Point of Inquiry
Science, Skepticism, Rationalism, Humanism -- The Podcast and Radio Show of the Center for Inquiry
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Tom Clark - Scientific Naturalism and the Illusion of Free Will
Tom Clark is director of the non-profit Center for Naturalism ...
Tom Clark is director of the non-profit Center for Naturalism and author of Encountering Naturalism: A Worldview and Its Uses. He writes on science, free will, consciousness, addiction and other topics, and maintains Naturalism.org, an extensive...
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Ray Hyman - The Elusive Quarry
Ray Hyman is Professor Emeritus of Psychology at the University ...
Ray Hyman is Professor Emeritus of Psychology at the University of Oregon and one of the leading figures of modern skepticism. He was a founding member of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry (formerly CSICOP). He has been a consultant with the U.S....
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Susan Sackett - The Secular Humanism of Star Trek
Susan Sackett began an association with Gene Roddenberry, creator of ...
Susan Sackett began an association with Gene Roddenberry, creator of the television legend “Star Trek,” serving as his personal executive assistant for over 17 years until his death in October 1991. She also served as his production assistant on...
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Michael Shermer - Science, Skepticism and Libertarianism
Michael Shermer is one of the most well-known skeptics in ...
Michael Shermer is one of the most well-known skeptics in America, working for decades to advance the scientific outlook in society. He is a contributing editor and monthly columnist for Scientific American, and is the host of the Skeptics...
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Dale McGowan - Raising Freethinkers
Dale McGowan has edited and co-authored Parenting Beyond Belief and ...
Dale McGowan has edited and co-authored Parenting Beyond Belief and Raising Freethinkers, the first comprehensive resources for nonreligious parents. He writes the secular parenting blog The Meming of Life, teaches nonreligious parenting seminars...
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David Koepsell - Who Owns You?
David Koepsell is an author, philosopher, and attorney whose recent ...
David Koepsell is an author, philosopher, and attorney whose recent research focuses on the nexus of science, technology, ethics, and public policy. He is Assistant Professor, Philosophy Section, Faculty of Technology, Policy, and Management at the...
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Jeff Schweitzer - Beyond Cosmic Dice: Moral Life in a Random World
Dr. Jeffrey Schweitzer is an author, scientist and public speaker ...
Dr. Jeffrey Schweitzer is an author, scientist and public speaker who has traveled widely speaking to varied groups about the application of the scientific worldview to public policy and ethical questions. He has published more than one hundred...
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Paul Kurtz - Science and the Limits of the New Skepticism
Paul Kurtz is founder and chair of the Center for ...
Paul Kurtz is founder and chair of the Center for Inquiry and a number of other organizations. A Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, he is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the State University of New York at Buffalo,...
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Bruce M. Hood - Supersense: Why We Believe in the Unbelievable
Bruce M. Hood is chair of the Cognitive Development Center ...
Bruce M. Hood is chair of the Cognitive Development Center in the Experimental Psychology Department at the University of Bristol. He was a research fellow at Cambridge and has been a visiting scientist at MIT and professor at Harvard. Hood has...
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Mary Roach - Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex
Mary Roach is the author of Stiff: The curious Lives ...
Mary Roach is the author of Stiff: The curious Lives of Human Cadavers and Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife. Her writing has appeared in Salon, Wired, National Geographic, New Scientist, and the New York Times Magazine. Her latest book is Bonk:...