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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   James Randi

   BONUS: James Randi—A Report from the Paranormal Trenches (1992) · Oct 2020

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   Stephen Asma

   26. Dr. Stephen T. Asma — Why We Need Religion · Jun 2018

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   Alan Blinder

   301. Alan Blinder — A Monetary and Fiscal History of the United States · Oct 2022

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   Alan Steinfeld

   182. A Conversation With UFOlogist Alan Steinfeld on How Believers and Skeptics Think About UFOs · May 2021

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   Alexander Green

   184. Alexander Green on Money & Why It Matters · May 2021

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   Anastacia Marx de Salcedo

   290. Anastacia Marx de Salcedo — Eat like a Pig, Run Like a Horse · Aug 2022

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   Andrew Rader

   120. Andrew Rader — Beyond the Known: How Exploration Created the Modern World and Will Take Us to the Stars · Jun 2020

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   Andrew Seidel

   73. Andrew Seidel — Busting the Founding Myth: Why Christian Nationalism is Un-American · Jul 2019

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   Andrew Shtulman

   How to Cultivate Your Imagination as an Adult · 2 episodes

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    Anthony Kronman

    79. Anthony Kronman — The Assault on American Excellence · Aug 2019

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    Anthony Vinci

    A Former Spy Explains How AI is Changing Espionage · Nov 2025

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    Arthur Benjamin

    3. Dr. Arthur Benjamin — The Magic of Math: Solving for x and Figuring Out Why · Jan 2016

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    Ashlen Hilliard

    Why No One Thinks They're in a Cult · Oct 2025

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    Audun Dahl

    Why Good People Disagree About Right and Wrong · Aug 2026

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    Barry Markovsky

    Would You Want to Know If You Were Wrong? · Sep 2026

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    Ben Alderson-Day

    340. Ben Alderson-Day — Presence: The Strange Science and True Stories of the Unseen Other · Apr 2023

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    Benjamin Bergen

    7. Dr. Benjamin Bergen — What the F: What Swearing Reveals About Our Language, Our Brains, and Ourselves · Oct 2016

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    Bethanne Patrick

    305. Bethanne Patrick — Book World · Nov 2022

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    Bion Bartning
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    Bobby Duffy

    224. Bobby Duffy on The Generation Myth: Why When You're Born Matters Less Than You Think · 2 episodes

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    Brian Klass

    238. Brian Klass — Corruptible: Who Gets Power and How it Changes Us · Dec 2021

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    Brook Urick

    Sex Work, Ethics, and Evolutionary Psychology: What REALLY Happens on Sugar Daddy Websites? · Feb 2025

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    Bryan Walsh

    80. Bryan Walsh — End Times: A Brief Guide to the End of the World · Aug 2019

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    Burt W. Griffin

    JFK 60th Anniversary of the Assassination · Nov 2023

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    Caylan Ford

    A Trial by Media Ended Caylan Ford's Career in 4 Hours · Dec 2023

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    Charles Fishman

    75. Charles Fishman — One Giant Leap: The Impossible Mission that Flew us to the Moon · Jul 2019

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    Charles Foster

    220. Charles Foster on Being a Human: Adventures in Forty Thousand Years of Consciousness · Oct 2021

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    Charles S. Cockell

    27. Charles S. Cockell — The Equations of Life: How Physics Shapes Evolution · Jun 2018

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    Chris Edwards

    How AI Sees Science Differently Than We Do · 2 episodes

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    Dan Barker

    The Current State of Atheism and Separation of Church and State · Nov 2024

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    Daniel Akst

    316. Daniel Akst on the Pacifists of the Greatest Generation Who Revolutionized Resistance · Jan 2023

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    Daniel B. Mills
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    Daniel Chirot

    106. Daniel Chirot — You Say You Want a Revolution? Radical Idealism and its Tragic Consequences · Mar 2020

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    Daniel Oberhaus

    88. Daniel Oberhaus — Extraterrestrial Languages · Oct 2019

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    Daniel Waldenström

    Building a Wealthier, Fairer Society · Dec 2024

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    Daniel de Visé

    45. Daniel de Visé — On Comebacks in Sports and Life · Nov 2018

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    David Baron

    The Original Alien Craze: When People Believed in Martians · Dec 2025

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    David J. Halperin

    124. David J. Halperin — Intimate Alien: The Hidden Story of the UFO · Jul 2020

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    David Leiser

    94. David Leiser — How We Misunderstand Economics and Why it Matters · Dec 2019

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    David P. Barash

    147. David Barash — On the Brink of Destruction · 2 episodes

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