Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchNobel Prize Winner Explains Inequality and Capitalism
Episode 392
When economist Angus Deaton immigrated to the United States from Britain in the early 1980s, he was awed by America's strengths and shocked by the ex…
2 years, 9 months ago
The Purpose of the Universe
Episode 391
Why are we here? What's the point of existence? On the 'big questions' of meaning and purpose, Western thought has been dominated by the dichotomy of…
2 years, 9 months ago
How Media, Politics, and Identity Drive Our Appetite for Misinformation
Episode 390
Why are so many of us wrong about so much? From COVID-19 to climate change to the results of elections, millions of Americans believe things that are…
2 years, 9 months ago
JFK 60th Anniversary of the Assassination
Episode 389
A conversation with Warren Commission Assistant Counsel Burt W. Griffin, Case Closed author and Lee Harvey Oswald scholar Gerald Posner, and JFK cons…
2 years, 9 months ago
The Scientific Search for Alien Life
Episode 388
Everyone is curious about life in the Universe, UFOs and whether ET is out there. Over the course of his thirty-year career as an astrophysicist, Ada…
2 years, 9 months ago
Ayaan 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, 9 months ago
UFO: The Inside Story of the U.S. Government's Search for Alien Life
Episode 386
2 years, 9 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, 9 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, 10 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, 10 months ago