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Skepticality #250 - Defending Evolution
Skepticality - The Official Podcast of Skeptic Magazine - March 25, 2015 00:57 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 466 ratingsThis episode marks the 250th episode of Skepticality, the 10th Anniversary of the show is coming up very soon. Derek announces where you can see the episode which will mark our 10th anniversary be recorded in person. After which he joins Evolutionary Biology professor Jim Krupa to discuss his la...
Skepticality #249 - Skepticality On The Side - Something New
Skepticality - The Official Podcast of Skeptic Magazine - March 11, 2015 00:24 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 466 ratingsSkepticality is almost a decade old. In light of the upcoming landmark, Derek and the show's usual crew of contributors decided they needed to start bringing to listeners different content to supplement the standard format. Today, we present the first installment of Skepticality: On The Side in...
Skepticality #248 - Arcing Toward Morality
Skepticality - The Official Podcast of Skeptic Magazine - February 17, 2015 20:36 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 466 ratingsThis week Derek has a conversation with Dr. Michael Shermer about his recently released book, 'The Moral Arc: How Science and Reason Led Humanity toward Truth, Justice, and Freedom'. Find out more about how a shift in society which lead to the Enlightenment, abstract reasoning and skepticism hav...
Skepticality #247 - UndeNYEable
Skepticality - The Official Podcast of Skeptic Magazine - February 03, 2015 21:51 - 2 hours ★★★★ - 466 ratingsThis round of Skepticality features a Skeptic Society sponsored talk which was given by the well known science communicator Bill Nye. Nye talks about the topics covered in his latest book, 'Undeniable', then afterwards sits down with Dr. Michael Shermer to talk one on one about how Nye got into ...
Skepticality #246 - Let Your Soul Go
Skepticality - The Official Podcast of Skeptic Magazine - January 20, 2015 23:16 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 466 ratingsThis week Derek has a conversation with Julien Musolino. Julien is an associate professor of cognitive psychology and psycholinguistics and Rutgers University and the author of the book "The Soul Fallacy: What Science Shows We Gain from Letting Go of Our Soul Beliefs". In this episode Julien des...
Skepticality #245 - Classic: The Trouble With Christmas
Skepticality - The Official Podcast of Skeptic Magazine - December 23, 2014 21:47 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 466 ratingsThis week Derek decides to get a bit nostalgic and brings you a classic interview from the Skepticality archives. Back in 2005, our first year of the show, Swoopy and Derek had well known author, Tom Flynn, on the show for an interview about his book, 'The Trouble With Christmas'. Since it is th...
Skepticality #244 - The Martian
Skepticality - The Official Podcast of Skeptic Magazine - December 03, 2014 01:22 - 59 minutes ★★★★ - 466 ratingsThis week Derek chats with National Laboratory programmer turned hard science fiction author, Andy Weir, about his book 'The Martian'. The wildly popular book about a stranded astronaut left behind on Mars after a tragic accident. The story uses ideas based on real and near-future tech to drive ...
Skepticality #243 - Of Cheese And Neuro-Bunk
Skepticality - The Official Podcast of Skeptic Magazine - November 11, 2014 20:44 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 466 ratingsThe simple act of eating a cheese sandwich change your mood? Will taking some commonly prescribed drugs make you more likely to help random strangers on the street? Well-known neuroscientist, Molly Crockett, may have some answers. In this episode of Skepticality, Derek explores altruism, moralit...
Skepticality #242 - Death Business
Skepticality - The Official Podcast of Skeptic Magazine - October 28, 2014 17:47 - 53 minutes ★★★★ - 466 ratingsThis episode Derek steals some time away from Caitlin Doughty, a past guest of Skepticality from 2012 right around Halloween. Once again, Caitlin comes back for the spooky holiday time of year to discuss her first book, "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes", which is a personal account about what it is like...
Skepticality #241 - Sting Like A...
Skepticality - The Official Podcast of Skeptic Magazine - October 14, 2014 21:22 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 466 ratingsThis week Derek has a conversation with Sheldon Helms, a member of the Bay Area Skeptics, and one of the people involved with Operation Bumblebee, a scouting operation put together by Susan Gerbic to go to one of the big events put on by Chip Coffey, a self described psychic. Sheldon provides so...
Skepticality #240 - Critical and Thinking - Interview: Ian Harris
Skepticality - The Official Podcast of Skeptic Magazine - September 30, 2014 22:28 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 466 ratingsThis episode Derek sits down with previous Skepticality guest Ian Harris, a working comedian who focuses on critical thought and skeptical topics for his humorous material. Ian recently released a new video special, and comes on Skepticality to talk a bit more about the climate of humor when per...
