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Podcast Profile: Rationally Speaking Podcast

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263 episodes
2010 to 2021
Median: 51 minutes
Collection: SciPhi-Adjacent

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The Rationally Speaking Podcast, hosted by Julia Galef, engages prominent guests in exploring a diverse array of intellectually stimulating topics situated at the intersection of rationality and societal issues. This bi-weekly podcast, produced by Benny Pollak and recorded in Greenwich Village, New York, delves into subjects that straddle the lines between reason and fallacy, credible science and pseudoscience. Each episode presents a thoughtful dialogue aimed at dissecting complex phenomena with a skeptical lens, often laced with humor to make the discourse both engaging and accessible.

Recurring themes within the episodes include analyses of societal and political phenomena, such as polarization, income inequality, legal frameworks, and technological impacts. Discussions frequently tackle philosophical questions around ethics, human behavior, and the societal implications of emerging scientific knowledge. Issues related to economic theories, both in micro and macro contexts, are also prominent, discussing topics like poverty alleviation, market dynamics, or the economic repercussions of modern technological advancements.

The podcast also frequently addresses psychological and behavioral sciences, examining how human cognition and societal norms influence decision-making and perceptions. Critical scrutiny of scientific practices and the authenticity of well-known experiments is another focal point, reflecting a robust commitment to challenging assumed knowledge and fostering intellectual honesty. In exploring these themes, there is an evident appreciation for both the applied practical insights and the broader theoretical underpinnings, suggesting a versatile approach to intellectual inquiry.

In essence, the Rationally Speaking Podcast provides a platform where nuanced discussions are conducted on a wide spectrum of contemporary and theoretical issues, inviting listeners to question assumptions and engage deeply with thought-provoking content.

Episodes:

Is cash the best way to help the poor? (Michael Faye) 2021-Dec-23 52 minutes

Humanity on the precipice (Toby Ord) 2021-Dec-10 68 minutes

Dangerous biological research - is it worth it? (Kevin Esvelt) 2021-Nov-30 67 minutes

Why we're polarized (Ezra Klein) 2021-Nov-05 78 minutes

The genetic lottery (Kathryn Paige Harden) 2021-Oct-15 64 minutes

How to reason about COVID, and other hard things (Kelsey Piper) 2021-Sep-14 77 minutes

"Price gouging" in emergencies 2021-Aug-19 52 minutes

How to be a data detective (Tim Harford) 2021-Jun-10 62 minutes

Are Uber and Lyft drivers being exploited? 2021-Apr-09 61 minutes

Unfair laws / Why judges should be originalists (William Baude) 2021-Mar-19 63 minutes

Intellectual honesty, cryptocurrency, & more (Vitalik Buterin) 2021-Mar-04 76 minutes

Understanding moral disagreements (Jonathan Haidt) 2021-Feb-18 66 minutes

The case for one billion Americans, & more (Matt Yglesias) 2021-Feb-03 100 minutes

What’s wrong with tech companies banning people? (Julian Sanchez) 2021-Jan-20 56 minutes

The case for racial colorblindness (Coleman Hughes) 2021-Jan-05 70 minutes

Are Democrats being irrational? (David Shor) 2020-Dec-22 81 minutes

The moral limits of markets / The problem with meritocracy (Michael Sandel) 2020-Dec-08 59 minutes

Deaths of despair / Effective altruism (Angus Deaton) 2020-Nov-24 64 minutes

Are Boomers to blame for Millennials' struggles? 2020-Nov-09 59 minutes

Rationally Speaking #244 - Stephanie Lepp and Buster Benson on "Seeing other perspectives, with compassion" 2019-Nov-30 42 minutes

Rationally Speaking #243 - Bryan Caplan on "The Case for Open Borders" 2019-Nov-12 49 minutes

Rationally Speaking #242 - Keith Frankish on "Why consciousness is an illusion" 2019-Oct-29 43 minutes

Rationally Speaking #241 - Thibault Le Texier on "Debunking the Stanford Prison Experiment" 2019-Oct-15 54 minutes

