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“of Julia and her conversations. Please come back.”
elpcreek326566swdw via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
05/09/23
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“I really look up to Julia and her rational perspective of life. I hope she returns. We need more people like her!”
Joe Nathan Scott via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
11/15/22
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“I hope this podcast returns! Julia is a great host, and the guests are all knowledgeable.”
VertJF via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
09/16/22
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“I'd rate this 4 stars, but I suspect anything less than 5 is considered harsh.
Surprisingly good. Topics are good, good length, solid guests. And surprisingly, no politics; at least for the 5 episodes I've listened to. One strong recommendation. When I look at the list of shows, I see...”Read full review »
Marcus517 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
04/14/22
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“Edited: Just listened to the episode with Ezra Klein and there was a lot less interrupting, so hopefully this will continue!
I’m a huge fan of podcasts like Mindscape and Making Sense, and what they have in common is pin-drop silence while the guest is speaking. Julia seems to always be queuing...”Read full review »
PEEZA82 via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
03/22/22
“(Coming from the episodes with Michael Sandel and Jonathan Haidt)
The host tries to be as reasonable as she can be but she can’t seem to grasp the concept of virtue ethics, which is disappointing. Sandel knew he didn’t have time to explain to her in depth about it so he gave her a question to...”Read full review »
Peogg via Apple Podcasts ·
Australia ·
03/14/22
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“Julia always asks the best questions and plays the best devil’s advocate. She is so thoughtful and funny and kind and introduces the most interesting topics. It isnt a regular show, but when the next episode is uploaded I listen immediately. Love it!”
cranberry craig via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
02/17/22
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“Unlike so many of my favourite podcasts, Rationally Speaking has remained perfectly consistent in the quality of its episodes over time. Even after a long break it’s still as interesting as ever. Julia Galef is my favourite interviewer from any podcast. Too many hosts/interviewers will brush past...”Read full review »
The Sandstone Bird via Apple Podcasts ·
New Zealand ·
01/19/22
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“But sometimes her venir of being a calculating rationalist just evaluating the facts cracks. For example in the recent episode about price gouging how do you let the guy go on and on about shortages without ever asking how gouging would mitigate the shortage. It seems obvious that when three...”Read full review »
spacebag via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
01/07/22
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“Julia Galef is a brilliant thought leader.
I highly recommend this podcast.
Julia Galef is adept at explaining complex statistical concepts, analyzing the impact of public policy & fleshing out empirical studies that are technically difficult for the layperson to understand.
She takes on...”Read full review »
commuter in stress via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
10/14/21
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“Julia Galef is a fantastic guide through all things reason and rationality. She brings on terrific guests and gives each topic a thorough working over.”
haversham via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
09/20/21
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“This is my favourite podcast and it is changing my life. I have been reading Julia’s book as well trying to apply rationality to my decisions. It’s working!”
VeronikaFarley via Apple Podcasts ·
Australia ·
09/06/21
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“Julia Galef is obviously an intellectual powerhouse. Her thinking is sound and her logic profound. But what distinguishes her (and this podcast) is an ability to convey complex notions in clear, accessible terms that even simpletons like me can grapple with. She quenches complexity and convinces...”Read full review »
RodBanner via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
09/01/21
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“If you want to know what to read, what to pursue in studies or just casual reading, Julia’s podcasts help in that a lot, they keep mentioning books and articles in the podcast.
There are so many topics that I wouldn’t even have imagined that they exist, that I came to know about from her...”Read full review »
ShreyasKale via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
07/01/21
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“Julia, I love your point of view and you’ve got a great voice. Hope you’re out there having fun, please come back soon.”
HoodieTree via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
06/10/21
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“Host Julia has a way of presenting ideas and evidence without ever making the guests that she interviews feel stupid or insuted. Her approach is great! There have been tons of time I have changed my view on topics. Never yelling or anger or anything even close to that. Just sound thinking and...”Read full review »
junior chomsky via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
04/24/21
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“Just a social justice sermon masquerading as rational thought provoking information.”
Strongbow73 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
04/22/21
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“I enjoy the collection of topics while smart people are talking about it. Still at times I want to scream at my screen for their logical fallacies.
In episode 20 they talked about empirical “morality”, but dismissed it with the thought, that data was required to determine how to maximize well...”Read full review »
Gang * via Apple Podcasts ·
Germany ·
04/18/21
“Doesn’t even try to conceal her pro-industry, pro-big-tech bias. Just another scam artist trying to justify her own meritless privilege thru “rationality.” BOO.”
hayduke_lives via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
04/13/21
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“"Scout mindset vs. Soldier mindset"? What's wrong with "rationality", title of podcast even?! Ep.254: I refuse to believe that this Is the niveau of academy discourse on law & jurisdiction in the US. You may consider changing the nonchalance, off the cuff way of discourse....”Read full review »
ndjuxhhehaijdbehbbxk via Apple Podcasts ·
Germany ·
03/21/21
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“But I know enough to say this seems like a decent podcast. Not entirely correct, but true enough to learn some things and spark debate and refuting ideas.
I am a skeptic. This is not a label I’ve assigned myself, but something that is innate to my being and has been for as long as I can remember;...”Read full review »
Okay Curt via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
03/21/21
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“Julia is a thoughtful and inquisitive host and always has interesting conversations; however, her conversation with Jon Haidt was one of those “listen to it over and over again” episodes because of the fantastic blend of philosophy and psychology. Wow. You got me plunging deeper into...”Read full review »
conman12 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
03/14/21
“Julia is a very insightful questioner and explores new angles on typical and unusual topics.”
