Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchHeretics: The Scientists Who Were Mocked But Later Proven Right
Episode 591
Why do some world-changing ideas get ignored, attacked, or buried for years before anyone takes them seriously?
Michael Shermer sits down with The Ec…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
Shermer Says 7: Responding to Fan Mail … "Who Was Jesus?"
Episode 590
Michael Shermer responds to a remarkable letter from a group of eighth graders at a Christian school in Texas who say they've been praying for him an…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
Why the Same Childhood Doesn't Affect Everyone the Same Way
Episode 589
For decades, developmental psychologist Jay Belsky has focused on one of the biggest questions in human development: how do early experiences shape t…
5 months, 4 weeks ago
Who Gets to Edit Culture? Sensitivity Readers & Censorship in Book Publishing
Episode 588
Publishing likes to imagine itself as a marketplace of ideas with a strong immune system: good arguments win, bad ones fade, and editors act as princ…
6 months, 1 week ago
Filming Corey Feldman & "Corey's Angels": The Weird World Behind the Curtain
Episode 587
Documentary filmmaker Marcie Hume (BBC alum; Magicians: Life in the Impossible) joins Michael Shermer to talk about her new verité film Corey Feldman…
6 months, 1 week ago
Can a Skeptic Believe in God?
Episode 586
Christopher Beha grew up Catholic in Manhattan, walked away during the New Atheist era, and spent years trying to build a secular worldview sturdy en…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
Shermer Says 6: Jeffrey Epstein and Me
Episode 585
Michael Shermer recounts the moment he discovered his name in the Jeffrey Epstein files and uses it as a jumping-off point to tell a few unforgettabl…
6 months, 3 weeks ago
The Evolutionary Roots of Love, Sex, and Jealousy
Episode 584
Why do people risk everything for love but treat sex like it's no big deal? Why is intimacy the most expensive thing in a brothel? And why do jealous…
7 months ago
Truth Still Matters (And Here's Why)
Episode 583
In this episode, Michael Shermer walks through the core ideas behind his new book Truth: What It Is, How to Find It, and Why It Still Matters, breaki…
7 months, 1 week ago
Shermer Says 5: What Went Wrong in Minnesota? Protests, Panic, and Personal Responsibility
Episode 582
In this solo episode of The Michael Shermer Show, Michael Shermer responds to the shooting of Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old healthcare worker who was ki…
7 months, 1 week ago