Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg podcast artwork
Science

Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg

by Spencer Greenberg
Share this ranking Claiming needs an RSS feed. Contact us.
Listen on Apple Podcasts

Where it charts

Today’s combined position on our country charts.

United Kingdom · Science
#158 New on this chart
Pulse 5
Canada · Science
#157 New on this chart
Pulse 8

Ranking history

Science, United KingdomScience, Canada
History builds daily. We started tracking this show on the Science chart recently, so the trend line appears after a second day of data.

About the show

Clearer Thinking is a podcast about ideas that truly matter. If you enjoy learning about powerful, practical concepts and frameworks, wish you had more deep, intellectual conversations in your life, or are looking for non-BS self-improvement, then we think you'll love this podcast! Each week we invite a brilliant guest to bring four important ideas to discuss for an in-depth conversation. Topics include psychology, society, behavior change, philosophy, science, artificial intelligence, math, economics, self-help, mental health, and technology. We focus on ideas that can be applied right now to make your life better or to help you better understand yourself and the world, aiming to teach you the best mental tools to enhance your learning, self-improvement efforts, and decision-making. • We take on important, thorny questions like: • What's the best way to help a friend or loved one going through a difficult time? How can we make our worldviews more accurate? How can we hone the accuracy of our thinking? What are the advantages of using our "gut" to make decisions? And when should we expect careful, analytical reflection to be more effective? Why do societies sometimes collapse? And what can we do to reduce the chance that ours collapses? Why is the world today so much worse than it could be? And what can we do to make it better? What are the good and bad parts of tradition? And are there more meaningful and ethical ways of carrying out important rituals, such as honoring the dead? How can we move beyond zero-sum, adversarial negotiations and create more positive-sum interactions?

Latest episodes

  • The Race to Replace Us With AI (with Garrison Lovely)

    October 6, 2026 · 1 hr 14 min

    Read the full transcript here. Could AI simultaneously be an extraordinarily powerful technology and an economic bubble, and why would those possibilities not contradict each other? What does the history of the internet bubble suggest…

  • Why we procrastinate, and what actually helps (with Itamar Shatz)

    September 21, 2026 · 56 min

    Read the full transcript here. What exactly is procrastination, and how is it different from simply deciding to postpone something? Why is chronic procrastination so common, and why can it affect highly conscientious and productive…

  • Neurodiversity, Autism, Awe, and Religious Experience (with Jonathan Machnee)

    September 13, 2026 · 1 hr 36 min

    Read the full transcript here. What does “neurodivergent” actually mean, and has the term become too broad to be useful? Why might people grouped under the same neurodivergent umbrella have conflicting needs? Is autism really a single…

  • Can We End Factory Farming Without Giving Up Meat? (with Bruce Friedrich)

    September 4, 2026 · 1 hr 8 min

    Read the full transcript here. Why is producing meat so inefficient? How does animal agriculture contribute to hunger and malnutrition? How large are the environmental costs of meat production? How does industrial animal agriculture…

  • Our relationship to chatbots (with Claire Boine)

    August 18, 2026 · 1 hr 2 min

    Read the full transcript here. What makes an attachment to AI meaningfully different from an attachment to a human, animal, or fictional character? If chatbot relationships are built around validation and adaptation, can they ever…

  • The good advice you least want (with Cate Hall)

    August 8, 2026 · 1 hr 5 min

    Read the full transcript here. Why do people gravitate toward self-help that reinforces the strategies they already use well? How can we identify the default lens through which we interpret nearly every situation? What changes when we…

  • Why housing costs so much and what can be done about it (with Alex Armlovich)

    July 31, 2026 · 1 hr 18 min

    Read the full transcript here. How large is the housing crisis, and why does it impose trillions of dollars in economic costs? Why has housing become especially unaffordable across English speaking countries and an expanding number of…

  • How To Pursue Goals without Striving (with Stephen Zerfas)

    July 24, 2026 · 1 hr 32 min

    Read the full transcript here. Why can the same meditation technique produce emotional openness in one person and dissociation in another? How can meditators tell whether they are cultivating equanimity or merely numbing themselves? Why…