Kevin_001 via Apple Podcasts ·
Canada ·
03/04/21
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“I found the interviews often miss important aspects and dimensions. A significant recent example is the interview with Matthew Yglesias, which was especially disappointing. There was no hard questions for Yglesias on the downsides of a breading contest with China, in order to get the US to a...”Read full review »
burnbizzle via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
03/04/21
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“The podcast is at its best when the host is exploring or disagreeing. When she agrees she either misses obvious areas of exploration and/or interrupts constantly with her own observations or anecdotes. When it is good it is very very good.”
thicks51 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
02/19/21
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“it sounds like you are conflating consent with morality, or, that consent is your morality
had no slave wanted to be freed, would slavery be immoral?”
Oopsawally via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
02/18/21
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“Glad to see new episodes being released”
pkiehne via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
02/16/21
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“Listening to Matt Yglesias advocate tripling the population of the United States for no particularly good reason, and saying that the only environmental issue is global warming, and technology will take care of that, was extremely disappointing. If only the host had questioned these irrational...”Read full review »
Maajic via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
02/09/21
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“The lady interviewer should interrupt less, use less filer words, prove herself less. On the other side, she has a great voice, amazing attitude, true passion towards philosophy, intelligent, awesome logic scaffolding and very knowledgeable in many areas. On top of this, I very much like that...”Read full review »
costea.se via Apple Podcasts ·
Ireland ·
02/03/21
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“This is an excellent podcast and Julia Galef is a brilliant host: great selection of guests and topics; she does not only have guests who just published new books (like, e.g. Michael Shermer); she’s always informed about the topic at hand and asks very insightful questions; Julia doesn’t make...”Read full review »
woodsmoke70 via Apple Podcasts ·
Austria ·
01/21/21
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“I only listened to the “conversation” about colorblindness. This is truly one of the most unscientific (and embarrassingly uninformed) podcasts I’ve had the misfortune of listening to. “Colorblindness” is widely denounced/debunked because it seeks to erase the mountains of evidence (and uniform...”Read full review »
ZeeSolt via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
01/09/21
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“I appreciate the sincerity, rigor, and openness of your inquiries.”
Bones T via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
01/06/21
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“I first found Julia through her YouTube channel (which she hasn’t posted to lately unfortunately) and wanted to see if she had any other content. I found this podcast and haven’t been disappointed.
Updated my priors.”
Alex Caswen via Apple Podcasts ·
Canada ·
12/26/20
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“While many of the topics covered are not natively interesting to me, following Julia’s enquiries has made many of them more so, promoted related thoughts, and inspired me to spend more time digging deeply into things that I don’t completely understand.”
p.tiddy via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
12/25/20
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“En av de skarpeste og ikke minst redeligste diskusjonsprogramlederne jeg har kommet over der ute.”
mr.trink via Apple Podcasts ·
Norway ·
12/16/20
“Consensual cannibalism is ok? Human dignity isn’t a bona fide concept? Really? I have huge respect for Michael Sandel & would love to hear what he has to say but the questioning was ridiculous (in my view) so I stopped listening.”
Hot25Dog via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
12/13/20
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“Great podcast; stimulating long-form conversations with interesting guests, a host that isn’t afraid to ask tough questions, plus Julia Galef is hot 🧠🥵”
hdidiwkshdhkfkdjsjej via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
11/13/20
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“This podcast is a masterful example of illuminating the BS in topics. I listen to learn how to think more clearly.”
jdarkow via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
11/10/20
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“Would love to see an eventual return of this podcast”
TheUltimateparadox via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
10/13/20
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“Please come back to us, Julia. You are missed!”
justsomelistener via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
07/29/20
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“This is such a balanced, informative, interesting podcast. It seems to have been abandoned and there is no recent info on Julia Galef, almost a year now. Her YouTube videos while older are also well worth the time. Hopefully she will return on this or another medium soon.”
any nickname will do 8545733 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
07/27/20
“In 100% of episodes, I'm impressed and delighted by Julia's fair-minded, perceptive, skeptical, informed questions. And notably, this is true even on subjects that I disagree with her about! Furthermore, the rapport between Julia and her guests is upbeat and friendly, making it so easy...”Read full review »
Selylidne via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
06/14/20
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“The topics are amazing and great job for inviting all those amazing people to this podcast. However I’d really like to encourage Julia to be more confident in interviewing, she seems unsure of the questions she’s posing and this have made my listening experience a bit less enjoyable.
As a...”Read full review »
Quazitt via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
03/28/20
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“The critics were equally undocumented as the study. That can change significantly when the paper gives evidence rather than hearsay. It was an hour of he said verses a hypothetical they say, without appropriate citations.”
What experiment- via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
01/30/20
“RS can be listened to on the run. Episodes vary in quality; some are trite, but others can be eye opening. Massimo sometimes dominates Julia, which can take away from the content. An interesting contribution. I don't think they have quite reached their potential.”Read full review »
Jimdrix Hendri via Apple Podcasts ·
Germany ·
12/20/19
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“I subscribe mostly to podcasts that discuss complex ideas and I repeatedly find that Julia Galef’s Rationally Speaking is my most frequently recommended podcast. No matter your background knowledge or inclinations, there is brilliant stuff going on here. I learn valuable new things and stretch...”Read full review »
vladtheengineer via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
12/19/19
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“Good content, poor delivery. It’s hard to listen to a podcast when I find it so hard to listen to the host...they’re just sort of annoying and they interrupt all the time! Ugh! Wish it was just the guests”
libby_ob via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
10/29/19
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