Podcast Episodes
Back to Search328. Paul Bloom — Psych: The Story of the Human Mind
Episode 328
How does the brain — a three-pound gelatinous mass — give rise to intelligence and conscious experience? Was Freud right that we are all plagued by f…
3 years, 2 months ago
327. Rachel Moran on Her Years in Prostitution, How She Got Out of It, and Why She Thinks It Is a Form of Sexual Exploitation
Episode 327
Shermer and Moran discuss: her dysfunctional family background • her boyfriend who pimped her • the women who sell sex and the men who buy it • why o…
3 years, 2 months ago
326. Naomi Oreskes — The Big Myth: How American Business Taught Us to Loathe Government and Love the Free Market
Episode 326
Shermer and Oreskes discuss: the myth of market magic • market fundamentalism • market absolutism • market essentialism • capitalism and democracy • …
3 years, 2 months ago
325. Heinrich Päs — The One: How an Ancient Idea Holds the Future of Physics
Episode 325
Shermer and Päs discuss: monism vs. dualism • What is time? • What is a field? • Is math all there is? Is math universal? • the double-slit experimen…
3 years, 2 months ago
324. Andrew Gold on Exorcism, Abortion, Pedophilia, Sex & UFOs
Episode 324
Shermer and Gold discuss: diversity, equity, and inclusion in the media • social justice movements and their motivations • bias in STEM fields • why …
3 years, 2 months ago
323. Elle Hardy — Beyond Belief: How Pentecostal Christianity Is Taking Over the World
Episode 323
Shermer and Hardy discuss: Hardy's religious journey (raised Catholic, now agnostic) • origin of Pentecostalism and its biblical basis Pentecostalism…
3 years, 2 months ago
322. Marty Klein — Sex Matters
Episode 322
Shermer and Klein discuss: sex therapist and the reasons people seek therapy • self-help sex books • sexual orientation • asexuality • sex abuse • in…
3 years, 2 months ago
321. William Magnuson — For Profit: A History of Corporations
Episode 321
Americans have long been skeptical of corporations, and that skepticism has only grown more intense in recent years. Meanwhile, corporations continue…
3 years, 3 months ago
320. Massimo Pigliucci — How to Live a Good Life and Create a Just Society
Episode 320
In this episode Michael Shermer speaks with the stoic philosopher and evolutionary biologist Massimo Pigliucci on how to apply the ancient wisdom of …
3 years, 3 months ago
319. Steven Hassan — Combatting Cult Mind Control, Freedom of Mind, and The Cult of Trump
Episode 319
In this conversation, based on a leading cult expert Steven Hassan's books (Combatting Cult Mind Control, Freedom of Mind, and The Cult of Trump) you…
3 years, 3 months ago