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Christopher Kavanagh and Matthew Browne
Decoding the Gurus
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,...
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4.3 stars from 1,621 ratings
Doing the lord's work
This podcast might change your life for the better. It will show you the emotionally appealing rhetorical techniques used by modern secular gurus, and the wrong-headedness of many of the ideas these gurus are selling. Chris and Matt make the case that you don't need to be "optimised",...Read full review »
Andrew O of London via Apple Podcasts · Great Britain · 11/12/24
🤘
You guys got that right, I’m paranoid and proud of it😁
The Guy No One Notices via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 11/06/24
Smug and one-sided
Yes, Eric and Bret Weinstein, Peterson etc are nuts, as are many others. But some of the people they ‘decode’ (i.e. laugh at) are genuine people whose perspective it might pay to listen to. The idea that anyone who’s not a rational leftie should be treated uncharitably is not helping anything....Read full review »
RobertChampion123456 via Apple Podcasts · Australia · 11/06/24
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