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Back to Search183. 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…
5 years, 3 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),…
5 years, 3 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 …
5 years, 3 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…
5 years, 3 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 …
5 years, 4 months ago
178. 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…
5 years, 4 months ago
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…
5 years, 4 months ago
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 …
5 years, 4 months ago
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 …
5 years, 4 months ago
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…
5 years, 4 months ago