The Michael Shermer Show

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260. Batya Ungar-Sargon — Bad News: How Woke Media Is Undermining Democracy

Apr 5, 2022 · 02:19:19

✨ Batya Ungar-Sargon critiques "woke" journalism and its impact on democracy.

Bad News

02:19:19

259. Ogi Ogas — Journey of the Mind: How Thinking Emerged from Chaos

Apr 2, 2022 · 01:41:52

✨ Ogi Ogas presents a unified theory of how the mind emerged from chaos.

01:41:52

258. Jacek Kugler — Putin & Power Transition Theory: China, Russia, and Ukraine

Mar 29, 2022 · 01:25:52

✨ Jacek Kugler explains Power Transition Theory regarding international conflict.

01:25:52

257. Simon Conway Morris on Design in Evolution & the Possibility of Purpose in the Cosmos

Mar 26, 2022 · 02:00:23

✨ Simon Conway Morris challenges assumptions about evolution and design.

02:00:23

256. Imagining the Future with Reality Game Designer and Futurist Jane McGonigal

Mar 22, 2022 · 01:09:51

✨ Jane McGonigal discusses imagining the future through game design.

01:09:51

255. David Chalmers — Reality+: Virtual Worlds and the Problems of Philosophy

Mar 19, 2022 · 01:51:51

✨ David Chalmers explores virtual reality, consciousness, and the nature of reality.

01:51:51

254. Ravi Gupta on the Lost Debate: Whatever Happened to Reasoned Discussion and Respectable Disagreement?

Mar 15, 2022 · 01:38:35

✨ Ravi Gupta discusses the founding of Lost Debate to combat polarization.

01:38:35

253. Jennifer Sciubba on Putin, Russia, Ukraine, National & Global Security, and How Population Demographics Shape Our Future

Mar 12, 2022 · 01:19:46

✨ Discussed global population shifts and aging societies.

01:19:46

252. John Mueller on Putin's War: Russia, Ukraine, and NATO

Mar 8, 2022 · 01:26:09

✨ Analyzed Putin's Russia and the Ukraine crisis.

01:26:09

251. Kelly Weill on Flat Earthers, Conspiracy Culture, and Why People Will Believe Anything

Mar 1, 2022 · 01:42:47

✨ Investigated the rise of Flat Earth beliefs.

01:42:47

250. Will Sanctions Work? War in Ukraine.

Feb 25, 2022 · 22:38

✨ Assessed the effectiveness of economic sanctions.

22:38

249. Barbara F. Walter on How Civil Wars Start and How to Stop Them, including in the United States

Feb 22, 2022 · 01:44:52

✨ Examined the causes and indicators of civil wars.

01:44:52

248. Elizabeth Weiss on Woke Archaeology and Erasing the Past

Feb 15, 2022 · 02:07:55

✨ Debated the politicization of archaeology.

02:07:55

247. Jacob Mchangama on Free Speech: A History from Socrates to Social Media

Feb 8, 2022 · 01:49:19

✨ Traced the history of free speech principles.

01:49:19

246. Nick Pope on UAPs, UFOs, Conspiracies, and Cover-ups

Feb 1, 2022 · 01:45:39

✨ Explored UFOs and UAP phenomena.

01:45:39

245. Frank Sulloway on How Lives Turn Out: Genes, Environment, Pluck, and Luck

Jan 29, 2022 · 02:41:47

✨ Analyzed factors shaping life outcomes: genes, environment, luck.

02:41:47

244. Johnjoe McFadden — Life is Simple: How Occam's Razor Set Science Free and Shapes the UniverseMcFadden — Life is Simple: How Occam's Razor Set Science Free and Shapes the Universe

Jan 25, 2022 · 01:57:48

✨ Explained Occam's Razor and scientific progress.

01:57:48

243. Sally Satel on Addiction, the Opioid Crisis, Deaths of Despair, and How Psychiatry Has Gone Woke

Jan 22, 2022 · 02:05:56

✨ Discusses how political correctness has corrupted psychiatry and medicine.

02:05:56

242. Jonathan Gottschall — The Story Paradox: How Our Love of Storytelling Builds Societies and Tears Them Down

Jan 18, 2022 · 01:37:09

✨ Humans are storytelling animals, building societies through narratives.

The Story Paradox

01:37:09

241. Jeff Maurer — I Might Be Wrong

Jan 15, 2022 · 01:36:57

✨ Discusses creativity, comedy, politics, and culture.

01:36:57

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