The Jordan B Peterson Podcast
The Jordan B Peterson Podcast (archive below) features audio versions of some of the most popular and compelling of Dr. Peterson’s YouTube videos, interviews with some of the world’s most compelling thinkers (Camille Paglia, Steven Pinker, Jonathan Haidt, Sam Harris, General Stanley McChrystal, Iain McGilchrist, Joe Rogan, Ben Shapiro, among many others), lectures from the 12 Rules for Life tour unavailable anywhere else, as well as an assortment of audience Q and A’s (a particularly popular feature). We hope to include a wider assortment of great scientists, in particular, in the upcoming year.
Philosophical and psychological topics include
- the relationship between science and religion, values and perception,
- the interplay between motivation, emotion and cognition;
- the nature of human personality, from a biological and sociocultural perspective (including discussion of the standard personality model, the Big Five, and the differences between the temperament and interests of men and women stemming from use of that model);
- and the role of fundamental rights (such as that of free speech and untrammeled discourse) in stabilizing and regulating the economic and political worlds.
Dr. Peterson concentrates primarily on the role of the individual, and the responsibilities that accompany mature individuality, assuming that productive, engaging, peaceful and otherwise highly functional social systems depend on the idea of the sovereign person, and the burden and opportunity of adventure, vision and destiny that accompany that idea.
Episode Archive
S4 E20: The Psychology of the Psychedelics | Roland Griffiths
Dr. Roland Griffiths, Ph.D., is a professor of neuroscience, psychiatry, and behavioral science and director of the Psychedelic and Consciousness Research at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He is the author of over 400 scientific research publications and has trained more than 50 postdoctoral research ...
S4 E19: Brave Art | Randall Wallace
Randall Wallace, graduate of Duke University, is an American NYT bestselling author of seven novels, as well as a screenwriter (TV and film), director, producer, songwriter, holder of a black belt in karate, and founder of Hollywood for Habitat for Humanity. He is perhaps best known ...
S4 E18: Ten Global Trends Every Smart Person Should Know | Marian Tupy
This episode was recorded on 03/24/2021 Dr. Marian Tupy and I discuss a variety of information critical to the direction of the world as outlined in his book Ten Global Trends. We discuss each of the ten positive trends over the last century leading to a ...
S4 E17: Grace Church High School: Teaching and the Voice of Conscience | Paul Rossi
Important Context and Timeline: https://www.fairforall.org/grace-church-whistleblower/ This episode was recorded on April 22nd, 2021 Paul Rossi and I discuss the controversy surrounding a recent article Paul wrote. It has become apparent that an anti-racism curriculum is being instituted in schools across the United States and that doesn’t ...
S4 E16: Is Everything Better Than We Think?: Bjorn Lomborg
This episode was recorded on January 21, 2021. Dr. Bjorn Lomborg and I discuss a variety of topics in the realm of climate change and worldwide problems. We examine the claims made in his latest book False Alarm. Throughout the episode we touch on sustainable development ...
S4 E15: Christianity and the Modern World: Bishop Barron | Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
Bishop Robert Barron and I sat down on March 5th, 2021 to discuss a variety of topics in the realm of the importance of the bible, the bridge between religion and biology, the nature of good, how the limits of the bible can be useful, why ...
S4 E14: U.S. Senator Mike Lee
I had the pleasure of speaking with Senator Mike Lee on February 18, 2021. We discuss his experiences as a United States Senator for the state of Utah. Senator Lee and I talked at length about the structure and original formation of the US government. We ...
S4 E13: Jocko Willink
I had the pleasure of inviting Jocko Willink @Jocko Podcast onto my podcast for the first time. I've been on Jocko’s podcast several times in the past and now get the opportunity to reverse the interviewing role to learn more about his life and endeavors. We ...
S4 E11: Abigail Shrier
Abigail Shrier and I discuss identity, gender dysphoria, the increased rate of gender transitioning procedures among young female adolescents, details of these procedures, de-transitioning, her personal experiences writing her book “Irreversible Damage”, and more. Abigail Shrier is a frequent contributor to the Wall Street Journal and ...
