Point of Inquiry
Science, Skepticism, Rationalism, Humanism -- The Podcast and Radio Show of the Center for Inquiry
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Massimo Pigliucci - Living Philosophically
Host: Chris Mooney Our guest this week is a return ...
Host: Chris Mooney Our guest this week is a return guest of the show, Massimo Pigliucci. We last heard about his book Nonsense on Stilts, which was about how to distinguish between science and pseudoscience. But his newest effort is in some...
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Dan Ariely - The Honest Truth about Dishonesty
Host: Indre Viskontas There is no doubt that our world ...
Host: Indre Viskontas There is no doubt that our world is populated with cheats and liars. Most of us, slaves to the availability heuristic, think of major cheaters like Bernie Madoff, Tiger Woods, and Barry Bonds as inflicting the most damage onto...
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Phil Zuckerman - The Sociology of Irreligion
Host: Chris Mooney How many atheists are there in the ...
Host: Chris Mooney How many atheists are there in the world? Where do they live? What kind of people are they, and how do they get that way? Are they happy? Are they prosperous? Do they drag their societies down into a cesspool of immortality—as...
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Rick Hayes-Roth - TruthMarket
Host: Chris Mooney Wouldn't it be nice if there were ...
Host: Chris Mooney Wouldn't it be nice if there were a way to make American politics just a little more rational, just a little more evidence based? Wouldn't it be even nicer if there was a website, or an app, that helped that process along? Maybe,...
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Peter Ditto - Morals, Facts, and Libertarians
Host: Chris Mooney Several times on this show, we've discussed ...
Host: Chris Mooney Several times on this show, we've discussed the topic of ideological asymmetry. In other words, are people of all political persuasions equally biased, equally prone to reasoning based on their emotions to support prior...
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Temple Grandin - The Science of Livestock Animal Welfare
Host: Indre Viskontas According to the USDA, Americans produce and ...
Host: Indre Viskontas According to the USDA, Americans produce and consume more beef, veal, and chicken than any other nation in the world. As a result, the status of animal welfare in the meat production industry should be of some concern to all...
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Arie Kruglanski - The Science of Closed-Mindedness
Host: Chris Mooney Our guest this week is Arie Kruglanski. ...
Host: Chris Mooney Our guest this week is Arie Kruglanski. He's a Distinguished University Professor of Psychology at the University of Maryland College Park, and has been a pioneer in the study of closed-mindedness-or, the "need for...
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Joe Romm - Language Intelligence
Host: Chris Mooney This week's guest is Joe Romm. You ...
Host: Chris Mooney This week's guest is Joe Romm. You may know him as a top blogger on global warming and energy—but that's not why we're having him on. In an impressive show of versatility, Romm the scientist has written a book about how to...
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Peter Montgomery - 12 Rules for Mixing Religion and Politics
Host: Chris Mooney Our guest this week is Peter Montgomery, ...
Host: Chris Mooney Our guest this week is Peter Montgomery, senior fellow with People for the American Way and author of a new report entitled Twelve Rules for Mixing Religion and Politics, released last week with a new introduction by Bill...
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Christopher diCarlo - How to Become a Really Good Pain in the Ass
Host: Indre Viskontas In an election year, it is especially ...
Host: Indre Viskontas In an election year, it is especially important that our critical thinking skills be sharply honed. We have to sift through facts, fiction, and hyperbole in order to decide who it is that should lead us for the next four...
