Rationally Speaking is the bi-weekly podcast of New York City Skeptics. Join host Julia Galef and gu
Will all knowledge eventually be united? And what does that even mean, anyway? In this episode of Ra
The Rationally Speaking podcast is proud to feature another certified genius: Patricia Churchland, a
This episode of Rationally Speaking is all about the age-old problem of willpower: why don't we do w
Massimo and Julia answer listeners' questions. In this installment the topics include: how much do w
In this special live episode recorded at the 2012 Northeast Conference on Science and Skepticism, Ma
When your intuition tells you something, should you listen? That depends! Relying on intuition can b
If you value scientific evidence you're probably familiar with the idea that having "peer-reviewed"
M & J discuss science communication with Howard Schneider, dean of the school of journalism at SUNY
Is "rational spirituality" a contradiction? In this episode, Massimo and Julia try to pin down what
n this episode Massimo and Julia ask, "Is the fundamental nature of the world knowable by science al
In this episode, Massimo and Julia take on parapsychology, the study of phenomena such as extrasenso
Guest Donald Prothero joins us to discuss the common tactics and thinking of science deniers and the
Guest Joseph Heath, author of “Economics Without Illusions: Debunking the Myths of Modern Capitalism
The media is increasingly bombarding us with reports of advances in neuroscience which claim all sor
Our guest Eugenie C. Scott joins us to talk about a new initiative of the National Center for Scienc
Our guest Lou Marinoff joins us to discuss philosophical counceling, a recent trend to use philosoph
Is the search for extraterrestrial intelligence, or SETI, solid science, pseudoscience, or something
All of us who are involved in the skeptics movement are regularly confronted with one of two reactio
Our guest Rebecca Newberger Goldstein joins us to talk about Baruch Spinoza and Kurt Gödel, the subj
In this episode we tackle the curious case of pseudoscience or mysticism that works, or seems to, at
