- 106
- Episodes
- 25
- Ratings
- Bi-weekly
- Cadence
- 2022
- First episode
- 363K
- YouTube views
About RSam Podcast
Philosophy & Theory | AI & CogSci
- Publisher
- Rahul Samaranayake
- Category
- society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 16 Feb 2022
- Latest episode
- 2 Nov 2026
Latest episodes
106 episodes in the feed.
2 Nov 2026
Machine Learning (Still) Has a Pseudoscience Problem | Mel Andrews
Mel Andrews is a philosopher of science and technology investigating the human use and misuse of mathematical and computational tools in science and societal decision-making. Mel earned a doctorate in philosophy in 2025 from the University of Cincinnati with a thesis titled ‘The Math & the Territory: On the Scientific Uses & Abuses of Machine Learning & Other Mathematical Modelling Strategies.’ Currently, Mel is a postdoctoral research associate jointly affiliated with the Center for Information Technology Policy (CITP) (https://citp.princeton.edu/people/mel-andrews) at Princeton University and the Natural and Artificial Minds Initiative (NAM) (https://nam.ai.princeton.edu/) of the Princeton AI Lab (https://ai.princeton.edu/ai-lab). Mel’s also the principal investigator on a grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation’s Metascience and AI funding scheme (https://sloan.org/programs/digital-technology/aipostdoc-rfp) assessing the epistemic credentials of AI in science evaluation. You can find more of Mel’s work at https://mel-andrews.com/ (https://paypal.me/rsampod?country.x=AU&locale.x=en_AU) and https://bsky.app/profile/bayesianboy.bsky.social (https://bsky.app/profile/bayesianboy.bsky.social) Watch it on YouTube here. (https://youtu.be/IA-a9agr6kM) --------------------------------------- Please consider financially supporting my work (ONLY if you have the means). Patreon: https://patreon.com/trsam?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink (https://patreon.com/trsam?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink) Substack: https://rsampod.substack.com (https://rsampod.substack.com) One-time tip at https://ko-fi.com/trsam (https://ko-fi.com/trsam) PayPal: https://paypal.me/rsampod?country.x=AU&locale.x=en_AU (https://paypal.me/rsampod?country.x=AU&locale.x=en_AU) --------------------------------------- {Podcast} YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/RahulSam (https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcJ6nqGscKrcGHWMcVpNzDpk6FfzuDKA-) Substack: https://rsampod.substack.com/ (https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqa3ZZSkkwR2FyRm5oMXNVOHpHUjhnc0liT21NQXxBQ3Jtc0tuVUVPODVkbkZyb1VqZG10alFDOHA0NzJUTTloZWZlT0dtb3hqektZaTVQM3FDSzdGemhnY0dKQnF5YW1xZFFSVDlKZ2NTbFFPYnRkQ1JFZFB5bXF6M2lZNkI3dTBtUlA1alc0dU9vUWVMbkp4TXVnaw&q=https%3A%2F%2Frsampod.substack.com%2F&v=Hq6YPMv_RCk) Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4ryEqjut4r6SMtfxLdM1Le (https://open.spotify.com/show/4ryEqjut4r6SMtfxLdM1Le) SFP: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rahul-samaranayake (https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rahul-samaranayake) Website: https://rahulsam.me/ (https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqa3hfaDlncVVRRlB0LVlFbXUxczNNVkhtMHl3Z3xBQ3Jtc0tuTm5mbVZUOUhzODdvWVE2UHpKNHlHXzNVRHhfMzdkdEd1YTJxVzNiVFVDNFZ3SGo3LW1RZXhUSlJMSVlsY3ZEMTd2LS12UHJoNHduT0I1bjJZdXkwZDhtYnhlZmptMV9iNE9HSjQwUUY0UEJMX1BtUQ&q=https%3A%2F%2Frahulsam.me%2F&v=Hq6YPMv_RCk) {Social Media} https://substack.com/@trsam/ (https://substack.com/@trsam/) https://www.instagram.com/name_is_rahul/ (https://www.instagram.com/name_is_rahul/) https://www.linkedin.com/in/rahul-samaranayake-981a9315b/ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/rahul-samaranayake-981a9315b/) https://twitter.com/trsam97 (https://twitter.com/trsam97) Find reference links at https://cliff-salad-4e8.notion.site/Mel-Andrews-2-Questions-Notes-34a96d43c59b817a8dead2ceeabcfb11?source=copy_link (https://youtu.be/IA-a9agr6kM) --------------------------------------- Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statutes that might otherwise be infringing. If you are or represent the copyright owner of materials used in this video and have a problem with the use of the related material, please email me at trahulsam@gmail.com, and we can sort it out. Thank you.
