Ep. 50 - Dr. Susan Blackmore, Meme Researcher

Friendly Atheist Podcast

Religion & Spirituality, News Commentary, Politics, News

4.6 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 12 April 2015

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Dr. Susan Blackmore is a writer, researcher, and speaker best known for her book "The Meme Machine." At the American Atheists 2015 convention in Memphis, Tennessee, Jessica spoke with Susan about the mystery of consciousness, Blackmore's fascination with memes, and why she avoids most forms of social media. (Image via Wikipedia) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:58.0	And I'm Jessica Blimpty.
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1:09.1	All right, so I am here today at the American Atheist Convention 2015 in Memphis with
1:17.2	Susan Blackmore.
1:18.2	Thank you so much for joining us today.
1:20.0	It's a pleasure, thank you.
1:21.0	All right, so you're a author, a psychologist. What's your background? Oh my background is originally I did
1:29.3	psychology and physiology at Oxford and then I well I had a most extraordinary out of the body
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