Point of Inquiry
Science, Skepticism, Rationalism, Humanism -- The Podcast and Radio Show of the Center for Inquiry
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Gerald Woerlee and Susan Blackmore - Near-Death Experiences and Consciousness
Host: Indre Viskontas One of the costs of being conscious ...
Host: Indre Viskontas One of the costs of being conscious is that, once in a while, we are forced to contemplate the fact that we are mortal. Ironically, a close brush with the grim reaper leaves many people more convinced than ever that our minds are...
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Michael Mann - The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars
Host: Chris Mooney Our guest this week is Michael Mann, ...
Host: Chris Mooney Our guest this week is Michael Mann, the prominent climatologist and, above all, leading defender of his field—and himself—against political attacks. Mann is out with a new book this month, which details his ten year...
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Dan Kahan - The Great Ideological Asymmetry Debate
Host: Chris Mooney So who's right, factually, about politics and ...
Host: Chris Mooney So who's right, factually, about politics and science? Who speaks truth, and who's just spinning? It's kind of the million dollar question. If we could actually answer it, we'd have turned political debate itself into a... well, a...
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Lawrence Krauss - A Universe from Nothing
Host: Chris Mooney We had Lawrence Krauss on Point of ...
Host: Chris Mooney We had Lawrence Krauss on Point of Inquiry less than a year ago, to discuss his recent book on the scientific works of Richard Feynman. But in order to keep up with him, we had to have him on again. Already. You see, Krauss has a...
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Brian Malow - The Science Comedian
Host: Chris Mooney Earlier this month, Point of Inquiry host ...
Host: Chris Mooney Earlier this month, Point of Inquiry host Chris Mooney attended Science Online, the premiere science blogging conference, in the research triangle area. There were many science aficionados, communicators, and wonks present, but...
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Eugenie Scott - Defending Climate Education
Host: Chris Mooney Eugenie Scott is no stranger to Point ...
Host: Chris Mooney Eugenie Scott is no stranger to Point of Inquiry, or to the secular community. Her endless travails to defend the teaching of evolution have won her immense respect. And that's why, when Scott and her National Center for Science...
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Brian Greene - The Fabric of the Cosmos
Host: Chris Mooney It's the beginning of a new year ...
Host: Chris Mooney It's the beginning of a new year here at Point of Inquiry, and we've got a pretty good guest to kick it off. He needs no introduction. He's Brian Greene—celebrity physicist, bestselling author, television star and all around...
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Stuart Robbins - The End of the World as We Know It
Host: Karen Stollznow Dr. Stuart Robbins is a postdoctoral researcher ...
Host: Karen Stollznow Dr. Stuart Robbins is a postdoctoral researcher in astronomy at the University of Colorado, Boulder. His work focuses on planetary geophysics, and he’s currently researching craters on Mars, and on the moon. Stuart received...
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John Cook - The Debunking Handbook
Host: Chris Mooney How do you successfully debunk misinformation? The ...
Host: Chris Mooney How do you successfully debunk misinformation? The question is a deceptively simple one—which is precisely the problem. Debunking is easy—just refute false claims, and provide corrective information. Debunking...
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Daniel Dennett - The Scientific Study of Religion
Guest Host: John Shook Recently, the Center for Inquiry held ...
Guest Host: John Shook Recently, the Center for Inquiry held a conference titled "Daniel Dennett and the Scientific Study of Religion: A Celebration of the Fifth Anniversary of Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon". During that...
