Editor Andy has produced the theme song for the upcoming cult season. It is a bit better than my (Chris's) previous DIY effort with the tech season. Thought some of you might enjoy a listen.
2025-10-22 13:44:23 +0000 UTC View PostJoin Matt and Chris as they dive into the controversy-ridden world of the lab leak theory, accompanied by biochemist-turned-author Philipp Markolin. Philipp details his journey into the abyss of la...
2025-10-18 22:16:28 +0000 UTC View Post
Join Matt and Chris as they take a plunge in the controversy-ridden pool of the lab leak theory, accompanied by biochemist-turned-author Philipp Markolin. Philipp details his journey into the abyss...
2025-10-18 05:04:36 +0000 UTC View PostIn this special crossover episode of Decoding the Gurus and Punter’s Politics (https://www.youtube.com/@punterspolit...
2025-10-15 03:27:21 +0000 UTC View PostWe end the futile struggle, embrace the toxins, and become one with our mould brethren.
Supplementary Material 38
00:00 Intro
02:54 Boomer Matt reacts to Twitter ...
2025-10-14 13:15:46 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey everyone,
Thought it might be good to give a little update on the forthcoming content that you can expect. Our recording schedule is a little tight at the moment due to Chris's teaching l...
2025-10-08 12:05:08 +0000 UTC View Post
In this special crossover episode of Decoding the Gurus and Punter’s Politics (https://www.youtube.com/@punterspolit...
2025-10-08 01:14:14 +0000 UTC View Post
Welcome to Part 2 of our self-help journey, riding shotgun with Matthew McConaughey. Get ready for a wild ride featuring disturbing dream analysis and profound revelations, including "Selling is Lo...
2025-10-06 21:28:40 +0000 UTC View Post
For the Galaxy Brain amongst you, we have a slightly overdue monthly hangout coming... tomorrow!
That is still 24 hrs away. It is on the 7th Oct at 3pm JST time and if you want to see how tha...
2025-10-06 04:32:36 +0000 UTC View Post
The sensemakers are in the rearview mirror, and yet their spiritual essence still haunts us, and it may haunt you after watching the material above. This is a video of Keith Raniere, cult leader of...
2025-10-02 02:04:41 +0000 UTC View Post
Matthew McConaughey isn’t just alright, alright, alright; he’s also apparently your new life coach. In this episode, we explore the Oscar-winner’s leap from Hollywood leading man to self-help...
2025-09-25 08:37:21 +0000 UTC View PostMatt and Chris once again take up their oars and plunge deeper into the recursive whirlpools of contemporary sensemaking. Picking up where Part 1 left off, having grappled with conscience, touchsto...
2025-09-24 21:31:08 +0000 UTC View Post
Join us as we travel down a depressing internet wormhole featuring a truly impressive spread of WW2 revisionism, pro-Hitler AIs, and anti-semitic conspiracies. Featuring Elon Musk, Grok, Ana Kaspar...
2025-09-20 06:11:33 +0000 UTC View PostWhy are we never invited to these dinners? We wonder if it was something we said or if our invitation just got lost in the mail, as we endure the inevitable discourse wave that followed in the wake...
2025-09-20 00:28:59 +0000 UTC View PostJoin Matt and Chris as they enter the intellectual labyrinth of a reflective sensemaking that features Jordan Peterson, John Vervaeke, and Jordan Hall. You will learn about many deep concepts and p...
2025-09-11 02:12:48 +0000 UTC View Post
We take a look at Sabine Hossenfelder's recent angry defence of Eric Weinstein, exploring her critical takes on mainstream physics and whether she panders to an anti-science, contrarian audience. W...
2025-09-08 06:03:19 +0000 UTC View Post
After receiving many requests, we take a look at The Elephant Graveyard's popular satirical critique of Joe Rogan's comedy career and influence. Presented in a style reminiscent of Adam Curtis's do...
2025-08-31 22:52:22 +0000 UTC View Post
Join us as we imbibe Eric Weinstein's unique life advice, ponder Peter Thiel's antichrist potential, and generally marvel at their intellectual achievements. Along the way, we also get into some re...
2025-08-29 10:52:40 +0000 UTC View PostWe risk contamination with toxic mould, endure distressing initiation rituals to a comedy cult, and ponder if the narratives we have received about the Nazis have enough nuance.
Suppl...
2025-08-29 10:10:09 +0000 UTC View Post
For the Galaxy Brain among you, we will have the August live hangout in August!
That's right, join us on Friday at 8.30 AM JST (or click the link above to see the conversion to your timezone)...
2025-08-27 01:54:46 +0000 UTC View Post
It’s that time of year again.
Matt’s been a good boy and suffered through hours of Gary, Naval, and all manner of eejits. It’s now time for his annual holiday in the land of sensemaking...
2025-08-20 09:47:56 +0000 UTC View PostWe face a disciplinary crisis as the twin pillars of Game Theory and Gurometry are called into question.
Supplementary Material 35
00:05 Introduction
01:52 M...
After our recent full-length decoding, we’re making a quick return to Gary Land — this time to see how Gary, the economist and mathematician with credentials from LSE and Oxford, handles data a...
2025-08-18 23:49:02 +0000 UTC View PostIn this watery simulation of an episode, Matt and Chris uncover the true purpose of Scott Adams’ existence: not to shape reality, but to provide training data for future AIs working on plumbing-r...
2025-08-18 00:22:41 +0000 UTC View Post
In this Guru grab bag, we're discussing RFK Jr.'s new 'panel of experts' on vaccines, Joe Rogan's hypocritical attacks on Flint Dibble, and Lex Friedman's self-aggrandising tweets; it's a veritable...
2025-08-15 23:23:47 +0000 UTC View PostBack once again with the art of Gurometry, we turn our sights to the Hollywood actor-turned-self-help guru, Matthew. Matt and Chris take a hard look at themselves and McConaughey and try to discer...
2025-08-09 23:05:24 +0000 UTC View PostIn this episode, we immerse ourselves in the potent juices of the manosphere with British journalist and author James Bloodworth. James recently published Lost Boys: A Personal Journey Through ...
2025-08-09 12:58:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Naval and Chris Williamson were just too boring, and someone on the livestream recommended that if we wanted the real Naval, we should see him in conversation with Scott Adams.
So the video a...
2025-08-07 23:57:01 +0000 UTC View PostA little bit of fun (/penance) for recent cheeky comments directed at friend of the podcast, philosopher, and Warhammer 40k enthusiast, Liam Bright.
Chris administers a highly scientific test...
2025-08-07 10:42:28 +0000 UTC View Post
It appears that Patreon has taken an action that has caused some RSS feeds to stop updating. The problem seems to be resolved if you re-add the RSS feed to your podcast player. We had to do this ou...
2025-08-07 01:06:58 +0000 UTC View Post