The Jim Rutt Show

Latest Episodes
EP 282 Tyson Yunkaporta on Indigenous Law, Lore, and Learning
Jim talks with Tyson Yunkaporta about the ideas in his new bookRight Story, Wrong Story: Adventures in Indigenous Thinking.
EP 281 Jeff Hawkins and Viviane Clay on the Thousand Brains Theory
Jim talks with Jeff Hawkins and Viviane Clay about the Thousand Brains Project & Jeff's bookA Thousand Brains: A New Theory of Intelligence.
EP 280 Rob Henderson on Luxury Beliefs
Jim talks with Rob Henderson about his bookTroubled: A Memoir of Foster Care, Family, and Social Class and the concept of luxury beliefs.
EP 279 Samuel Scarpino on H5N1 (Bird Flu) and Pandemic Risk
Jim talks with epidemiology expert Samuel Scarpino about the recent spread of H5N1 (bird flu) in cows and its implications for public health.
EP 278 Peter Wang on AI, Copyright, and the Future of Intelligence
Jim has a wide-ranging conversation with recurring guest Peter Wang on AI copyright frameworks and the rapidly changing tech landscape.
EP 277 Kristian Rönn on Darwinian Traps and How to Escape Them
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
Jim talks with philosopher and cognitive scientist Carolyn Dicey Jennings about her bookAttention and Mental Control.
EP 275 Rachel Winkler on Mass Deportation
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?
Jim talks with historian Richard Overy about his new bookWhy War?
EP 273 Gregg Henriques on the Unified Theory of Knowledge
Jim talks with Gregg Henriques about his new bookUTOK: The Unified Theory of Knowledge.