Podcast Episodes
Back to Search233. Goodbye Pat Linse, Skeptic Co-founder and My Best Friend…
Episode 233
Michael Shermer shares his thoughts on life and death, in an emotional remembrance of his friend and business partner of 30 years, Pat Linse (1947–20…
4 years, 9 months ago
232. Amishi Jha on Learning How to Pay Attention to Your Attention
Episode 232
Research shows we are missing 50 percent of our lives because we aren't paying attention. Many of us often feel mentally foggy, scattered, and overwh…
4 years, 9 months ago
231. Jason Hill on What White Americans Owe Black People
Episode 231
In this conversation with Jason Hill based on his book What do White Americans Owe Black People? Racial Justice in the Age of Post-Oppression, Sherme…
4 years, 9 months ago
230. Bart Ehrman — Did the Christmas Story Really Happen? The Birth of Jesus in History & Legend
Episode 230
Michael Shermer speaks with renowned biblical scholar and historian, Bart Ehrman, about: how we know Jesus existed and was crucified; how these quest…
4 years, 9 months ago
229. Fritjof Capra on Patterns of Connection: Is there a Tao of physics? Is life a web? Is humanity at a turning point?
Episode 229
Michael Shermer speaks with scientist, educator, activist, and accomplished author, Fritjof Capra, about the evolution of his thinking over five deca…
4 years, 9 months ago
228. Steven Koonin on what climate science tells us, what it doesn't, and why it matters, based on his book Unsettled
Episode 228
According to Steven Koonin, when it comes to climate change, the media, politicians, and other prominent voices have declared that "the science is se…
4 years, 9 months ago
227. Richard Nisbett on Thinking
Episode 227
In this wide-ranging conversation Shermer and Nisbett discuss Nisbett's research showing how people reason, how people should reason, why errors in r…
4 years, 9 months ago
226. Suzanne Nossel on defending free speech for all, based on her book Dare to Speak
Episode 226
Online trolls and fascist chat groups. Controversies over campus lectures. Cancel culture versus censorship. The daily hazards and debates surroundin…
4 years, 9 months ago
225. Nancy Segal — Deliberately Divided: Inside the Controversial Study of Twins and Triplets Adopted Apart
Episode 225
In the early 1960s, the head of a prominent New York City Child Development Center and a psychiatrist from Columbia University launched a study desig…
4 years, 9 months ago
224. Bobby Duffy on The Generation Myth: Why When You're Born Matters Less Than You Think
Episode 224
Boomers are narcissists. Millennials are spoiled. Gen Zers are lazy. We assume people born around the same time have basically the same values. But, …
4 years, 10 months ago