Rationally Speaking is the bi-weekly podcast of New York City Skeptics. Join host Julia Galef and gu
No, this episode is not about "elevatorgate" or the Watson-Dawkins debacle, but we do use these rece
Following up on their interview with Robert Zaretsky on the dispute between David Hume and Jean-Jacq
Imagine a time when a dispute between two philosophers was the talk of high society. That is the tim
Massimo and Julia answer listeners' questions. In this installment the topics include: what would th
In this episode we tackle the never ending debate about free will, which David Hume famously defined
Our guest Holden Karnofsky joins us to discuss Givewell, the nonprofit organization he founded. Give
Debates over what’s important to happiness — Money? Children? Love? Achievement? — are ancient and u
Universities all around the country are closing programs in the humanities, at least in part because
In this episode we explore philosophy of science: What is it about, and should it matter to scientis
If the recent hoopla about the royal wedding wasn’t enough to remind you, we live in a culture of ce
In this one hour episode, recorded live at the 2011 Northeast Conference on Science and Skepticism,
We all think that science is about objectivity and “just the facts, ma’am.” Not so fast, philosopher
Vegetarianism is a complex set of beliefs and practices, spanning from the extreme “fruitarianism,”
Cordelia Fine joins us from Melbourne, Australia to discuss her book: "Delusions of Gender: The Real
In a continuation of episode 28, Massimo and Julia sit down for a Q&A session in front of a live aud
Massimo and Julia sit down in front of a live audience at the Jefferson Market Library in New York C
In honor of our first anniversary we invited Historian Timothy Alborn to help us understand the arbi
In a recent article in the New York Times, Nicholas Wade reported that the American Anthropological
Massimo and Julia answer listeners' questions, as they try to stay away from politics. In this insta
The term meme was introduced by Richard Dawkins in his 1976 bestseller "The Selfish Gene."Dawkins wa
