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Episode 421
Shermer and Herold discuss: social robots, sex robots, robot nannies, robot therapists • flying cars, jetpacks and The Jetsons • Masahiro Mori • emot…
2 years, 4 months ago
The Formation, Diversification, and Extinction of World Religions
Episode 420
Thousands of religions have adherents today, and countless more have existed throughout history. What accounts for this astonishing diversity?
This e…
2 years, 5 months ago
The Wisdom and Wonder of Being Uncertain
Episode 419
In an era of terrifying unpredictability, we race to address complex crises with quick, sure algorithms, bullet points, and tweets. How could we find…
2 years, 5 months ago
The End of Race Politics (Coleman Hughes)
Episode 418
As one of the few black students in his philosophy program at Columbia University years ago, Coleman Hughes wondered why his peers seemed more pessim…
2 years, 5 months ago
How to Repair America's Broken Democracy
Episode 417
Order the Artificial Intelligence issue of SKEPTIC magazine at
https://www.skeptic.com/magazine/archives/29.1/ (available in print or digital format)…
2 years, 5 months ago
Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up (Abigail Shrier)
Episode 416
In virtually every way that can be measured, Gen Z's mental health is worse than that of previous generations. Youth suicide rates are climbing, anti…
2 years, 5 months ago
An Unfinished History of the Holocaust
Episode 415
The Holocaust is much discussed, much memorialized, and much portrayed. But there are major aspects of its history that have been overlooked.
Spannin…
2 years, 5 months ago
The Weirdness of the World
Episode 414
Do we live inside a simulated reality or a pocket universe embedded in a larger structure about which we know virtually nothing? Is consciousness a p…
2 years, 5 months ago
The Story of Female Empowerment & Getting Canceled: Elite Commando and Kickboxing World Champion Leah Goldstein
Episode 413
A conversation with Leah Goldstein on becoming a kickboxing world champion, ultra-endurance cyclist, and an elite commando combating terrorism. For t…
2 years, 5 months ago
Who Wrote the Qur'an, Why, and What Does it Really Say?
Episode 412
Over a billion copies of the Qur'an exist – yet it remains an enigma. Its classical Arabic language resists simple translation, and its non-linear st…
2 years, 5 months ago