Episodes (Page 19)
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Analyzed Putin's Russia and the Ukraine crisis.
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Investigated the rise of Flat Earth beliefs.
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Assessed the effectiveness of economic sanctions.
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Examined the causes and indicators of civil wars.
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Debated the politicization of archaeology.
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Traced the history of free speech principles.
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Explored UFOs and UAP phenomena.
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Analyzed factors shaping life outcomes: genes, environment, luck.
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Explained Occam's Razor and scientific progress.
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Discusses how political correctness has corrupted psychiatry and medicine.
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Humans are storytelling animals, building societies through narratives.
The Story Paradox
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Discusses creativity, comedy, politics, and culture.
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Emotions are critical to well-being, as proven by psychology and neuroscience.
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Human history is driven by feelings, not just intellect.
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Investigates whether power corrupts or attracts corruptible people.
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Challenges the view of ancestors as primitive or warlike.
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Laws have been used by rulers to impose order.
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Discusses the life and work of social theorist Thomas Sowell.
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Addresses the urgent mystery of the origin of SARS-CoV-2.
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Michael Shermer mourns his friend and Skeptic co-founder Pat Linse.