S4 E10: Bret Weinstein
Bret Weinstein and I discuss the events that led to his resignation from Evergreen State College, dealing with controversy, pair bonding, the new political landscape, paranoia created by having communities online, discordant opinion budgets, and more. Bret Weinstein is a theoretical evolutionary biologist, host of DarkHorse ...
S4 E9: Juliette Fogra
Juliette Fogra and I discuss the stunning art that she created for my new book Beyond Order, her life story, artistic composition, her muse when creating, photoshop, fine art, music, living in chronic pain, and more. Juliette Fogra is an artist that created the art for ...
S4 E8: Jonathan Pageau
This episode was recorded on Feb 14th, 2021 Jonathan Pageau and I discuss, among other topics, the issue of conscience, narrative with objective reality, perfect mode of being, the responsibility to move things towards the divine, the inevitability of religion, significance of the virgin birth, Theosis, ...
S4 E7: Ayaan Hirsi Ali
This podcast was recorded on Feb 2nd, 2021 Ayaan Hirsi Ali and I discuss, among other topics, Immigration, Islam, the changing safety of women in public(particularly in areas of Europe), clashing values of western cultures and Islam, win-win propositions, and many more career-ending topics. Ayaan outlines ...
S4 E6: Gad Saad: Infectious Ideas
This episode was recorded on January 18, 2021 Gad Saad and I discuss, among other topics, ideas as parasites, postmodernism, social constructivism, applying evolutionary thinking to understand our consummatory nature, epistemic humility, nomological networks, the degrees of assault on truth, and more. To pre-order Dr. Petersons ...
S4 E5: Mark Manson and Jordan and Mikhaila Peterson
Mikhaila Peterson co-hosts this episode. In this episode, we spoke with Mark Manson, a best-selling author of The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck, and more recently, Everything Is F*cked: A Book about Hope, which has sold over thirteen million copies worldwide. He’s also a very ...
S4 E4: Matt Ridley
This episode was recorded on January 11, 2021. Matt Ridley and I discuss, among other topics, economic optimism, trade through the reciprocity of nations, enlightened self-interest, virtues relation to trade, feeding nine billion people, the triumphs of cities, escape of Malthusian population trap, and more. Matt ...
S4 E3: Douglas Murray
Douglas Murray and I discuss, among other topics, the collapse of grand narratives on the left and the right alike, the potential for the resultant explanatory and motivational void to be filled by more radical ideological ideas, and the dangers posed by the mutual recrimination that ...
S4 E2: Gregg Hurwitz: Build a Better Democrat
This episode was recorded on December 20, 2020 before the most recent events on Capitol Hill. Gregg Hurwitz is an American novelist, scriptwriter, and producer. He has the newest book in his riveting thriller series Orphan X, coming out January 26, 2020, entitled Prodigal Son: An ...
S4 E1: Matthew McConaughey
Matthew McConaughey (actor, producer, and author of New York Times Best Seller "Greenlights") sits down with Jordan Peterson to talk about Matthew’s new book, his upbringing, his relationships with his mother and father, his journey to being at peace with his fame, what it’s like to play ...
S3 E39: Chris Voss with Jordan and Mikhaila Peterson
Chris Voss (former lead FBI hostage and kidnapping negotiator, author, and CEO of Black Swan Ltd.) sits down with Jordan B. Peterson and Mikhaila Peterson, to discuss his book Never Split the Difference, highlighting some of his guiding principles to use in negotiations at work, home, ...
S3 E38: Heidegger, Binswanger, Boss (Phenomenology)
In this lecture, 12th in the 2017 series, I discuss Heidegger's phenomenological philosophy of Being, interpreted through the eyes of the psychotherapists Ludwig Binswanger and Medard Boss. The phenomenologists were attempting to reduce the painful separation between object and subject that has as one of its ...
S3 E37: Nietzsche, Dostoevsky, Kierkegaard (Existentialism)
In this lecture, 11th in the 2017 series, I discuss the giants of existentialism, a philosophically-grounded psychological position positing (1) that psychopathology or mental illness/distress is built into Being itself and (2) that the adoption of responsibility through action is the appropriate response. - Thanks to ...
