Why don't war photos shock us anymore? Andrew Quilty spent 9 years as a photojournalist in Afghanistan — photographing the Taliban, the war, and the day Kabul fell and he has an answer.

In this episode, we get into how the images on your feed shape what you believe about war, why you feel less every time you scroll, and what nine years behind the camera taught him about what a single photo can and can't do.

Andrew is the first photographer ever to win the Gold Walkley for his image inside the US-bombed MSF hospital in Kunduz. He's the author of August in Kabul and is currently a witness in a war crimes trial.

Maple founder Connor reveals how dating app algorithms secretly rank and league your profile, why Hinge, Tinder, and Bumble are built on the same psychology as slot machines, and why the system is structurally designed to keep you swiping instead of getting you matched quietly keeping millions of people single. Connor is the founder of Maple, a dating and social platform, and has spent years researching and building inside the dating app industry.

He explains:

• How dating app algorithms secretly rank and league profiles
• Why Hinge, Tinder, and Bumble are built on slot machine psychology
• Why dating app algorithms are structurally designed to keep you single
• Why sexual inactivity among Gen Z has doubled since 2010
• How COVID reshaped dating culture and fueled the loneliness epidemic
• Why the world is getting lonelier and more single than ever
• Why ghosting and swiping fatigue have made dating feel so chaotic

In this episode, I sit down with the lovely Kenz Lawren, model and creator with over 1.5 million TikTok followers, to uncover the reality of the modelling industry and what it's really like to work as a model.

We discuss the reality of Fashion Week, how much models actually get paid, agency life, the pressure to stay skinny, eating disorders, sexual harassment in the industry, rejection, and how social media has changed the modeling world forever.

Whether you're an aspiring model or simply curious about what happens behind the scenes, this is an honest look at the challenges, opportunities, and truths of the fashion industry.

*Small correction: In the episode, I say that Kenz was one of the faces of Dior Beauty, which was my mistake. She was actually one of the beauty brand faces of Anastasia Beverly Hills.

Neuroscientist and neuro-futurologist Professor Joel Pearson reveals what AI is really doing to our brains, our relationships, and our grip on reality — from cognitive atrophy and the loneliness trap to the rise of AI companions and what he calls the uncertainty pandemic.

Professor Joel Pearson is a neuroscientist and neuro-futurologist based at UNSW, where he leads the Future Minds Lab.

He explains:

• How AI use is quietly reshaping our cognitive abilities
• Why we're falling into a loneliness trap despite constant connection
• What AI companions are doing to our capacity for real relationships
• Why he calls this moment the uncertainty pandemic
• What we can actually do to protect our minds in the AI era

Korean skincare has reshaped global beauty culture but most people still don't understand why it works. In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Sean, a K-Beauty expert and educator, to explore the real philosophy behind Korean skincare: the cultural mindset, the ingredients that actually deliver results, the routines worth following, the products worth knowing, and the myths the beauty industry has let run for far too long. Calm, curious, and genuinely illuminating, this one will change how you think about your skin.

Follow Dr. Sean on Instagram @dr.skinsource and TikTok @drsean.skin

Most of us walk around with opinions we've never really tested. We think we know how the world works until someone who really knows tells us otherwise.

This is We Think We Know, a podcast where I sit down with leading experts to challenge the assumptions we've never thought to question. Every episode, one conversation, one idea turned upside down.

In this intro, I talk about who I am, why I started the show, and what you can expect from every episode.

Subscribe if you're the kind of person who'd rather be proven wrong than stay comfortable.
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