Rationally Speaking #240 - David Manheim on "Goodhart's Law and why metrics fail" 2019-Sep-17 59 minutes

Rationally Speaking #239 - Saloni Dattani on "The debate over whether male and female brains are different" 2019-Sep-03 48 minutes

Rationally Speaking #238 - Razib Khan on "Stuff I've Been Wrong About" 2019-Aug-20 51 minutes

Rationally Speaking #237 - Andy Przybylski on "Is screen time bad for you?" 2019-Aug-06 53 minutes

Rationally Speaking #236 - Alex Tabarrok on "Why are the Prices So D*mn High?" 2019-Jul-23 52 minutes

Rationally Speaking #235 - Tage Rai on "Why people think their violence is morally justified" 2019-Jun-25 59 minutes

Rationally Speaking #234 - Dylan Matthews on "Global poverty has fallen, but what should we conclude from that?" 2019-May-28 77 minutes

Rationally Speaking #233 - Clive Thompson on "The culture of coding, and how it’s changing the world" 2019-May-13 57 minutes

Rationally Speaking #232 - Tyler Cowen on "Defending big business against its critics" 2019-Apr-30 64 minutes

Rationally Speaking #231 - Helen Toner on "Misconceptions about China and artificial intelligence" 2019-Apr-16 59 minutes

Rationally Speaking #230 - Kelsey Piper on “Big picture journalism: covering the topics that matter in the long run” 2019-Apr-02 53 minutes

Rationally Speaking #229 - John Nerst on "Erisology, the study of disagreement" 2019-Mar-19 64 minutes

Rationally Speaking #228 - William Gunn and Alex Holcombe on "Is Elsevier helping or hurting scientific progress?" 2019-Mar-05 58 minutes

Rationally Speaking #227 - Sarah Haider on "Dissent and free speech" 2019-Feb-18 58 minutes

Rationally Speaking #226 - Rob Wiblin on "An updated view of the best ways to help humanity" 2019-Feb-05 53 minutes

Rationally Speaking #225 - Neerav Kingsland on "The case for charter schools" 2019-Jan-21 47 minutes

Rationally Speaking #224 - Rick Nevin on "The long-term effects of lead on crime" 2019-Jan-07 60 minutes

Rationally Speaking #223 - Chris Fraser on "The Mohists, ancient China's philosopher warriors" 2018-Dec-17 43 minutes

Rationally Speaking #222 - Spencer Greenberg and Seth Cottrell on "Ask a Mathematician, Ask a Physicist" 2018-Dec-03 57 minutes

Rationally Speaking #221 - Rob Reich on "Is philanthropy bad for democracy?" 2018-Nov-14 47 minutes

Rationally Speaking #220 - Peter Eckersley on "Tough choices on privacy and artificial intelligence" 2018-Oct-28 62 minutes

Rationally Speaking #219 - Jason Collins on "A skeptical take on behavioral economics" 2018-Oct-15 55 minutes

Rationally Speaking #218 - Chris Auld on "Good and bad critiques of economics" 2018-Oct-01 48 minutes

Rationally Speaking #217 - Aviv Ovadya on "The problem of false, biased, and artificial news" 2018-Sep-16 38 minutes

Rationally Speaking #216 - Diana Fleischman on "Being a transhumanist evolutionary psychologist" 2018-Sep-03 46 minutes

Rationally Speaking #215 - Anders Sandberg on "Thinking about the long-term future of humanity" 2018-Aug-20 43 minutes

Rationally Speaking #214 - Anthony Aguirre on "Predicting the future of science and tech, with Metaculus" 2018-Aug-06 50 minutes

Rationally Speaking #213 - Dean Simonton on "The causes of scientific and artistic genius" 2018-Jul-22 66 minutes

Rationally Speaking #212 - Ed Boyden on "How to invent game-changing technologies" 2018-Jul-09 48 minutes

Rationally Speaking #211 - Sabine Hossenfelder on "The case against beauty in physics" 2018-Jun-25 42 minutes

Rationally Speaking #210 - Stuart Ritchie on "Conceptual objections to IQ testing" 2018-Jun-11 57 minutes

