Uncomfortable Conversations with Josh Szeps
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Host of Uncomfortable Conversations, the safe space for dangerous ideas. Columnist at the Australian Financial Review. Devil's advocate. Ne'er-do-well. Male(ish)
Co-host of The Fifth Column Podcast
Yael Bar tur, secular sinner, and Chaya Leah Sufrin, pious Haredi, ask each other the hard questions, from Torah to Tinder. Find Ask A Jew anywhere you get your podcasts.
Professor of Psychology and author of A Billion Years of Sex Differences (2026), The Ape That Understood the Universe (2018), and Darwin, God and the Meaning of Life (2010). Writing about psychology, evolution, science, and more.
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