Converging Dialogues

Xavier Bonilla

Booking Overview

This is a long-form interview podcast focused on philosophy, psychology, politics, history, and social commentary, typically featuring highly credentialed academics, authors, and public intellectuals for extended one-on-one dialogues. A PR agency could credibly pitch professors, researchers, policy experts, authors, and established commentators with substantial subject-matter expertise or a significant book; booking difficulty is high because recent guests hold senior academic positions, major fellowships, and notable publishing or media credentials.

Metrics

Episodes: 505

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.7/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Unknown

Location: USA

YouTube: 3.2k subscribers

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

convergingdialogues@gmail.com

convergingdialogues@substack.com

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Host

Xavier Bonilla - Host and interviewer conducting extended, wide-ranging dialogues on philosophy, psychology, politics, history, and social commentary.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

high

Typical Credentials:

University professors, senior researchers, public intellectuals, policy experts, award-winning historians, and authors with recognized expertise in philosophy, psychology, politics, history, science, or social commentary.

Required Achievements:

Published books, often tied to the episode subject, Senior academic or research appointments, Major fellowships, awards, or institutional leadership, National media appearances or recognized public scholarship

Recent Guest Discussions

Sarah M. S. Pearsall - Global Perspectives On The American Revolution, Independence, Indigenous Nations, Freedom, And International Revolutionary Movements.

David Daley - Gerrymandering, Political Redistricting, Voting Rights, Election Reform, And The Future Of American Democracy.

Mark Solms - Freud, Psychoanalysis, Consciousness, Neuroscience, Drives, Pleasure, And Mental Healing.

Lixing Sun - The Origins And Evolution Of Sex, Asexual And Sexual Reproduction, Sex Chromosomes, Mate Choice, And Biological Variation.

Samuel Moyn - Gerontocracy, Aging Institutions, Political Power, Elites, Democracy, And The Concentration Of Wealth.

Recent Topics

Philosophy, Psychology, Politics, History, Neuroscience

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on

Converging Dialogues

#505 - The Brain Is Not A Machine: A Dialogue with Romain Brette

August 31, 2026

In this episode, Xavier Bonilla has a dialogue with Romain Brette about the brain and various theoretical concepts in neuroscience. They talk about the idea of the brain as a computer, memory and reality, functionalism, connectionism, and computational theory of mind, and the extended mind. They also discuss perception, representations, anticipation, Friston, free energy, and active interferences, emotions, the brain as a complex biological ecosystem, panpsychism, and many more topics. Romain...

#504 - Global Perspectives of the American Revolution: A Dialogue with Sarah Pearsall

August 24, 2026

In this episode, Xavier Bonilla has a dialogue with Sarah Pearsall about the global perspectives of the American Revolution. They discuss American independence in a global context, freedom, Indigenous nations pushing for revolution, Canada not joining the colonies, Hessians, Six indigenous nations, Cuba, and many more topics. Sarah M. S. Pearsall is an award-winning historian with degrees from Yale, Harvard, and Cambridge, where she taught for nearly a decade. She is a professor and Chair of ...

#503 - Gerrymandering: Our Insidious Downfall?: A Dialogue with David Daley

August 16, 2026

In this episode, Xavier Bonilla has a dialogue with David Daley about gerrymandering and political redistricting in the United States. They discuss political redistricting in the modern era, defining redistricting, how states redraw the political map, 2026 midterms, gerrymandering in 2028, 2030 census, fixing gerrymandering, and many more topics. David Daley is a Senior Fellow at FairVote. He is the author of the national best-seller “Ratf**ked: Why Your Vote Doesn’t Count,” which has been cr...

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convergingdialogues@substack.com

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