Rationally Speaking #209 - Christopher Chabris on "Collective intelligence & the ethics of A/B tests" 2018-May-28 51 minutes

Rationally Speaking #208 - Annie Duke on "Thinking in bets" 2018-May-13 52 minutes

Rationally Speaking #207 - Alison Gopnik on "The wrong way to think about parenting, plus the downsides of modernity" 2018-Apr-30 63 minutes

Rationally Speaking #206 - Kal Turnbull on "Change My View" 2018-Apr-15 49 minutes

Rationally Speaking #205 - Michael Webb on "Are ideas getting harder to find?" 2018-Apr-02 48 minutes

Rationally Speaking #204 - Simine Vazire on "Reforming psychology, and self-awareness" 2018-Mar-19 53 minutes

Rationally Speaking #203 - Stephen Webb on "Where is Everybody? Solutions to the Fermi Paradox." 2018-Mar-05 40 minutes

Rationally Speaking #202 - Bryan Caplan on "The Case Against Education" 2018-Feb-19 48 minutes

Rationally Speaking #201 - Ben Buchanan on "The Cybersecurity Dilemma" 2018-Feb-05 44 minutes

Rationally Speaking #200 - Timothy Lee on "How much should tech companies moderate speech?" 2018-Jan-22 44 minutes

Rationally Speaking #199 - Jessica Flanigan on "Why people should have the right to self-medicate" 2018-Jan-08 42 minutes

Rationally Speaking #198 - Timur Kuran on "Private Truths and Public Lies" 2017-Dec-11 59 minutes

Rationally Speaking #197 - Doug Hubbard on "Why people think some things can’t be quantified (and why they’re wrong)" 2017-Nov-13 53 minutes

Rationally Speaking #196 - Eric Schwitzgebel on "Weird ideas and opaque minds" 2017-Oct-30 65 minutes

Rationally Speaking #195 - Zach Weinersmith on "Emerging technologies that'll improve and/or ruin everything" 2017-Oct-15 50 minutes

Rationally Speaking #194 - Robert Wright on "Why Buddhism is True" 2017-Oct-02 50 minutes

Rationally Speaking #193 - Eric Jonas on "Could a neuroscientist understand a microprocessor?" 2017-Sep-18 64 minutes

Rationally Speaking #192 - Jesse Singal on “The problems with implicit bias tests” 2017-Sep-03 51 minutes

Rationally Speaking #191 - Seth Stephens-Davidowitz on "What the internet can tell us about human nature" (Fixed) 2017-Aug-21 59 minutes

Rationally Speaking #190 - Amanda Askell on "Pascal's Wager and other low risks with high stakes" 2017-Aug-06 46 minutes

Rationally Speaking #189 - Stephan Guyenet on "What causes obesity?" 2017-Jul-23 66 minutes

Rationally Speaking #188 - Robert Kurzban on "Being strategically wrong" 2017-Jul-09 45 minutes

Rationally Speaking #187 - Jason Weeden on "Do people vote based on self-interest?" 2017-Jun-26 62 minutes

Rationally Speaking #186 - Tania Lombrozo on "Why we evolved the urge to explain" 2017-Jun-11 68 minutes

Rationally Speaking #185 - Hans Noel on "The role of ideology in politics" 2017-May-28 53 minutes

Rationally Speaking #184 - Gregory Clark on "What caused the industrial revolution?" 2017-May-14 66 minutes

Rationally Speaking #183 - L. A. Paul on "Transformative Experiences" 2017-Apr-30 52 minutes

Rationally Speaking #182 - Spencer Greenberg on "How online research can be faster, better, and more useful" 2017-Apr-16 52 minutes

Rationally Speaking #181 - William MacAskill on "Moral Uncertainty" 2017-Apr-02 54 minutes

Rationally Speaking #180 - David Roodman on "The Worm Wars" 2017-Mar-20 48 minutes

Rationally Speaking #179 - Dani Rodrik on "Is economics more art or science?" 2017-Mar-06 48 minutes

Rationally Speaking #178 - Tim Urban on "Trying to live well, as semi-rational animals" 2017-Feb-20 50 minutes

