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Back to Search178. James Hunter & Paul Nedelisky on religious vs. secular morality — Science and the Good: The Tragic Quest for the Foundations of Morality
Episode 178
In their book Science and the Good, professional philosophers James Hunter and Paul Nedelisky trace the origins and development of the centuries-long…
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177. Angus Fletcher — 25 Most Powerful Inventions in the History of Literature
Episode 177
Michael speaks with neuroscientist and literature professor Dr. Angus Fletcher about 25 of the most powerful developments in the history of literatur…
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176. Minouche Shafik — What We Owe Each Other: A New Social Contract for a Better Society
Episode 176
Michael Shermer speaks with Nemat Talaat Shafik, Baroness Shafik DBE, known as Minouche Shafik, one of the leading policy experts of our time, about …
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175. Brian Keating — How it All Began: Cosmic Inflation, the Multiverse, and the Nature of Scientific Proof
Episode 175
In this episode, based on the cover story from Skeptic magazine 26.1 (2021), Michael speaks with University of California professor of physics Brian …
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174. Jordan Peterson — Beyond Order: 12 More Rules for Life
Episode 174
Join Michael Shermer and Jordan Peterson (bestselling author of 12 Rules for Life) for this extraordinary conversation based on Peterson's new book B…
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173. Naomi Oreskes — Why Trust Science?
Episode 173
In this interview, based on her landmark book, Why Trust Science?, historian of science Naomi Oreskes offers a bold and compelling defense of science…
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172. Andrew Doyle — Free Speech: And Why it Matters
Episode 172
Political Correctness has formed the basis for a new intolerant mindset, actively policing speech that is deemed offensive or controversial. Rather t…
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171. Andrew Doyle — Free Speech: And Why it Matters
Episode 171
In this conversation based on his new book, The Stupidity of War, political scientist John Mueller argues that American foreign policy since 1945 has…
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170. Michio Kaku — The God Equation: The Quest for a Theory of Everything
Episode 170
Synthesizing relativity and quantum theory would be the crowning achievement of science, a profound merging of all the forces of nature into one beau…
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169. Jeff Hawkins — A Thousand Brains: A New Theory of Intelligence
Episode 169
Michael Shermer speaks with Jeff Hawkins, cofounder of Numenta: a neuroscience research company, about his new book A Thousand Brains: A New Theory o…
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