Point of Inquiry
Science, Skepticism, Rationalism, Humanism -- The Podcast and Radio Show of the Center for Inquiry
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Jason Horowitz: Protecting the Whales from the U.S. Navy
On March 15, 2000, over a dozen whales beached themselves ...
On March 15, 2000, over a dozen whales beached themselves in the Bahamas in one of the largest multi-species strandings in history. Suspicion turned to U.S. Navy sonar, but at first there was no proof. This revelation brings us into the detective...
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Austin Dacey - The U.N. and Defamation of Religions
Point of Inquiry is taking a week off and filling ...
Point of Inquiry is taking a week off and filling in with a classic episode. After Saudi Arabia recently tried to silence the Center For Inquiry's UN representative, Josephine Macintosh, as she delivered a statement critical of their...
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The Gospel According to Hobby Lobby--With Brian Leiter
To discuss last week's Supreme Court decision in Burwell v. ...
To discuss last week's Supreme Court decision in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby, Point of Inquiry welcomes Dr. Brian Leiter, law professor and philosopher at the University of Chicago. He's the author of several books including Why Tolerate Religion?. He...
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Montel Williams: Leading a Surge on the Veterans Administration
Best known for his 17 years as a talk show ...
Best known for his 17 years as a talk show host, Montel Williams is now bringing his name and dynamic personality to activism on behalf of U.S. servicemen and women. Raised during the height of the Civil Rights Movement and into the tumultuous...
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Marlene Zuk: The Paleo Delusion
We evolved to eat berries rather than bagels, to live ...
We evolved to eat berries rather than bagels, to live in caves rather than condos, to sprint barefoot rather than wear sneakers—or did we? These, along with many other questions about what is or is not "natural" for humans from an evolutionary...
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Howard Fineman on Eric Cantor's Defeat and the Battle for the Soul of the GOP
Few intra-party political battles have been as astonishing and unexpected ...
Few intra-party political battles have been as astonishing and unexpected as last week's primary loss by House Majority Leader Eric Cantor to religious-conservative challenger David Brat, who was quickly embraced by the Tea Party after his victory. To...
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Janet Mock, Redefining Realness, Biology, Sex and Gender
This week POI welcomes bestselling author and trans rights activist, ...
This week POI welcomes bestselling author and trans rights activist, Janet Mock. Janet is the author of the new memoir Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love and So Much More, which recounts her emotional and physical...
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Negin Farsad: Red States and Muslim Comedy
This week, we welcome Negin Farsad, a groundbreaking Iranian American ...
This week, we welcome Negin Farsad, a groundbreaking Iranian American comedian. A TED speaker and TED Fellow, she was named one of the Huffington Post's 50 Funniest Women. She's been seen on Comedy Central, MTV, CNN, MSNBC, and in...
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Capital Punishment in Crisis with Dahlia Lithwick
This week, Point of Inquiry welcomes Dahlia Lithwick, Senior Editor ...
This week, Point of Inquiry welcomes Dahlia Lithwick, Senior Editor and Legal Correspondent for Slate, where she writes the "Supreme Court Dispatches" and "Jurisprudence" columns. Her legal commentary won her a National Magazine Award...
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Farzana Hassan on Islamic Extremism and the Boko Haram
Our guest this week is Farzana Hassan, a Pakistani-Canadian political ...
Our guest this week is Farzana Hassan, a Pakistani-Canadian political scientist, a columnist for the Toronto Sun, whose new book is Prophecy and the Fundamentalist Quest: An Integrative Study of Christian and Muslim Apocalyptic...