14 Oct 2026
Helen Rollins Death Drives Everything
Helen Rollins is a writer and filmmaker from Northern Ireland, currently based between Belfast and London. She studied modern languages and literature at Cambridge and the ENS de Lyon. She lectures in philosophy, film and psychoanalysis and is the author of the book Psychocinema, which reexamines the connection between psychoanalysis and film. You can find more of Helen's work at https://helenrollins.com/ (https://helenrollins.com/) Psychocinema: https://www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?book_slug=psychocinema--9781509561131 (https://www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?book_slug=psychocinema--9781509561131) Watch it on YouTube here. (https://youtu.be/6JEaamDbwko) --------------------------------------- Please consider financially supporting my work (ONLY if you have the means). Patreon: https://patreon.com/trsam?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink (https://patreon.com/trsam?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink) Substack: https://rsampod.substack.com (https://rsampod.substack.com) --------------------------------------- {Podcast} YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/RahulSam (https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcJ6nqGscKrcGHWMcVpNzDpk6FfzuDKA-) Substack: https://rsampod.substack.com/ (https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqa3ZZSkkwR2FyRm5oMXNVOHpHUjhnc0liT21NQXxBQ3Jtc0tuVUVPODVkbkZyb1VqZG10alFDOHA0NzJUTTloZWZlT0dtb3hqektZaTVQM3FDSzdGemhnY0dKQnF5YW1xZFFSVDlKZ2NTbFFPYnRkQ1JFZFB5bXF6M2lZNkI3dTBtUlA1alc0dU9vUWVMbkp4TXVnaw&q=https%3A%2F%2Frsampod.substack.com%2F&v=Hq6YPMv_RCk) Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4ryEqjut4r6SMtfxLdM1Le (https://open.spotify.com/show/4ryEqjut4r6SMtfxLdM1Le) SFP: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rahul-samaranayake (https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rahul-samaranayake) Website: https://rahulsam.me/ (https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqa3hfaDlncVVRRlB0LVlFbXUxczNNVkhtMHl3Z3xBQ3Jtc0tuTm5mbVZUOUhzODdvWVE2UHpKNHlHXzNVRHhfMzdkdEd1YTJxVzNiVFVDNFZ3SGo3LW1RZXhUSlJMSVlsY3ZEMTd2LS12UHJoNHduT0I1bjJZdXkwZDhtYnhlZmptMV9iNE9HSjQwUUY0UEJMX1BtUQ&q=https%3A%2F%2Frahulsam.me%2F&v=Hq6YPMv_RCk) {Social Media} https://substack.com/@trsam/ (https://substack.com/@trsam/) https://www.instagram.com/name_is_rahul/ (https://www.instagram.com/name_is_rahul/) https://www.linkedin.com/in/rahul-samaranayake-981a9315b/ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/rahul-samaranayake-981a9315b/) https://twitter.com/trsam97 (https://twitter.com/trsam97) --------------------------------------- If the ideas I discuss in this podcast evoke your interest, consider visiting https://theunhappyman.substack.com/ (https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqazh2eEJQOHNoMjVYQ3VCWnlLRWdFQWdlZWpSZ3xBQ3Jtc0ttUExRUHZLZno1X0pUYWY3RHRocHQzUWpZRjhDT2Y3Z2cyNnBpbVA2WnlnZnU4SmJSdmc2MVYzX2tmQ1F6SVhKbXNTWUZBNzBOdGlZb1RZT0QtQ1pDa1hHeUdPXzJJT3Rrd2NPMEdqQ2dBZXlkejhOSQ&q=https%3A%2F%2Ftheunhappyman.substack.com%2F&v=05OXWOvcDdo) --------------------------------------- Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statutes that might otherwise be infringing. If you are or represent the copyright owner of materials used in this video and have a problem with the use of the related material, please email me at trahulsam@gmail.com, and we can sort it out. Thank you.
