Michael Shermer Reflects on the Trump Assassination Attempt
In this episode, we explore the conspiracy theories surrounding the July 13 assassination attempt on President Donald Trump. Despite the evidence suggesting the shooter, Thomas Matthew Crooks, acted a...
17 Jul 202455min
Thinking Critically About COVID: Conspiracies vs. Nuance and Facts (Jay Bhattacharya)
Jay Bhattacharya is a Professor of Health Policy at Stanford University and a research associate at the National Bureau of Economics Research. He directs Stanford's Center for Demography and Economics...
13 Jul 20241h 27min
From Hippie to Whole Foods Mogul
Whole Foods Market's Cofounder and CEO for 44 years, John Mackey offers an intimate and provocative account of the rise of this iconic company and the personal and spiritual journey that inspired its ...
9 Jul 20241h 19min
Aella — From a Christian Upbringing to Sex Work
Aella is a writer, blogger, data analyst, and sex worker who has written extensively about the psychology and economics of online sex work, conducting extensive surveys and research in order to unders...
2 Jul 20241h 21min
Hong Kong's Turmoil: Insights from an Exiled Political Leader
Nathan Law is a young Hong Kong activist, currently in exile and based in London. During the Umbrella Movement in 2014, Nathan was one of the five representatives who took part in the dialogue with th...
29 Jun 20241h 17min
Living Constitutionally: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Constitution's Original Meaning
A.J. Jacobs learned the hard way that donning a tricorne hat and marching around Manhattan with a 1700s musket will earn you a lot of strange looks. In the wake of several controversial rulings by the...
26 Jun 20241h 35min
Lemuria: A True Story of a Fake Place
Is Lemuria a real place, or the fever dream of crackpots, mystics, conspiracy theorists, and Bigfoot hunters? Below the waters where the Pacific and Indian Oceans lies a lost continent. One of hopes a...
22 Jun 20241h 14min
Born into a Cult (Michelle Dowd)
Michelle Dowd was born into an ultra-religious cult, "The Field," started in the 1930s by her grandfather, who convinced generations of young male followers that he would live five hundred years and a...
18 Jun 20241h 9min
