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    The Michael Shermer Show

    The Michael Shermer Show

    The Michael Shermer Show

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    433 episodes
    Language:
    English
    Format:
    Podcast

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    The Michael Shermer Show is a series of long-form conversations between Dr. Michael Shermer and leading scientists, philosophers, historians, scholars, writers and thinkers about the most important issues of our time.
    Language:
    English
    Format:
    Podcast

    Episodes1 - 10 of 433 episodes

    Title

    How Rhetoric Shapes Your Opinions

    Robin Reames breaks down the major techniques of rhetoric, pulling back the curtain on ...

    71 minutes
    		Apr 27, 2024

    Accomplishment and Happiness (Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker)

    We push ourselves toward the highest-paying, most prestigious jobs, seeking promotions ...

    83 minutes
    		Apr 23, 2024

    Should We Prepare for Nuclear War? (Annie Jacobsen)

    Pulitzer Prize finalist Annie Jacobsen investigated this ticking-clock scenario, based ...

    74 minutes
    		Apr 20, 2024

    An AI... Utopia? (Nick Bostrom, Oxford)

    Nick Bostrom’s previous book, Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies, changed th...

    105 minutes
    		Apr 16, 2024

    Life on Mars? (Robert Zubrin)

    When Robert Zubrin published his classic book The Case for Mars a quarter century ago, ...

    100 minutes
    		Apr 13, 2024

    Robots and the People Who Love Them

    Shermer and Herold discuss: social robots, sex robots, robot nannies, robot therapists ...

    73 minutes
    		Apr 09, 2024

    The Formation, Diversification, and Extinction of World Religions

    Thousands of religions have adherents today, and countless more have existed throughout...

    121 minutes
    		Apr 06, 2024

    The Wisdom and Wonder of Being Uncertain

    In an era of terrifying unpredictability, we race to address complex crises with quick,...

    89 minutes
    		Apr 02, 2024

    The End of Race Politics (Coleman Hughes)

    As one of the few black students in his philosophy program at Columbia University years...

    94 minutes
    		Mar 30, 2024

    How to Repair America’s Broken Democracy

    Order the Artificial Intelligence issue of SKEPTIC magazine at https://www.skeptic.com/...

    67 minutes
    		Mar 26, 2024