Podcast Episodes
Back to Search79. Anthony Kronman — The Assault on American Excellence
Episode 79
The former dean of Yale Law School argues that the feverish egalitarianism gripping college campuses today is out of place at institutions whose job …
6 years, 8 months ago
78. Dr. Donald Hoffman — The Case Against Reality: Why Evolution Hid the Truth From Our Eyes
Episode 78
In his new book, The Case Against Reality: Why Evolution Hid the Truth From Our Eyes, the U.C. Irvine cognitive scientist Dr. Donald Hoffman challeng…
6 years, 8 months ago
77. Dr. Lee McIntyre — The Scientific Attitude: Defending Science from Denial, Fraud, and Pseudoscience
Episode 77
In this engaging conversation on the nature of science, Dr. McIntyre and Dr. Shermer get deep into the weeds of where to draw the line between scienc…
6 years, 9 months ago
76. William Poundstone — The Doomsday Calculation: How an Equation that Predicts the Future is Transforming Everything We Know About Life and the Universe
Episode 76
When will the world end? How likely is it that intelligent extraterrestrial life exists? Are we living in a simulation like the Matrix? Is our unive…
6 years, 9 months ago
75. Charles Fishman — One Giant Leap: The Impossible Mission that Flew us to the Moon
Episode 75
On this July 16th, the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11, Michael Shermer speaks with veteran space reporter Charles Fishman who has been writing about N…
6 years, 9 months ago
74. Shaili Jain, M.D. — The Unspeakable Mind: Stories of Trauma and Healing from the Frontlines of PTSD Science
Episode 74
From a physician and post-traumatic stress disorder specialist comes a nuanced cartography of PTSD, a widely misunderstood yet crushing condition tha…
6 years, 9 months ago
73. Andrew Seidel — Busting the Founding Myth: Why Christian Nationalism is Un-American
Episode 73
In this important new book, The Founding Myth: Why Christian Nationalism is Un-American, constitutional attorney and scholar at the Freedom from Reli…
6 years, 10 months ago
72. Robert Zubrin — The Case for Space: Spaceflight Revolution
Episode 72
In this dialogue, visionary astronautical engineer Robert Zubrin lays out the plans for how humans can become a space faring, multi-planetary civiliz…
6 years, 10 months ago
71. Dr. Michael Shermer — What is Truth?
Episode 71
In this live podcast event hosted by the Santa Barbara Science Salon in conjunction with the Skeptics Society and the Unitarian Society, co-hosted by…
6 years, 10 months ago
70. Dr. Brian Keating — Losing the Nobel Prize: A Story of Cosmology, Ambition, and the Perils of Science's Highest Honor
Episode 70
In this wide-ranging conversation Science Salon host Dr. Michael Shermer speaks with cosmologist and inventor of the BICEP (Background Imaging of Cos…
6 years, 10 months ago