7 Oct 2026
After Nihilism | Euwyn Goh
Euwyn Goh is a writer and technologist who has worked in FinTech and blockchain startups for almost a decade across Australia and Singapore. Euwyn is the co-founder of the PubTech startup Wordsmith and the author of ‘After Nihilism.’ You can find more of Euwyn's work at https://nothingness.me/ (https://nothingness.me/) After Nihilism: https://nothingness.me/p/afternihilism (https://nothingness.me/p/afternihilism) Amazon: https://www.amazon.com.au/After-Nihilism-Meaning-Still-Possible/dp/9819452384 (https://www.amazon.com.au/After-Nihilism-Meaning-Still-Possible/dp/9819452384) Wordsmith: https://wordsmith.page/ (https://wordsmith.page/) Watch it on YouTube here. (https://youtu.be/Hk4JljJr-6E) --------------------------------------- Please consider financially supporting my work (ONLY if you have the means). Patreon: https://patreon.com/trsam?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink (https://patreon.com/trsam?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink) Substack: https://rsampod.substack.com (https://rsampod.substack.com) --------------------------------------- {Podcast} YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/RahulSam (https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcJ6nqGscKrcGHWMcVpNzDpk6FfzuDKA-) Substack: https://rsampod.substack.com/ (https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqa3ZZSkkwR2FyRm5oMXNVOHpHUjhnc0liT21NQXxBQ3Jtc0tuVUVPODVkbkZyb1VqZG10alFDOHA0NzJUTTloZWZlT0dtb3hqektZaTVQM3FDSzdGemhnY0dKQnF5YW1xZFFSVDlKZ2NTbFFPYnRkQ1JFZFB5bXF6M2lZNkI3dTBtUlA1alc0dU9vUWVMbkp4TXVnaw&q=https%3A%2F%2Frsampod.substack.com%2F&v=Hq6YPMv_RCk) Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4ryEqjut4r6SMtfxLdM1Le (https://open.spotify.com/show/4ryEqjut4r6SMtfxLdM1Le) SFP: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rahul-samaranayake (https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rahul-samaranayake) Website: https://rahulsam.me/ (https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqa3hfaDlncVVRRlB0LVlFbXUxczNNVkhtMHl3Z3xBQ3Jtc0tuTm5mbVZUOUhzODdvWVE2UHpKNHlHXzNVRHhfMzdkdEd1YTJxVzNiVFVDNFZ3SGo3LW1RZXhUSlJMSVlsY3ZEMTd2LS12UHJoNHduT0I1bjJZdXkwZDhtYnhlZmptMV9iNE9HSjQwUUY0UEJMX1BtUQ&q=https%3A%2F%2Frahulsam.me%2F&v=Hq6YPMv_RCk) {Social Media} https://substack.com/@trsam/ (https://substack.com/@trsam/) https://www.instagram.com/name_is_rahul/ (https://www.instagram.com/name_is_rahul/) https://www.linkedin.com/in/rahul-samaranayake-981a9315b/ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/rahul-samaranayake-981a9315b/) https://twitter.com/trsam97 (https://twitter.com/trsam97) --------------------------------------- If the ideas I discuss in this podcast evoke your interest, consider visiting https://theunhappyman.substack.com/ (https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqazh2eEJQOHNoMjVYQ3VCWnlLRWdFQWdlZWpSZ3xBQ3Jtc0ttUExRUHZLZno1X0pUYWY3RHRocHQzUWpZRjhDT2Y3Z2cyNnBpbVA2WnlnZnU4SmJSdmc2MVYzX2tmQ1F6SVhKbXNTWUZBNzBOdGlZb1RZT0QtQ1pDa1hHeUdPXzJJT3Rrd2NPMEdqQ2dBZXlkejhOSQ&q=https%3A%2F%2Ftheunhappyman.substack.com%2F&v=05OXWOvcDdo) --------------------------------------- Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statutes that might otherwise be infringing. If you are or represent the copyright owner of materials used in this video and have a problem with the use of the related material, please email me at trahulsam@gmail.com, and we can sort it out. Thank you.
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- YouTube views
- 362,941
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 5.0 / 5
- 4 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.7 / 5
- 21 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 65 / 100
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- 68
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- 0
- YouTube
- 86
- Engagement
- 71
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