Podcast Episodes
Back to Search104. Judith Finlayson — You Are What Your Grandparents Ate: What You Need to Know About Nutrition, Experience, Epigenetics and the Origins of Chronic Disease
Episode 104
In this wide ranging conversation Judith Finlayson reviews the research she writes about in her new book that takes conventional wisdom about the ori…
6 years, 6 months ago
103. Robert Frank — Under the Influence: Putting Peer Pressure to Work
Episode 103
Psychologists have long understood that social environments profoundly shape our behavior, sometimes for the better, often for the worse. But social …
6 years, 6 months ago
102. Christopher Ryan — Civilized to Death: The Price of Progress
Episode 102
Most of us have instinctive evidence the world is ending — balmy December days, face-to-face conversation replaced with heads-to-screens zomboidism, …
6 years, 7 months ago
101. Hugo Mercier — Not Born Yesterday: The Science of Who We Trust and What We Believe
Episode 101
Not Born Yesterday explains how we decide who we can trust and what we should believe — and argues that we're pretty good at making these decisions. …
6 years, 7 months ago
100. AMA-6. Episode Special: Ask Me Almost Anything
Episode 100
In this 100th episode of the Science Salon podcast Dr. Shermer gives a brief overview and history of the salon and how it evolved from the Distinguis…
6 years, 7 months ago
99. Bobby Duffy — Why We’re Wrong About Nearly Everything: A Theory of Human Misunderstanding
Episode 99
What percentage of the population are immigrants? How bad is unemployment? How much sex do people have? These questions are important and interesting…
6 years, 7 months ago
98. Robert Pennock — An Instinct for Truth: Curiosity and the Moral Character of Science
Episode 98
An exploration of the scientific mindset — such character virtues as curiosity, veracity, attentiveness, and humility to evidence — and its importanc…
6 years, 7 months ago
97. Amber Scorah — Leaving the Witness: Exiting a Religion and Finding a Life
Episode 97
In this revealing conversation Amber Scorah opens the box into the psychology of religious belief to show how, exactly, religions and cults convince …
6 years, 8 months ago
96. Catherine Wilson — How to Be an Epicurean: The Ancient Art of Living Well
Episode 96
In this wide-ranging conversation the philosopher Catherine Wilson makes the case that if the pursuit of happiness is the question, Epicureanism is t…
6 years, 8 months ago
95. John Martin Fischer — Death, Immortality and Meaning in Life
Episode 95
John Martin Fischer's Death, Immortality, and Meaning in Lifeoffers a brief yet in-depth introduction to the key philosophical issues and problems co…
6 years, 8 months ago