Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchSIO297: New Atheists Didn't "Merge with the Far Right"
Perhaps some number of them did, but neither these atheist leaders, nor the movement as a whole "merged with the far right," as this Salon article s…
5 years, 2 months ago
SIO296: The Journal of Controversial Ideas
Recently, Jeff McMahan, Francesca Minerva and Peter Singer started a journal called The Journal of Controversial Ideas. In it, people can post racis…
5 years, 3 months ago
SIO295: Patreon QnA 2!
Lots of great questions from our patrons! Lindsey gives us a taser research update; why are puppies cuter than humans? Is PZ Myers wrong about EvoPs…
5 years, 3 months ago
SIO294: The Hannah-Jones Tenure Denial is Worse Than You Think
Nikole Hannah-Jones, Pulitzer-winning journalist and developer of the 1619 Project, was appointed to a tenured professorship at UNC Chapel Hill. Thi…
5 years, 3 months ago
SIO293: Did The CDC Screw Up?
The CDC recently made a surprise announcement that vaccinated people don't need to wear masks, with only a few exceptions. This was greeted with som…
5 years, 3 months ago
SIO292: More Weinstein and Heying Anti-vax Nonsense
It's part 2 of our debunk of the disgraceful anti-vaccine garbage being spewed from the Dark Horse Podcast. It's a YouTube show featuring two biolog…
5 years, 3 months ago
SIO291: Bret Weinstein Spreads Dangerous Anti-vax Nonsense
Joe Rogan said healthy, young people shouldn't get the COVID vaccine. This is dangerous and anti-science and incorrect. Though Rogan apologized, Hea…
5 years, 4 months ago
SIO290: Patreon QnA 1!
We got some great questions from patrons, and we ended up answering almost all of them! They include: How did Sam Harris end up being so wrong? Shou…
5 years, 4 months ago
SIO289: Our Disgustingly Racist Death Penalty
This is the second part of our racial bias in criminal justice episodes. This one focuses on sentencing, and explores studies showing just how despe…
5 years, 4 months ago
SIO288: The AHA Dawkins Debacle, Part 2
This episode is the sequel to the last one, so make sure to check that out. I go into the "whataboutism" around the AHA Dawkins award thing, and tal…
5 years, 4 months ago