Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchAyaan Hirsi Ali Converted to Christianity
Episode 387
On November 11, 2023, my friend, colleague, and hero Ayaan Hirsi Ali released a statement explaining "Why I am Now a Christian". What follows is my r…
2 years, 5 months ago
UFO: The Inside Story of the U.S. Government's Search for Alien Life
Episode 386
2 years, 5 months ago
Identity Politics and its Discontents
Episode 385
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For much of history, societies have violently oppressed ethnic, religious, and sexual minorities…
2 years, 5 months ago
What Makes Rational People Believe Irrational Things? (Dan Ariely)
Episode 384
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Shermer and Ariely discuss: What is disinformation and what should we do abou…
2 years, 5 months ago
The Role of Iran in the Israel-Hamas Conflict
Episode 383
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Shermer and Taleblu discuss: • Iran and Hamas • Hamas and Israel • Does Iran really want to wi…
2 years, 6 months ago
The Secret History of Women at the CIA
Episode 382
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Shermer and Mundy discuss: • CIA research methods • a brief histor…
2 years, 6 months ago
America and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Episode 381
Shermer and Journo discuss: who really owns land? • British Mandate • Theodore Herzl • Zionism, Judaism, and Israel • territorial disputes • Hamas (I…
2 years, 6 months ago
Cancel Culture and What to Do About It (Greg Lukianoff & Rikki Schlott)
Episode 380
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Cancel Culture is a new phenomenon, and The Canceling of…
2 years, 6 months ago
Robert Sapolsky on Free Will and Determinism
Episode 379
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Robert Sapolsky is the author of A Primate's Memoir, The Trouble with Testosterone,…
2 years, 6 months ago
Armageddon in the Middle East? (David Wolpe)
Episode 378
Shermer and Wolpe discuss: what happened to Israel's vaunted security apparatus, intelligence agency and military readiness? • Zionism, Judaism, and …
2 years, 6 months ago