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Back to Search298. Neil deGrasse Tyson — Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization
Episode 298
Shermer and Tyson discuss: why he decided to write about social, cultural, and political issues now • conflict and resolution in science and society …
3 years, 7 months ago
297. Andrew Doyle — How the Religion of Social Justice Captured the Western World
Episode 297
Shermer and Doyle discuss: terminology of: PC, identity politics, woken, social justice, antifa, BLM, TERF, intersectionality • Critical Social Justi…
3 years, 7 months ago
296. Stephen Bloom on Jane Elliott's Famous Experiment on Race and Brutality and What It Reveals About Today's Racial Divide
Episode 296
This conversation explores the never-before-told true story of Jane Elliott and the "Blue-Eyes, Brown-Eyes Experiment" she made world-famous, using e…
3 years, 7 months ago
295. Marian Tupy & Gale Pooley — Superabundance: The Story of Population Growth, Innovation, and Human Flourishing on an Infinitely Bountiful Planet
Episode 295
Is it true that the world's rapidly growing population is consuming the planet's natural resources at an alarming rate that would require two Earths …
3 years, 8 months ago
294. Sabine Hossenfelder — Existential Physics: A Scientist's Guide to Life's Biggest Questions
Episode 294
What is time? Does the past still exist? How did the universe begin and how will it end? Do particles think? Was the universe made for us? Why doesn'…
3 years, 8 months ago
293. Konstantin Kisin — An Immigrant's Love Letter to the West
Episode 293
Shermer and Kisin discuss: growing up in Russia • "The Talk" Russian parents give their children • What is the "West" and how do Russians view it • S…
3 years, 8 months ago
292. Gary Marcus — Rebooting AI: Building Artificial Intelligence We Can Trust
Episode 292
Despite the hype surrounding AI, creating an intelligence that rivals or exceeds human levels is far more complicated than we have been led to believ…
3 years, 8 months ago
291. Rob Ashton — Silent Influence and the Science of Writing, Reading, and Communicating
Episode 291
Shermer and Ashton discuss: what it's like advising Google and Buckingham Palace on how to communicate • what makes writing appealing and effective •…
3 years, 8 months ago
290. Anastacia Marx de Salcedo — Eat like a Pig, Run Like a Horse
Episode 290
Shermer and de Salcedo discuss: her diagnosis of multiple sclerosis at age 27 • her long-term psychological strategy for living with a serious illnes…
3 years, 9 months ago
289. James Kirchick — Secret City: The Hidden History of Gay Washington
Episode 289
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3 years, 9 months ago