Rationally Speaking #177 - Dylan Matthews on "The science and ethics of kidney donation" 2017-Feb-05 44 minutes

Rationally Speaking #176 - Jason Brennan on "Against democracy" 2017-Jan-22 51 minutes

Rationally Speaking #175 - Chris Blattman on "Do sweatshops reduce poverty?" 2017-Jan-08 57 minutes

Rationally Speaking #174 - John Ioannidis on "What happened to Evidence-based medicine?" 2016-Dec-11 45 minutes

Rationally Speaking #173 - Brendan Nyhan on "What can we learn from the election?" 2016-Nov-27 39 minutes

Rationally Speaking #172 - Brian Nosek on "Why science needs openness" 2016-Nov-13 48 minutes

Rationally Speaking #171 - Scott Aaronson on "The ethics and strategy of vote trading" 2016-Oct-30 55 minutes

Rationally Speaking #170 - Will Wilkinson on "Social justice and political philosophy" 2016-Oct-16 50 minutes

Rationally Speaking #169 - Owen Cotton-Barratt on "Thinking About Humanity's Far Future" 2016-Oct-02 49 minutes

Rationally Speaking #168 - Don Moore on "Overconfidence" 2016-Sep-18 47 minutes

Rationally Speaking #167 - Samuel Arbesman on "Why technology is becoming too complex" 2016-Sep-04 50 minutes

Rationally Speaking #166 - Eric Schwitzgebel on "Why you should expect the truth to be crazy" 2016-Aug-21 53 minutes

Rationally Speaking #165 - Robert Frank on "Success and Luck" 2016-Aug-07 56 minutes

Rationally Speaking #164 - James Evans on "Using meta-knowledge to learn how science works" 2016-Jul-24 50 minutes

Rationally Speaking #163 - Gregg Caruso on "Free Will and Moral Responsibility" 2016-Jul-10 59 minutes

Rationally Speaking #162 - Sean Carroll on "Poetic Naturalism" 2016-Jun-26 50 minutes

Rationally Speaking #161 - Tom Griffiths and Brian Christian on "Algorithms to Live By" 2016-Jun-12 49 minutes

Rationally Speaking #160 - Live at NECSS -- Jacob Appel on "Tackling bioethical dilemmas" 2016-May-29 67 minutes

Rationally Speaking #159 - Colin Allen on "Do fish feel pain?" 2016-May-15 55 minutes

Rationally Speaking #158 - Dr. George Ainslie on "Negotiating with your future selves" 2016-May-01 47 minutes

Rationally Speaking #157 - Dr. Herculano-Houzel on "What made the human brain special?" 2016-Apr-17 51 minutes

Rationally Speaking #156 - David McRaney on "Why it’s so hard to change someone’s mind" 2016-Apr-03 55 minutes

Rationally Speaking #155 - Uri Simonsohn on "Detecting fraud in social science" 2016-Mar-20 59 minutes

Rationally Speaking #154 - Tom Griffiths on "Why your brain might be rational after all" 2016-Mar-06 53 minutes

Rationally Speaking #153 - Dr. Vinay Prasad on "Why so much of what we 'know' about medicine is wrong" 2016-Feb-21 47 minutes

Rationally Speaking #152 - Dan Fincke on "The pros and cons of civil disagreement" 2016-Feb-07 53 minutes

Rationally Speaking #151 - Maria Konnikova on "Why everyone falls for con artists" 2016-Jan-24 49 minutes

Rationally Speaking #150 - Elizabeth Loftus on "The malleability of human memory" 2016-Jan-10 47 minutes

Rationally Speaking #149 - Susan Gelman on "How essentialism shapes our thinking" 2015-Dec-13 47 minutes

Rationally Speaking #148 - David Kyle Johnson on "The Myths that Stole Christmas" 2015-Nov-29 45 minutes

Rationally Speaking #147 - Andrew Gelman on "Why do Americans vote the way they do?" 2015-Nov-15 52 minutes

Rationally Speaking #146 - Jesse Richardson on "The pros and cons of making fallacies famous" 2015-Nov-01 50 minutes

