Michael Shermer is the Founding Publisher of Skeptic magazine, the host of the podcast The Michael Shermer Show, and a Presidential Fellow at Chapman University where he teaches Skepticism 101. For 18 years he was a monthly columnist for Scientific American. He writes a weekly Substack column. He is the author of New York Times bestsellers Why People Believe ... Show More
Oct 21
Is Racism Necessary? The 348th Evolutionary Lens with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying
On this, our 348th Evolutionary Lens livestream, we discuss migration, race, and the West. First: the Mercator projection is unsatisfactory, and there’s a new map available, but no map of the globe can be perfect. Every home should have a globe. Then: what do we do with things in ... Show More
1h 38m
Oct 14
Where Cheaters Prosper: The 347th Evolutionary Lens with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying
On this, our 347th Evolutionary Lens livestream, we discuss the ballot initiatives and voter id in the state of Washington. On this November’s ballot, WA has 3 measures: 645 (which would repeal the new income tax), 638 (which would keep girls’ sports single-sex), and 001 (which w ... Show More
1h 55m
May 2023
Conspiracy Expert: How to Spot a True Conspiracy Theory - Michael Shermer
Michael Shermer is an American science writer, historian of science, executive director of The Skeptics Society, and founding publisher of Skeptic magazine, a publication focussed on investigating pseudoscientific and supernatural claims. He is the author of over a dozen books, t ... Show More
1h 6m
May 2025
Why i Care About the Existence of God | A Conversation with Michael Shermer
In this episode of The Poetry of Reality, Richard Dawkins joins Michael Shermer for a compelling conversation about Richard's latest book, The Genetic Book of the Dead along with a wide array of topics including evolution, genetics, science, and the broader cultural forces that s ... Show More
1h 35m
Dec 2023
A good-humored conversation between Michael Shermer and Richard Dawkins
Michael Shermer is an American science writer, historian of science, and executive director of The Skeptics Society. He and I spoke about God, reason, morality, science and the future, in a good-humored discussion in Berlin, 2018, under the auspices of the German branch of the Ri ... Show More
1h 33m
Nov 2022
Cosmic Queries – Why do we believe conspiracy theories? with Michael Shermer
<p>Why do rational people believe irrational things? Neil deGrasse Tyson and Chuck Nice break down media literacy, the psychology behind conspiracy theories, and how to combat our cognitive biases with author and science historian, Michael Shermer.</p><p>NOTE: StarTalk+ Patrons c ... Show More
53m 1s
Feb 2024
Rupert Sheldrake — On Scientism, Morphic Resonance and the Extended Mind (EP. 204)
<p>Rupert Sheldrake is a biologist and author of 9 books and over 100 scientific papers. A critic of what he sees as the scientific establishment's dogmatic dedication to materialism, he is perhaps best known for his theory of "morphic resonance," via which information and activi ... Show More
1h 7m
Aug 2021
201. Michael Shermer on Evolution, I.D. Theory, Consciousness, Morality, Gullibility, and Nothing (AMA # 7)
In this AMA Dr. Michael Shermer answers your questions about evolution and creationism, intelligent design theory, the hard problem of consciousness, the origins of morality, how science deals with anomalies, to what extent humans are naturally rational or irrational / skeptical ... Show More
1h 13m