Point of Inquiry
Science, Skepticism, Rationalism, Humanism -- The Podcast and Radio Show of the Center for Inquiry
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Andrew Mayne - Magic, Mischief and Mayhem
Andrew Mayne is a magician, paranormal illusionist, inventor, TV producer ...
Andrew Mayne is a magician, paranormal illusionist, inventor, TV producer and skeptic. One of the most creative and innovative minds in magic, Andrew has written and produced over 40 books and DVDs. Both creator and consultant, he has worked with a...
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Francesca Grifo - Science Under Obama
When President Obama was inaugurated in January of 2009, he ...
When President Obama was inaugurated in January of 2009, he pledged to “restore science to its rightful place” in the U.S. government. And true to his word, the president promptly staffed his cabinet with distinguished scientific...
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Tom Quinn - O Sweet Jesus
Tom Quinn has spent the past 15 years as a ...
Tom Quinn has spent the past 15 years as a documentary TV writer and producer for Discovery Channel, History Channel, National Geographic and others. He has traveled the world producing programs that explore and deconstruct urban legends, psychic...
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Phil Plait - Death from the Skies
Our guest this week needs no introduction for those in ...
Our guest this week needs no introduction for those in the skeptical and secular world. After all, he has a frakkin' asteroid named after him. He’s Phil Plait—science blogger extraordinaire for Discover Blogs, where he authors “Bad...
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Adam Savage - Skeptic (Confirmed)
Adam Savage is an artist, actor, educator, special effects designer ...
Adam Savage is an artist, actor, educator, special effects designer and co-host of the Discovery Channel's TV show Mythbusters. Adam has a diverse background in animation and design, and for almost two decades he has concentrated on the special...
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Robert Price & Chris Mooney - Must Atheists Also Be Liberals?
Recently in Amherst, New York, two of Point of Inquiry’s ...
Recently in Amherst, New York, two of Point of Inquiry’s hosts sat down for a special in-studio episode of the show. One was a conservative (Robert Price), one a liberal (Chris Mooney)—and both were atheists. The topic they tackled:...
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Tom Flynn - In Like Flynn
Tom Flynn is Executive Director of The Council for Secular ...
Tom Flynn is Executive Director of The Council for Secular Humanism, Editor of Free Inquiry magazine, Director of Inquiry Media Productions, and Director of the Robert Green Ingersoll Birthplace Museum. A journalist, novelist, entertainer, and...
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Bill McKibben - Our Strange New Eaarth
Global warming, we're often told, is an issue we must ...
Global warming, we're often told, is an issue we must address for the sake of our grandchildren. We need to cut carbon because of our moral obligation to future generations. But according to Bill McKibben, that's a 1980s view. As McKibben writes...
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Tim Farley - What’s the Harm?
Tim Farley is a computer software engineer, skeptic, and creator ...
Tim Farley is a computer software engineer, skeptic, and creator of the popular website What’s the Harm? His site answers this salient question with over 670,000 stories of people who have indeed been harmed, damaged, injured, or even killed by...
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Naomi Oreskes - Merchants of Doubt
This week’s guest is Naomi Oreskes, co-author with historian Eric ...
This week’s guest is Naomi Oreskes, co-author with historian Eric Conway of the new book Merchants of Doubt: How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming. Through extensive archival research, Oreskes...
