Point of Inquiry
Science, Skepticism, Rationalism, Humanism -- The Podcast and Radio Show of the Center for Inquiry
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Susan Blackmore - In Search of the Light
Sue Blackmore is a psychologist and writer whose research on ...
Sue Blackmore is a psychologist and writer whose research on consciousness, memes, and the paranormal has been published in over sixty academic papers, as well as book chapters, reviews and popular articles. She regularly writes in the Guardian, and...
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Paul Kurtz - What is the Point of Inquiry
In this special episode of Point of Inquiry, Paul Kurtz ...
In this special episode of Point of Inquiry, Paul Kurtz joins D.J. Grothe for an overview of CFI's mission and challenges. Kurtz is founder and chair of the Center for Inquiry and many other organizations and is a fellow of the American Association...
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Barry Kosmin - The Scientific Study of Secularism
Barry Kosmin is a sociologist, and is research professor in ...
Barry Kosmin is a sociologist, and is research professor in public policy and law at Trinity College. He is co-author of One Nation Under God and author of Religion in a Free Market. Kosmin was also the Principal investigator of the 2001 American...
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Norm Allen - Science, Humanism, and the Black Community
Norm Allen is executive director of African Americans for Humanism, ...
Norm Allen is executive director of African Americans for Humanism, an educational organization primarily concerned with fostering critical thinking, ethical conduct, church-state separation, and skepticism toward untested claims to knowledge among...
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Michelle Goldberg - Kingdom Coming
Michelle Goldberg is a freelance writer who has reported from ...
Michelle Goldberg is a freelance writer who has reported from all over the United States, as well as from Jordan, Egypt, Iraq, Israel and the West Bank. In her writing, she focuses on the role of ideology in politics, and has reported extensively on...
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Richard Wiseman - Theatre of Science
Psychologist Professor Richard Wiseman started his working life as a ...
Psychologist Professor Richard Wiseman started his working life as a professional magician and currently holds Britain's only Professorship in the Public Understanding of Psychology at the University of Hertfordshire. He frequently appears in the...
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Chris Mooney - Science, Politics, and the Midterm Election
Chris Mooney is an acclaimed writer about subjects at intersection ...
Chris Mooney is an acclaimed writer about subjects at intersection of science and politics. His writing has appeared in Wired, New Scientist, Free Inquiry, Skeptical Inquirer, Slate, Mother Jones, The Washington Post, The LA Times, and The Boston...
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The CFI 10th Annual Houdini Seance - Halloween 2006
Harry Houdini, the world-famous magician and escape artist, earnestly explored ...
Harry Houdini, the world-famous magician and escape artist, earnestly explored the religion of spiritualism and communication with the dead after his beloved mother's death in 1913. He eventually crusaded vigorously against those whom he believed were...
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Salman Rushdie - Secular Values, Human Rights and Islamism
Salman Rushdie is a British-Indian essayist and novelist widely acclaimed ...
Salman Rushdie is a British-Indian essayist and novelist widely acclaimed for his narrative style that blends myth and fantasy with real life. He has won many awards for his fiction, including the Booker Prize. He is best known for The Satanic Verses...
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Jill Tarter - Are We Alone?
Jill Tarter holds the Bernard M. Oliver Chair for SETI ...
Jill Tarter holds the Bernard M. Oliver Chair for SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) at the SETI Institute in Mountain View, CA where she also serves as director of the Center for SETI Research. She served as Project Scientist for...
