If you're open to being pissed off and want to go exploring beyond the SF / SV / liberal / rationalist / techie / IDW / iNtElLeckshualLY sTiMUlAtING hivemind, I

If you're open to being pissed off and want to go exploring beyond the SF / SV / liberal / rationalist / techie / IDW / iNtElLeckshualLY sTiMUlAtING hivemind, I'd recommend the following, all hosted by academics radioactive in one circle or another: What's Left What's Left? is a podcast hosted by Aimee Terese and Benjamin Studebaker, discussing political theory, philosophy, and current affairs from a [editor's note: materialist / marxist] left wing perspective. https://soundcloud.com/whatisleftpod https://soundcloud.com/whatisleftpod Manifold Steve Hsu and Corey Washington have been friends for almost 30 years, and between them hold PhDs in Neuroscience, Philosophy, and Theoretical Physics. https://manifoldlearning.com/podcasts/ https://manifoldlearning.com/podcasts/ The Classicist The Classicist is the weekly podcast of Victor Davis Hanson, an American military historian, columnist, former classics professor, and scholar of ancient warfare. He is currently a Senior Fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution. https://www.hoover.org/publications/classicist?go_type%5B0%5D=204 https://www.hoover.org/publications/classicist?go_type%5B0%5... Reasonable Disagreements Hoover fellows Richard Epstein and Adam White discuss major legal and policy issues and debate points of disagreement between their libertarian and conservative perspectives. https://www.hoover.org/publications/reasonable-disagreements https://www.hoover.org/publications/reasonable-disagreements (all the Hoover pods are pretty interesting)