The Jim Rutt Show

The Jim Rutt Show


Latest Episodes

EP 277 Kristian Rönn on Darwinian Traps and How to Escape Them
December 20, 2024

Jim talks with Kristian Rnn about The Darwinian Trap: The Hidden Evolutionary Forces That Explain Our World (and Threaten Our Future).

EP 276 Carolyn Dicey Jennings on Attention and Mental Control
December 19, 2024

Jim talks with philosopher and cognitive scientist Carolyn Dicey Jennings about her bookAttention and Mental Control.

EP 275 Rachel Winkler on Mass Deportation
December 17, 2024

Jim talks with lawyer and former DHS policy person Rachel Winkler about Trump's promise to carry out a large-scale deportation operation.

EP 274 Richard Overy on Why War?
December 12, 2024

Jim talks with historian Richard Overy about his new bookWhy War?

EP 273 Gregg Henriques on the Unified Theory of Knowledge
December 03, 2024

Jim talks with Gregg Henriques about his new bookUTOK: The Unified Theory of Knowledge.

EP 272 Loribeth Ford Jarrell on Bespoke Education
November 19, 2024

Jim talks with Loribeth Ford Jarrell, the director of SumplicityMath, a mathematics enrichment program for children.

EP 271 Lorraine Besser on the Art of the Interesting
November 05, 2024

Jim talks with Lorraine Besser abouther book The Art of the Interesting: What We Miss in the Pursuit of the Good Life and How to Cultivate It.

EP 270 Nancy Jacobson on No Labels and the 2024 Election
October 30, 2024

Jim talks with Nancy Jacobson, founder & CEO of No Labels, as part of a series featuring non-partisan thinkers on the presidential election.

EP 269 Alex Ebert on the War on Genius
October 29, 2024

Jim talks with Alex Ebert about his recent essay "Suboptimal Revolution: In Defense of Inefficiencies."

EP 268 Brendan Graham Dempsey on the Evolution of Meaning
October 24, 2024

Jim talks with Brendan Graham Dempsey about the ideas in his new book,A Universal Learning Process: The Evolution of Meaning.