Converging Dialogues

Xavier Bonilla

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Booking Overview

Long-form interview podcast focused on philosophy, psychology, politics, history, and social commentary, typically featuring authors, academics, researchers, and public intellectuals for extended one-on-one discussions. Credible pitches include published subject-matter experts with substantial research, books, institutional affiliations, or recognized public commentary; booking difficulty is high because recent guests have notable credentials and media or academic profiles.

Metrics

Episodes: 500

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.7/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Neutral

Location: USA

YouTube: 3.1k subscribers

Contact Information

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Host

Xavier Bonilla - Host and interviewer who leads extended conversations with authors, academics, researchers, and public intellectuals across philosophy, psychology, politics, history, and social commentary.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

high
Typical Credentials:  
Published authors, university-affiliated scholars, researchers, policy experts, and public intellectuals with authoritative subject-matter expertise and a strong ability to engage in nuanced, long-form conversation.
Required Achievements:  
Published books, University or research appointments, Research covered by major media, Published essays or commentary in prominent outlets, Professional experience in politics or public policy

Recent Guest Discussions

Marc J. Dunkelman - Progressive Policy Ideas, Institutionalism, Collective And Individual Interests, Political Leadership, And Economic Growth.

Tamim Ansary - Global Human History, Interconnectedness, Language, Culture, Trade, Religion, Empires, Colonialism, And Nation-states.

David R. Samson - The Evolution Of Sleep, Circadian Rhythms, Sleep Stages, Dreams, Napping, And The Physiological And Social Functions Of Sleep.

Recent Topics

Philosophy, Psychology, Politics, Social Commentary, History

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
Converging Dialogues
:

#500 - Gerontocracy In America: A Dialogue with Samuel Moyn

July 12, 2026

In this episode, Xavier Bonilla has a dialogue with Samuel Moyn about gerontocracy in America. They discuss how we live in a gerontocracy, coalitions, older institutions, avoiding ageism, oligarchies, elites and democracy, long term view, abundance, and many more topics. Samuel Moyn is Chancellor Kent Professor of Law and History at Yale University. He has his law degree from Harvard University and his PhD in modern European history from University of California, Berkeley. He is fellow at Qui...

#499 - Why Nothing Works: A Dialogue with Marc Dunkelman

July 05, 2026

In this episode, Xavier Bonilla has a dialogue with Marc Dunkelman about progressives and policy ideas for growth. They discuss shared interests of collective and individual interests, progressives on big ideas, Hamiltonian and Jeffersonian progressive styles, pragmatic institutionalism, new ideas in the 21st century, elites, visionary leadership, and many more topics. Marc J. Dunkelman is a resident scholar at the Searchlight Institute and a fellow at Brown University’s Watson School for Int...

#498 - The Invention of Yesterday: A Dialogue with Tamim Ansary

June 28, 2026

In this episode, Xavier Bonilla has a dialogue with Tamim Ansary about a global history of humans through time. They discuss the main theme of interconnectedness, language, symbols, and culture, origins and nomadic peoples, early trading, rise of city states, religion and belief systems, the Crusades, Mongol Empire, Ottoman Empire, colonialism, empires and nation states, and many more topics. Tamim Ansary is the author of many books, including Destiny Disrupted and The Invention of Yesterday....

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