Point of Inquiry
Science, Skepticism, Rationalism, Humanism -- The Podcast and Radio Show of the Center for Inquiry
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Point of Inquiry Live | Steven Pinker - The Decline of Violence
Note: You can watch this episode on Youtube. Since the ...
Note: You can watch this episode on Youtube. Since the horrendous massacre of children and teachers in Newtown, CT last year, gun control and the second amendment have been frequent topics of the national conversation. Point of Inquiry...
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Susan Jacoby - Freethought’s Forgotten Hero
Host: Chris Mooney Our guest this week is Susan Jacoby. ...
Host: Chris Mooney Our guest this week is Susan Jacoby. She's the bestselling author of a number of books about secularism and American culture, including Freethinkers: A History of American Secularism and The Age of American Unreason. Jacoby started...
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Carl Zimmer - Viruses and Other Little Things
This year's flu season has been dubbed the worst in ...
This year's flu season has been dubbed the worst in recent history, despite the fact that the flu vaccine is fairly effective and readily available. But of course, not everyone experiencing flu-like symptoms actually has the flu—with so many...
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Paul Krugman - Science and Pseudoscience in Economics
Host: Chris Mooney We are thrilled by our guest this ...
Host: Chris Mooney We are thrilled by our guest this week, who is not only one of the world's most famous economists and economics commentators, but also a Nobel Laureate in his field: Paul Krugman. In case he needs any introduction: He is a professor...
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Sean Carroll - The Particle at the End of the Universe
Host: Chris Mooney Our guest this week is Sean Carroll—theoretical ...
Host: Chris Mooney Our guest this week is Sean Carroll—theoretical physicist at CalTech, and skilled science communicator. I've known Sean and his work for almost a decade, and I've invited him on to talk about his latest book: The Particle at...
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Maria Konnikova - How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes
Host: Chris Mooney Our guest this week is Maria Konnikova, ...
Host: Chris Mooney Our guest this week is Maria Konnikova, who is the author of a simply fascinating new book about training your mind so you're as sharp as the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes. It's entitled Mastermind: How to Think Like Sherlock...
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Phil Plait - #Notpocalypse!
Host: Chris Mooney This is our first show of 2013, ...
Host: Chris Mooney This is our first show of 2013, and notably, we're still here. A lot of people actually thought the world was going to end at the end of last year, which, presumably, means that now it's rejoicing time. And also reflection time....
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Scott Sigler - Encouraging Critical Thinking Through Science Fiction
Host: Indre Viskontas It's become almost a truism that in ...
Host: Indre Viskontas It's become almost a truism that in their spare time, skeptics tend to gravitate towards TV shows, novels and games that portray the very monsters, myths and conspiracies that they work so hard to debunk. A great story is just as...
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Ronald A. Lindsay and Michael De Dora - Mr. Science Goes to Washington
Host: Chris Mooney We usually record Point of Inquiry at ...
Host: Chris Mooney We usually record Point of Inquiry at a distance. Over the phone. Skyping. But for this show, I packed up my gear and hailed a cab—to the Center for Inquiry's brand new Office of Public Policy in downtown, Washington, D.C. The...
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David Brin - Uplifting Existence
Host: Chris Mooney It's rare that I can say about ...
Host: Chris Mooney It's rare that I can say about a guest that, I read his books when I was a kid. But David Brin is just such a guest. He's the celebrated science fiction author of the Uplift novels, The Postman, and many other books—most...
