Successful Prophets

Why the Cult Leader Was Never the Point

Jun 27 • Dorian

You Can Catch Madness

Shared madness is more common, and more ordinary, than we like to think.

Jun 13 • Dorian

May 2026

Meditation isn't for everyone

Listen now | Why It Can Hurt—and Why You’re Already Doing It

May 30 • Dorian

26:16

In Praise of the Sage

Listen now | Why You Already Trust a Guru (You Just Pretend You Don’t)

May 16 • Dorian

33:28

The Scientific Ritual

Listen now | Why “Studies Show” Doesn’t Mean What You Think

May 2 • Dorian

37:20

April 2026

It’s Not Social Media, Life Is Just Worse

Listen now | Social media is a symptom, not the cause

Apr 17 • Dorian

29:11

Pop Neuroscience is Just a Fancy Way of Saying ‘Calm Down’

Listen now | Why we keep dressing up simple advice in complicated brain science

Apr 4 • Dorian

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30:35

March 2026

Bias is Good

Listen now | Your Brain Isn’t Broken—It’s Trading Precision for Noise

Mar 21 • Dorian

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26:14

The Amygdala is Not the Fear Centre

Listen now | It’s Not Hijacking You—You’re Just Responding

Mar 7 • Dorian

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17:42

February 2026

Hydraulic Despotism

Listen now | The Most Discredited Theory in Political Science Describes Modern Life Perfectly

Feb 21 • Dorian

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17:28

Atavism Isn’t the Answer

Listen now | The Two Faulty Assumptions Behind the Return-to-Nature Movement

Feb 7 • Dorian

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27:48

January 2026

Values Don’t Matter

Listen now | Why You Should Design the Context, Not the Virtues

Jan 24 • Dorian

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