Skepticality #239 - Denying Evolution and Climate Science
Skepticality - The Official Podcast of Skeptic Magazine - September 16, 2014 19:53 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 466 ratingsThis week Derek brings you a taste of what you may have missed by not coming out for the yearly Skeptic events at Dragon Con. A recording from the star studded panel, "Denying Evolution and Climate Science". Which involved Matt Lowry, David DiSalvo, Dr. Steven Novella, and Barbara Drescher.
Skepticality #238 - Race and Religious Rebels
Skepticality - The Official Podcast of Skeptic Magazine - August 20, 2014 00:28 - 49 minutes ★★★★ - 466 ratingsThis episode Derek tracked down Sikivu Hutchinson, a passionate skeptic and rights activist. Sikivu is the senior intergroup specialist for the Los Angles County Human Relations Commission, and the author of several books centering around race, gender, politics, and atheism in minority society w...
Skepticality #237 - The Elementary Remedy
Skepticality - The Official Podcast of Skeptic Magazine - August 05, 2014 20:10 - 49 minutes ★★★★ - 466 ratingsThis week Derek talks with Thomas Goetz, past Executive Editor for Wired Magazine, co-founder of Iodine, and author of healthcare related books. Thomas's latest book, 'The Remedy', is about Robert Koch, the father of modern bacteriology and his quest to find the cause and cure for tuberculosis, ...
Skepticality #236 - Shots of Awe
Skepticality - The Official Podcast of Skeptic Magazine - July 22, 2014 21:07 - 47 minutes ★★★★ - 466 ratingsThis week Derek talks with Executive Editor of Sports Illustrated Magazine, Jon L. Wertheim. Jon is the author of 'Scorecasting', the New York Times Beselling book which is a interesting blend of Freakonomics, Moneyball, and Mythbusters. Yes, the book is about sports, but it comes at the world o...
Skepticality #235 - Colliding Worlds
Skepticality - The Official Podcast of Skeptic Magazine - July 08, 2014 21:22 - 53 minutes ★★★★ - 466 ratingsThis week Derek chats with Arthur I. Miller, a PhD particle physicist who has spent his life fascinated with the nature of creative thinking and the cross-section between creativity and science. Arthur's latest book, 'Colliding Worlds: How Cutting-Edge Science is Redefining Contemporary Art' is ...
Skepticality #234 - The Most Famous American You've Never Heard Of
Skepticality - The Official Podcast of Skeptic Magazine - June 24, 2014 18:01 - 55 minutes ★★★★ - 466 ratingsThis week Derek talks with Gary Kaskel, film maker turned animal protection advocate. Gary's latest book, "Monsters and Miracles: Henry Bergh's America", is a biographical look into Henry Bergh, a man who founded two social justice organizations directly after the United States Civil War. Almost...
Skepticality #233 - Evolution Reading: Pre-School to High School
Skepticality - The Official Podcast of Skeptic Magazine - June 10, 2014 20:19 - 47 minutes ★★★★ - 466 ratingsThis episode Derek sits down with two guests. First is Jonathan Tweet, game designer, and science advocate. Tweet comes on Skepticality to discuss his latest writing project which will be coming to Kickstarter quite soon. It is a fun science book aimed at pre-school level children teaching the b...
Skepticality #232 - History Vs. Politics
Skepticality - The Official Podcast of Skeptic Magazine - May 28, 2014 01:24 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 466 ratingsThis episode Derek has a discussion with Bruce Carlson, the creator and host of the popular podcast and radio show 'My History Can Beat Up Your Politics'. The show has a mission, to apply history to the politics of today. Many times people tend to use historical references to justify their moder...
Skepticality #231 - Do The Most Good - Interview: William MacAskill
Skepticality - The Official Podcast of Skeptic Magazine - May 13, 2014 21:13 - 52 minutes ★★★★ - 466 ratingsThis week Derek has a conversation with William MacAskill. William is a former Fulbright scholar at Princeton University, and PhD at Oxford University. William is the founder of OxfordÕs Center for Effective Altruism and of 80,000 Hours, a service which helps determine how best to use your time ...
