If I’m Really Honest

Joel Salatin (@FarmLikeALunatic) is one of the world's most influential voices in regenerative agriculture. He is the co-owner of Polyface Farm, author of more than a dozen books, featured prominently in The Omnivore's Dilemma, Food, Inc., and numerous documentaries, and has spent decades challenging conventional assumptions about food, farming, government regulation, and sustainability.

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@farmlikeal...

Nicholas Christakis is a physician, sociologist, bestselling author, Yale professor, director of the Human Nature Lab, pioneer of social network science, and author of Blueprint, Connected, and Apollo's Arrow. His research has transformed how we understand friendship, cooperation, social contagion, tribalism, and the evolutionary origins of human society.

For the Love of Science (YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/@NAChristakis

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Sean B. Carroll is one of the world's leading evolutionary biologists, a bestselling science author, former Vice President for Science Education at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, recipient of the National Academy of Sciences Stephen Jay Gould Prize, and a pioneer of evolutionary developmental biology ("evo devo").

In this conversation, we explore Darwin's life and character, the evidence for evolution, why evolutionary biolog...

Brad Duchaine is one of the world’s leading researchers on face perception. He’s a Professor and Chair of Psychological and Brain Sciences at Dartmouth College, co-founder of Faceblind.org, and one of the foremost experts on prosopagnosia (face blindness) and prosopometamorphopsia (PMO)—the rare condition where faces appear visually distorted.

PMO: https://prosopometamorphopsia.faceblind.org/ Prosopagnosia: http...

"Flat Earth Dave" Weiss of @flatearthdave is one of the foremost voices in the flat earth community. We talk about: * The emotional cost of changing your mind * Losing friends and family over beliefs * Distrust of institutions and authority * Why Dave walked away from a successful career * Whether truth-seeking becomes isolating * The psychology of conspiracy thinking * Why he believes Flat Earth changes everything

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"Professor Dave" Farina of @ProfessorDaveExplains is one of the internet’s largest science education and debunking channels.

In this episode, I sit down with Dave Farina (Professor Dave Explains) to talk about conspiracy theories, anti-science thinking, Joe Rogan, flat earth, the psychology of belief, and why intelligent people can still fall for ideas that don’t hold up under scrutiny.

We also discuss:

* Why misinforma...

Dr. Daniel Whiteson is a theoretical physicist at CERN, a professor at University of California, Irvine, and a contributor to the discovery of the Higgs boson. He is also the co-host of the podcast “Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe” and author of popular science books exploring the limits of human understanding.

What if physics isn’t actually “real”… but just the way humans happen...

Mark Sargent  ⁨@markksargent⁩  is a leading figure in the Flat Earth movement. Rather than focusing on proving or disproving claims, this conversation dives into the experience of belief - what leads someone there, what keeps them there, and what it costs relationally.

From frustration and fear to community and identity, this is a conversation about how humans make sense of the world, even when that world stops making sen...

In this conversation, I sit down with Dr. Joshua Bowen to explore - Where the Bible came from. - Whether the Bible actually endorses slavery - How ancient people thought about morality - Why stories like the flood appear across multiple cultures ...and why the Bible might become more interesting after belief, not less

Guest Links: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DigitalHammurabi Website: https://digitalhammurabi.com Patre...

Jonathan Rauch and I explore: *What happens when we lose religion… but still need meaning *Why truth feels harder to find right now *Whether Christianity is helping or hurting society *The role of religion in sustaining democracy *What deconstruction actually costs ...And whether it’s possible to keep the values of a belief system… without believing it’s literally true

Cross Purposes: https://www.ama...

Michael Shermer joins me to talk about truth - what it is, how we know it, and why so many of us get it wrong.

We explore the difference between empirical truth and religious truth, why conspiracy theorists are often wrong (but sometimes right) and what actually causes people to change their minds. Along the way, we get into Bayesian reasoning, the role of emotion in belief formation, and whether religion is helping or hurting soci...

In this conversation, I sit down with Eduardo Briceño to unpack what’s really going on there—and why that instinct might be the very thing holding us back. We talk about:

*The hidden cost of “pretending” instead of being curious

*How growth mindset actually works (and what people get wrong about it)

*The role of gratitude in learning, resilience, and emotional stability

*What it means to live a life where yo...

In this episode of If I’m Really Honest, I sit down with neurologist Adam Zeman, the researcher who coined the term aphantasia — the inability to form voluntary visual mental imagery. We explore what it means to lack a “mind’s eye,” how it affects memory and emotion, why many people with aphantasia dream visually, and what this reveals about consciousness itself.

We also dive into Global Workspace Theo...

Derek Lambert (host of MythVision) joins If I’m Really Honest for a candid conversation about myth, meaning, and why the “Historical Jesus” debate makes so many people lose their minds. We get into mythicism vs historicism, why stories feel true in the body before they’re true on paper, and what to do when certainty dies but curiosity doesn’t.

@MythVisionPodcast https://www.youtube.com/mythvisionpodcas...

In this episode of If I’m Really Honest, Jamin talks with bestselling science writer Mary Roach about curiosity, writing, research, and the surprising human stories behind science reporting. Mary’s books combine humor, science, and storytelling in a way that makes complex topics accessible without oversimplifying them. This conversation explores the mindset behind that work, and why curiosity might be one of the most im...

In this episode of If I’m Really Honest, Jamin Coller talks with regenerative farmer Will Harris about changing course after decades of industrial farming, the ethics of animal welfare, soil health, and what it means to follow your conscience even when it costs you financially and socially. Will shares the story of transforming White Oak Pastures from an industrial cattle operation into a vertically integrated regenerative fa...

Dr. Loftus has spent decades studying how memories can be distorted by suggestion, imagination, and time. Her research on the “misinformation effect” helped reshape how courts evaluate eyewitness testimony and recovered memories. We also talk about sleep paralysis, therapy-induced memories, and how understanding memory can make us more compassionate toward people we disagree with.

Dr. Loftus's Books: https://www.amazon....

In this episode of If I’m Really Honest, Jamin talks with behavioral economist Dan Ariely about misbelief, trust, COVID-era polarization, and why admitting mistakes is so difficult for individuals, institutions, and governments. They explore how mistrust grows, why social media accelerates conflict, and whether curiosity and conversation can rebuild trust between neighbors - even when agreement seems impossible.

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