Today we welcome Josh Szeps who is a television, radio and podcast host who shakes up the status quo with his fierce intellect and infectious sense of humor. Josh's interviews with prominent figures and celebrities like Jane Goodall, Ron Howard, Russel Brand, and Neil Patrick Harris have attracted billions of online views and sold out event tickets. Currently, he can be heard on ABC Radio Sydney and on his award-winning podcast Uncomfortable Conversations.
In this episode, I talk to Josh Szeps about what it means to think freely. In this social media age, it's become increasingly challenging to become an independent thinker. Our tribal nature and online echo chambers tend to reinforce ideologies we already believe in. Even the way we talk sounds scripted! Josh and I discuss how to genuinely search for truth so we can broaden our worldviews. We also touch on the topics of intersectionality, wokeism, ethics, and racism.
Website: linktr.ee/joshszeps
Twitter: @joshzepps
Topics
02:35 Are we living in a simulation?
10:39 The clique of provocateurs
16:58 Compromise through conversation
23:27 The excess of wokeism
27:01 Moral foundations and disgust
31:36 Racism in the gay community
35:11 Reverse racism
37:00 Respecting individual identity over group identity
43:16 Should we be proud of intrinsic attributes?
49:08 Scripted ideologies
51:40 How to overcome binary thinking
58:01 Pushing limits through radical curiosity
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