Some view religion as a vital source of moral guidance, community, and meaning, while others argue that secular ethics, reason, and shared human values are sufficient foundations for a meaningful life.

We explore whether religious institutions continue to provide social cohesion or whether, in an increasingly pluralistic world, they risk reinforcing division. We debate if and how faith offers forms of comfort and purpose that science and rational inquiry cannot address. 

Our discussion also addresses the friction between religious tradition and contemporary values. Can ancient texts meaningfully inform modern ethical challenges, or do they impose constraints that no longer align with individual freedom? We engage directly with difficult questions around indoctrination and education, and whether raising children within a religious framework is best understood as a gift of identity or an unwelcome imposition.

This episode examines a fundamental tension in political philosophy: should we focus on leveling the playing field or on where people actually end up? Advocates of equal opportunity argue it preserves freedom and rewards merit while respecting individual choices. Critics contend that without addressing outcomes, opportunity remains illusory for those born into disadvantage. Dhruva and Utkarsh consider whether genuine equal opportunity is even possible when starting points differ so dramatically.

We also explore what the evidence on social mobility reveals about our current systems.

Tune in to join this wide-ranging conversation about fairness, freedom, and the practical implications of each approach for how we structure society.

Some argue that digital detox is the way to deepening the way we connect with ourselves and our loved ones. They say that being constantly connected can be much less liberating than one might think.

Others say that digital minimalism is fashionable but ineffective. If yes, how?

In this episode of Arguable, we explore what it means to pay attention instead of demanding it, to look within when distraction is the default mode, and to wander without feeling like you’ve lost the plot.

NVIDIA just hit a $5 trillion market cap. That’s more than the entire German economy. AI stocks are rewriting history, but investors often vacillate between unbridled fear and raging optimism.

On one side, believers say AI is the real deal, transforming productivity, driving corporate earnings, and justifying sky-high valuations. On the other, skeptics warn of circular funding, speculative hype, and déjà vu from the dot-com bubble.

JPMorgan’s Jamie Dimon has called today’s valuations “a category of concern.” Bank of America’s global fund managers name an “AI equity bubble” as the top financial risk worldwide. Meanwhile, AI spending is projected to surge past $500 billion by 2026, with capital expenditure on data centers and chips outpacing U.S. consumer growth.

So is AI the new electricity or the next e-commerce bust?

Join us as we debate whether this trillion-dollar boom is innovation’s finest hour or Wall Street’s most dangerous illusion.

Born in August 1992 in Ankara, Türkiye, Tuva Atasever attended the Bilkent University, where he received a Bachelor of Science in Electrical and Electronics Engineering.  After completing his undergraduate studies in 2014, Atasever moved to the United States and received a master’s degree in photonics from the University of California, Irvine. In addition, in 2018 Atasever completed the Space Studies Program (SSP) organized by Delft University of Technology, European Space Research and Technology Centre, and International Space University (ISU).

After receiving his Master’s degree in 2016, Atasever co-founded and acted as the CEO of Blue Dot VR where he worked on creating compelling experiences in virtual reality to induce pro-social, pro-environmental, and empathetic behaviors in users. In 2017,Atasever co-founded another startup called HyperSight, Inc., which focused on augmented reality.

After working on those ventures and gaining life-changing experiences, Atasever started working for ROKETSAN, Inc as an avionics systems engineer responsible from the avionic subsystems in the Micro Satellite Launch Vehicle (MSLV) and Space Sounding Rocket (SSR) development projects. As the payload integration manager for SSR, Atasever’s latest responsibility at ROKETSAN included selecting scientific and commercial payloads that were going to be launched on the SSR, creating technical requirements for those payloads, and successfully integrating them on the launch vehicle following the design verification process.

In May of 2022, Atasever enthusiastically applied for the first-ever astronaut selection campaign of the Turkish Space Agency (TUA). After passing all the phases successfully, he was selected as one of the first two astronauts of Türkiye.

Atasever enjoys swimming, outdoor running, camping, and backpacking, previously journeying across several national parks in Northern and Southern California and along the Mediterranean coast.

Atasever is honored and excited for the opportunity to be a part of the historic Ax-3 mission as the backup mission specialist, and looks forward to advancing Türkiye’s human spaceflight program in close cooperation with international partners to improve people’s lives here on Earth.

Once, politics was something you debated and moved on from. Today, it can redraw the boundaries of who we call a friend. In this episode of Arguable, we ask a question that’s become uncomfortably common: when someone you care about stands for ideas you find intolerable, should you preserve the relationship or protect your principles?

We explore how political identity has evolved into moral identity, how social media turns differences into declarations, and why disagreement now feels like disloyalty.

Is friendship about shared values or shared history? Can empathy coexist with conviction?

This episode examines the uneasy balance between moral ambition and political realism. Has the right’s coherence come at the cost of empathy, or has the left’s pluralism diluted its sense of purpose? Are voters choosing certainty over openness or merely responding to fatigue with ambiguity?

In this debate, we put forward two contrasting arguments. One side contends that the right’s success stems from its ability to offer direction, meaning, and belonging at a time of social uncertainty, while the left, preoccupied with management and moral positioning, has lost its visionary core. The other side argues that this framing overlooks how complexity, pluralism, and empathy make the left’s project inherently more demanding and perhaps more relevant in a fractured world.

The U.S. H-1B lottery just ended, and thousands of ambitious professionals are asking themselves the same question: is chasing a global career still worth it?

Immigration rules are tightening, borders are harder to cross, and belonging feels more elusive than ever.

In this episode, we think through the promise and pitfalls of building a life across countries. We’ll talk about the upside - bigger markets, faster growth, new horizons, and the downside - visa anxiety, dislocation, and the quiet ache of distance.

Harvard Business School graduate Abhilasha Sinha shares her reflections and mental models about

• Where you build your career, and how much of yourself you lose or find in the process.

• Does living “between worlds” expand us, or does it fracture us?

• What does success look like when the passport is as important as the résumé?

• Is a global career still a realistic ambition?

Taylor Swift has built an empire that redefines what it means to be an artist-entrepreneur. Her ownership battles, billion-dollar tours, and mastery of narrative have been hailed as a leadership blueprint for a new generation. Yet critics argue her success rests on singular talent, timing, and cultural lightning strikes that no strategy can replicate.

This episode debates whether Swift offers a replicable playbook for millennial leadership—or whether her empire proves she’s the rare exception who can’t be copied.

Previously a Fulbright Scholar, Fox International Fellow and Teaching Fellow at Yale, Gul has also been a Lead for the Digital Transformation of Industries at the World Economic Forum in Geneva, and an Expert on Higher Education, Entrepreneurship, and Industrial Policy at the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation in Vienna. His book The New Geography of Innovation won the Financial Times/McKinsey Bracken Bower Prize for writers under 35. 

In this episode you will learn

1. How the geography of innovation is shifting and what it means for the new world order 
   
2. The art of connecting innovation, geography, and ambition with the help of illustrative case studies
   
3. How to write a deeply-researched book
   

In order to thrive at work, must we always be working? For many young professionals, the hours outside work are no longer a refuge.

In this episode of Arguable, Dhruva and Utkarsh explore the shifting line between hobbies and side hustles, and what that says about careers today.

Are side hustles a smart form of insurance in an unpredictable economy, or a symptom of a culture that demands we monetise every interest?

Do they help us discover new sides of ourselves, or simply extend the workday into our free time? In order to thrive at work, must we always be working?