Decoding the Gurus

Prepare for a hearty mix of culinary tips, avoidance of hypothetical scenarios, and the usual guru grievances. Will Jordan Peterson ever admit he's a Christian? Is it ever truly possible to understand Sam Harris AND still disagree with him? And where does Joe Rogan's primal hate for owls come in? Tune in for at least some of the answers to these pressing questions in this bubbling broth of an episode. Supplementary Material 30 00:00 Introduction and Culinary Corner 12:29 The Buddhism Book cometh 14:09 Joe Rogan on Astrology 25:22 Rogan's Christian Conversion? 32:18 Rogan on Owls... 43:09 Jordan Peterson vs 20 Atheists 48:55 Is JBP a Christian? 54:34 It depends what you mean by believe... 01:00:22 Jordan Peterson vs. hypotheticals 01:13:54 Hancock Orbiters continue to be terrible 01:19:58 Sam Harris' Business Manager is kinda bad 01:26:22 Sam is being misinterpreted again 01:35:11 The Fundamentalist Impulse 01:38:09 Post-Debate Weinstein Activity 01:40:32 Sam Harris is still mad with Ezra Klein 01:48:39 Outro The full episode is available for Patreon subscribers (1hr 49 mins). Join us at: https://www.patreon.com/DecodingTheGurus [https://www.patreon.com/DecodingTheGurus] Sources - A good Irish Stew recipe [https://www.simplyrecipes.com/recipes/irish_beef_stew/] - The Buddhism Book! [https://www.amazon.co.jp/-/en/Buddhism-Donald-S-Lopez-Jr/dp/0300234260] - Joe Rogan Experience #2323 - Guy Fieri [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzBNVGNY_FA] - Jubilee: Jordan Peterson vs 20 Atheists | Surrounded [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pwk5MPE_6zE] - Dan Richards' charming tweet to Flint [https://x.com/DeDunkingPast/status/1927101136751767833] - Professor Dave: Dan Richards is a Pointless Troll [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_r55Z9q4_GU] - "More From Sam": Religion, Deportations, Douglas Murray vs. Rogan, & Bill Maher's Dinner with Trump [https://www.samharris.org/podcasts/making-sense-episodes/409-more-from-sam-religion-deportations-douglas-murray-vs-rogan-bill-mahers-dinner-with-trump] - “More From Sam”: Trump & Israel, Corruption, Free Speech Violations, the Democrats, & Ezra Klein [https://www.samharris.org/podcasts/making-sense-episodes/413-more-from-sam-trump-israel-corruption-free-speech-violations-the-democrats-ezra-klein] - Sam Harris' Substack: What Whataboutery? [https://samharris.substack.com/p/what-whataboutery] - Sam and Ezra's email exchange [https://www.samharris.org/blog/ezra-klein-editor-chief] - Vox: Charles Murray is once again peddling junk science about race and IQ. Podcaster and author Sam Harris is the latest to fall for it. [https://www.vox.com/the-big-idea/2017/5/18/15655638/charles-murray-race-iq-sam-harris-science-free-speech]

In this medium-decoding episode, Matt and Chris turn their attention to an unlikely venue for cutting-edge theoretical physics: Piers Morgan Uncensored. There, Eric Weinstein, renegade genius and uber guru, squares off with Sean Carroll, an actual physicist and popular science communicator, in what might generously be called a “debate.” Eric brings his usual mix of personality-focused historical revisionism, intentional technobabble, and performative outrage, complete with a conspiratorial tale of how physics was hijacked in 1983 by a single lecture (that Eric was naturally present at) and how Eric is the unacknowledged creator of Seiberg-Witten equations. Sean Carroll, meanwhile, does his best to explain in simple terms how scientific research works, what is lacking in Eric's 'theory', and why appearing on podcasts is not a replacement for publishing papers and peer review. Expect to hear one academic earnestly trying to summarise complex scientific topics, while one culture war celebrity / professional podcast guest decries how he has been constantly maligned, silenced, misunderstood, and generally ignored by the mainstream scientific establishment. And just when you think it is all over, prepare to be astounded by Piers Morgan's ultimate argument for God... Sources * Piers Morgan Uncensored: “Don’t Talk About Physics Fight Club” Eric Weinstein vs Sean Carroll Science SHOWDOWN [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5m7LnLgvMnM] * Eric's Geometric Unity paper [https://geometricunity.org/] * Tim Nguyen & Theo Polya's Response to Geometric Unity [https://files.timothynguyen.org/geometric_unity.pdf] * Curt Jaimungal: Eric Weinstein's Theory of Everything "Geometric Unity" Explained [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AThFAxF7Mgw] * Decoding the Gurus: Mick West & Eric Weinstein: UFO Tango [https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/mick-west-eric-weinstein-ufo-tango/id1531266667?i=1000621155618]

