Changed My Mind
Changed My Mind
Podcast Description
Changed My Mind explores a powerful idea: changing your mind isn't a weakness - it's a superpower. Each episode features accomplished thinkers sharing pivotal moments when they changed their mind about something important. We explore the evidence that tipped the scales, the emotional journey, and how seeing the world from a new perspective impacted their lives. Join us for conversations that will challenge your assumptions and expand your perspective.
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The podcast explores themes of personal growth, philosophy, and psychology, with episodes dedicated to pivotal moments of perspective shifts, such as Rutger Bregman's insights on societal change, and Melanie Joy's exploration of veganism as a worldview shift.
Changed My Mind explores a powerful idea: changing your mind isn’t a weakness – it’s a superpower. Each episode features accomplished thinkers sharing pivotal moments when they changed their mind about something important. We explore the evidence that tipped the scales, the emotional journey, and how seeing the world from a new perspective impacted their lives. Join us for conversations that will challenge your assumptions and expand your perspective.
We're joined by Noah Smith, an economist, former Bloomberg Opinion writer and now influential economic commentator through his blog Noahpinion.
In this conversation, we explore how Noah has changed his mind to be far less hopeful about making political progress and how he came to think — even before Trump’s election — that we were entering a decade of conservatism. We also discuss Noah’s unusual ability to change his mind in public and admit where he thinks he’s got a call wrong.
Want more Noah?
- Check out his post What remains of the progressive project?
- Check out his blog
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About the hosts:
Thom and Aidan left boring, stable careers in law and tech to found FarmKind, a donation platform that helps people be a part of the solution to factory farming — regardless of their diet. While the podcast isn’t about animal welfare, it’s inspired by their daily experience grappling with a fundamental question: Why do people so rarely change their minds, even when confronted with compelling evidence? This curiosity drives their exploration of intellectual humility and the complex factors that enable (or prevent) meaningful belief change.
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