a quotation from james madison in the federalist papers ▶ tap to play from here
The Geography of Morals
Owen Flanagan
like for example with dr owen flanagan i mean i really love his book the geography of morals ▶ tap to play from here
Nicomachean Ethics
Aristotle
aristotle has a really nice uh phrase in book two of the nicomachian ethics where he says ▶ tap to play from here
Pluto Gets the Call
Adam Rex
my kids have a book here about when pluto gets the call ▶ tap to play from here
Taking Morality Seriously
David Enoch
this is a phrase from uh the book taking morality seriously by david enoch ▶ tap to play from here
Justice as Fairness: A Restatement
John Rawls
interestingly rawls in his last uh book justice as fairness a restatement seems to anticipate this ▶ tap to play from here
#1289 Wataru Toyokawa: Social Learning, Collective Decision-Making, and the Wisdom/Madness of Crowds
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#1288 Omer Bartov - Israel: What Went Wrong?
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Israel, What Went Wrong
Omar Bartov
dean's professor of holocaust and genocide studies at brown university and today we're going to talk about his latest book israel what went wrong ▶ tap to play from here
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