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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   Matt Thornton

   A Guide to Violence and Self-Defense. · Jun 2023

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   Michael Osterholm

   COVID-19: What We Learned (and Didn't) About Masks, Lockdowns, and Vaccines · Sep 2025

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   Michael Shellenberger

   Michael Shellenberger Explains Government Censorship of Social Media · 3 episodes

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   Michele Gelfand

   54. Dr. Michele Gelfand — Rule Makers, Rule Breakers: How Tight and Loose Cultures Wire Our World · Feb 2019

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   Sally Satel

   243. Sally Satel on Addiction, the Opioid Crisis, Deaths of Despair, and How Psychiatry Has Gone Woke · Jan 2022

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   Tom Nichols

   214. Tom Nichols — Our Own Worst Enemy: The Assault From Within on Modern Democracy · Oct 2021

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   Daryl Davis

   How One Black Man Dismantled the KKK, One Conversation at a Time · Dec 2025

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   Deepak Chopra

   85. Deepak Chopra — Metahuman: Unleashing Your Infinite Potential · Oct 2019

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   Jim Al-Khalili

   261. Jim Al-Khalili on the Joy of Science · Apr 2022

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    Minouche Shafik

    176. Minouche Shafik — What We Owe Each Other: A New Social Contract for a Better Society · Apr 2021

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    Susan Blackmore

    47. Dr. Susan Blackmore — Altered States and Conscious Beings · Dec 2018

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    Adam Gopnik

    Accomplishment and Happiness (Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker) · Apr 2024

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    Dacher Keltner

    317. Dacher Keltner — Awe: The New Science of Everyday Wonder and How It Can Transform Your Life · Jan 2023

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    David Lipsky

    The Influence of Politics and Tribalism on Climate Science · Jul 2024

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    Jane McGonigal

    256. Imagining the Future with Reality Game Designer and Futurist Jane McGonigal · Mar 2022

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    Naomi Oreskes

    326. Naomi Oreskes — The Big Myth: How American Business Taught Us to Loathe Government and Love the Free Market · 2 episodes

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    Terry Sejnowski

    The Future of AI: Consciousness and Ethical Dilemmas · Oct 2024

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    Amber Scorah

    97. Amber Scorah — Leaving the Witness: Exiting a Religion and Finding a Life · Dec 2019

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    Angus Deaton

    Nobel Prize Winner Explains Inequality and Capitalism · Dec 2023

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    Barbara F Walter

    249. Barbara F. Walter on How Civil Wars Start and How to Stop Them, including in the United States · Feb 2022

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    Batya Ungar-Sargon

    Batya Ungar-Sargon: Why the Left Sees Jews Differently Now · 2 episodes

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    Bethany Mandel

    Children and Politics · Jun 2023

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    Bruce Hood

    The Science of Happines · 2 episodes

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    Bruce Schneier

    52. Bruce Schneier — Hacked! Security and Survival in a Hyper-Connected World · Feb 2019

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    Caleb Scharf

    Are We Meant to Leave Earth? Why Humanity May Have No Choice but to Go to Space · Dec 2025

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    Carissa Véliz

    How Algorithms Use Your Data to Control You · Jun 2026

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    Carol Tavris

    10. Dr. Carol Tavris — Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me) · Feb 2017

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    Christopher Rufo

    Christopher Rufo Decodes Cultural Shifts in America · Jul 2023

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    Daniel Coyle

    Flourishing in the Age of Algorithms · Apr 2026

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    Dannagal Goldthwaite Young

    How Media, Politics, and Identity Drive Our Appetite for Misinformation · Nov 2023

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    David Zweig

    Did Shutting Down Schools Help or Hurt? A COVID-19 Postmortem · Apr 2025

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    Eric Kaufmann

    The Collapse of Open Inquiry: Sacred Victims and Forbidden Questions · Dec 2025

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    Gregg Hurwitz

    51. Gregg Hurwitz — Into the Light: Myths, Narratives, Archetypes, and Trump · Jan 2019

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    Heather Heying

    209. Heather Heying & Bret Weinstein on Evolution and the Challenges of Modern Life, Based on Their New Book a Hunter-Gatherer's Guide to the 21st Century · Sep 2021

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    Heather Mac Donald

    Identity or Merit: What Matters More? (Heather Mac Donald) · 2 episodes

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    Helen Joyce

    285. Helen Joyce — Trans: When Ideology Meets Reality · Jul 2022

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    Helen Pluckrose

    Are We Confused About Social Justice? (Helen Pluckrose) · 2 episodes

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    Jennifer Sciubba

    253. Jennifer Sciubba on Putin, Russia, Ukraine, National & Global Security, and How Population Demographics Shape Our Future · Mar 2022

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    Jim Lampley

    Jim Lampley on Hosting the Super Bowl, Calling Tyson's Fights, and His Friendship with O.J. · Sep 2025

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    John Mackey

    From Hippie to Whole Foods Mogul · 2 episodes

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