An exiled Northern Irish anthropologist and a hitchhiking Australian psychologist take a close look at the contemporary crop of 'secular gurus', iconoclasts, and other exiles from the mainstream, offering their own brands of unique takes and special insights.
Leveraging two of the most diverse accents in modern podcasting, Chris and Matt dig deep into the claims, peek behind the psychological curtains, and try to figure out once and for all... What's it all About?
Join us, as we try to puzzle our way through and talk some smart-sounding smack about the intellectual giants of our age, from Jordan Peterson to Robin DiAngelo. Are they revolutionary thinkers or just grifters with delusions of grandeur?
Join us and let's find out!
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Supplementary Material 44: Peasant Archmages, Moral Panics, and LOTR Parenting Tips (00:32:31)
We descend once more into the Gurusphere, encountering secret peasant archmages, decline narratives, Epstein emails, and endless moral panics.The full episode is available to Patreon subscribers (1 ho...
Open Science, Psychology, and the Art of Not Quite Claiming Causality with Julia Rohrer (01:32:22)
In a rare departure from our usual diet of online weirdos, this episode features an academic who is very much not a guru. We’re joined by Julia Rohrer, a psychologist at Leipzig University whose work ...
Supplementary Material 43: Red-Blooded Americans, Real Life Alan Partridge, and Rationalist Eulogies (00:21:43)
We crawl around the dark crevices of the internet so you don't have to. And what wonders we have to show you...The full episode is available to Patreon subscribers (1 hour, 34 minutes).Join us at: htt...
Scott Galloway, Part 2: Peak Masculinity (03:08:41)
We return for Part 2 of our Scott Galloway deep dive, where the vibes remain strong, the confidence unwavering, and the relationship with empirical evidence increasingly… decorative.Returning to our M...
Supplementary Material 42: Chimpanzee Testicles, Home Alone Statistics, and Influencer Research (00:34:41)
We dig deep into the online world to DO OUR OWN RESEARCH and return with horrors never dreamt of by man.The full episode is available to Patreon subscribers (1 hour, 23 minutes).Join us at: https://ww...
Scott Galloway, Part 1: On Men (02:51:19)
We return to the podcast circuit in 2026 to examine Scott Galloway: NYU professor, prolific podcaster, and, more recently, part-time life coach for struggling young men.Joining him on an episode of Mo...
The Replication Crisis Christmas Quiz w/ Mickey Inzlicht & Dave Pizarro (01:29:31)
In this festive descent into methodological despair, Chris and Matt convene a secret cabal of elite psychology podcasters within the Decoding Cloister, operating under the distant yet reassuring gaze ...
DTG Christmas Quiz 2025 with Helen Lewis (01:26:32)
In this special Christmas episode, Helen’s annual Guru Quiz returns, lightly dusted with Trump, podcast tours, and the unsettling realisation that the Guru-sphere and the MAGA-sphere have quietly fuse...
Supplementary Material 41: Ironic Nazis, Blustering Tories, and Ol' Squeaky's Lament (00:43:42)
In this tragic episode, we pay tribute to a fallen comrade and honour his memory with a discussion of a melange of truly terrible people, some of whom are much worse than others.The full episode is av...
Gurometer: Stefan Molyneux *Patreon Preview* (00:32:51)
In this unlocked bonus episode, Chris and Matt complete their forensic/esoteric/scientific assessment of the charming Stefan Molyneux, consigning him (sadly) to the eternal archives of the Gurometer.
Stefan Molyneux, Part 2: Back in the Moly Hole (01:31:36)
Cult Season continues, and much like Stefan himself, you may have hoped this would go away after Part 1. Unfortunately, like all persistent internet hauntings, Molyneux has returned. And this time, Ch...
Supplementary Material 40: YouTube Builders, the Discourse Grind, and Sam Harris' Dinner Parties (00:42:54)
We set down the Chardonnay at the latest heterodox dinner party and lean in for some hearty ‘civil discourse’ to once again defend the trembling pillars of Western civilization.The full episode is ava...
Stefan Molyneux, Part 1: A fun guy, who is here to help... (03:03:42)
Welcome back to Cult Season, where we continue our sincere attempt to make you feel a little bit worse about the world and everything in it.This week, we turn to Stefan Molyneux, online pioneer, proli...
Autism, Microbiomes, & Mice Burying Marbles with Kevin Mitchell (01:26:49)
This week, we are joined by Kevin Mitchell, Associate Professor of Genetics and Neuroscience at Trinity College Dublin, who has committed the unforgivable sin of pointing out that an entire academic a...
Right to Reply: A Dialogos about Sensemaking with Alexander Beiner (01:12:10)
We are joined by Alexander Beiner, current founder of Kainos and former co-founder of Rebel Wisdom, to grapple with that eternally slippery concept: sensemaking. Naturally, this leads us through inter...
Supplementary Material 39: Bad Guys, Panpsychists, and Sensemakers (00:37:58)
Chris and Matt walk into a bar with an atheist sensemaker, an Ayurvedic Guru, and a Christian Apologist, and predictable frivolities ensue. Featuring not one but two good-natured, robust exchanges of ...
Required Readings: The Genius Myth by Helen Lewis (00:16:44)
In another exciting Required Reading episode, Chris and Matt offer their penetrating, high IQ thoughts on the latest book by journalist and podcast quizmaster, Helen Lewis. Titled 'The Genius Myth: Th...
Discussing Nazis and Gurus with Al Murray (01:07:17)
We welcome Al Murray, the comedian who might just be your new favourite historian, to Decoding the Gurus. In a crossover you probably didn’t expect, we discuss World War II, Wehraboos, gurus, and the ...
Keith Raniere: The Serpent and the Cognitive Fog (03:08:49)
Kicking off cult season, Chris and Matt take a dip into the manipulative world of NXIVM founder and self-proclaimed 200-IQ “Vanguard,” Keith Raniere, as he talks with his then-disciple and ex-Hollywoo...
Lab Leak Fever with Philipp Markolin (01:13:43)
Join Matt and Chris as they dive into the controversy-ridden world of the lab leak theory, accompanied by biochemist-turned-author Philipp Markolin. Philipp details his journey into the abyss of lab l...
Supplementary Material 38: Toxic Mould Symbiosis, Mild Phrenology, and the Best People in the World (00:49:51)
We end the futile struggle, embrace the toxins, and become one with our mould brethren.The full episode is available to Patreon subscribers (2 hours, 38 minutes).Join us at: https://www.patreon.com/De...
A Sense-Making Odyssey, Part 2: Jordan Peterson, John Vervaeke & Jordan Hall (02:36:42)
Matt and Chris once again take up their oars and plunge deeper into the recursive whirlpools of contemporary sensemaking. Picking up where Part 1 left off, having grappled with conscience, touchstones...
Supplementary Material 37: Public Murder Discourse, Heterodox Psychodramas, and Generous Tit for Tat-ers (00:41:48)
Why are we never invited to these dinners? We wonder if it was something we said or if our invitation just got lost in the mail, as we endure the inevitable discourse wave that followed in the wake of...
A Sense-Making Odyssey, Part 1: Jordan Peterson, John Vervaeke & Jordan Hall (02:15:09)
Join Matt and Chris as they enter an intellectual labyrinth of recursive sensemaking featuring the combined insights of Jordan Peterson, John Vervaeke, and Jordan Hall. You will learn about many, many...
Supplementary Material 36: Comedy Cults, Toxic Mould, and WW2 Revisionism (00:45:37)
We risk contamination with toxic mould, endure distressing initiation rituals to a comedy cult, and ponder if the narratives we have received about the Nazis have enough nuance.The full episode is ava...
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