The Michael Shermer Show

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

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As cryptocurrency surged in popularity during the pandemic, many were drawn by the promise of wealth

Evolutionary biologist and author, Richard Dawkins, explores how the body, behavior, and genes of ev

After the Flying Saucers Came explores the global fascination with UFOs, tracing its origins to the

Psychologist Joshua Coleman, PhD, explores the complex issue of estrangement between parents and adu

Shermer and Lipsky discuss: the scientists who first sounded the alarm about climate change • scienc

For years as an award-winning war reporter, Sebastian Junger traveled to many front lines and freque

Common ground is hard to find in today’s politics. Many people, frustrated with a system demanding c

In this episode, we explore the conspiracy theories surrounding the July 13 assassination attempt on

Jay Bhattacharya is a Professor of Health Policy at Stanford University and a research associate at

Whole Foods Market’s Cofounder and CEO for 44 years, John Mackey offers an intimate and provocative

Aella is a writer, blogger, data analyst, and sex worker who has written extensively about the psych

Nathan Law is a young Hong Kong activist, currently in exile and based in London. During the Umbrell

A.J. Jacobs learned the hard way that donning a tricorne hat and marching around Manhattan with a 17

Is Lemuria a real place, or the fever dream of crackpots, mystics, conspiracy theorists, and Bigfoot

Michelle Dowd was born into an ultra-religious cult, “The Field,” started in the 1930s by her grandf

Robert Powell, a founding Board member of the Scientific Coalition for UAP Studies, has studied the

We often assume that religious beliefs are no different in kind from ordinary factual beliefs—that b

Each year at least a billion children around the world are victims of adverse childhood experiences

Dr. Einat Wilf is a leading intellectual and original thinker on matters of foreign policy, economic

So much of what we hear about China and Russia today likens the relationship between these two autoc