The Michael Shermer Show

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

Episodes

Total: 502

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BIG ANNOUNCEMENT

2023/9/26

Don't miss this! Michael SHELLENBERGER, Jared DIAMOND, Peter BOGHOSSIAN, and Michael SHERMER. LIVE &

Shermer and Pompliano discuss: personal journey from college to Fortune to The Profile • what distin

Lee McIntyre is Research Fellow at the Center for Philosophy and History of Science at Boston Univer

Shermer and Tabash discuss: the history of the relationship between church and state • the founding

This episode is a conversation based on two of Nancy Segal’s books The Twin Children of the Holocaus

Did Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb discover the remnants of an interstellar meteor in the form of spher

New attention from historians and journalists is raising pointed questions about the founding period

“Don’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good.” —anonymous “Perfection is man’s ultimate illusion.

World leaders have promised everything to everyone. But they are failing. Together with more than a

Why We Get Fooled

2023/8/1

From phishing scams to Ponzi schemes, fraudulent science to fake art, chess cheaters to crypto hucks

The Saad Truth About Happiness

2023/7/25

Everyone wants to be happy. The question “How can I be happy?” drives countless decisions across the

In this conversation based on his new book, America’s Cultural Revolution, Christopher Rufo exposes

Vividly written and exhaustively researched, Jonathan Eig’s King: A Life is the first major biograph

Right now, someone, somewhere is being cancelled. Off-the-cuff tweets or “harmless” office banter ha

Children and Politics

2023/6/27

According to conservative commentator Bethany Mandel, “the Left is waging an all-out battle on the A

We are on the cusp of a major transformation in healthcare. Using information gleaned from our blood

Shermer and Shellenberger discuss: the original article in Debrief • the authors Leslie Kean and Ral

A commentary on the latest UAP/UFO story about the whistleblower and the government UFO retrieval pr