Podcast Episodes
Back to Search188. Legendary Undersea Explorer Robert Ballard — Into the Deep: A Memoir From the Man Who Found Titanic
Episode 188
In this conversation about his memoir and National Geographicspecial on his life, Robert Ballard takes us along his many journeys to find the Titanic…
4 years, 10 months ago
187. Robert Cialdini — Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion
Episode 187
In this dialogue, based on the new edition of his highly acclaimed bestseller (over 5 million copies sold in over 40 languages), Robert Cialdini — Ne…
4 years, 10 months ago
186. William Nordhaus on the Economics of Global Warming, Pandemics, and Corporate Malfeasance
Episode 186
In this conversation, based on the book The Spirit of Green: The Economics of Collisions and Contagions in a Crowded World, Nobel Prize-winning pione…
4 years, 11 months ago
185. Stephen Meyer — Return of the God Hypothesis: Three Scientific Discoveries that Reveal the Mind Behind the Universe (and why Shermer remains skeptical)
Episode 185
Beginning in the late 19th century, many intellectuals began to insist that scientific knowledge conflicts with traditional theistic belief — that sc…
4 years, 11 months ago
184. Alexander Green on Money & Why It Matters
Episode 184
In this special episode of the show Shermer and Green discuss one of the most important and yet poorly understood concepts in modern society: money a…
4 years, 11 months ago
183. Bari Weiss & Bion Bartning — The Foundation Against Intolerance & Racism
Episode 183
Shermer, Weiss, and Bartning discuss: why we need the Foundation Against Intolerance & Racism (FAIR) when we have the ACLU, the SPLC, etc.; Richard D…
4 years, 11 months ago
182. A Conversation With UFOlogist Alan Steinfeld on How Believers and Skeptics Think About UFOs
Episode 182
In this episode, Michael Shermer speaks with explorer of consciousness and the emcee of Contact in the Desert (the largest UFO event in the country),…
4 years, 11 months ago
181. David Buss — When Men Behave Badly: The Hidden Roots of Sexual Deception, Harassment, and Assault
Episode 181
Sexual conflict permeates ancient religions, from injunctions about thy neighbor's wife to the permissible rape of infidels. It is etched in written …
4 years, 11 months ago
180. Andy Norman — Mental Immunity: Infectious Ideas, Mind Parasites, and the Search for a Better Way to Think
Episode 180
Astonishingly irrational ideas are spreading. COVID-19 denial, anti-vaxxers compromising public health, conspiracy thinking hijacking minds and incit…
4 years, 11 months ago
179. Niall Ferguson — Doom: The Politics of Catastrophe
Episode 179
Disasters are inherently hard to predict. Pandemics, like earthquakes, wildfires, financial crises, and wars, are not normally distributed; there is …
4 years, 11 months ago