Rationally Speaking #145 - Phil Tetlock on "Superforecasting: The Art and Science of Prediction" 2015-Oct-18 55 minutes

Rationally Speaking #144 - Bryan Caplan on "Does parenting matter?" 2015-Oct-04 63 minutes

Rationally Speaking #143 - Scott Aaronson on "The theorem that proves rationalists can't disagree" 2015-Sep-20 51 minutes

Rationally Speaking #142 - Paul Bloom on "The case against empathy" 2015-Sep-06 52 minutes

Rationally Speaking #141 - Dan Sperber on "The Argumentative Theory of reason" 2015-Aug-23 56 minutes

Rationally Speaking #140 - Kenny Easwaran on "Newcomb's Paradox and the tragedy of rationality" 2015-Aug-09 54 minutes

Rationally Speaking #139 - Eric Schwitzgebel on "Moral hypocrisy: why doesn't knowing about ethics make people more ethical?" 2015-Jul-26 48 minutes

Rationally Speaking #138 - Ian Morris on, "Why the West rules -- for now" 2015-Jul-12 54 minutes

Rationally Speaking #137 - Marc Lipsitch on, "Should scientists try to create dangerous viruses?" 2015-Jun-28 44 minutes

Rationally Speaking #136 - David Roodman on Why Microfinance Won't Cure Global Poverty 2015-Jun-15 42 minutes

Rationally Speaking #135 - Robin Hanson on: "Most human behavior is signaling" 2015-May-31 47 minutes

Rationally Speaking #134 - Michael Shermer on: "Science drives moral progress" 2015-May-17 46 minutes

Rationally Speaking #133 - Sean Carroll on "The Many Worlds Interpretatioln Is Probably Correct" 2015-May-03 47 minutes

Rationally Speaking #132 - Live From NECSS 2015 2015-Apr-21 59 minutes

Rationally Speaking #131 - James Randi on Being An Honest Liar 2015-Apr-05 48 minutes

Rationally Speaking #130 - The Atheists Own 10 Commandments 2015-Mar-22 48 minutes

Rationally Speaking #129 - Would the World Be a Better Place Without Religion? 2015-Mar-08 51 minutes

Rationally Speaking #128 - 5th Anniversary Live Show 2015-Feb-26 69 minutes

Rationally Speaking #127 - Elise Crull on Philosophy of Physics 2015-Feb-08 49 minutes

Rationally Speaking #126 - Preston Bost on Crazy Beliefs, Sane Believers 2015-Jan-25 43 minutes

Rationally Speaking #125 - The Quantified Self 2015-Jan-18 49 minutes

Rationally Speaking #124 - Stoicism 2014-Dec-28 60 minutes

Rationally Speaking #123 - Daniel Lakens on P-Hacking and Other Problems in Psychology Research 2014-Dec-14 45 minutes

Rationally Speaking #122 - The Science and Philosophy of Humor 2014-Dec-01 50 minutes

Rationally Speaking #121 - Benjamin Todd on 80,000 Hours 2014-Nov-16 51 minutes

Rationally Speaking #120 - Nihilism 2014-Nov-02 51 minutes

Rationally Speaking #119 - Aaron James on Assholes (and Bitches) 2014-Oct-22 46 minutes

Rationally Speaking #118 - Live From Baruch College With Dr. Steven Novella 2014-Oct-05 110 minutes

Rationally Speaking #117 - Maria Konnikova on How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes 2014-Sep-21 48 minutes

Rationally Speaking #116 - Jim Baggott and Massimo on Farewell to Reality 2014-Sep-07 28 minutes

Rationally Speaking #115 - Maarten Boudry and Massimo On the Difference Between Science and Pseudoscience 2014-Aug-24 33 minutes

Rationally Speaking #114 - Massimo and Julia Go Freestyle 2014-Aug-10 51 minutes

Rationally Speaking #113 - The Turing Test 2014-Jul-27 52 minutes

Rationally Speaking #112 - Race: Just a Social Construct? 2014-Jul-13 48 minutes

Rationally Speaking #111 - Human Nature 2014-Jun-29 55 minutes

Rationally Speaking #110 - Scientia, the Unity of Knowledge 2014-Jun-15 55 minutes