We enter the ontological in-between to try and spin up our paradigms to understand the next stage in relationship technology, the horrific damage of modern medicine, how Lucifer connects with wokeness, and the joys of bonding over outgroup hate. This one is a doozy... Supplementary Material 28 00:00 Introduction - On Dogs and Dough 04:37 Next Required Reading: The Buddhism Book! 07:50 Jordan Peterson, James Lindsay & Woke Lucifer 15:06 Aubrey Marcus' Sensual Sensemaking 34:10 Jordan Hall's Sensemaking Origin Story 39:09 Bret and Heather discuss cancer cures 44:10 The Miracle Cure of Ivermectin 46:07 Bret denounces ALL of modern medicine 49:26 Community Notes has Fallen to Goliath! 50:11 Theo Von, GSP, and the conspiratorial hell world 58:04 Dan Bongino gets what he deserves 01:05:57 Scott Adams has prostate cancer 01:07:20 Joe Biden's Cancer and Taylor Lorenz's Edgy Responses 01:09:13 Does Joe Biden hate affordable health care? 01:13:31 Hasan joins the fray 01:19:36 Genetically Modified Skeptic denouncing outrage mongering and radicalisation 01:22:38 The totally hinged Zei Squirrel 01:24:25 Owen Jones vs Zei Squirrel 01:27:15 Unmasked by the Subreddit 01:31:42 The Heterodox Social Science Conference 2025 01:33:16 Stephen Pinker making bad choices 01:37:03 Jordan Peterson gets OUTRAGED over Harvard 01:41:13 The Anti-Establishment Two-Step 01:47:13 Outro The full episode is available for Patreon subscribers (1hr 47 mins). Join us at: https://www.patreon.com/DecodingTheGurus [https://www.patreon.com/DecodingTheGurus] Sources - Next Required Reading- Buddhism: A Journey through History [https://www.amazon.co.jp/-/en/Donald-S-Lopez-Jr/dp/0300234260] - Jordan Peterson: When the Right Goes Too Far | Dr. James Lindsay | EP 544 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYGNTFY4ZIQ] - Jordan Peterson: A Dialogue So Dangerous, It Just Might Bring You Wisdom | John Vervaeke and Jordan Hall | EP 532 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOIzDA99xAg] - Bret and Heather discussing cancer treatments [https://x.com/thebadstats/status/1922654274569355270] - Bret denounces all of modern medicine [https://x.com/BretWeinstein/status/1924167620946993198] and conspiracy hypothesises about community notes [https://x.com/BretWeinstein/status/1922746245627466021] - Aubrey Marcus: A New Pattern Of Sacred Relationship Emerges | Vylana, Alana Beale, Dr. Marc Gafni [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_4_WD6-9MI] - The Hill: Patel, Bongino dismiss Epstein conspiracy theories: ‘He killed himself’ [https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5307225-epstein-killed-suicide-fbi-director/] - Genetically Modified Skeptic: The Alt-Right Pipeline Almost Got Me. Here’s Why It Failed [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ID8Xq3chNi4] - Taylor Lorenz's Biden cancer tweet [https://x.com/TaylorLorenz/status/1924353581878010248] - Vice: Joe Biden: It Would Be an Insult to My Dead Son for Everyone to Have Healthcare [https://www.vice.com/en/article/joe-biden-medicare-for-all-would-be-an-insult-to-my-dead-son/] - The Biden campaign ad [https://x.com/JoeBiden/status/1166319450909315072] - The Heterodox Social Science Conference 2025 [https://heterodoxconference.com/] - Jordan Peterson: Reaction to Harvard: Scam? | Dr. Jordan B. Peterson | EP 545 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jz5x1enxX84]