S3 E36: Carl Rogers (Humanism & Phenomenology)
In this lecture, 10th in the 2017 series, I begin to talk about Dr. Carl Rogers, a humanist psychotherapist in the phenomenological tradition, and an expert on listening and embodied wisdom. Dr. Rogers offers very profound and practical lessons on the value of truthful relationships. ...
S3 E35: Wim Hof and Jordan and Mikhaila Peterson
Wim Hof is an absolute legend, holding twenty-six world records for performing unbelievable feats of human conditioning and breaking barriers that science did not believe possible. He sits down with Jordan and Mikhaila Peterson to discuss these incredible feats and discusses his unique conditioning methods, the ...
S3 E34: Coleman Hughes with Jordan and Mikhaila Peterson
Coleman Hughes and Jordan and Mikhaila Peterson discuss some of the global issues caused by polarizing opinions in race, politics, and western culture. Find Coleman Hughes on his podcast Conversations with Coleman, on Twitter @coldxman, and at his website https://www.colemanhughes.org This episode is sponsored by Helix Mattresses. ...
S3 E33: Sigmund Freud and the Dynamic Unconscious
In this lecture, 9th in the 2017 personality series, Dr. Peterson discusses some of the essentials of Sigmund Freud's theories, concentrating on his conceptualizations of the dynamic (living) unconscious. - Thanks to our sponsors: Wondery "Hosted by Taraji P. Henson, Wondery (Dr. Death, Dirty John, The ...
S3 E32: Carl Jung (Part 2)
In this lecture, Dr. Peterson finishes his analysis of Disney's Lion King, which provides a dramatic representation of many of the archetypes identified and analyzed by Dr. Carl Gustav Jung, student of Nietzsche and Freud, and originator of analytical psychology. - Thanks to our sponsors: https://helixsleep.com/jordan ...
S3 E31: Carl Jung (Part 1)
In this lecture, Dr. Peterson uses Disney's Lion King to further illustrate the basic principles of the personality and clinical theories of Dr. Carl Gustav Jung, student of Nietzsche and Freud, originator of analytical psychology, and great interpreter of mythology and archetype. -- Go to https://Surfshark.deals/peterson and use ...
S3 E30: Jean Piaget (Constructivism)
Jean Piaget, renowned developmental psychologist, helped us understand how the child built its own personality during exploration, and how that personality was further shaped by the games people play. -- Go to https://Surfshark.deals/peterson and use code PETERSON to get 83% off a 2-year plan and 3 extra ...
S3 E29: Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (Existentialism)
--From: 2014 Personality Lecture 13: Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (Existentialism)-- Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, perhaps the greatest Russian author of the twentieth century, was an Orthodox Christian existentialist, a direct descendant of Dostoevsky's thinking, and a man who took a mighty axe to the terrible tangled roots of communist totalitarianism. ...
S3 E28: Foreword to The Gulag Archipelago: 50th Anniversary
I had the great privilege of writing the foreword to the 50th-anniversary version of the abridged version of one of the most important books of the 20th century, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's The Gulag Archipelago, a devastating account of the absolute horror wreaked upon the people of the ...
S3 E27: Maps of Meaning 12 – Final: The Divinity of the Individual
In this, the final Maps of Meaning lecture for 2017, Dr. Peterson reviews the year and its offerings: What is a belief system? Why are people so inclined to engage in conflict to protect their belief systems? It's partly because our belief systems are not only ...
S3 E26: Maps of Meaning 11 – The Flood and the Tower
In this lecture, Dr. Peterson continues his discussion of the archaic stories at the beginning of Genesis, including Cain and Abel, and the flood story of Noah (the return of chaos), and the story of the Tower of Babel (which he reads as a very old ...
S3 E25: Maps of Meaning 10 – Genesis and the Buddha
In this lecture, Dr. Peterson discusses the creation stories in Genesis, the first book of the Bible, and describes the parallels with the stories of the development of the Buddha from childhood to early adulthood, using the archetypal schema developed previously in the course. - For ...
