The Observable Unknown

Dr. Juan Carlos Rey

The Observable Unknown is a scientific and psychological podcast exploring consciousness, perception, behavior, identity, altered states, symbolism, neuroscience, and the hidden structures shaping human life. Read more

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Episodes

The Written Unknown XI: The Cost of the Move | Eric Berne, Games People Play, Transactional Analysis & How to Stop Repeating the Same Relationship Scripts

11/12/2026 00:07:47Mailbag XLV: The Door and the Blood | Family Estrangement, No Contact, Toxic Families, Boundaries & the New Rules of Kinship

11/10/2026 00:08:30 Interlude XCIV: Decision | Herbert Simon, Gerd Gigerenzer, Bounded Rationality, Satisficing & Why More Information Can Make Decisions Worse

11/10/2026 00:06:17The Written Unknown X: The Cast of Ages | Dice, Divination, Destiny, Chance & the Ancient Human Search for Meaning

11/04/2026 00:07:37Mailbag XLIV: The Kit Is for the Gap | Why Governments Want 3, 7, or 10 Days of Emergency Supplies

11/04/2026 00:08:21 Show all episodes

Our take on The Observable Unknown podcast

The Observable Unknown is a science podcast by Dr. Juan Carlos Rey.

Producer
Dr. Juan Carlos Rey

Host
Dr. Juan Carlos Rey

Country
United States

Episodes count
188

Average duration
5'

Frequency
Weekly

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Julian Kopfmeister - 10/02/2025
What Dr. Rey has built with The Observable Unknown is, to my mind, a genuine contribution to public philosophy. The show does not just cite great thinkers—it inhabits their questions, tests their insights, and brings them into dialogue with lived human concerns. Each interlude reveals how fragile and fascinating our categories of freedom, memory, and belief truly are. The Observable Unknown reminds us that philosophy needs to not remain trapped in books; it can live in voice, in conversation, in the shared experience of listening. This podcast is nothing less than a new agora for the 21st century. — Prof. Julian Kopfmeister, philosopher of culture