Rationally Speaking #109 - Rebecca Newberger Goldstein on Plato at the Googleplex 2014-Jun-01 50 minutes

Rationally Speaking #108 - Suicide 2014-May-18 55 minutes

Rationally Speaking #107 - MOOCs 2014-May-04 48 minutes

Rationally Speaking #106 - Live From NECSS With Lawrence Krauss 2014-Apr-20 62 minutes

Rationally Speaking #105 - Greta Christina on Coming Out Atheist 2014-Apr-06 59 minutes

Rationally Speaking #104 - Edward Frenkel on Love and Math 2014-Mar-24 48 minutes

Rationally Speaking #103 - Neil deGrasse Tyson on Why He Doesn't Call Himself an Atheist 2014-Mar-09 52 minutes

Rationally Speaking #102 - Zach Weinersmith on His "SMBC" Webcomic 2014-Feb-23 50 minutes

Rationally Speaking #101 - Max Tegmark on the Mathematical Universe Hypothesis 2014-Feb-09 52 minutes

Rationally Speaking #100 - Live Q&A: Massimo and Julia Answer Everything! 2014-Jan-27 79 minutes

Rationally Speaking #99 - Judith Schlesinger Exposes the Myth of the Mad Genius 2013-Dec-22 43 minutes

Rationally Speaking #98 - Jerome Wakefield on Psychiatric Diagnoses: Science or Pseudoscience? 2013-Dec-08 53 minutes

Rationally Speaking #97 - Peter Singer on Being a Utilitarian in the Real World 2013-Nov-25 47 minutes

Rationally Speaking #96 - Sally Satel and Scott Lilienfeld on the Seductive Appeal of Mindless Neuroscience 2013-Nov-10 52 minutes

Rationally Speaking #95 - Gerard O'Brien On the Computational Theory of Mind 2013-Oct-27 56 minutes

Rationally Speaking #94 - Maarten Boudry on Philosophy of Pseudoscience: Reconsidering the Demarcation Problem 2013-Oct-03 60 minutes

Rationally Speaking #93 - Dr. Michael E. Mann On The Science Of Climate Change 2013-Sep-29 55 minutes

Rationally Speaking #92 - Dr. Paul Offit On Believing in Magic 2013-Sep-15 45 minutes

Rationally Speaking #91 - Kendrick Frazier On Skeptical Inquiry 2013-Sep-01 49 minutes

Rationally Speaking #90 - On Wine, Water, and Audio 2013-Jun-30 53 minutes

Rationally Speaking #89 - Online Dating 2013-Jun-16 51 minutes

Rationally Speaking #88 - Mario Livio on Brilliant Blunders 2013-Jun-03 43 minutes

Rationally Speaking #87 - Sean Carroll on Naturalism 2013-May-19 49 minutes

Rationally Speaking #86 - Live From NECSS With Jim Holt On Why Does the World Exist? 2013-May-05 65 minutes

Rationally Speaking #85 - Live From NECSS With Michael Shermer On the Role of Science in Morality 2013-Apr-21 36 minutes

Rationally Speaking #84 - Stephen Asma On the Myth of Universal Love 2013-Apr-07 46 minutes

Rationally Speaking #83 - Samuel Arbesman On The Half-Life of Facts 2013-Mar-25 45 minutes

Rationally Speaking #82 - It's Not Easy Being Green 2013-Mar-10 52 minutes

Rationally Speaking #81 - Live! Ben Goldacre on Bad Pharma 2013-Feb-24 63 minutes

Rationally Speaking #80 - Dear Abby 2013-Feb-10 51 minutes

Rationally Speaking #79 - Chris Mooney on The Republican War on Science 2013-Jan-27 50 minutes

Rationally Speaking #78 - Intelligence and Personality Testing 2013-Jan-13 51 minutes

Rationally Speaking #77 - Victoria Pitts-Taylor on Feminism and Science 2012-Dec-30 55 minutes

