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Back to SearchThe True Cost of Conviction
Episode 531
When you are faced with a decision, do you consider the best outcome, or do you consider your deepest values about which actions are appropriate? Ste…
1 year, 1 month ago
Debra Soh and Michael Shermer at FreedomFest 2025
Episode 530
Michael Shermer in conversation with Debra Soh at FreedomFest 2025 in Palm Springs, CA.
Video courtesy of FreedomFest. Additional FreedomFest videos …
1 year, 1 month ago
Douglas Murray on Hamas, Iran, and the Collapse of the Two-State Solution
Episode 529
Drawing from intensive on-the-ground reporting in Israel, Gaza, and Lebanon, Douglas Murray places the latest violence in its proper historical conte…
1 year, 1 month ago
Can Politics and Truth Coexist?
Episode 528
Do any of us really care about truth when it comes to politics? Should we? In a world of big lies, denialism, and conspiracy theories, democracies ar…
1 year, 2 months ago
Michael Egnor X Christof Koch X Michael Shermer | A Debate on the Mind, Soul, and the Afterlife
Episode 527
A debate on the mind, soul, consciousness, and the afterlife.
Michael Egnor, MD, is Professor of Neurosurgery and Pediatrics at the Renaissance Schoo…
1 year, 2 months ago
The Science Behind Menopause
Episode 526
When award-winning science writer Amy Alkon was blindsided by her first hot flash, it kicked off a cascade of symptoms—drenching night sweats, insomn…
1 year, 2 months ago
Andrew Doyle: Trapped Between Woke Dogma and Right-Wing Populism
Episode 525
What began as a call for justice has, in many cases, become an engine of conformity. In this searching conversation, Andrew Doyle (author, satirist, …
1 year, 2 months ago
The Myths of American Capitalism Explained
Episode 524
Since the dawn of the Industrial Revolution, capitalism has unleashed unimaginable growth in opportunity and prosperity. And yet, at key points in Am…
1 year, 3 months ago
The Big Bang Wasn't the Beginning? Exploring Cosmic Origins
Episode 523
By most popular accounts, the universe started with a bang some 13.8 billion years ago. But what happened before the Big Bang? And how do we know it …
1 year, 3 months ago
Believing Is Seeing: Inside the Modern Paranormal Movement
Episode 522
In 2010, in a small New Hampshire town, next door to a copy center and framing shop, a ghost lab opened. The Kitt Research Initiative's mission was t…
1 year, 3 months ago