Podcast Episodes

Is Nuclear Energy Our Best Shot at Saving the Planet?

Episode 536

Isabelle Boemeke explains how nuclear energy is our best option for ensuring the future of the planet—it can power cities, desalinate water, create c…

8 months, 2 weeks ago

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Why the Left Needs Its Own Reckoning

Episode 535

In his new book Coming Clean, Eric Heinze rejects the idea that we should be less woke. In fact, we need more wokeness, but of a new kind. Yes, we mu…

8 months, 3 weeks ago

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Is Traditional Religion Doomed?

Episode 534

Traditional religion in the United States has suffered huge losses in recent decades. The number of Americans identifying as "not religious" has incr…

8 months, 3 weeks ago

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Drowning in Decisions: Do We Have Too Many Choices?

Episode 533

In this episode, Michael Shermer speaks with historian Sophia Rosenfeld about how modern notions of personal choice—from Amazon shopping to Tinder sw…

9 months ago

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Are We Alone? Martin Rees on Aliens, The Fermi Paradox & The Fate of Humanity

Episode 532

What can a lifetime of scientific discovery teach us about the universe—and ourselves? In this wide-ranging conversation, Michael Shermer sits down w…

9 months, 1 week ago

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The True Cost of Conviction

Episode 531

When you are faced with a decision, do you consider the best outcome, or do you consider your deepest values about which actions are appropriate? Ste…

9 months, 2 weeks ago

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Debra Soh and Michael Shermer at FreedomFest 2025

Episode 530

Michael Shermer in conversation with Debra Soh at FreedomFest 2025 in Palm Springs, CA.

Video courtesy of FreedomFest. Additional FreedomFest videos …

9 months, 2 weeks ago

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Douglas Murray on Hamas, Iran, and the Collapse of the Two-State Solution

Episode 529

Drawing from intensive on-the-ground reporting in Israel, Gaza, and Lebanon, Douglas Murray places the latest violence in its proper historical conte…

9 months, 3 weeks ago

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Can Politics and Truth Coexist?

Episode 528

Do any of us really care about truth when it comes to politics? Should we? In a world of big lies, denialism, and conspiracy theories, democracies ar…

10 months ago

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Michael Egnor X Christof Koch X Michael Shermer | A Debate on the Mind, Soul, and the Afterlife

Episode 527

A debate on the mind, soul, consciousness, and the afterlife.

Michael Egnor, MD, is Professor of Neurosurgery and Pediatrics at the Renaissance Schoo…

10 months, 1 week ago

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