Rationally Speaking #76 - Crowdsourcing and the Wisdom of Crowds 2012-Dec-16 50 minutes

Rationally Speaking #75 - When Scientists Kill 2012-Dec-02 49 minutes

Rationally Speaking #74 - Live! John Shook on Philosophy of Religion 2012-Nov-18 48 minutes

Rationally Speaking #73 - Answers for Aristotle 2012-Nov-04 73 minutes

Rationally Speaking #72 - Graham Priest on Paradoxes and Paraconsistent Logic 2012-Oct-21 46 minutes

Rationally Speaking #71 - On Science Fiction and Philosophy 2012-Oct-07 52 minutes

Rationally Speaking #70 - Graham Priest on Buddhism and Other Asian Philosophies 2012-Sep-23 46 minutes

Rationally Speaking #69 - James Ladyman on Metaphysics 2012-Sep-09 61 minutes

Rationally Speaking #68 - Applied Rationality 2012-Aug-26 49 minutes

Rationally Speaking #67 - Freudianism as Pseudoscience, With Assorted Comments on Masturbation and Castration... 2012-Aug-12 47 minutes

Rationally Speaking #66 - Matthew Hutson on The 7 Laws of Magical Thinking 2012-Jul-29 47 minutes

Rationally Speaking #65 - Philosophical Shock Tactics 2012-Jul-15 47 minutes

Rationally Speaking #64 - Jesse Prinz on Looking Beyond Human Nature 2012-Jul-01 46 minutes

Rationally Speaking #63 - Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge 2012-Jun-17 48 minutes

Rationally Speaking #62 - Patricia Churchland on What Neuroscience Tells Us About Morality 2012-Jun-04 55 minutes

Rationally Speaking #61 - Willpower 2012-May-20 48 minutes

Rationally Speaking #60 - Q&A With Massimo and Julia 2012-May-06 63 minutes

Rationally Speaking #59 - Live at NECSS: David Kyle Johnson on the Simulation Argument 2012-Apr-25 69 minutes

Rationally Speaking #58 - Intuition 2012-Apr-08 47 minutes

Rationally Speaking #57 - Peer Review 2012-Mar-25 48 minutes

Rationally Speaking #56 - Howard Schneider on Science News Literacy 2012-Mar-11 46 minutes

Rationally Speaking #55 - Spirituality 2012-Feb-27 55 minutes

Rationally Speaking #54 - The 'isms' Episode 2012-Feb-12 52 minutes

Rationally Speaking #53 - Parapsychology 2012-Jan-30 57 minutes

Rationally Speaking #52 - Donald Prothero on the Holocaust-Deniers' Playbook 2012-Jan-16 49 minutes

Rationally Speaking #51 - Joseph Heath on Economics Without Illusions 2012-Jan-01 46 minutes

Rationally Speaking #50 - Neurobabble 2011-Dec-18 53 minutes

Rationally Speaking #49 - Eugenie C. Scott on Denialism of Climate Change and Evolution 2011-Dec-04 47 minutes

Rationally Speaking #48 - Philosophical Counseling 2011-Nov-20 46 minutes

Rationally Speaking #47 - SETI 2011-Nov-06 54 minutes

Rationally Speaking #46 - The Varieties of Skepticism 2011-Oct-23 52 minutes

Rationally Speaking #45 - Rebecca Newberger Goldstein on Spinoza, Göedl, and Theories of Everything 2011-Oct-09 54 minutes

Rationally Speaking #44 - Fluff that Works 2011-Sep-25 52 minutes

Rationally Speaking #43 - Women in Skepticism 2011-Sep-11 51 minutes

Rationally Speaking #42 - On the Limits of Reason 2011-Aug-28 51 minutes

Rationally Speaking #41 - Robert Zaretsky on Rousseau, Hume, and the Limits of Human Understanding 2011-Aug-14 50 minutes

Rationally Speaking #40 - Q&A With Massimo and Julia 2011-Jul-31 65 minutes

Rationally Speaking #39 - The Science and Philosophy of Free Will 2011-Jul-17 48 minutes

