Think First with Jim Detjen
Questions that deserve more than immediate answers.
Conversations and investigations into technology, culture, institutions, and belief. Hosted by Jim Detjen.
- Current series
- The Foundations
- Format
- Essays and investigations
- Host
- Jim Detjen
Think First Season Two
The Foundations
The ideas beneath Season Two.
Six Season One episodes introduce the questions carried into Season Two.
About the podcast
A closer look at what persuades us.
The podcast examines how persuasion works: from gaslighting and compelling stories to institutional decisions and the limits of AI-generated answers.
The aim is to make the reasoning audible: what supports an account, what challenges it, and what remains unresolved.
Selected from the archive
Earlier conversations worth returning to.
A small selection from the wider archive: questions of mortality, institutional drift, identity, and the stories that shape public judgment.
Think First