Skepticality #230 - Jesus, God, or Nothing? - Interview: Raphael Lataster
Skepticality - The Official Podcast of Skeptic Magazine - April 29, 2014 23:26 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 466 ratingsThis week Derek speaks with Raphael Lataster, a secular PhD researcher in religious studies who focuses on philosophy of religion, Christian origins, logic, Bayesian reasoning, and the social impacts of atheism. His Master's thesis dealt with Jesus mythicism, concluding that historical and Bayes...
Skepticality #229 - America's Imaginary Hostage Crisis - Interview: Andrew Endersby
Skepticality - The Official Podcast of Skeptic Magazine - April 15, 2014 20:36 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 466 ratingsSkepticality was the recipient of the 'Ockham's Razor Award for Best Podcast 2014! Along with a short announcement about that, this week Derek talks with author Andrew Endersby about his newest book, "America's Imaginary Hostage Crisis". In 1979 a group of Iranian students invaded and occupied t...
Skepticality #228 - Scorecasting - Interview: Jon L. Wertheim
Skepticality - The Official Podcast of Skeptic Magazine - April 01, 2014 21:29 - 48 minutes ★★★★ - 466 ratingsThis week Derek talks with Executive Editor of Sports Illustrated Magazine, Jon L. Wertheim. Jon is the author of 'Scorecasting', the New York Times Beselling book which is a interesting blend of Freakonomics, Moneyball, and Mythbusters. Yes, the book is about sports, but it comes at the world o...
Skepticality #227 - God Bless America Beyond Belief - Interviews: Dale McGowan and Karen Stollznow
Skepticality - The Official Podcast of Skeptic Magazine - March 18, 2014 21:25 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 466 ratingsSince Skepticality took a break last episode, Derek comes back with two interviews to fill the void of having no show for a full month. The first is with Dale McGowan; author, speaker, philanthropist, and founder of 'Foundation Beyond Belief'. They discuss how the Foundation came to be, what the...
Skepticality #226 - Taboo - Interview: Jeremy Steele
Skepticality - The Official Podcast of Skeptic Magazine - February 18, 2014 13:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★ - 466 ratingsThis week Derek sits down with Jeremy Steele, the author of the new book 'Taboo: The Questions You Aren't Supposed to Ask'. Jeremy is not only an author and skeptic, he is also a practicing Methodist Pastor. Derek discusses what lead a man of devout faith to be such a strident skeptic, and how h...
Skepticality #225 - Think - Interview: Robert Blaskiewicz and Guy P. Harrison
Skepticality - The Official Podcast of Skeptic Magazine - February 04, 2014 22:08 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 466 ratingsThis episode Derek has a chat with Robert Blaskiewicz, who has been highly involved in bringing attention to the dodgy cancer research that Stanislaw Burzynski has been conducting. Then, Guy Harrison visits Skepticality, once again, to talk about his new skeptic focused book, 'Think', which aims...
Skepticality #224 - Test For Intelligence? - Interview: Keith E. Stanovich
Skepticality - The Official Podcast of Skeptic Magazine - January 21, 2014 23:59 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 466 ratingsThis week Derek has an interview with Keith E. Stanovich, a CSI fellow and is the Canada Research Chair of Applied Cognitive Science at the Department of Human Development and Applied Psychology, University of Toronto. His work in critical thinking and how science goes about measuring intelligen...
Skepticality #223 - Pieces of You - Interview: Heather Dewey-Hagborg
Skepticality - The Official Podcast of Skeptic Magazine - December 31, 2013 21:03 - 33 minutes ★★★★ - 466 ratingsEver think about all the bits of yourself that you leave behind everywhere you go? We all leave behind traces of genetic material pretty much each time we visit any location. Derek's latest guest, Heather Dewey Hagborg, is an artist who had a massive curiosity about just how much of our personal...
Skepticality #222 - Just A Skeptical Holiday - Happy Holidays!
Skepticality - The Official Podcast of Skeptic Magazine - December 24, 2013 20:50 - 14 minutes ★★★★ - 466 ratingsDerek convinces Swoopy to sit down and do a short holiday episode.
Skepticality #221 - Out Of Iraq - Interview: Faisal Saeed Al Mutar
Skepticality - The Official Podcast of Skeptic Magazine - December 17, 2013 22:42 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 466 ratingsWith the coming anniversary of Isaac Newton's birthday, Derek , sat down to have a chat with Faisal Saeed Al Mutar. Until about 9 months ago, Faisal was living in Iraq where he was at odds with the Sunni, Shai, and Al-Qaeda. He now lives in the United States after being granted asylum. In his sh...
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