The Jim Rutt Show

The Jim Rutt Show


Latest Episodes

EP 322 Brendan Graham Dempsey on Psyche and Symbolic Learning
September 04, 2025

Jim talks with Brendan Graham Dempsey about the ideas in his bookPsyche and Symbolic Learning, volume 2 in his Evolution of Meaning series.

EP 321 James Fadiman and Jordan Gruber on Microdosing Psychedelics
September 02, 2025

Jim talks with James Fadiman and Jordan Gruber about the findings in their recent bookMicrodosing for Health, Healing, and Enhanced Performance.

EP 319 Lawrence Cahoone on Emergence and Natural Order
August 21, 2025

Jim talks with Lawrence Cahoone about the ideas in his bookThe Orders of Nature.

EP 318 Adam B. Levine on Thinking on Demand
August 14, 2025

Jim talks with Adam B. Levine about humanity's rapidly changing relationship with AI and "thinking on demand."

EP 317 David Shapiro on Post-Labor Economics
August 12, 2025

Jim talks with David Shapiro about the ideas in his recent six-part Substack series on "post-labor economics."

EP 316 Ken Stanley on the AI Representation Problem
August 08, 2025

Jim talks with Ken Stanley about the Fractured Entanglement Representation hypothesis in deep learning neural networks.

EP 315 Ed Latimore on Hard Lessons from the Hurt Business
August 05, 2025

Jim talks with Ed Latimore about his new bookHard Lessons from the Hurt Business: Boxing and the Art of Life.

EP 314 Zak Stein and Marc Gafni on the Nature of Everything
August 01, 2025

Jim talks with Zak Stein and Marc Gafni about consciousness, attention, and value as fundamental aspects of reality.

EP 313 Chris Colin on Why Customer Service Sucks
July 25, 2025

Jim talks with Chris Colin about his recent Atlantic article "That Dropped Call with Customer Service? It Was on Purpose."