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Back to SearchThe Science Behind Menopause
Episode 526
When award-winning science writer Amy Alkon was blindsided by her first hot flash, it kicked off a cascade of symptoms—drenching night sweats, insomn…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
Andrew Doyle: Trapped Between Woke Dogma and Right-Wing Populism
Episode 525
What began as a call for justice has, in many cases, become an engine of conformity. In this searching conversation, Andrew Doyle (author, satirist, …
10 months, 3 weeks ago
The Myths of American Capitalism Explained
Episode 524
Since the dawn of the Industrial Revolution, capitalism has unleashed unimaginable growth in opportunity and prosperity. And yet, at key points in Am…
11 months ago
The Big Bang Wasn't the Beginning? Exploring Cosmic Origins
Episode 523
By most popular accounts, the universe started with a bang some 13.8 billion years ago. But what happened before the Big Bang? And how do we know it …
11 months ago
Believing Is Seeing: Inside the Modern Paranormal Movement
Episode 522
In 2010, in a small New Hampshire town, next door to a copy center and framing shop, a ghost lab opened. The Kitt Research Initiative's mission was t…
11 months, 1 week ago
Inside the CIA's Mind Control Experiments
Episode 521
This is the inside story of the CIA's secret mind control project, MKULTRA, using never-before-seen testimony from the perpetrators themselves.
Sidne…
11 months, 1 week ago
Neanderthals and Us: A Complex Story of Coexistence and Hybridization
Episode 520
In this eye-opening episode, Michael Shermer chats with evolutionist Telmo Pievani about the surprising coexistence—and hybridization—of Neanderthals…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
AI, Trade Wars, Degrowth: What's Next for the Global Economy?
Episode 519
Amid rising concerns about AI, inequality, trade wars, and globalization, New Yorker staff writer and Pulitzer Prize finalist John Cassidy takes a bo…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
Is Modern Life Making Us Miserable? What's Fueling the Mental Health Crisis & What Can Help?
Episode 518
What does your diet have to do with your mood? Is mercury in fish really dangerous? Psychiatrist Dr. Drew Ramsey joins Michael Shermer to discuss the…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
Free Speech Under Fire? From Campus Protests to Deportations
Episode 517
Jacob Mchangama, author of Free Speech: A History from Socrates to Social Media, joins Michael to examine the evolving landscape of free expression a…
11 months, 3 weeks ago