The Michael Shermer Show
The Michael Shermer Show is a series of long-form conversations between Dr. Michael Shermer and leading scientists, philosophers, historians, scholars, writers and thinkers about the most important issues of our time.
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- 1 CommunionWhitley Strieber · 1× across 1 episode
- 2 ContactCarl Sagan · 1× across 1 episode
- 3 CosmosCarl Sagan · 1× across 1 episode
- 4 Religion as Make-BelieveNeil Van Leeuwen · 1× across 1 episode
- 5 We Want to Believe: How Aliens Went Mainstream and Why It MattersAdam Kirsch · 1× across 1 episode
Why Consciousness Needs a Body
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Descartes' Error: Emotion, Reason, and the Human Brain
Antonio Damasio
including i think i've read most of these descartes error emotion reason and the human brain ▶ tap to play from here
The Feeling of What Happens: Body and Emotion in the Making of Consciousness
Antonio Damasio
the feeling of what happens is of body and emotion and making of consciousness ▶ tap to play from here
Feeling and Knowing: Making Minds Conscious
Antonio Damasio
feeling and knowing making minds conscious ▶ tap to play from here
The Strange Order of Things: Life, Feeling, and the Making of Cultures
Antonio Damasio
the strange order of things life feeling and the making of cultures ▶ tap to play from here
Looking for Spinoza: Joy, Sorrow, and the Feeling Brain
Antonio Damasio
and looking for spinoza joy sorrow and the femaling brain ▶ tap to play from here
When Elephants Weep: The Emotional Lives of Animals
Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson and Susan McCarthy
elephants weep that famous book you know i thought yeah of course ▶ tap to play from here
Racism and White Guilt: Has America Changed More Than We Admit? | Shelby Steele & Eli Steele
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The Content of Our Character
Shelby Steele
here it is the content of our character i taught out of that book in nineteen ninety shelby nineteen ninety ▶ tap to play from here
White Guilt: How Blacks and Whites Together Destroyed the Promise of the Civil Rights Era
Shelby Steele
he also wrote white guilt upon which the new documentary film by eli is about that i'll introduce shortly ▶ tap to play from here
A Bound Man: Why We Are Excited About Obama and Why He Can't Afford to Believe It
Shelby Steele
also a bound man shame and shame how america's past sins have polarized our country ▶ tap to play from here
Would You Want to Know If You Were Wrong?
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The Bible
Various Authors - Compiled by Mark T
capturing a book bible he said flying off of the corner of the desk on its own ▶ tap to play from here
Everyday Extraordinary: A Scientist Ponders a Lifetime of Magical, Bizarre, and Paranormal Experiences
Barry Markovsky
my guest today is dr barry markovsky his the new book here every day extraordinary a scientist ponders a lifetime of magical bizarre and paranormal experiences ▶ tap to play from here
Everyday Extraordinary: A Scientist Ponders a Lifetime of Magical, Bizarre, and Paranormal Experiences
Barry Markovsky
my guest today is dr barry markovsky his the new book here every day extraordinary a scientist ponders a lifetime of magical bizarre and paranormal experiences ▶ tap to play from here
Truth: What It Is, How to Find It, and Why It Still Matters
Michael Shermer
i think uh again i i've used this example i use it in my truth book of um uh neil lewis example where the preacher tells the congregation there's a parking lot in the back of the church ▶ tap to play from here
Truth: What It Is, How to Find It, and Why It Still Matters
Michael Shermer
i use it in my truth book of um uh neil lewis example where the preacher tells the congregation there's a parking lot in the back of the church ▶ tap to play from here
Finding Darwin's God: A Scientist's Search for Common Ground Between God and Evolution
Kenneth R. Miller
ken miller uh you know the great microbiologist who debunk the creationists uh intelligent design arguments about the eye and dna and f bacterial flagellum and all that stuff this is all nonsense then he writes this great book about it and then at the end the last chapter is about he's a catholic ▶ tap to play from here
Finding Darwin's God
Kenneth R. Miller
then he writes this great book about it and then at the end the last chapter is about he's a catholic and he believes the whole thing right ▶ tap to play from here
The Brothers Karamazov
Fyodor Dostoevsky
there's no real four brothers karamazov in in dostoevsky's novel ▶ tap to play from here
The Brothers Karamazov
Fyodor Dostoevsky
there's no real four brothers karamazov in in dostoevsky's novel ▶ tap to play from here
The Lord of the Rings
J.R.R. Tolkien
there's not really a middle earth in jr and jr tolkien's uh lord of the rings ▶ tap to play from here
The Lord of the Rings
J.R.R. Tolkien
