Point of Inquiry
Science, Skepticism, Rationalism, Humanism -- The Podcast and Radio Show of the Center for Inquiry
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The 13th Annual CFI Houdini Seance
Harry Houdini, the world-famous magician and debunker of mediums, earnestly ...
Harry Houdini, the world-famous magician and debunker of mediums, earnestly explored the religion of spiritualism and communication with the dead after his beloved mother’s death in 1913. In this episode for Halloween 2009, skeptics and former...
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Randy Olson - Dont Be Such a Scientist
Randy Olson is a marine biologist and filmmaker who holds ...
Randy Olson is a marine biologist and filmmaker who holds a PhD in biology from Harvard University. A graduate of the U.S.C. Cinema School in 1997, he wrote and directed the movies Flock of Dodos: The Evolution-Intelligent Design Circus, and Sizzle: A...
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Darrel Ray - The God Virus
Dr. Darrel W. Ray is author of three books, two ...
Dr. Darrel W. Ray is author of three books, two on organizational psychology. He has been a psychologist for over 30 years. After practicing counseling and clinical psychology for 10 years, his focus shifted to organizational psychology and...
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Chris Mooney - Unscientific America
Chris Mooney is a 2009-2010 Knight Science Journalism Fellow at ...
Chris Mooney is a 2009-2010 Knight Science Journalism Fellow at MIT and author of three books, including the New York Times bestselling The Republican War on Science, Storm World, and Unscientific America: How Scientific Illiteracy Threatens Our...
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Russell Blackford - 50 Voices of Disbelief
Russell Blackford is an Australian writer, philosopher, and critic, and ...
Russell Blackford is an Australian writer, philosopher, and critic, and editor-in-chief of The Journal of Evolution and Technology. His new book, edited with Udo Schuklenk, is 50 Voices of Disbelief: Why We Are Atheists. In this interview with D.J....
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Ben Radford - Skepticism 2.0
Ben Radford is is one of the world's few science-based ...
Ben Radford is is one of the world's few science-based paranormal investigators, and has done first-hand research into psychics, ghosts and haunted houses, exorcisms, Bigfoot, lake monsters, UFO sightings, crop circles, and other topics. He is...
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Greg Craven - What is the Worst That Could Happen?
Greg Craven is a high school science teacher and climate ...
Greg Craven is a high school science teacher and climate change activist from Oregon. His new book is What's the Worst That Could Happen? A Rational Response to the Climate Change Debate. In this conversation with D.J. Grothe, Greg Craven...
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J.D. Trout - The Science of the Good Society
J.D. Trout is a professor of philosophy at Loyola University ...
J.D. Trout is a professor of philosophy at Loyola University Chicago, and an adjunct professor at the Parmly Sensory Sciences Institute. He writes on the nature of scientific and intellectual progress, as well as on the contribution that social...
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J.D. Trout - The Empathy Gap
J.D. Trout is a professor of philosophy at Loyola University ...
J.D. Trout is a professor of philosophy at Loyola University Chicago, and an adjunct professor at the Parmly Sensory Sciences Institute. He writes on the nature of scientific and intellectual progress, as well as on the contribution that social...
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Jeff Sharlet - The Family
Jeff Sharlet is a contributing editor for Harper's and Rolling ...
Jeff Sharlet is a contributing editor for Harper's and Rolling Stone, and a visiting research scholar at New York University's Center for Religion and Media, where he has taught journalism and religious studies. He is the coauther, with Peter Manseau,...
