CONVERSATIONS & IDEAS
Armen Shirvanian
Host of The Armen Show
Long-form conversations with scientists, authors, researchers, scholars, and other people who have spent serious time thinking about something worth understanding.
Human behavior · science · technology · culture · institutions · learning · ideas
469 episodes
Since 2017
Recent Conversations
The latest conversations from The Armen Show, exploring ideas across science, human behavior, technology, culture, and society.
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469: AI, Journals, Research, and Better Systems
In episode 469, Armen Shirvanian explores using AI to analyze years of journals, organize research, improve personal systems, and understand patterns in how we remember the…
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468: Sukun Chopra | Finding Your Way Again: Purpose, Connection, and Life After Momentum
Sukun Chopra returns to The Armen Show for a conversation about identity, purpose, connection, and rebuilding momentum after major life transitions. Since her first appearance on…
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467: Danny Bate | Why the Alphabet Endures: A Deep Dive into Language and Culture
Why did the alphabet become one of humanity’s most successful technologies? In this episode, Armen speaks with linguist and author Danny Bate about the hidden history…
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466: Jacob Mchangama | The Free Speech Recession: A Global Decline in Expression
In this episode, Armen speaks with legal scholar and free speech advocate Jacob Mchangama about the shifting global landscape of expression. Drawing on his new book…
Following questions across fields
The Armen Show is built around long-form conversations that go beyond summarizing someone’s work. The goal is to understand the mechanisms underneath it—to follow interesting questions, connect ideas across fields, and leave with a clearer picture than we started with.
The subjects vary, but many of the underlying questions recur: Why do people behave the way they do? How do ideas spread? How do institutions and cultures shape us? How do we learn, make decisions, change our minds, and build better models of the world?
Human Behavior · Science · Technology & AI · Culture & Institutions · Learning & Decision-Making · Ideas & Philosophy
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The Armen Show
469 episodes spanning science, human behavior, technology, culture, philosophy, and related ideas.
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Long-form written conversations with researchers, authors, and thinkers.
About Armen
I’m Armen Shirvanian, host of The Armen Show. I’ve been building the show and its surrounding archive since 2017 through hundreds of long-form conversations, written interviews, articles, notes, and other projects.
I think of these less as isolated pieces of content than as a growing record of what I’ve learned, who I’ve learned from, and how ideas connect over time.
469 episodes · Since 2017
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