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Back to Search153. Kevin Dutton — Black-and-White Thinking: The Burden of a Binary Brain in a Complex World
Episode 153
In episode 153, Michael speaks with University of Oxford research psychologist Dr. Kevin Dutton about his new book Black-and-White Thinking: The Burd…
5 years, 7 months ago
152. Politics & Truth — Michael Shermer Responds to Critics of His Commentary "Trump & Truth"
Episode 152
Dr. Michael Shermer received a lot of interesting and constructive responses to episode 151, his commentary on the events of January 6, 2021 — the st…
5 years, 7 months ago
151. Trump & Truth — A Commentary by Michael Shermer
Episode 151
"Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities." — Voltaire
In this monologue commentary on the events of January 6, 2…
5 years, 7 months ago
150. Daniel Lieberman — Exercised: Why Something We Never Evolved to Do is Healthy and Rewarding
Episode 150
"Nothing about the biology of exercise makes sense except in the light of evolution, and nothing about exercise as a behavior makes sense except in …
5 years, 8 months ago
149. The After Time: The Future of Civilization After COVID-19
Episode 149
In this special episode of the Science Salon podcast, the last of 2020, Dr. Michael Shermer offers some reflections on 2020, starting with race and t…
5 years, 8 months ago
148. Have Archetype — Will Travel: The Jordan Peterson Phenomenon
Episode 148
In this special episode of the Science Salon podcast Dr. Michael Shermer reflects on the recent resurrection of Jordan Peterson, the resurgent critic…
5 years, 8 months ago
147. David Barash — On the Brink of Destruction
Episode 147
In a conversation based on the book Threats: Intimidation and its Discontents, Shermer and Barash discuss:
2020 as the most momentous year of the pa…5 years, 8 months ago
146. Donald Prothero — Weird Earth: Debunking Strange Ideas About Our Planet
Episode 146
Shermer and Prothero discuss:
flat earth theories and how we know the earth is round, hollow earth theories and how we know it's not hollow, the ret…5 years, 9 months ago
145. Greg Lukianoff — How Free is Free Speech?
Episode 145
In this wide ranging conversation focused on Greg Lukianoff's co-authored (with Jonathan Haidt) book The Coddling of the American Mind, and his new d…
5 years, 9 months ago
144. Agustín Fuentes — Why We Believe: Evolution and the Human Way of Being
Episode 144
Why are so many humans religious? Why do we daydream, imagine, and hope? Philosophers, theologians, social scientists, and historians have offered ex…
5 years, 9 months ago