Mixed Mental Arts
Bryan Callen, Hunter Maats • Education
Bryan Callen, Hunter Maats • Education
Mixed Mental Arts
Bryan Callen, Hunter Maats • Education
Bryan Callen, Hunter Maats • Education

About

As kids, we're like little sponges blindly copying culture from the people around us. The cultures into which we were all born evolved to fit very old agricultural environments. Each contains timeless wisdom about human affairs but none of them is ideally suited to navigating the ever-changing environment in which we find ourselves. The goal of Mixed Mental Arts is to steal the best cultural software from everywhere and apply the core principle of Bruce Lee's Jeet Kune Do "Adapt what is useful, reject what is useless, and add what is specifically your own." Welcome to the dojo! We're excited to learn from you.

Episodes

  • Ep 365 - Caroline Criado Perez
    Why are women always cold?
  • Ep 364 - Mark Manson
    F-bomb Philosophy
  • Ep 363 - Cailin O'Connor
    The Misinformation Age
  • Ep 362 - Jonathan Haidt
    There's A Reason Why We Adore Him.
  • Hiatus is Over!
    We've been away for a while.
  • Ep 361- Dan Siegel
  • Ep 360 - Tiger, Father of the Victorious: Nemr Abou Nassar
  • Ep 359 - El Profesor: Sebastian Edwards
  • Ep 358 - Reporting on Palestine: Wajahat Ali
    Stay tuned until the end for some information on the re-renaming of the show to the Bryan Callen Show.
  • Ep 357 - Ancient Chinese Secrets: Edward Slingerland
  • Ep 356 - A Better Way To Help: Dambisa Moyo
    Dambisa Moyo is from Zambia. She's studied the effect of foreign aid on the economies of developing nations. She finds it lacking in many respects. Her new book is Edge of Chaos: Why Democracy is Failing to Deliver Economic Growth and How to Fix...
  • Ep 355 - Learning Through Adversity: Howard Bloom
    Howard Bloom developed chronic fatigue syndrome in 1988. That didn't stop him from writing a bunch of books. His most recent book is How I Accidentally Started the Sixties, which is a memoir.
  • Ep 354 - Talking Creativity and Corgis with Allen Gannett
    Allen Gannett is the author of and he helps debunk genius myths. That's why Hunter likes him. That's why Bryan likes him. We hope you like him too. Also, Allen loves corgis. Be sure to go to support us on Patreon, use our Amazon...
  • Ep 353 - A New Song and Dance: Ken Gordon and Adam Hansen
    Adam Hansen and Ken Gordon are innovation guys. They also like to sing songs and enjoy the finer things in life. Their beards make the world a better place.
  • Ep 352 - Real Science, Bro: Dr. Layne Norton
    Layne Norton is an expert in nutrition. He's also an elite powerlifter and a professional body builder. In the continuing journey of sorting the wheat from the chaff, Bryan and Hunter learn about how to eat for performance.
  • Ep 351 - Found in Translation: Magdalena Edwards
    Magdalena Edwards is Bryan Callen's neighbor. She's also a translator.
  • Ep 350 - Modern Maori: Te Miri Rangi
    Te Miri Rangi is a Maori from New Zealand who instituted a program known as Whakapapa Fridays as an outreach to young people to instill a connection with their roots. Be sure to go to support us on Patreon, use our Amazon affiliate, and follow us on...
  • Ep 349 - The Knowledge Frontier: Cesar Hidalgo
    Cesar Hidalgo is the directer of the Collective Learning Group at the MIT media lab,. His book Why Information Grows combines physics and economics to give a new take on economic growth in the 21st century. Be sure to go to support us on...
  • Ep 348 - Con Body: Coss Marte
    Coss Marte did 4 years in state prison for drug trafficking. While in prison, he became interested in physical training. Now he runs a fitness studio in New York where he hires former inmates and trains people on how to improve their fitness. He's...
  • Idea Quickie 8: Way Back with Big Mike (Repost)
    From June, 2014 Bryan and Big Mike talked about everything from the History of Western Philosophy, to capital punishment in Saudi Arabia. Be sure to follow us on social media and check out our Patreon!