Sean Carroll

Andrea Wulf on Enlightenment, Nature, Romanticism, and Modernity | Mindscape 356
Historian Andrea Wulf explores how 18th-century thinkers like Georg Forster, Alexander von Humboldt, and the Jena Circle fundamentally reshaped our understanding of nature, humanity, and the individual, laying the groundwork for modernity and environmentalism.

Mindscape Ask Me Anything, Sean Carroll | June 2026
Sean Carroll fields a diverse range of listener questions, from the hypothetical Pope Leo XIV's stance on AI to the intricacies of quantum cyclic universes, the philosophy of free will, and the future of science and society.

Christian List on Free Will and Levels of Reality | Mindscape 354
Christian List redefines free will as an emergent property of intentional agents, compatible with physical determinism at lower levels, and applicable to AI and corporate entities.
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