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The Hypothesis

Each episode starts with a carefully researched question — a hypothesis — and follows the evidence wherever it leads. We explore topics from science to society, technology to culture, always grounded in verified data and expert insight. No speculation, no hype — just clear, engaging conversations that separate fact from assumption. If you love discovery and demand proof, you’re in the right place.

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Episódios

132 episódios

  1. The Standing Reserve: Did We Teach AI to Exploit Us—or Did Math Do It First? 46:47
  2. The Turnout Trap: Debunking Politics’ Biggest Myth 1:07:18
  3. The Progress Paradox: Did Technology Make Us Not Care About the Future of Humanity? 41:57
  4. The Ego in the Machine: Are Narcissists Driving the AI Race? 1:00:22
  5. The Body in Revolt: Why Postpartum Depression Is a Battle for Survival, Not a Failure of Love 48:53
  6. To Love You, I Must Keep Me: Why Loving Yourself Is the First Step to Loving Someone Else 56:14
  7. The Empathy Trap: Why Feeling Too Much Burns Us Out—and How Compassion Endures 44:09
  8. Beyond the Fear Myth: The Evolutionary Forces Dividing Left and Right 1:04:31
  9. The Cortisol Trap: Why Stress Hijacks Your Hunger, Rewires Your Gut, and Hoards Fat 51:50
  10. Hacking the Prediction Machine: Why Calming Your Survival Brain Unlocks Creativity and Compassion 44:49
  11. Alone in the Dark: Is Trauma Caused by the Event—or the Isolation That Follows? 50:44
  12. No Limits, No Spine: Why Permissive Homes Breed Cunning Kids 44:04
  13. Addicted to the Grind or Truly Fulfilled? The Real Psychology of Why We Refuse to Retire 51:32
  14. The Mind vs. The Machine: How to Save Human Intelligence in the Age of AI 1:05:34
  15. The Illusion of Plenty: How Consumer Capitalism Traps the Poor in Plain Sight 46:57
  16. Pushed to Detach: The Hidden Neuroscience of Parental Dissociation 34:29
  17. The Architecture of Rage: How Trauma Rewires the Brain and Echoes Across Generations 33:58
  18. Why history normalized brutal child discipline 55:07
  19. Wired for Meaning: How Evolved Brains Turn Chaos into Destiny 53:56
  20. Reclaiming Recovery: How Communities Can Defeat Disaster Capitalism 1:03:25
  21. The Freeloader Myth: Unmasking the True Profiteers of Disaster Capitalism 49:01
  22. Why We Judge the Poor but Rescue the Doomed 59:51
  23. When Control Cracks: The Brain’s Secret Struggle with Dissociation 49:26
  24. The Second Self: Is Your Alter Ego Keeping You Alive? 48:07
  25. Living on 2x Speed: The Neuroscience of City Time 51:27
  26. The Split-Face Paradox: How Dissociation Erases Our Brain’s Visual Bias 47:49
  27. From Tyrants to Altruists: Does How We Treat Ourselves Dictate How We Treat the World? 47:21
  28. The Apathetic Plateau: Why True Trauma Recovery Feels So Flat (and Why It’s Actually Working) 48:23
  29. The Invisible Escape: Why We’re Looking at Male Trauma All Wrong 1:18:03
  30. Biologically Bankrupt: How Modern Credit Monetizes the Traumatized Brain 54:28
  31. Dividing Mind and World: The Neurobiology and Psychology of the Class Empathy Gap 54:04
  32. The Dual Prism: How Dissociation Amplifies the Extremes of the Human Psyche 53:20
  33. The Mind’s Escape Hatch: How Dissociation Kept Humanity Alive 55:24
  34. Hiding in Plain Sight: The Untold Story of Afro-Argentina and the Myth of the White Nation 56:54
  35. Nothing Left to Give: The Anatomy of Maternal Depletion and Postpartum Depression 39:18
  36. Wired to Clash, Rebuilt to Connect: How Relational Self-Awareness Transforms Couples Therapy 21:52
  37. The Mask of Contempt: Why Insecure Minds Weaponize Mockery to Simulate Strength 22:38
  38. Behind the Lean: How "Gluteal Amnesia" and Modern Life are Forcing Us Forward 26:34
  39. The Wisdom Pivot: How the "Estrogen Cliff" Rewires the Modern 20:54
  40. The Labor of Faith: Is Belief in Miracles a Shortcut for the Human Brain? 24:17
  41. The Architecture of the Binary: How Land Titles and Private Property Invented Modern Gender 19:07
  42. The Oppressor’s Shadow: The Hidden Biology and History of Strategic Alignment 1:08:28
  43. Waiting for the Axe: Decoding the Relational Cycle of Abandoned Hearts 42:04
  44. The Mirror of Love: Why You Attract Who You Are 55:48
  45. The Forever Child: Decoding the Childhood Blueprint of Adult Life 48:53
  46. Rage or Retreat: The Hidden Blueprint of Male Trauma 48:18
  47. The Gendered Wound: Why Women Express and Men Retreat After a Shaky Start 54:32
  48. The Afterlife Blueprint: From Social Control to the Digital 1:06:23
  49. The Architecture of Value: Why Worthiness is Your Biological and Spiritual Default 23:57
  50. The Warrior Paradox: Why the Strongest Shields are Built on Bonds, Not Abandonment 25:01