Rationally Speaking is the bi-weekly podcast of New York City Skeptics. Join host Julia Galef and gu
The idea of giving poor people cash, no strings attached, is "very unappealing" for most donors, adm
Humanity could thrive for millions of years -- unless our future is cut short by an existential cat
Kevin Esvelt, a scientist at MIT, argues that research intended to prevent pandemics is actually put
Ezra Klein explains how Republican and Democrats in the US became so different from each other, ideo
Kathryn Paige Harden, author of “The Genetic Lottery: Why DNA Matters for Social Equality” explains
Journalist Kelsey Piper (Future Perfect / Vox) discusses lessons learned from covering COVID: What h
Every time there’s an emergency, the prices of certain goods skyrocket -- like masks and hand saniti
When you see a statistic reported in the news, like "10% of University of California Berkeley studen
How much do Uber and Lyft drivers really earn, after expenses? Are they getting a raw deal by being
Is there any justification for seemingly unjust laws like "qualified immunity," which allows cops to
Julia and guest Vitalik Buterin (creator of the open-source blockchain platform Ethereum) explore a
Julia and social psychologist Jonathan Haidt (The Righteous Mind) discuss his moral foundations theo
Matt Yglesias talks about One Billion Americans, his book arguing that it’s in the United States’ na
Companies like Twitter and Facebook are increasingly willing to ban users -- and even if you agree w
Coleman Hughes explains why he favors a "colorblind" ideal and why the "race-conscious" camp disagre
Data scientist David Shor discusses some of the bad choices made by Democratic political campaigns.
Harvard philosopher Michael Sandel argues with Julia about human dignity, consensual cannibalism, an
Economist and Nobel Laureate Angus Deaton discusses the rise in “deaths of despair” in the U.S. – de
Rationally Speaking returns from hiatus with a look at a clash between two generations: Millennials,
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