Changed My Mind

Rufus Griscom is a writer, podcaster, and longtime techno-optimist who has spent years interviewing the people building the future — from Bill Gates to Reid Hoffman to the founders of Anthropic. For most of his career Rufus believed technology would overwhelmingly improve the human condition. But after dozens of conversations with the people closest to frontier AI, his view has shifted. He still b...

Nemo the Mormon is a third-generation believer who grew up devout, orthodox, and deeply committed to the teachings of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. But over time, he began to discover uncomfortable truths: financial secrecy, historical cover-ups, and leaders who seemed more like businessmen than prophets. Convinced that honesty and accountability were core Christian values, Nemo...

Spencer Greenberg is an entrepreneur, mathematician, and social scientist who has dedicated his career to helping people think more clearly and make better decisions. After years of building tools to improve reasoning from personality tests to structured debate platforms, Spencer realised that the biggest challenge isn’t just giving people good information. It’s getting them to actually use it. To...

Freddie deBoer is a writer, academic, and former teacher whose research and experience challenge one of society’s most deeply held beliefs: that education is the great equaliser. After teaching students at every level - from special education classrooms to college lecture halls - Freddie had a change of heart. He came to believe that intelligence is largely inherited, that academic ability is far...

Josh Greene is a Harvard psychologist, neuroscientist, and philosopher whose research has reshaped how we understand moral decision-making. But after publishing his book Moral Tribes , Josh changed his mind - realizing that explaining why people clash wasn’t enough. Since then, he’s focused on building tools to reduce division and promote cooperation. We explore how Josh made that shift, what it m...

Jamie Woodhouse is the leading advocate of Sentientism, a worldview that's about: (1) Using naturalistic evidence and reason to figure out what's real, and (2) Giving compassion for all sentient beings. We explore how Jamie changed his mind from Christianity to Sentientism, what it’s like to question your deepest beliefs and why staying intellectually flexible might be the greatest change anyone c...

Today we're joined by Joe Walker, host of The Joe Walker Podcast, where he conducts refreshingly in-depth conversations with the world's deepest thinkers. Joe has spoken with figures like Noam Chomsky, Daniel Kahneman, and Nassim Taleb, and is known for his extraordinary preparation process - sometimes investing over 200 hours of deep study for a single conversation. We'll be exploring...

We're joined by Noah Smith, an economist, former Bloomberg Opinion writer and now influential economic commentator through his blog Noahpinion. In this conversation, we explore how Noah has changed his mind to be far less hopeful about making political progress and how he came to think — even before Trump’s election — that we were entering a decade of conservatism. We also discuss Noah’s unusu...

We're joined by Mark Bittman, whose career has taken him from America's most beloved cookbook author to one of our most outspoken food system critics, arguing that the modern food system is degrading human and planetary health. We'll be discussing how Mark changed his mind from seeing the problem with the food system as primarily a matter of individual consumer choices to recognizing t...

Josh Szeps is a seasoned broadcaster who left traditional media to start Uncomfortable Conversations, a project which aims to create a space for people who disagree on sensitive issues to engage in good-faith dialogue where participants and listeners can understand different perspectives, potentially change their minds, and discover common ground. In this episode, we explore how Josh's views have...

Psychologist and author Melanie Joy joins us to explore how unconscious belief systems shape our behavior. While known for developing the concept of 'Carnism' - the invisible belief system conditioning people to eat certain animals - her work extends to examining psychological dynamics behind various forms of oppression and dysfunction. After decades in academia and activism, Joy is now tu...

Clinical psychologist and New York Times best-selling author Rick Hanson joins us to discuss how remarkably plastic our brains are, despite how fixed they often feel. We discuss what's doing on mechanistically when people change their minds, and what we can learn from this about how to be more open to change as individuals. Want more Rick? Listen to Being Well with Forrest Hanson and Dr. Rick...

Historian and bestselling author Rutger Bregman joins us to discuss his dramatic shift from believing humans are fundamentally selfish to championing a radically optimistic view of human nature. We chart his evolution across three books: "Humankind," which establishes his optimistic perspective; "Utopia for Realists," advocating bold policies based on our potential for good; an...

What would it be like to believe something strongly enough to get arrested for it 11 times, but then change your mind? This episode features James Ozden, a former leading member of Extinction Rebellion and Animal Rising - groups known for disruptive protests and non-violent civil disobedience advocating for climate justice and animal rights. We discuss James's journey from deep involvement in...

Peter Singer, one of the most influential philosophers alive today, joins us to discuss how his views have evolved during the past 50 years of his career. We explore his changing perspectives on the value of sharing controversial views, the effectiveness of rational versus emotional appeals, whether its possible to transform our relationship with charity for the better, and his recent engagement w...

Changed My Mind will be launching at the beginning of May, with guests such as the historian and author Rutger Bregman, the philosopher Peter Singer and the psychologist Melanie Joy