If I’m Really Honest

Want to seek truth without tribalism? Wish you could be fully honest instead of carrying your team's flag? This is a place where ignorance isn’t punished, curiosity is rewarded, and conflict doesn’t mean contempt. Host Jamin Coller sits down with people you’re not “supposed” to talk to - former extremists, outspoken pastors, rabbis, activists, skeptics, believers, and thinkers from every corner of the spectrum. They share stories and challenge ideas that most of us were taught to avoid, whether the topic is faith, politics, science, identity, or the messy places in between. This isn’t about winning arguments or trading insults. If you’re tired of echo chambers and ready to explore the conversations that matter most, subscribe to If I’m Really Honest and join the growing community willing to embrace the most courageous idea: Maybe I'm wrong.

If I’m Really Honest is a society podcast hosted by jamincoller, with 52 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

jamincoller hosts If I’m Really Honest, a society show with 52 episodes published.

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  Episode #55

  Bryan Caplan – Why We Lie to Ourselves

  Jul 30, 20261h 2m

  Bryan Caplan is a New York Times bestselling author, Professor of Economics at George Mason University, Senior Research Fellow at the Mercatus Center, and one of the world's most influential libertarian economists. He's the author of The Myth of the Rational Voter, The Case Against Education, Selfish Reasons to Have More Kids, Open Borders, Build, Baby, Build, and several other bestselling books. His next major work, Unbeatable: The Brutally Honest Case for Free Markets, is scheduled for release in 2027. In this episode, Bryan and I explore one of the questions at the heart of this podcast: how do we know when we're fooling ourselves? We discuss why people often believe things they don't actually act on, whether we're capable of genuine intellectual honesty, why betting can reveal our real beliefs, why comedians sometimes make better truth-tellers than politicians, what caused Bryan to abandon Catholicism and embrace economics, and how social desirability bias shapes everything from religion to politics. We also discuss immigration, education, rationality, self-deception, and what Bryan would change if he could redesign society from scratch. Bryan Caplan Books: https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B001JSCEV0/allbooks Website: https://www.bcaplan.com/ X: https://x.com/bryan_caplan Become a Superfan: https://JaminColler.com/iirh_Superfans https://IfImReallyHonest.com #IfImReallyHonest #TeamPossiblyWrong

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  Episode #56

  Phil Halper - What Physicists REALLY Think About the Big Bang

  Jul 23, 202659 min

  Phil Halper is a science communicator, astrophotographer, creator of the Before the Big Bang series, co-author of the acclaimed book Before the Big Bang, interviewer of many of the world's leading cosmologists, and co-author of one of the largest surveys ever conducted of physicists' views on cosmology. In this conversation we discuss what physicists actually mean by "the Big Bang," why many scientists reject the popular idea that the Big Bang represents the beginning of the universe, competing theories of cosmic origins, inflation, string theory, loop quantum gravity, dark matter, dark energy, gravitational waves, the James Webb Space Telescope, LISA, the proposed Big Bang Observer, and why uncertainty is one of science's greatest strengths rather than a weakness. Book - Battle of the Big Bang: https://a.co/d/0hOljVeY Phil Halper : https://www.philhalper.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BeforeTheBigBang SUPERFANS: https://JaminColler.com/iirh_Superfans https://IfImReallyHonest.com #IfImReallyHonest #TeamPossiblyWrong

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  Episode #54

  Ali Lapper - Disability, Grief, and Radical Self-Acceptance

  Jul 16, 20261h 3m

  Ali Lapper is an internationally acclaimed artist, disability rights advocate, author, television presenter, and former subject of one of Britain's most iconic public sculptures. Her monumental portrait, "Alison Lapper Pregnant," stood on the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square, making her one of the most recognizable disability advocates in the world. In this conversation, Ali and I discuss disability, beauty, self-acceptance, grief, motherhood, identity, and what it means to live authentically. We explore society's obsession with "normal," why perfection is overrated, how she learned to become comfortable in her own skin, the challenges of raising a child while disabled, the devastating loss of her son Paris, and how she found a way to keep living after unimaginable grief. Along the way, we talk about humor, resilience, friendship, accessibility, and why curiosity is often more valuable than certainty. GUEST LINKS Book - My Life In My Hands: https://amzn.to/4vAd6q8 Ali Lapper Official Website: https://www.alilapper.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alison_lapper_mbe MORE FROM IF I'M REALLY HONEST Website: https://IfImReallyHonest.com Superfan Community: https://JaminColler.com/iirh_Superfans #IfImReallyHonest #TeamPossiblyWrong

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  Episode #53

  Jeran Campanella - Leaving Flat Earth After Antarctica

  Jul 9, 20261 hour

  Unabridged, FULL episode: https://youtu.be/rlCFKSxoOp0 Jeran Campanella was one of the most recognizable voices in the modern Flat Earth movement, creator of the Jeranism YouTube channel, speaker at Flat Earth conferences around the world, featured participant in Netflix's Behind the Curve, and one of the Flat Earth representatives selected to travel to Antarctica for "The Final Experiment." In this conversation, Jeran walks through his entire journey - from fundamentalist Christianity, to atheism, to Flat Earth, to standing in Antarctica and witnessing the 24-hour sun for himself. We explore the psychological appeal of conspiracy theories, the power of online communities, the cost of changing your mind publicly, and what happens when your search for truth puts you at odds with the tribe that gave you identity, purpose, friendship, and income. Jeran Campanella (Jeranism) https://www.youtube.com/@Jeranism If I'm Really Honest https://IfImReallyHonest.com Superfan Community https://JaminColler.com/iirh_Superfans #IfImReallyHonest #TeamPossiblyWrong

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  Episode #51

  Hal Whitehead - The Secret Cultures of Whales

  Jul 2, 20261h 8m

  Marine biologist Hal Whitehead has spent more than four decades studying whales, pioneered research on sperm whale culture, helped transform how scientists understand whale societies, and authored groundbreaking work on animal culture and cultural evolution. In this conversation, we explore whether whales have culture, how sperm whales pass knowledge between generations, why some scientists resist applying the word "culture" to animals, how whale clans develop distinct traditions, what whale sounds actually communicate, how menopause appears in some whale species, the surprising history of whale conservation, and what decades of field research have taught Hal about some of the most fascinating creatures on Earth. Dr. Whitehead's excellent books: https://amzn.to/43udNFg If I'm Really Honest https://IfImReallyHonest.com Become a Superfan: https://JaminColler.com/iirh_Superfans #IfImReallyHonest #TeamPossiblyWrong

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