there's not really a middle earth in jr and jr tolkien's uh lord of the rings ▶ tap to play from here
Harry Potter
J.K. Rowling
there's no train station nine and three quarters in in harry potter you know ▶ tap to play from here
On Bullshit
Harry G. Frankfurt
you know that's what uh uh what's his name harry um you know the bullshit guy um the philosopher uh wrote that book bullshit d distorting it for a reason the bullshitter doesn't care right ▶ tap to play from here
On Bullshit
Harry G. Frankfurt
what's his name harry um you know the bullshit guy um the philosopher uh wrote that book bullshit d distorting it for a reason ▶ tap to play from here
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat
Oliver Sacks
i mean oliver sachs's books are uh about these you know these weird patients he had guy who mistook his wife for hat rack or whatever no missed the hat rack for his wife or whatever that was ▶ tap to play from here
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat
Oliver Sacks
i mean oliver sachs's books are uh about these you know these weird patients he had guy who mistook his wife for hat rack or whatever no missed the hat rack for his wife or whatever that was ▶ tap to play from here
Proof of Heaven: A Neurosurgeon's Journey into the Afterlife
Eben Alexander
i met even alexander in a green room once for a t v show he wrote that book proof of heaven he had a um in a and near death experience when he was in a coma ▶ tap to play from here
Proof of Heaven
Eben Alexander
i met even alexander in a green room once for a t v show he wrote that book proof of heaven ▶ tap to play from here
Does Consciousness Break the Laws of Physics?
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The Conscious Mind: In Search of a Fundamental Theory
David Chalmers
david charlos whom i appreciate and i admire and i love him i think we are the same age and he wrote a book many years ago ▶ tap to play from here
On the Origin of Species
Charles Darwin
this is what huxley said when he read darwin's book how stupid of me to not have thought of that ▶ tap to play from here
Jared Diamond: How Much Can One Person Change History?
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Guns, Germs, and Steel
Jared Diamond
you know him from his uh best selling books guns germs and steel which has sold over seven million copies ▶ tap to play from here
Collapse
Jared Diamond
collapse the third chimpanzee the world until yesterday and upheaval ▶ tap to play from here
The Third Chimpanzee
Jared Diamond
collapse the third chimpanzee the world until yesterday and upheaval ▶ tap to play from here
The World Until Yesterday
Jared Diamond
collapse the third chimpanzee the world until yesterday and upheaval ▶ tap to play from here
Upheaval
Jared Diamond
collapse the third chimpanzee the world until yesterday and upheaval ▶ tap to play from here
Steve Jobs
Walter Isaacson
i wrote one of my scientific american columns on that after i read walter isaacson's biography of steve jobs which was a great book ▶ tap to play from here
Hirohito, Truman, and the Destruction of Japan
James Scott
i just read james scott's um uh great book uh hirohito truman and the destruction of japan empire of ashes it's called ▶ tap to play from here
Silent Spring
Rachel Carson
you do have a discussion of rachel carlson carson and her silent spring and the influence of of great minds ▶ tap to play from here
Why America Failed to Stop 9/11 | Gerald Posner & Michael Shermer
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Case Closed: Lee Harvey Oswald and the Assassination of JFK
Gerald Posner
including the pulitzer prize finalist case closed lee harvey oswald in the assassination of jfk still one of my favorite books ▶ tap to play from here
Killing the Dream: James Earl Ray and the Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Gerald Posner
his other books include killing the dream james earl ray and the assassination of martin luther king jr ▶ tap to play from here
God's Bankers: A History of Money and Power at the Vatican
Gerald Posner
his 2015 book god's bankers a 200 year history of the finances of the vatican was an acclaimed new york times bestseller ▶ tap to play from here
Why America Slept: The Failure to Prevent 9/11
Gerald Posner
and relevant here why america slept the failure to prevent 911 ▶ tap to play from here
Secrets of the Kingdom: The Inside Story of the Saudi-U.S. Connection
Gerald Posner
secrets of the kingdom the inside story of the saudi us connection ▶ tap to play from here
Hitler's Children: Sons and Daughters of Leaders of the Third Reich Talk About Themselves and Their Fathers
Gerald Posner
hitler's children sons and daughters of leaders of the third reich talk about themselves and their fathers ▶ tap to play from here
Warlords of Crime: Chinese Secret Societies, the New Mafia, and International Trafficking
Gerald Posner
warlords of crime chinese secret societies the new mafia ▶ tap to play from here
Why Be Honest When Cheating Pays?
