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Back to SearchHow to Fight for Truth and Protect Democracy
Episode 373
Lee McIntyre is Research Fellow at the Center for Philosophy and History of Science at Boston University. Formerly Executive Director of the Institut…
2 years, 11 months ago
The Law vs. Separation of Church and State
Episode 372
Shermer and Tabash discuss: the history of the relationship between church and state • the founding framers of the U.S. Constitution and their argume…
3 years ago
Based on DNA Testing, Only One Twin Was Granted U.S. Citizenship. Why?
Episode 371
This episode is a conversation based on two of Nancy Segal's books The Twin Children of the Holocaust: Stolen Childhood and the Will to Survive and G…
3 years ago
Evidence of Aliens? Harvard Astronomer Avi Loeb
Episode 370
Did Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb discover the remnants of an interstellar meteor in the form of spherules on the ocean floor? Could they be of alien o…
3 years ago
Slavery in the U.S. Analyzed by a Pulitzer Prize-Winning Lawyer and Historian (Ed Larson)
Episode 369
New attention from historians and journalists is raising pointed questions about the founding period: was the American revolution waged to preserve s…
3 years ago
Maybe "Good Enough" Is Actually Enough? When Perfectionism Backfires.
Episode 368
"Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good." —anonymous
"Perfection is man's ultimate illusion. It simply doesn't exist in the universe. If you …
3 years ago
Is a Human Life Worth $10 Million or Only $187,000? (Bjorn Lomborg)
Episode 367
World leaders have promised everything to everyone. But they are failing. Together with more than a hundred of the world's top economists, Bjorn Lomb…
3 years, 1 month ago
Why We Get Fooled
Episode 366
From phishing scams to Ponzi schemes, fraudulent science to fake art, chess cheaters to crypto hucksters, and marketers to magicians, our world brims…
3 years, 1 month ago
The Saad Truth About Happiness
Episode 365
Everyone wants to be happy. The question "How can I be happy?" drives countless decisions across the world, and billions of dollars are spent on mark…
3 years, 1 month ago
Christopher Rufo Decodes Cultural Shifts in America
Episode 364
In this conversation based on his new book, America's Cultural Revolution, Christopher Rufo exposes the inner history of the intellectuals and milita…
3 years, 1 month ago