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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   Elizabeth Weiss

   Bones, Bias, and Backlash: Elizabeth Weiss on the Politicization of Anthropology · 2 episodes

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   Gregg Caruso
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   Sam Rosenfeld

   280. Sam Rosenfeld on Party Polarization in the Postwar United States · Jun 2022

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   Talia Lavin

   Faith, Politics, and Power: Talia Lavin on the Christian Right's America · Oct 2024

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   Tim Palmer

   302. Tim Palmer — The Primacy of Doubt · Oct 2022

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   Christopher Chabris
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   Daniel Simons

   Why We Get Fooled · Aug 2023

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   David Brin

   338. AI SciFi — Physicist, Science Fiction Author, and AI Expert David Brin on ChatGPT and Whether AI Poses an Existential Threat · Apr 2023

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   Einat Wilf

   How to Achieve Peace in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict · Jun 2024

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    Martin J. Sherwin

    155. Martin Sherwin — Gambling with Armageddon: Nuclear Roulette from Hiroshima to The Cuban Missile Crisis, 1945–1962 · Feb 2021

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    Matt Angle

    The Future of Brain Implants: Restoring Speech, Regaining Mobility, Treating Pain · Dec 2025

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    Peter Ward

    271. Peter Ward — The Price of Immortality: The Race to Live Forever · May 2022

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    Phil Gramm

    The Myths of American Capitalism Explained · May 2025

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    Avshalom Elitzur

    Does Consciousness Break the Laws of Physics? · Sep 2026

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    Bernardo Kastrup

    198. Bernardo Kastrup on the Nature of Reality: Materialism, Idealism, or Skepticism · Aug 2021

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    Dean Spears

    Depopulation: The Silent Global Emergency · Aug 2025

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    Gale Pooley
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    Gareth Gore

    Gareth Gore Investigates: Opus Dei, Dark Money, and Global Deception · Dec 2024

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    Isabelle Boemeke

    Is Nuclear Energy Our Best Shot at Saving the Planet? · Aug 2025

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    Kelly Richmond Pope

    Scams and Frauds: A Skeptic's Survival Guide · May 2023

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    Kelsey Johnson

    From the Big Bang to God: The Universe's Biggest Mysteries · Nov 2024

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    Nick Pope

    246. Nick Pope on UAPs, UFOs, Conspiracies, and Cover-ups · Feb 2022

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    Nikolay Kukushkin

    What Makes You "You" When Everything Is Just Atoms? · Jan 2026

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    Paul Halpern

    Are Parallel Universes and Extra Dimensions Real? · 2 episodes

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    Robert Trivers

    16. Dr. Robert Trivers — Evolutionary Theory & Human Nature · Nov 2017

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    Simone Stolzoff

    Why We Cling to Certainty, Conspiracies, and Bad Predictions · May 2026

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    Tanya Luhrmann

    How Can God Feel So Real? · May 2023

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    Nathan Law

    Hong Kong's Turmoil: Insights from an Exiled Political Leader · Jun 2024

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    Michael Strevens

    283. Michael Strevens — The Knowledge Machine: How Irrationality Created Modern Science · Jun 2022

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    Annie Murphy Paul

    196. Annie Murphy Paul — The Extended Mind: The Power of Thinking Outside the Brain · Jul 2021

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    Steve Stewart-Williams

    The Truth About Sex Differences (Steve Stewart-Williams) · Jul 2026

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    Amir Raz

    The Suggestible Brain · Dec 2024

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    Jon Mills

    From Equality to Equity: How Social Justice Becomes Ideology · 2 episodes

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    Erick Brimen

    How to Start a New Country · Jan 2025

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    Jim Davies

    330. Jim Davies — How to Be a Better Person · Mar 2023

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    Tom Chivers

    Everything is Predictable: How Bayesian Statistics Explain Our World · May 2024

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    Barbara Hofer
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    Gale Sinatra

    212. Gale Sinatra & Barbara Hofer — Science Denial: Why It Happens and What to Do About It · Sep 2021

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    Stuart Vyse

    272. Stuart Vyse — The Uses of Delusion: Why It's Not Always Rational to Be Rational · May 2022

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    Donald Prothero

    146. Donald Prothero — Weird Earth: Debunking Strange Ideas About Our Planet · 2 episodes

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