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Moral Psychology
Christian Miller
he's the author of over 130 articles as well as a moral psychology the book moral psychology and four books with oxford university press ▶ tap to play from here
Moral Character in Empirical Theory
Christian Miller
moral character in empirical theory ▶ tap to play from here
Character and Moral Psychology
Christian Miller
character and moral psychology ▶ tap to play from here
The Character Gap: How Good Are We?
Christian Miller
the character gap how good are we ▶ tap to play from here
The Honesty Crisis: Preserving Our Most Treasured Virtue in an Increasingly Dishonest World
Christian Miller
it's called the honesty crisis preserving our most treasured virtue in an increasingly dishonest world ▶ tap to play from here
Republic
Plato
you know plato's republican we ha yeah w in the in the republic book one we have glaucana adamantis ▶ tap to play from here
Moral Origins: The Evolution of Virtue, Altruism, and Shame
Christopher Boehm
richard rangham's work on self dem ▶ tap to play from here
The Brothers Karamazov
Fyodor Dostoevsky
whether or not there were really four brothers karamazov in dosyovsky's novel is irrelevant ▶ tap to play from here
Is the Future Unknowable? Uncertainty, Free Will, and the Limits of Science
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Candide
Voltaire
i came across it that the word optimism didn't even exist until seventeen fifty nine when it was invented honestly invented by voltaire for his novel candide or optimism ▶ tap to play from here
Ignorance: How It Drives Science
Stuart Firestein
he's also the author of books ignorance failure ▶ tap to play from here
It Could Be Otherwise: Science in the Age of Uncertainty
Stuart Firestein
it's called it could be otherwise there it is science in the age of uncertainty ▶ tap to play from here
Wonderful Life
Stephen Jay Gould
steve gould wrote a book called uh wonderful life and he ran this uh thought experiment ▶ tap to play from here
Enlightenment Now
Steven Pinker
pinker talks about this in enlightenment now you know that liberals hate progress and progressives really hate progress ▶ tap to play from here
The Book of Why
Judea Pearl
a great mathematician statistician um who wrote a book called the book of why in which he really uses the whole idea of the counterfactual ▶ tap to play from here
Superforecasting: The Art and Science of Prediction
Philip E. Tetlock and Dan Gardner
one of my favorite books is phil tetlock's book on super forecasters ▶ tap to play from here
The Hedgehog and the Fox
Isaiah Berlin
this little book called the hedgehog and the fox which was it was actually supposed to be an analysis of leo tolstoy ▶ tap to play from here
Rationality: What It Is, Why It Seems Scarce, Why It Matters
Steven Pinker
pinker talks about this in his rationality book you know uh uh citing coneman and tversky it's the base rate neglect ▶ tap to play from here
Why We Want to Believe in Aliens and Why We Still Haven't Found Them
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We Want to Believe: How Aliens Went Mainstream and Why It Matters
Adam Kirsch
we want to believe here it is how aliens went mainstream and why it matters ▶ tap to play from here
Cosmos
Carl Sagan
then really i've been following it since sagan's probably nineteen eighty cosmos where you had that episode on extraterrestrial intelligences ▶ tap to play from here
Contact
Carl Sagan
you have a nice uh discussion here about sagan's support of the seti program and contact his novel made into a film and so on ▶ tap to play from here
Communion
Whitley Strieber
for many people over the last forty years that book that you reference is uh whitley striver's communion ▶ tap to play from here
Religion as Make-Believe
Neil Van Leeuwen
i had neil uh van luen on the show he wrote a book called make bel uh make religion is make believe it's not a great title ▶ tap to play from here
Is There a Second Arrow of Time? A New Law of Evolution, Information, and Complexity
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The Sciences: An Integrated Approach
Robert Hazen
author of the sciences and integrated approach ▶ tap to play from here
