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A selection from 2020 to the present, newest first. For interview and podcast requests, see the Contact page.

2026

Conversations with TylerLuke Burgis on Mimetic Desire, Catholicism, and the Age of Social ContagionTyler Cowen · August 2026
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Acton LineForming Solid Selves in an Age of Social ContagionDan Hugger · August 2026
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The Symbolic WorldThe One and the ManyJonathan Pageau · August 2026
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The Understory (Comment)How Does a Person Become Real?Anne Snyder, with Angela Duckworth · July 2026
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Walk-Ins WelcomeForging Identity in the Age of Social ContagionBridget Phetasy · June 2026
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Jesuitical (America Media)What the Lost Sheep Parable Says About Individuality, Tribalism, and CommunionZac Davis and Ashley McKinless · June 2026
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92NYLuke Burgis in Conversation with David BrooksWith David Brooks · June 2026
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EconTalkThe Self, the Crowd, and Social ContagionRuss Roberts · June 2026
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The Remnant (The Dispatch)Übersheep and Orthogonal ThingsJonah Goldberg · June 2026
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Radical CandorThe One and the Ninety-Nine: Forging Identity in the Age of Social ContagionKim Scott · May 2026
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2025

The One You FeedAre Your Desires Really Yours? How to Recognize and Reclaim What You Truly WantEric Zimmer · October 2025
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2024

Institute for Human Ecology, The Catholic University of AmericaCan Humanity Survive the Digital Age?Moderated by Ross Douthat · September 2024
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The Trinity ForumWhy Do We Want What We Want?July 2024
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The Remnant (The Dispatch)Repeat After MimesisJonah Goldberg · July 2024
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Madison's Notes (James Madison Program, Princeton)Faith, Business, and the Nature of Desire: Luke Burgis on René Girard and Mimetic DesireAnnika Nordquist · June 2024
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Big Think3 Ways to Defend Your Mind Against Social Media DistortionsFebruary 2024
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2023

WILD with Sarah WilsonHow Humans 'Want': Mimetic Desire ExplainedSarah Wilson · August 2023
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The Seen and the UnseenLuke Burgis Sees the Deer at His WindowAmit Varma · July 2023
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The Art of ManlinessThick Desires, Political Atheism, and Living an Anti-Mimetic LifeBrett McKay · July 2023
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Not Investment AdviceMimetic Desire, Thick vs. Thin Desires, and the Power of MemesJack Butcher, Bilal Zaidi, and Trung Phan · April 2023
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The Free PressWhy Do We Hunt Witches?With Megan Phelps-Roper, Nicholas Christakis, and Tim Urban · March 2023
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2022

The Symbolic WorldRevenge of the ScapegoatJonathan Pageau · December 2022
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House of StraussOn Mimesis, Sports, and DesireEthan Strauss · December 2022
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The Word on Fire ShowThe Power of Mimetic DesireBishop Robert Barron with Matthew Petrusek · August 2022
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Rebel WisdomThe Philosophy of René GirardDavid Fuller · August 2022
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Bishop Barron Presents (Word on Fire)Wanting: The Power of Mimetic Desire in Everyday LifeBishop Robert Barron · June 2022
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The Knowledge ProjectThe Power of Mimetic DesireShane Parrish · May 2022
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The Lunar Society (Dwarkesh Patel)Mimesis, Scapegoats, and RevolutionsDwarkesh Patel · May 2022
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ABC Radio National, CounterpointHot Capital and Strange IdeasAmanda Vanstone · March 2022
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RNZ Nine to NoonDesire: Why We Want What We WantKathryn Ryan · February 2022
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The Pomp PodcastWhy Memes Rule the WorldAnthony Pompliano · January 2022
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2021

The One You FeedMimetic Desires in Everyday LifeEric Zimmer · October 2021
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Epsilon TheoryWantingBen Hunt · August 2021
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Modern WisdomMimetic Desire: Why Do We Want?Chris Williamson · July 2021
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BanklessThe Power of Mimetic DesireDavid Hoffman and Ryan Sean Adams · July 2021
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The North Star PodcastWhat Is Mimetic Theory?David Perell, with Johnathan Bi · July 2021
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KERA ThinkWe Want What We Want Because Others Want It, TooKrys Boyd · June 2021
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Hidden ForcesThe Power of Mimetic Desire in Markets, Politics, and CultureDemetri Kofinas · June 2021
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The Art of ManlinessWhy Do We Want What We Want?Brett McKay · June 2021
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Economics and Beyond (Institute for New Economic Thinking)The Power of Desire in Everyday Life: Wanting and Social ChangeRob Johnson · June 2021
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Something You Should KnowDesire: Why You Want What You WantMike Carruthers · June 2021
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The Daily StoicMimetic Desire and Getting What You Want in LifeRyan Holiday · June 2021
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Infinite LoopsWhat Drives Human Desire?Jim O'Shaughnessy · June 2021
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The MinimalistsWantingJoshua Fields Millburn and Ryan Nicodemus · June 2021
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Team HumanLuke BurgisDouglas Rushkoff · April 2021
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Village Global (Venture Stories)The Power of Mimetic Desire in Everyday LifeErik Torenberg · March 2021
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What's EssentialWhy We Want What We WantGreg McKeown · 2021
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2020

The Moral ImaginationThe Economy of Desire: René Girard on Commerce and Our Everyday LifeMichael Matheson Miller · December 2020
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