Hosted by jamincoller · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 42 episodes
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Want to seek truth without tribalism? Wish you could be fully honest instead of carrying your team's flag? This is a place where ignorance isn’t punished, curiosity is rewarded, and conflict doesn’t mean contempt. Host Jamin Coller sits down with people you’re not “supposed” to talk to - former extremists, outspoken pastors, rabbis, activists, skeptics, believers, and thinkers from every corner of the spectrum. They share stories and challenge ideas that most of us were taught to avoid, whether the topic is faith, politics, science, identity, or the messy places in between. This isn’t about winning arguments or trading insults. If you’re tired of echo chambers and ready to explore the conversations that matter most, subscribe to If I’m Really Honest and join the growing community willing to embrace the most courageous idea: Maybe I'm wrong.
jamincoller hosts If I’m Really Honest, a society show with 42 episodes published.
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 o
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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 expert
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"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 instit
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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
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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 Ex
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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 ke
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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
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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
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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 wro
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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
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Psychologist Michael Langone, longtime executive director of the International Cultic Studies Association, discusses manipulation, shame, recovery, religion, psychopaths, and the complicated psychology of influence. http
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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 “
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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 historici
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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, s
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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
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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
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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 gove
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Geoffrey West, physicist and former president of the Santa Fe Institute, joins Jamin Coller to explore scaling laws, sustainability, innovation, and the accelerating pace of modern civilization. West explains why cities
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In this episode of If I’m Really Honest, Jamin Coller and cognitive psychologist Jonathan Lewis-Jong unpack belief—what it is, how it functions in the human mind, and why it persists across cultures. Jonathan explains ho
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Neuroscientist and trauma researcher Dr. Willoughby Britton joins Jamin Coller to discuss the hidden risks of meditation, spiritual bypassing, and the psychology of religious and wellness communities. Drawing on her grou
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