Welcome to the third episode of Season 2 of the Jordan B. Peterson Podcast.

My name is Michaela Peterson and I've been working with my dad on many of his projects

for the last year.

We've decided to run this podcast as a joint project.

We thought that might be something fun and meaningful to do together.

We hope you enjoy it.

The podcast will feature discussions with scientific, literary and political thinkers of the highest

quality we can manage so that you have access to honest, reliable and engaging information.

For this episode, we're presenting Dad's lecture at the Keller Auditorium in Portland,

Oregon on June 25, 2018.

In this lecture, I described the surprising popularity of long-form philosophical discussions,

making specific reference to my talks with Sam Harris on science and value and religion

and atheism.

The vital and biologically influenced role but temperament and personality play in determining

individual interest and ability and the necessity that free and untrammeled speech plays in

aiding people's ability to think carefully and make proper decisions.

Thought is by no means something we only engage in as individuals.

I heard there were protesters in Portland.

Yeah, well, Portland is the place where you'd expect there to be protesters and there

are probably protesters that somewhere between six and a dozen of the 135-12 rules for

life lectures around the world.

No, I didn't know that.

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