S3 E24: Maps of Meaning 9 – Patterns of Symbolic Representation
In this lecture, Dr. Peterson discusses the manner in which the fundamental symbolic archetypes (particularly those dealing with the Wise King and Tyrant) are hijacked for the purposes of propaganda. Ideologies are parasites. Their hosts are archetypes. Knowledge of the underlying archetypes can produce immunity against ...
S3 E23: Maps of Meaning 8 – Neuropsychology of Symbolic Representation
In this lecture, Dr. Peterson discusses the relationship between the basic categories of imagistic/symbolic representation and brain function, noting that the very hemispheres of the brain are adapted, right/left to the environmental or experiential permanence of chaos/order or unexplored/explored territory, with consciousness serving the Logos role ...
S3 E21: Maps of Meaning 7 – Images of Story & Metastory
In this lecture, Dr. Peterson discusses how the basic or archetypal categories we use to frame the world are represented in image, where they existed long before their nature could be articulated. These categories include the individual (hero/adversary), culture (wise king/tyrant), and nature (destruction/creation). The heroic ...
S3 E21: Maps of Meaning 6 – Story and Metastory 2
In Part 2 of this lecture, I make the case that we each inhabit a story, describing where we are, where we are going, and the actions we must undertake to get from the former to the latter. These inhabited stories are predicated on an underlying ...
S3 E20: Maps of Meaning 5 – Story and Metastory 1
In this lecture, I make the case that we each inhabit a story, describing where we are, where we are going, and the actions we must undertake to get from the former to the latter. These inhabited stories are predicated on an underlying value system (as ...
S3 E19: Maps of Meaning 4 – Marionettes & Individuals (Part 3)
Here is the fourth episode in a 12 part series that could only be found on youtube until now! In this lecture, I conclude my analysis of the Disney film Pinocchio to illustrate the manner in which great mythological or archetypal themes inform and permeate both ...
S3 E18: Maps of Meaning 3 – Marionettes & Individuals (Part 2)
Here is the third episode in a 12 part series that could only be found on youtube until now! In this lecture, I continue with the analysis of the Disney film Pinocchio to illustrate the manner in which great mythological or archetypal themes inform and permeate ...
S3 E17: Maps of Meaning 2 – Marionettes & Individuals (Part 1)
Here is the second episode in a 12 part series that could only be found on youtube until now! In this lecture, I begin using a particular piece of dramatic art -- the Disney film Pinocchio -- to provide a specific example of the manner in ...
S3 E16: Maps of Meaning 1 – Context and Background
Here is the first episode in a 12 part series that could only be found on youtube until now! In this lecture, I discuss the context within which the theory I am delineating through this course emerge: that of the cold war. What is belief? Why ...
S3 E15: Biblical Series – Joseph and the Coat of Many Colors
We present the final lecture in this Jordan B. Peterson biblical series. This lecture is available for discussion on thinkspot. Thanks to our sponsor: https://helixsleep.com/jordan Relevant Links 12 Rules for Life Live Tour: www.jordanbpeterson.com/events My new book: 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos: jordanbpeterson.com/12-rules-for-life ...
S3 E14: Biblical Series – Wrestling with God
We continue our biblical series with another Jordan B. Peterson lecture. This lecture is available for discussion on thinkspot. Thanks to our sponsors: https://www.ancestry.com/jordan http://trybasis.com/jordan/ Relevant Links 12 Rules for Life Live Tour: www.jordanbpeterson.com/events My new book: 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos: jordanbpeterson.com/12-rules-for-life ...
S3 E13: Biblical Series – Jacobs Ladder
We continue with another Jordan B. Peterson lecture on the Bible. The podcast is also posted for discussion on thinkspot. Mikhaila Peterson also has a podcast with a very special guest this past week: https://mikhailapeterson.libsyn.com Thanks to our sponsor: https://helixsleep.com/jordan Relevant Links 12 Rules ...
