Podcast Episodes
Back to Search114. Katherine Stewart — The Power Worshippers: Inside the Dangerous Rise of Religious Nationalism
Episode 114
For too long the Religious Right has masqueraded as a social movement preoccupied with a number of cultural issues, such as abortion and same-sex mar…
6 years, 4 months ago
113. Dave Rubin — Don't Burn This Book: Thinking for Yourself in an Age of Unreason
Episode 113
The left is no longer liberal. Once on the side of free speech and tolerance, progressives now ban speakers from college campuses, "cancel" people wh…
6 years, 4 months ago
112. Ann Druyan — Cosmos: Possible Worlds
Episode 112
In this sequel to Carl Sagan's beloved classic and the companion to the hit television series hosted by Neil deGrasse Tyson, the primary author of al…
6 years, 4 months ago
111. Scott Barry Kaufman — Transcend: The New Science of Self-Actualization
Episode 111
When psychologist Scott Barry Kaufman first discovered Maslow's unfinished theory of transcendence, sprinkled throughout a cache of unpublished journ…
6 years, 4 months ago
110. Bart Ehrman — Heaven and Hell: A History of the Afterlife
Episode 110
According to a recent Pew Research poll, 72% of Americans believe in a literal heaven and 58% in a literal hell (more evidence of the over-optimism b…
6 years, 5 months ago
109. Neil Shubin — Some Assembly Required: Decoding Four Billion Years of Life, from Ancient Fossils to DNA
Episode 109
The author of the best-selling Your Inner Fish gives us a lively and accessible account of the great transformations in the history of life on Earth …
6 years, 5 months ago
108. Brian Greene — Until the End of Time: Mind, Matter, and Our Search for Meaning in an Evolving Universe
Episode 108
Until the End of Time is Brian Greene's breathtaking new exploration of the cosmos and our quest to find meaning in the face of this vast expanse. Gr…
6 years, 5 months ago
107. Fred Kaplan — The Bomb: Presidents, Generals, and the Secret History of Nuclear War
Episode 107
From the author of the classic The Wizards of Armageddon and Pulitzer Prize finalist comes the definitive history of American policy on nuclear war —…
6 years, 5 months ago
106. Daniel Chirot — You Say You Want a Revolution? Radical Idealism and its Tragic Consequences
Episode 106
Why have so many of the iconic revolutions of modern times ended in bloody tragedies? What lessons can be drawn from these failures today, in a world…
6 years, 6 months ago
105. Diana Pasulka — American Cosmic: UFOs, Religion, Technology
Episode 105
More than half of American adults and more than 75 percent of young Americans believe in intelligent extraterrestrial life. This level of belief riva…
6 years, 6 months ago