Fresh from unbuckling their seatbelts on the Gliding Guru luxury jet and mooring the show’s mega-yacht, our decoders are feeling an unexpected surge of empathy for their last decoding subject, Gary Stevenson. It turns out that a bit of jet-lagged decadence really hones one's sensitivity to wealth inequality. Or maybe it’s just the natural response to voluntarily subjecting yourself to the truly insufferable world of the All-In podcast. That's right, this week you can vibe to the philosophical musings of a couple of Silicon Valley moguls, Chamath Palihapitiya, David Sacks, Jason Calacanis, and David Friedberg or as they call themselves: the Dictator, the Rainman, the Moderator, and the Sultan (yes, really). Revel in their tales of private jets, $500K club memberships, and their noble quest to cut food stamps while engaging in hyper-elitist MAGA cheerleading. Plug in for a first-class tour through cognitive dissonance, private-jet populism, and your regular prescription of alternative media grievance mongering and conspiracy hypothesising. Perfect for anyone who enjoys listening to the top 0.01% share their insights and deep connection with the common man's struggles. Enjoy... because we certainly did not! Sources * All-In Podcast: Trump's First 100 Days, Tariffs Impact Trade, AI Agents, Amazon Backs Down [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W960TW79QCI] * All-In Podcast: Trump wins! How it happened and what's next [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xH76q6yYVlk] * All-In Podcast: The Great Tariff Debate with David Sacks, Larry Summers, and Ezra Klein [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcmMOZKnKAk] * All-In Podcast Website [https://allin.com/about]

We exercise our ethnographic muscles as we revel in the esoteric dynamics of Australian Pool Culture, the mysteries of Eric Weinstein's theories as revealed by Curt Jaimungal, and the contradictions of MAGA cultists. Supplementary Material 28 00:00 Matt's Ethnography of Australian Swimming Culture 06:19 Pool Etiquette and Social Dynamics 08:46 Mutual Humiliation and Blackmail 08:51 Reciprocal Humiliation 12:01 Patreon Question of the Week 13:37 Curt Jaimungal explores Geometric Unity 19:12 The Weinsteinian Iceberg 26:38 Eric's Response to Curt 28:40 A potential doomsday device? 29:55 The wisdom of genuine seekers 35:00 The Pseudo Profundity Mask 38:19 Pandering to anti-'mainstream' science audiences 40:37 Earnest Fans 43:54 Passive consumption at YouTube University 46:21 Independent Learning and  the Pitfalls of Self-Taught Knowledge 49:53 The Illusion of Easy Learning 56:00 Credentials vs. Actual Knowledge 59:46 Media Criticism & the Fifth Column 01:02:47 Priorities in the Media Business 01:04:29 Why is strong criticism so taboo? 01:08:25 Brand Building in the Alternative Media 01:12:02 Batya joins the Fifth Column 01:16:37 Debating Tariffs 01:22:46 A rare instance of REAL disagreement in alternative media! 01:25:58 Sensitive MAGA Cultist Sycophancy 01:32:10 The Working Class don't want iPhones 01:41:06 Outro The full episode is available for Patreon subscribers (1hr 43 mins). Join us at: https://www.patreon.com/DecodingTheGurus [https://www.patreon.com/DecodingTheGurus] Sources - The Fifth Column #502 - The Second Battle of Batya (w/ Batya Ungar-Sargon) [https://www.wethefifth.com/p/502-the-second-battle-of-batya-w] - The Fifth Column #503 - Mea Minima Culpa [https://www.wethefifth.com/p/503-mea-minima-culpa] - The Fifth Column Members Only #258 - We Don't Talk About Fight Club (Mostly) [https://www.wethefifth.com/p/members-only-258-we-dont-talk-about] - Curt Jaimungal - Eric Weinstein's Theory of Everything "Geometric Unity" Explained [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AThFAxF7Mgw] - Curt Jaimungal - Chris Langan: The Most In-Depth Interview with the World's Smartest Man [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-bRM1kYuNA&t=41s] - Eric's Twitter response to Curt [https://x.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1915084215005433887] - Josh Rogin's (mild) criticism of Bill Maher [https://x.com/BlueATLGeorgia/status/1910903612294717865]