The Michael Shermer Show

The Michael Shermer Show is a series of long-form conversations between Dr. Michael Shermer and lead

Episodes

Total: 518

74\. Shaili Jain, M.D. — The Unspeakable Mind: Stories of Trauma and Healing from the Frontlines of PTSD Science
2019/7/9

From a physician and post-traumatic stress disorder specialist comes a nuanced cartography of PTSD,

73\. Andrew Seidel — Busting the Founding Myth: Why Christian Nationalism is Un-American
2019/7/1

In this important new book, The Founding Myth: Why Christian Nationalism is Un-American, constitutio

72\. Robert Zubrin — The Case for Space: Spaceflight Revolution
2019/6/24

In this dialogue, visionary astronautical engineer Robert Zubrin lays out the plans for how humans c

71\. Dr. Michael Shermer — What is Truth?
2019/6/17

In this live podcast event hosted by the Santa Barbara Science Salon in conjunction with the Skeptic

70\. Dr. Brian Keating — Losing the Nobel Prize: A Story of Cosmology, Ambition, and the Perils of Science’s Highest Honor
2019/6/11

In this wide-ranging conversation Science Salon host Dr. Michael Shermer speaks with cosmologist and

69\. Dr. Barbara Tversky — Mind in Motion: How Action Shapes Thought
2019/6/4

An eminent psychologist offers a major new theory of human cognition: movement, not language, is the

68\. Dr. Michael Ruse — A Darwinian Meaning to Life
2019/5/28

Dr. Michael Ruse is the Lucyle T. Werkmeister Professor of Philosophy, and Director of the Program i

67\. Dr. Christian Smith — Atheist Overreach: What Atheism Can’t Deliver
2019/5/21

In recent years atheism has become ever more visible, acceptable, and influential. Atheist apologist

66\. Dr. Christian List — Why Free Will is Real: A response to Sam Harris, Jerry Coyne, and Other Determinists
2019/5/15

Philosophers have argued about the nature and the very existence of free will for centuries. Today,

65\. Jared Diamond — Upheaval: Turning Points for Nations in Crisis
2019/5/7

For this special edition of the Science Salon Podcast Dr. Shermer took a camera crew to Jared Diamon

64\. Michael Tomasello — Becoming Human
2019/4/30

In this fascinating conversation with the evolutionary anthropologist Michael Tomasello, the Max Pla

63\. Dr. Hector A. Garcia — Sex, Power, and Partisanship: How Evolutionary Science Makes Sense of Our Political Divide
2019/4/24

Through the lens of evolutionary science, Dr. Garcia offers a novel perspective on why we hold our p

AMA-5. Dr. Michael Shermer — “Are the Miracles of Jesus Unbelievable?” Debate Postmortem
2019/4/21

In this AMA special Dr. Shermer conducts a postmortem on his debate with the evangelical Christian t

62\. Dr. Mark Moffett — The Human Swarm: How Our Societies Arise, Thrive, and Fall
2019/4/16

In this riveting conversation, Dr. Shermer speaks with Dr. Mark Moffett, biologist (Ph.D. Harvard, u

61\. Dr. Richard Wrangham — The Goodness Paradox: The Strange Relationship Between Virtue and Violence in Human Evolution
2019/4/10

We Homo sapiens can be the nicest of species and also the nastiest. What occurred during human evolu

60\. Nicholas A. Christakis — Blueprint: The Evolutionary Origins of a Good Society
2019/4/3

In this exceptionally important conversation Dr. Shermer discusses at length the background to and r

59\. Cass R. Sunstein — On Freedom
2019/3/26

In this pathbreaking book, New York Times bestselling author Cass Sunstein asks us to rethink freedo

58\. Ben Shapiro — The Right Side of History: How Reason and Moral Purpose Made the West Great
2019/3/19

In this wide ranging conversation, the noted conservative political commentator and public intellect

57\. Dr. Frans de Waal — Animal Emotions and What They Tell Us about Ourselves
2019/3/12

Based on his latest book — Mama’s Last Hug: Animal Emotions and What They Tell Us about Ourselves —

56\. Dr. Tyler Cowen — How an Economist Views the World
2019/3/6

In this wide ranging dialogue Dr. Shermer speaks with the famed economist Dr. Tyler Cowen, whose new