The Michael Shermer Show

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

Episodes

Total: 502

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

AMA-4. Dr. Michael Shermer — The Problem of Evil
2019/3/3

In this Ask Me Anything, Dr. Shermer performs a postmortem on his debate/dialogue on with Dr. Brian

55. Dr. David Sloan Wilson — This View of Life: Completing the Darwinian Revolution
2019/2/27

In this dialogue Dr. Shermer speaks with Dr. David Sloan Wilson, the renowned evolutionary biologist

54. Dr. Michele Gelfand — Rule Makers, Rule Breakers: How Tight and Loose Cultures Wire Our World
2019/2/20

In this wide-ranging conversation Dr. Shermer talks with the author of the new book, Rule Makers, Ru

53. Adam Higginbotham — China Syndrome II: The True Story of What Happened at Chernobyl
2019/2/12

In this discussion with the author of the newly published book Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Sto

52. Bruce Schneier — Hacked! Security and Survival in a Hyper-Connected World
2019/2/5

Bruce Schneier is a fellow and lecturer at the Harvard Kennedy School and the Berkman-Klein Center f

51. Gregg Hurwitz — Into the Light: Myths, Narratives, Archetypes, and Trump
2019/1/30

In this wide-ranging dialogue Michael Shermer and Gregg Hurwitz discuss being a public intellectual,

AMA-3. Dr. Michael Shermer — Ask Me Anything!
2019/1/22

The Jordan Peterson Phenomenon In this short AMA Michael Shermer answers a single question: “What is

50. Dr. Rachel Kleinfeld — A Savage Order: How the World’s Deadliest Countries Can Forge a Path to Security
2019/1/15

In this episode of the Science Salon Podcast, Michael Shermer speaks with Dr. Rachel Kleinfeld, a se

AMA-2. Dr. Michael Shermer: Ask Me Anything!
2019/1/8

In his second Ask Me Anything, recorded on the final day of 2018, Dr. Shermer reviews the latest iss

49. Dr. Gad Saad — Doing Gad’s Work
2019/1/1

In this episode of the Science Salon Podcast, Michael Shermer talks to the renowned evolutionary beh

48. Sir Martin Rees — On the Future: Prospects for Humanity
2018/12/25

In this wide-ranging dialogue Michael Shermer talks to Martin Rees about: his early education and ho

47. Dr. Susan Blackmore — Altered States and Conscious Beings
2018/12/4

Dr. Susan Blackmore is no stranger to skeptics. Dr. Shermer has known Dr. Blackmore since the early

46. Zac Sechler interviews Michael Shermer about Why People Believe in God
2018/11/27

In this unusual Science Salon we bring you an interview of Dr. Shermer by Zac Sechler, a high school

45. Daniel de Visé — On Comebacks in Sports and Life
2018/11/13

In this unusual dialogue Dr. Shermer talks to author and journalist Daniel de Visé about one of the

44. Dr. David P. Barash — Human Nature Through a Glass Brightly
2018/11/6

Humans have long seen ourselves as the center of the universe, the apple of God’s eye, specially-cre

43. Dr. Jonathan Haidt — Coming Apart
2018/10/30

A lecture by and follow-up discussion with Jonathan Haidt about the excessive divisiveness of Americ