What Makes Rational People Believe Irrational Things? (Dan Ariely)
Tickets for our December event available now: https://skeptic.com/event Shermer and Ariely discuss: What is disinformation and what should we do about it? • How do we know what is true and what to bel...
7 Nov 20231h 29min
The Role of Iran in the Israel-Hamas Conflict
In-person event next month: https://skeptic.com/event Shermer and Taleblu discuss: • Iran and Hamas • Hamas and Israel • Does Iran really want to wipe Israel off the map? • Islam, Islamism, Jihadism ...
4 Nov 20231h 32min
The Secret History of Women at the CIA
Skeptic event this December! Tickets available now: https://shop.skeptic.com/event Shermer and Mundy discuss: • CIA research methods • a brief history of the CIA • the purpose of intelligence agencies...
31 Okt 20231h 31min
America and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Shermer and Journo discuss: who really owns land? • British Mandate • Theodore Herzl • Zionism, Judaism, and Israel • territorial disputes • Hamas (Islamic Resistance Movement), Hezbollah (Party of Go...
27 Okt 20231h 50min
Cancel Culture and What to Do About It (Greg Lukianoff & Rikki Schlott)
Get your tickets to meet Peter Boghossian + Michael Shellenberger: https://skeptic.com/event Cancel Culture is a new phenomenon, and The Canceling of the American Mind is the first book to codify it a...
24 Okt 20231h 33min
Robert Sapolsky on Free Will and Determinism
Meet Jared Diamond and Michael Shermer: https://skeptic.com/event Robert Sapolsky is the author of A Primate's Memoir, The Trouble with Testosterone, and Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers. His most recent b...
17 Okt 20231h 53min
Armageddon in the Middle East? (David Wolpe)
Shermer and Wolpe discuss: what happened to Israel's vaunted security apparatus, intelligence agency and military readiness? • Zionism, Judaism, and Israel • Palestine, Palestinians, and the Gaza stri...
13 Okt 202357min
Should Employers Pay For Emotional Labor?
Get tickets for our event: https://www.skeptic.com/event/ A stranger insists you "smile more," even as you navigate a high-stress environment or grating commute. A mother is expected to oversee every ...
10 Okt 20231h 50min