The Story of Earth: The First 4.5 Billion Years, from Stardust to Living Planet
Robert Hazen
the story of earth the first four point five billion years that covers most of it ▶ tap to play from here
Symphony in C: Carbon and the Evolution of Almost Everything
Robert Hazen
symphony and c carbon and the evolution of almost everything ▶ tap to play from here
Time's Second Arrow: Evolution, Order, and a New Law of Nature
Robert Hazen and Michael L. Wong
and his new book here it is time's second arrow evolution order and a new law of nature ▶ tap to play from here
On the Origin of Species
Charles Darwin
publication of charles darwin's on the origin of the origin of species ▶ tap to play from here
The Return of the God Hypothesis
Stephen C. Meyer
steven myers big massive book the return of the god hypothesis ▶ tap to play from here
Why Good People Disagree About Right and Wrong
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Are We Building a God? AI, Superintelligence, and the Coming Singularity
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The Singularity Is Near
Ray Kurzweil
quote the title of a best selling book by ray kurzweil ▶ tap to play from here
The Evolution of God
Robert Wright
he's the new york times bestselling author of the evolution of god ▶ tap to play from here
Nonzero: The Logic of Human Destiny
Robert Wright
which was a finalist for the pulitzer prize non zero the moral animal ▶ tap to play from here
The Moral Animal
Robert Wright
the moral animal and three scientists and their gods ▶ tap to play from here
Three Scientists and Their Gods
Robert Wright
and three scientists and their gods which was the finalist for the national book critics circle award and his book why buddhism is true ▶ tap to play from here
The God Test: Artificial Intelligence and our Coming Cosmic Reckoning
Robert Wright
and here's his new book the god test artificial intelligence and our coming cosmic reckoning ▶ tap to play from here
The Physics of Immortality
Frank Tipler
frank tipler the physicist wrote that book the physics of immortality ▶ tap to play from here
Can You Trust Wikipedia? Co-Founder Larry Sanger on Wikipedia's Bias and Why He Was Banned
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How to Think Clearly About a World in Crisis: Iran, China, Russia, and the West's Economic Pessimism
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IR
Is Russia Fascist? Unraveling propaganda east and west
Marlene Laruelle
she's author edited more than twenty books including is russia fascist unraveling propaganda east and west and the oxford handbook of illiberalism ▶ tap to play from here
Oxford Handbook of Illiberalism
Marlene Laruelle
she's author edited more than twenty books including is russia fascist unraveling propaganda east and west and the oxford handbook of illiberalism ▶ tap to play from here
Enlightenment Now
Steven Pinker
i kinda take uh steven pinker's idea of progress in enlightenment now and the better angels of our nature ▶ tap to play from here
The Better Angels of Our Nature
Steven Pinker
i kinda take uh steven pinker's idea of progress in enlightenment now and the better angels of our nature ▶ tap to play from here
The Wealth of Nations
Adam Smith
adam smith writes this book in seventeen seventy six the wealth of nations on the origin of causes of the wealth of nations ▶ tap to play from here
The End of History and the Last Man
Francis Fukuyama
and then all right we're gonna get democracy and fukiyama's the end of history and the last man we're there ▶ tap to play from here
Denying History: Who Says the Holocaust Never Happened and Why Do They Say It?
Michael Shermer and Alex Grobman
i wrote a book about the holocaust denirers this guy it is bullshit what he's saying ▶ tap to play from here
The Truth About Sex Differences (Steve Stewart-Williams)
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The Ape That Understood the Universe
Steve Stewart-Williams
his second book the eighth that understood the universe was published in september twenty eighteen and an audio book version is now available and revised paperback edition releas the following year ▶ tap to play from here
America at 250: What Did the Founders Get Right?
