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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Every guest on The Michael Shermer Show

472 guests, ranked by how many people never want them back.

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   Janna Levin

   5. Dr. Janna Levin — Gravitational Waves, Black Holes and the Nature of the Cosmos · Apr 2016

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   Douglas Murray

   Douglas Murray on Hamas, Iran, and the Collapse of the Two-State Solution · 4 episodes

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   Adam Frank

   The Scientific Search for Alien Life · Nov 2023

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   Jordan Peterson

   174. Jordan Peterson — Beyond Order: 12 More Rules for Life · Apr 2021

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   Sara Walker

   The Physics of Life's Emergence · Aug 2024

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   Charan Ranganath

   Neuroscientist Explains Selective Memory (Charan Ranganath) · May 2024

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   Sean Carroll

   Sean Carroll Explains Quantum Field Theory · May 2024

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   Annie Jacobsen

   Should We Prepare for Nuclear War? (Annie Jacobsen) · Apr 2024

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   Lee Cronin

   What Turns Sand Into Cells? How Nonliving Matter Becomes Alive · Apr 2026

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    Lisa Randall

    1. Dr. Lisa Randall — Dark Matter and the Dinosaurs: The Astounding Interconnectedness of the Universe · Nov 2015

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    Kathryn Paige Harden

    216. Kathryn Paige Harden — The Genetic Lottery: Why DNA Matters for Social Equality · Oct 2021

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    Justin Garcia

    The Evolutionary Roots of Love, Sex, and Jealousy · Feb 2026

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    Brian Greene

    108. Brian Greene — Until the End of Time: Mind, Matter, and Our Search for Meaning in an Evolving Universe · Mar 2020

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    Daniel Lieberman

    150. Daniel Lieberman — Exercised: Why Something We Never Evolved to Do is Healthy and Rewarding · Jan 2021

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    Robert Wright

    Are We Building a God? AI, Superintelligence, and the Coming Singularity · Aug 2026

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    Richard Reeves

    Why Men Are Struggling, Why It Matters, and What to Do About It · 2 episodes

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    Debra Soh

    Debra Soh on Why Men and Women Are Drifting Apart, Dating Apps, and Gen Z · 3 episodes

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    Louis Theroux

    267. Louis Theroux on Neo-Nazis, Jimmy Savile, UFO Cults, and Scientology · Apr 2022

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    Joseph Henrich

    134. Joe Henrich — The WEIRDest People in the World: How the West Became Psychologically Peculiar and Particularly Prosperous · Sep 2020

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    Tyler Cowen

    56. Dr. Tyler Cowen — How an Economist Views the World · Mar 2019

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    Richard Rhodes

    25. Richard Rhodes — Energy: A Human History · May 2018

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    Yuval Noah Harari

    38. Dr. Yuval Noah Harari — 21 Lessons for the 21st Century · Sep 2018

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    Diana Walsh Pasulka

    105. Diana Pasulka — American Cosmic: UFOs, Religion, Technology · Feb 2020

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    Greg Lukianoff

    Cancel Culture and What to Do About It (Greg Lukianoff & Rikki Schlott) · 2 episodes

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    Ben Shapiro

    58. Ben Shapiro — The Right Side of History: How Reason and Moral Purpose Made the West Great · Mar 2019

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    Martin Rees

    Are We Alone? Martin Rees on Aliens, The Fermi Paradox & The Fate of Humanity · 3 episodes

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    Donald Hoffman

    78. Dr. Donald Hoffman — The Case Against Reality: Why Evolution Hid the Truth From Our Eyes · Aug 2019

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    Jonathan Haidt

    43. Dr. Jonathan Haidt — Coming Apart · 2 episodes

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    Oliver Stone

    262. Oliver Stone on Ukraine, Putin, and the Military-Industrial Complex · Apr 2022

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    David Buss

    181. David Buss — When Men Behave Badly: The Hidden Roots of Sexual Deception, Harassment, and Assault · May 2021

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    Chris Blattman

    265. Christopher Blattman on Why We Fight: The Roots of War and the Paths to Peace · Apr 2022

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    David Wolpe

    Armageddon in the Middle East? (David Wolpe) · Oct 2023

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    Philip Goff

    The Purpose of the Universe · 2 episodes

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    Brian Keating

    175. Brian Keating — How it All Began: Cosmic Inflation, the Multiverse, and the Nature of Scientific Proof · 2 episodes

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    Jay Bhattacharya

    Thinking Critically About COVID: Conspiracies vs. Nuance and Facts (Jay Bhattacharya) · Jul 2024

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    Neal Stephenson

    Neal Stephenson on Predicting the Metaverse, Crypto, and AI Decades Ahead · Oct 2024

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    Niall Ferguson

    179. Niall Ferguson — Doom: The Politics of Catastrophe · May 2021

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    Richard Wrangham

    61. Dr. Richard Wrangham — The Goodness Paradox: The Strange Relationship Between Virtue and Violence in Human Evolution · Apr 2019

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    Jay McClelland

    The Emergent Mind: From Ant Colonies to Human Thought to Artificial Intelligence · Dec 2025

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    Jeff Hawkins

    169. Jeff Hawkins — A Thousand Brains: A New Theory of Intelligence · Apr 2021

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