The Michael Shermer Show

511 Episodes

1. 345. Matt Johnson — How Hitchens Can Save the Left: Rediscovering Fearless Liberalism in an Age of Counter-Enlightenment

   Published: 4/29/2023
2. 344. What is a Woman, Anyway?

   Published: 4/26/2023
3. 343. Timothy Redmond — Political Tribalism in America: How Hyper-Partisanship Dumbs Down Democracy and How to Fix It

   Published: 4/25/2023
4. 342. Valerie Fridland — Like, Literally, Dude: Arguing for the Good in Bad English

   Published: 4/22/2023
5. 341. Secret Scientists & Real Conspiracies — John Lisle on Stanley Lovell, the OSS precursor to the CIA, and the Masterminds of World War II Secret Warfare

   Published: 4/18/2023
6. 340. Ben Alderson-Day — Presence: The Strange Science and True Stories of the Unseen Other

   Published: 4/15/2023
7. 339. Gerald and Patricia Posner on Evil

   Published: 4/11/2023
8. 338. AI SciFi — Physicist, Science Fiction Author, and AI Expert David Brin on ChatGPT and Whether AI Poses an Existential Threat

   Published: 4/8/2023
9. 337. On the Origin of Time — Thomas Hertog on Stephen Hawking’s Final Theory

   Published: 4/1/2023
10. 336. The Sacred Depths of Nature — Ursula Goodenough on How to Find Sacred Scientific Spirituality

    Published: 3/28/2023
11. 335. Jennifer Michael Hecht on How to Find Meaning, Purpose, and Happiness in Everyday Life

    Published: 3/25/2023
12. 334. The End of the World: Bart Ehrman on What the Bible Really Says About the End

    Published: 3/21/2023
13. 333. Kevin Kelly — ChatGPT, OpenAI, and Excellent Advice for Living

    Published: 3/18/2023
14. 332. Wrongfully Convicted, Ultimately Acquitted — Amanda Knox on Criminal Injustice and Why It Happens

    Published: 3/14/2023
15. 331. Paul Zak — Immersion: The Science of the Extraordinary and the Source of Happiness

    Published: 3/11/2023
16. 330. Jim Davies — How to Be a Better Person

    Published: 3/7/2023
17. 329. Marc Schulz — The Good Life: Lessons from the World’s Longest Scientific Study of Happiness

    Published: 3/4/2023
18. 328. Paul Bloom — Psych: The Story of the Human Mind

    Published: 2/28/2023
19. 327. Rachel Moran on Her Years in Prostitution, How She Got Out of It, and Why She Thinks It Is a Form of Sexual Exploitation

    Published: 2/25/2023
20. 326. Naomi Oreskes — The Big Myth: How American Business Taught Us to Loathe Government and Love the Free Market

    Published: 2/21/2023