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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   Drew Ramsey

   Is Modern Life Making Us Miserable? What's Fueling the Mental Health Crisis & What Can Help? · May 2025

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   Jennifer Michael Hecht

   335. Jennifer Michael Hecht on How to Find Meaning, Purpose, and Happiness in Everyday Life · Mar 2023

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   Leonard Mlodinow

   240. Leonard Mlodinow — Emotional: How Feelings Shape Our Thinking · 3 episodes

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   Marc Schulz

   329. Marc Schulz — The Good Life: Lessons from the World's Longest Scientific Study of Happiness · Mar 2023

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   Melvin Konner

   90. Melvin Konner — Believers: Faith in Human Nature · Nov 2019

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   Paul Zak

   331. Paul Zak — Immersion: The Science of the Extraordinary and the Source of Happiness · Mar 2023

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   Ursula Goodenough

   336. The Sacred Depths of Nature — Ursula Goodenough on How to Find Sacred Scientific Spirituality · Mar 2023

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   Jeff Kripal

   How to Think About Souls, UFOs, Time, Belief, and Everything · Sep 2024

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   Mike Rothschild

   213. Mike Rothschild — The Storm Is Upon Us: How QAnon Became a Movement, Cult, and Conspiracy Theory of Everything · Sep 2021

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    Simon Winchester

    Why Eastbound Flights Are Faster, and Other Strange Things About Wind (Simon Winchester) · 2 episodes

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    Alan Stern

    The Future of Space Exploration Amid NASA Mission Shutdowns · 2 episodes

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    David Grinspoon
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    Hakeem Oluseyi

    Why Do We Exist? Hakeem Oluseyi · Apr 2026

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    Justin Gregg

    304. Justin Gregg — If Nietzsche Were a Narwhal: What Animal Intelligence Reveals About Human Stupidity · Nov 2022

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    Lisa Kaltenegger

    The New Science of Planet Hunting in the Cosmos · May 2024

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    Majid Fotuhi

    What Really Prevents Cognitive Decline · Apr 2026

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    Matt Kaplan

    Heretics: The Scientists Who Were Mocked But Later Proven Right · Mar 2026

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    Max Boot

    Why Ronald Reagan Wanted to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (Max Boot) · Oct 2024

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    Sarah Scoles

    126. Sarah Scoles — They Are Already Here: UFO Culture and Why We See Saucers · Jul 2020

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    Sophia Rosenfeld

    Drowning in Decisions: Do We Have Too Many Choices? · Jul 2025

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    Stephon Alexander

    306. Stephon Alexander — Fear of a Black Universe: An Outsider's Guide to the Future of Physics · 2 episodes

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    Suzanne Nossel

    226. Suzanne Nossel on defending free speech for all, based on her book Dare to Speak · Nov 2021

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    Craig Whitlock

    218. Craig Whitlock — The Afghanistan Papers: A Secret History of the War · Oct 2021

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    David Quammen

    33. David Quammen — The Tangled Tree: A Radical New History of Life · Aug 2018

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    Ian Morris

    279. Ian Morris on Deep Time and Big History · Jun 2022

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    John Cassidy

    AI, Trade Wars, Degrowth: What's Next for the Global Economy? · May 2025

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    Nicholas Dirks

    307. Nicholas Dirks on Science Denial, Distrust, and Skepticism · Nov 2022

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    Richard Nisbett

    227. Richard Nisbett on Thinking & Reason · Nov 2021

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    Ariel Zeleznikow-Johnston

    What if Death Isn't the End? The Science of Forever · Jan 2025

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    David Christian

    278. "Big Historian" David Christian on Time, the Near and Far Future, Transhumanism, Interstellar Migrations, the Fate of Our Species, and the End of Time · Jun 2022

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    David Wengrow

    237. David Wengrow on The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity · Dec 2021

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    Johnjoe McFadden

    244. Johnjoe McFadden — Life is Simple: How Occam's Razor Set Science Free and Shapes the UniverseMcFadden — Life is Simple: How Occam's Razor Set Science Free and Shapes the Universe · Jan 2022

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    Lucy Cooke

    288. Lucy Cooke — Bitch: On the Female of the Species · Jul 2022

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    Nicholas Wright

    The Psychology of War: Could YOU Make a Moral Choice in Wartime? · Nov 2025

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    Phil Tinline

    The Hoax of the Century: Iron Mountain · Mar 2025

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    Rebecca Wragg Sykes

    140. Rebecca Wragg Sykes — Kindred: Neanderthal Life, Love, Death and Art · Oct 2020

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    Suzie Sheehy

    318. Suzie Sheehy — The Matter of Everything: How Curiosity, Physics, and Improbable Experiments Changed the World · Jan 2023

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    Catherine Wilson

    96. Catherine Wilson — How to Be an Epicurean: The Ancient Art of Living Well · Dec 2019

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    Christian Miller

    Why Be Honest When Cheating Pays? · Sep 2026

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    Colin McGinn

    34. Colin McGinn — Paradoxes, Puzzles, and Philosophy · 2 episodes

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