Nobel Prize Winner Explains Inequality and Capitalism
When economist Angus Deaton immigrated to the United States from Britain in the early 1980s, he was awed by America's strengths and shocked by the extraordinary gaps he witnessed between people. In th...
5 Des 20231h 18min
The Purpose of the Universe
Why are we here? What's the point of existence? On the 'big questions' of meaning and purpose, Western thought has been dominated by the dichotomy of traditional religion and secular atheism. In his p...
2 Des 20231h 57min
How Media, Politics, and Identity Drive Our Appetite for Misinformation
Why are so many of us wrong about so much? From COVID-19 to climate change to the results of elections, millions of Americans believe things that are simply not true―and act based on these mispercepti...
28 Nov 20231h 41min
JFK 60th Anniversary of the Assassination
A conversation with Warren Commission Assistant Counsel Burt W. Griffin, Case Closed author and Lee Harvey Oswald scholar Gerald Posner, and JFK conspiracy theory debunker Michel Gagné. Shermer, Griff...
22 Nov 20231h 55min
The Scientific Search for Alien Life
Everyone is curious about life in the Universe, UFOs and whether ET is out there. Over the course of his thirty-year career as an astrophysicist, Adam Frank has consistently been asked about the possi...
18 Nov 20231h 37min
Ayaan Hirsi Ali Converted to Christianity
On November 11, 2023, my friend, colleague, and hero Ayaan Hirsi Ali released a statement explaining "Why I am Now a Christian". What follows is my response, "Why I am Not a Christian," and why in any...
15 Nov 202330min
UFO: The Inside Story of the U.S. Government's Search for Alien Life
14 Nov 20231h 14min
Identity Politics and its Discontents
Get tickets for our event: https://skeptic.com/event For much of history, societies have violently oppressed ethnic, religious, and sexual minorities. It is no surprise that many who passionately beli...
11 Nov 20231h 43min