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On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres
Nicolaus Copernicus
dated roughly from copernicus's on the revolutions of the heavenly spheres in fifteen forty three ▶ tap to play from here
Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica
Isaac Newton
to isaac newton's principia in sixteen eighty seven ▶ tap to play from here
The Spirit of the Laws
Montesquieu
in his seventeen forty eight work the spirit of the laws for example is the french philosophie consciously invoked newton ▶ tap to play from here
An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
Adam Smith
the title is an inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of nations ▶ tap to play from here
When History Goes on Trial: Demjanjuk, Eichmann, and Justice After Atrocity
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The Right Wrong Man: John Demjanjuk and the Last Great Nazi War Crimes Trial
Lawrence Douglas
his many books include the right wrong man and john demunyuk and the last great nazi war crimes trial ▶ tap to play from here
The Memory of Judgment: Making Law and History in the Trials of the Holocaust
Lawrence Douglas
and the memory of judgment is making law and history in the trials of the holocaust ▶ tap to play from here
The Criminal State: War, Atrocity, and the Epoch of International Justice
Lawrence Douglas
and his new book is the criminal state ▶ tap to play from here
The Trail of the Fox: The Life of Field-Marshal Rommel
David Irving
i r i remember reading the desert fox the story of erwin rommel ▶ tap to play from here
Hitler's War
David Irving
most of his uh book on hitler's war w the first edition was fine ▶ tap to play from here
The Origins of Morality
Christopher Boehm
i like to cite um christopher bohm's uh book the origins of morality ▶ tap to play from here
The Internationalists: How a Radical Plan to Outlaw War Remade the World
Oona Hathaway and Scott Shapiro
there was a book that came out a few years ago called the internationalists uh by una hathaway and scott shapiro ▶ tap to play from here
Spandau: The Secret Diaries
Albert Speer
wrote a book i read you know what uh diary at spandauer whatever it was called ▶ tap to play from here
Denying History: Who Says the Holocaust Never Happened and Why Do They Say It?
Michael Shermer and Alex Grobman
yeah in my book deny on history i document where they started off in the thirties euthanizing german citizens ▶ tap to play from here
Operation Paperclip: The Secret Intelligence Program That Brought Nazi Scientists to America
Annie Jacobson
i read uh annie jacobson's book uh operation paperclip ▶ tap to play from here
Why I Joined the Government UAP Science Advisory Council
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Contact
Carl Sagan
contact carl sagan's film based uh the film based on carl sagan's book ▶ tap to play from here
If the Universe Is Teeming with Aliens ... WHERE IS EVERYBODY?: Seventy-Five Solutions to the Fermi Paradox and the Problem of Extraterrestrial Life
Stephen Webb
there's a book you know like fifty answers to the fermi paradox ▶ tap to play from here
The Roswell Incident
Charles Berlitz and William L. Moore
the narrative was solidified when charles burlet's and william l moore's book the roswell incident was published ▶ tap to play from here
UFO Crash at Roswell
Kevin Randle and Donald Schmidt
such as kevin randall and donald schmidt's ufo crash at roswell ▶ tap to play from here
Crash at Corona
Don Berliner and Staten Friedman
and don berliner and staten friedman's book crash at corona ▶ tap to play from here
Massimo Pigliucci on Doubt, Moral Courage, and Living Without Illusions
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Nonsense on Stilts: How to Tell Science from Bunk
Massimo Pigliucci
his books include nonsense on stilts philosophy of pseudoscience ▶ tap to play from here
Denying Evolution: Creationism, Scientism, and the Nature of Science
Massimo Pigliucci
denying evolution creationism scientism and the nature of science ▶ tap to play from here
How to Be a Stoic: Using Ancient Philosophy to Live a Modern Life
Massimo Pigliucci
how to be a stoic using ancient philosophy to live a modern life ▶ tap to play from here
How to Be a Happy Skeptic
Massimo Pigliucci
his new book is how to be a happy skeptic ▶ tap to play from here
Natural Goodness
Philippa Foot
presents it articulates a modern version of virtuetics ▶ tap to play from here
The Case for Democracy
Natan Sharansky
sherinsky's book the case for democracy ▶ tap to play from here
Determined: A Science of Life Without Free Will
Robert Sapolsky
sapulsky in his book determined we are nothing more or less than cumulative biological and environmental luck ▶ tap to play from here
Cathy Young: Why Free Societies Need Free Speech
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CeaseFire: Why Women and Men Must Join Forces to Achieve True Equality
Kathy Young
author of two books and i'm going to go to the case fire why women and men must join forces to achieve true equality ▶ tap to play from here
Growing Up in Moscow: Memories of a Soviet Girlhood
Kathy Young
and growing up in moscow memories of a soviet girlhood ▶ tap to play from here
Unwanted Advances
Laura Kipnis
laura kippnis who wrote a very good book called unwanted advances ▶ tap to play from here
The Closing of the American Mind
Allan Bloom
bloom's book yeah uh the closing of the american mind ▶ tap to play from here
The Criminal State
Lawrence Douglas
lawrence douglas on the show he wrote a bo new book called the criminal state ▶ tap to play from here
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