Point of Inquiry
Science, Skepticism, Rationalism, Humanism -- The Podcast and Radio Show of the Center for Inquiry
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Scott Lilienfeld - Real Self-Help
Dr. Scott Lilienfeld is Professor of Psychology at Emory University ...
Dr. Scott Lilienfeld is Professor of Psychology at Emory University in Atlanta. Scott is a Fellow of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry, a Consulting Editor for Skeptical Inquirer and the Founder and Editor of the CSI journal Scientific Review of...
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Victor Stenger - Taking a Stand for Science and Reason
Victor Stenger is Emeritus Professor of Physics at the University ...
Victor Stenger is Emeritus Professor of Physics at the University of Hawaii and Adjunct Professor of Philosophy at the University of Colorado. He is also founder of Colorado Citizens for Science. He’s held visiting faculty positions at the...
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Andrew Revkin - The Death of Science Writing, and the Future of Catastrophe
We live in a science centered age—a time of private ...
We live in a science centered age—a time of private spaceflight and personalized medicine, amid path-breaking advances in biotechnology and nanotechnology. And we face science centered risks: climate and energy crises, biological and nuclear...
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Robert J. Miller - The Jesus Seminar
Robert J. Miller is Rosenberger Chair of Christian and Religious ...
Robert J. Miller is Rosenberger Chair of Christian and Religious Studies at Juniata College in Pennsylvania. A Fellow of the Jesus Seminar since 1986, he was Scholar-in-Residence at Westar Institute in 2001. He is the of author numerous...
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Michael Mann - Unprecedented Attacks on Climate Research
For the scientists who study global warming, now is the ...
For the scientists who study global warming, now is the winter of their despair. In the news, it has been climate scandal after alleged climate scandal. First came “ClimateGate,” then “GlacierGate,”...
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Victor Stenger - The New Atheists
Victor Stenger is Emeritus Professor of Physics at the University ...
Victor Stenger is Emeritus Professor of Physics at the University of Hawaii and Adjunct Professor of Philosophy at the University of Colorado. He is also founder of Colorado Citizens for Science. He's held visiting faculty positions at...
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Ian Rowland - The Cold Hard Facts of Cold Reading
Ian Rowland is a Mentalist and Mind Reader living near ...
Ian Rowland is a Mentalist and Mind Reader living near London, UK. The world’s foremost authority on cold reading, he is the author of the Full Facts Book of Cold Reading. In this book, Rowland has defined and categorized the...
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Paul Offit - The Costs of Vaccine Denialism
Recently, there was another nail in the coffin for vaccine ...
Recently, there was another nail in the coffin for vaccine skeptics. The British medical journal The Lancet took the dramatic step of retracting a 1998 paper that lies at the root of modern vaccine denialism. Authored by a doctor named Andrew...
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Banachek - Mentalism and Skepticism
Banachek is an American mentalist and skeptic. He has written ...
Banachek is an American mentalist and skeptic. He has written numerous books and invented various magic and mentalism effects, and is often sought out by top entertainers such as David Blaine, Lance Burton, James Randi and Criss Angel. He has been the...
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Frank Schaeffer - Crazy for God
Frank Schaeffer is New York Times best selling author whose ...
Frank Schaeffer is New York Times best selling author whose books include three semi-biographical novels about life in a strict, fundamentalist household: Portofino, Zermatt, and Saving Grandma, and also the memoir Crazy For God: How I Grew Up As One...
