Logic, Creativity, and the Limits of AI: How Humans Think in Ways Machines Never Will
In this episode, Angus Fletcher explains why the human brain doesn't work like a computer and why our deepest strengths come not from logic or data processing but from imagination, emotion, and the ab...
18 Nov 20251h 49min
The Psychology of War: Could YOU Make a Moral Choice in Wartime?
War begins in the human mind long before it unfolds on the battlefield. In this episode, Michael Shermer sits down with Nicholas Wright, a neurologist, neuroscientist, security strategist, and advisor...
16 Nov 20251h 26min
Tribes, Teams, and Cults: How Groups Shape What We Believe
Why do smart people join dangerous cults, follow bad leaders, or stay silent when they know something's wrong? In this episode, Michael Shermer talks with organizational psychologist Colin Fisher abou...
11 Nov 20251h 35min
Shermer Says 3: Weird Experiences, the Meaning of Dreams, and What Mark Twain Knew About Reality
In this episode, Michael Shermer explores anomalous experiences through personal anecdotes and historical examples. He reflects on how to balance healthy skepticism with open-mindedness, and how to re...
8 Nov 202531min
A Former Spy Explains How AI is Changing Espionage
A former senior intelligence officer explains how espionage is evolving in the age of AI and amid rising global tensions with China, and why the mass harvesting of data affects not just nation-states,...
4 Nov 20251h 7min
Did Lost Civilizations Really Exist? An Archaeologist Explains
Archaeologist Ken Feder sheds light on how archaeology separates evidence from wishful thinking and entertaining storytelling. He explains what rock art, radiocarbon dating, and DNA can really tell us...
2 Nov 20251h 39min
Charles Murray: Why I'm Taking Religion Seriously
Michael Shermer sits down with Charles Murray (author of The Bell Curve, Coming Apart, and now Taking Religion Seriously) for a riveting 100-minute conversation about Murray's late-life turn from Harv...
25 Okt 20251h 43min
The Myth of Human Exceptionalism: Why Humans Aren't as Special as We Think
In this episode, Harvard primatologist Christine Webb challenges one of our deepest beliefs: that humans stand apart from the rest of nature. She traces the roots of human exceptionalism from Aristotl...
21 Okt 20251h 3min