S3 E12: Biblical Series – The Great Sacrifice Abraham and Isaac
We continue with our series on the Bible with another Jordan B. Peterson lecture and Q & A. You can join the discussion on this lecture for free at thinkspot.com. Thanks to our sponsors: https://www.joinhoney.com/peterson http://trybasis.com/jordan/ Relevant Links 12 Rules for Life Live Tour: www.jordanbpeterson.com/events ...
S3 E11: Biblical Series – Sodom and Gomorrah
We continue our series on The Bible with Dr. Jordan B. Peterson. We hope you enjoy this lecture and Q & A. We thank our sponsors: https://www.expressvpn.com/jordan https://www.ancestry.com/jordan Relevant Links 12 Rules for Life Live Tour: www.jordanbpeterson.com/events My new book: 12 Rules for Life: An ...
S3 E10: Biblical Series – Abraham, Father of Nations
We continue our series on the Bible with Jordan B. Peterson's lecture about Abraham. Thanks to our sponsor: http://trybasis.com/jordan/ This podcast is also available for discussion on thinkspot. Relevant Links 12 Rules for Life Live Tour: www.jordanbpeterson.com/events My new book: 12 Rules for Life: An ...
S3 E9: Biblical Series – The Call to Abraham
We continue our biblical series with another Jordan B. Peterson lecture. Thanks to our sponsor: http://trybasis.com/jordan/ This episode is also available for discussion on thinkspot. Relevant Links 12 Rules for Life Live Tour: www.jordanbpeterson.com/events My new book: 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos: jordanbpeterson.com/12-rules-for-life ...
S3 E8: Biblical Series – The Phenomenology of the Divine
As we continue the Jordan B. Peterson series of biblical lectures, we'd like to also mention that Mikhaila Peterson now has a podcast that can be found here: https://mikhailapeterson.libsyn.com/website We thank our sponsors: https://www.ancestry.com/jordan http://trybasis.com/jordan/ This podcast is available for discussion at thinkspot.com. Relevant Links ...
S3 E7: Biblical Series – Walking with God
We are revisiting Jordan B. Peterson's Biblical Series during a time when we believe it to be helpful. In this episode, Dr. Peterson presents another lecture and Q&A on the Bible. To comment on this episode, log into thinkspot and click on Dr. Peterson’s Profile. Thanks to our sponsors: ...
S3 E6: Biblical Series – The Psychology of the Flood
We are revisiting Jordan B. Peterson's Biblical Series during a time when we believe it to be helpful. In this episode, Dr. Peterson presents another lecture and Q&A on the Bible. To comment on this episode, log into thinkspot and click on Dr. Peterson's Profile. Thanks ...
S3 E5: Biblical Series – Cain and Abel / The Hostile Brothers
We are revisiting Jordan B. Peterson's Biblical Series during a time when we believe it to be helpful. In this episode, Dr. Peterson presents another lecture and Q&A on the Bible. Thanks to our sponsors: https://www.ashford.edu/jordan https://www.expressvpn.com/jordan Relevant Links 12 Rules for Life Live ...
S3 E4: Biblical Series: Adam & Eve / Self-Consciousness, Evil, and Death
We are revisiting Jordan B. Peterson's Biblical Series during a time when we believe it to be helpful. In this episode, Dr. Peterson presents another lecture and Q&A on the Bible. Thanks to our sponsor: http://trybasis.com/jordan/ Relevant Links 12 Rules for Life Live Tour: www.jordanbpeterson.com/events ...
S3 E3: Biblical Series – God and the Hierarchy of Authority
We are revisiting Jordan B. Peterson's Biblical Series during a time when we believe it to be helpful. In this episode, Dr. Peterson presents another lecture and Q&A on the Bible. Thanks to our sponsors: https://www.ashford.edu/jordan https://www.expressvpn.com/jordan https://www.policygenius.com Relevant Links 12 Rules for Life ...
S3 E2: Biblical Series / Genesis 1 – Chaos & Order
We are revisiting Jordan B. Peterson's Biblical Series during a time when we believe it to be helpful. In this episode, Dr. Peterson presents a lecture and Q&A on the Bible. Thanks to our sponsor: http://trybasis.com/jordan/ Relevant Links 12 Rules for Life Live Tour: www.jordanbpeterson.com/events ...