194. John Mackey (Founder and CEO of Whole Foods Market) on Conscious Capitalism & Conscious Leadership
John Mackey says the treatment for the cancer of crony capitalism is conscious capitalism, grounded "in an ethical system based on value creation for all stakeholders," which includes not just owners,...
21 Jul 20211h 47min
193. Chris Edwards on Educational Reform and Thought Experiments
Michael Shermer speaks with Chris Edwards about educational reform, his study and teaching of world history, the problems in K–12 education, the zip-code model vs. the seat time model of education and...
17 Jul 20212h 3min
192. Lesley Newson & Peter Richerson — A New Look at Human Evolution
In a few decades, a torrent of new evidence and ideas about human evolution has allowed scientists to piece together a more detailed understanding of what went on thousands and even millions of years ...
10 Jul 20212h 1min
191. Michael Gordin on the Fringe of Where Science Meets Pseudoscience
Everyone has heard of the term "pseudoscience", typically used to describe something that looks like science, but is somehow false, misleading, or unproven. Many would be able to agree on a list of th...
3 Jul 20211h 31min
190. Jonathan Rauch — The Constitution of Knowledge: A Defense of Truth
Disinformation. Trolling. Conspiracies. Social media pile-ons. Campus intolerance. On the surface, these recent additions to our daily vocabulary appear to have little in common. But together, they ar...
26 Jun 20211h 40min
189. Daniel Kahneman — Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment
Imagine that two doctors in the same city give different diagnoses to identical patients. Now imagine that the same doctor making a different decision depending on whether it is morning or afternoon, ...
19 Jun 20211h 40min
188. Legendary Undersea Explorer Robert Ballard — Into the Deep: A Memoir From the Man Who Found Titanic
In this conversation about his memoir and National Geographicspecial on his life, Robert Ballard takes us along his many journeys to find the Titanic, the Lusitania, the Bismarck, Nazi submarine U-166...
16 Jun 20211h 59min
187. Robert Cialdini — Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion
In this dialogue, based on the new edition of his highly acclaimed bestseller (over 5 million copies sold in over 40 languages), Robert Cialdini — New York Times bestselling author of Pre-Suasion and ...
8 Jun 20211h 56min
