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Conversations With Coleman

The Right Way To Be A Skeptic w/ Tim Urban

Conversations With Coleman

The Free Press

Philosophy, Society & Culture

4.82K Ratings

🗓️ 23 June 2025

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

This week I sit down with writer and thinker Tim Urban, creator of the blog Wait But Why to talk: political polarization, AI, university campuses and even dating.  Tim brings his trademark clarity and curiosity to a conversation that covers the rise of tribal thinking, the challenge of nuance in a viral world, and how humanity can navigate the information overload of the digital age. ⁠www.moinkbox.com/coleman⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Welcome to another episode of Conversations with Coleman. My guest today is Tim Urban.

0:05.3

Tim Urban is an American author, illustrator, and co-founder of the long-form blog, Wait

0:10.3

But Why, which averages over a million unique visitors monthly. He has one of the most viewed

0:15.6

TED Talks of all time called Inside the Mind of a Master procrastinator, and his new book, What's Our Problem,

0:22.3

a self-help book for societies, is the subject of our conversation today. We talk about how

0:27.8

the flaws inherent in human nature interact with the two-party system to create polarization,

0:33.9

echo chambers, and extremism. Tim focuses equally on the problem with Republicans and Democrats in his book,

0:40.5

but in this conversation, we focus more on what's gone wrong with Republicans for obvious reasons.

0:46.0

We also talk about the right way to be a skeptic and the wrong ways to be a skeptic.

0:51.0

We also talk about how to handle political differences with your family members

0:55.3

and in the dating world. So without further ado, Tim Urban.

1:04.5

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1:11.3

Some people call us American royalty.

1:13.7

We were liars.

1:14.6

A new series on Prime Video.

1:16.6

We were happy.

1:17.7

We wanted for nothing.

1:19.5

Based on the best-selling novel.

1:22.4

Something terrible happened last summer, and I have no memory of what or who hurt me.

1:27.3

No one in my family will tell me.

1:29.7

When you're left for dead, you want answers. We will liars. New series, watch now, only on Prime Video.

1:37.0

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