Rationally Speaking #38 - Holden Karnofsky on Evidence-based Philanthropy 2011-Jul-03 43 minutes

Rationally Speaking #37 - The Science and Philosophy of Happiness 2011-Jun-19 48 minutes

Rationally Speaking #36 - Why Should We Care About Teaching the Humanities? 2011-Jun-05 50 minutes

Rationally Speaking #35 - What is Philosophy of Science Good for? 2011-May-22 48 minutes

Rationally Speaking #34 - Celebrities and the Damage They Can Do 2011-May-08 50 minutes

Rationally Speaking #33 - Live at NECSS: New Dilemmas in Bioethics 2011-Apr-24 64 minutes

Rationally Speaking #32 - Value-free Science? 2011-Apr-10 49 minutes

Rationally Speaking #31 - Vegetarianism 2011-Mar-27 51 minutes

Rationally Speaking #30 - Cordelia Fine on Delusions of Gender 2011-Mar-13 49 minutes

Rationally Speaking #29 - Q&A Live! 2011-Feb-27 66 minutes

Rationally Speaking #28 - Live! How To Tell Science From Bunk 2011-Feb-13 49 minutes

Rationally Speaking #27 - The Perihelinox Episode, With Historian Timothy Alborn on Anniversaries 2011-Jan-30 47 minutes

Rationally Speaking #26 - Is Anthropology Still a Science? 2011-Jan-16 46 minutes

Rationally Speaking #25 - Q&A With Massimo and Julia 2011-Jan-02 63 minutes

Rationally Speaking #24 - Memetics! 2010-Dec-19 47 minutes

Rationally Speaking #23 - Carol Tavris on Everybody Making Mistakes, Except Us... 2010-Dec-05 48 minutes

Rationally Speaking #22 - Steven Novella on Lies, Damned Lies, and Medical Science 2010-Nov-21 47 minutes

Rationally Speaking #21 - Joshua Knobe on Experimental Philosophy 2010-Nov-07 45 minutes

Rationally Speaking #20 - Q&A With Massimo and Julia 2010-Oct-24 63 minutes

Rationally Speaking #19 - Brendan Nyhan on False Beliefs that Refuse to Die 2010-Oct-10 30 minutes

Rationally Speaking #18 - Evolutionary Psychology 2010-Sep-26 31 minutes

Rationally Speaking #17 - Transhumanism 2010-Sep-12 33 minutes

Rationally Speaking #16 - Deferring to Experts 2010-Aug-29 34 minutes

Rationally Speaking #15 - Q&A With Massimo and Julia 2010-Aug-15 62 minutes

Rationally Speaking #14 - Jennifer Michael Hecht on Science, Religion, Happiness, and Other Myths 2010-Aug-01 33 minutes

Rationally Speaking #13 - Superstition, Is It Good For You? 2010-Jul-18 29 minutes

Rationally Speaking #12 - What About Thought Experiments? 2010-Jul-04 33 minutes

Rationally Speaking #11 - Guest Eugenie Scott on the Status of the Creationism and ID Wars 2010-Jun-20 37 minutes

Rationally Speaking #10 - Nonsense on Stilts 2010-Jun-06 31 minutes

Rationally Speaking #9 - When Smart People Endorse Pseudoscience 2010-May-23 31 minutes

Rationally Speaking #8 - The Anthropic Principle 2010-May-09 33 minutes

Rationally Speaking #7 - Peter Woit discusses whether string theory is “not even wrong” 2010-Apr-25 33 minutes

Rationally Speaking #6 - Fluffy Thinking 2010-Apr-10 33 minutes

Rationally Speaking #5 - Neil deGrasse Tyson and the Need for a Space Program 2010-Mar-28 33 minutes

Rationally Speaking #4 - The Great Atheist Debate Over the Limits of Science 2010-Mar-14 31 minutes

Rationally Speaking #3 - Can History Be a Science? 2010-Feb-28 28 minutes

Rationally Speaking #2 - Love, a Skeptical Inquiry 2010-Feb-14 33 minutes

Rationally Speaking #1 - Why be rational? 2010-Jan-21 32 minutes