98. Robert Pennock — An Instinct for Truth: Curiosity and the Moral Character of Science
An exploration of the scientific mindset — such character virtues as curiosity, veracity, attentiveness, and humility to evidence — and its importance for science, democracy, and human flourishing. Ex...
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97. Amber Scorah — Leaving the Witness: Exiting a Religion and Finding a Life
In this revealing conversation Amber Scorah opens the box into the psychology of religious belief to show how, exactly, religions and cults convince members that theirs is the one true religion, to th...
31 Dec 20191h 35min
96. Catherine Wilson — How to Be an Epicurean: The Ancient Art of Living Well
In this wide-ranging conversation the philosopher Catherine Wilson makes the case that if the pursuit of happiness is the question, Epicureanism is the answer. Not the mythic Epicureanism that calls t...
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95. John Martin Fischer — Death, Immortality and Meaning in Life
John Martin Fischer's Death, Immortality, and Meaning in Lifeoffers a brief yet in-depth introduction to the key philosophical issues and problems concerning death and immortality. In this wide-rangin...
17 Dec 20191h 34min
94. David Leiser — How We Misunderstand Economics and Why it Matters
This is the first book to explain why people misunderstand economics. From the cognitive shortcuts we use to make sense of complex information, to the metaphors we rely on and their effect on our thin...
10 Dec 20191h 22min
93. Geoffrey Miller — Virtue Signaling: Essays on Darwinian Politics & Free Speech
Michael Shermer talks with the polymathic polyamorous sapiosexual classically liberal evolutionary psychologist Geoffrey Miller about: virtue signaling and why we all do it how the phrase "virtue sig...
2 Dec 20192h 4min
92. Tim Samuels — Future Man: How to Evolve and Thrive in the Age of Trump, Mansplaining, and #MeToo
If ever there was an urgent need for a frank understanding of what's going on with men, it is now. Male rage and frustration have driven resurgent populism, mass shootings, and epidemics of addiction ...
19 Nov 20191h 47min
91. James Traub — What Was Liberalism? The Past, Present, and Promise of a Noble Idea
In this wide-ranging conversation James Traub and Michael Shermer discuss: the changing meaning of "liberalism" over the centuries and decades why the first liberals were deeply skeptical of majority...
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