Rationally Speaking is the bi-weekly podcast of New York City Skeptics. Join host Julia Galef and gu
In 1950, the great physicist Enrico Fermi posed a question that people have been puzzling over ever
In this episode, economist Bryan Caplan argues that the main reason getting a college degree is valu
The security dilemma is a classic problem in geopolitics: Often when one nation takes measures to pr
This episode features tech and policy journalist Timothy Lee, discussing a question that's increasin
This episode features Jessica Flanigan, professor of normative and applied ethics, making the case t
In this episode, economist Timur Kuran explains the ubiquitous phenomenon of "preference falsificati
In this episode Julia talks with Doug Hubbard, author of How to Measure Anything, about why people s
Philosopher Eric Schwitzgebel returns to the show to explore several related questions: His taxonomy
This episode features Zach Weinersmith, creator of the philosophical webcomic Saturday Morning Break
This episode features bestselling author Robert Wright making the case for why Buddhism was right ab
The field of neuroscience has been collecting more and more data, and developing increasingly advanc
You may have heard of the Implicit Associations Test (IAT) -- one of the most famous instruments fro
There are a lot of sensitive topics about human nature that would be interesting to study, such as p
You've probably heard of Pascal's Wager: That it's rational to believe in God, because if you're wro
In this episode Julia sits down with neuroscientist and obesity researcher Stephan Guyenet, to talk
In this episode, recorded live at the Northeast Conference on Science and Skepticism, Julia intervie
What determines which policies a person votes for? Is it their personality, their upbringing, blind
Humans have an innate urge to reach for explanations of the world around us. For example, "What caus
We're used to conflating political parties (Republican and Democrat) with political ideologies (cons
Nothing changed the course of human history as much as the industrial revolution. Yet its cause is a
