This week welcomes Lawrence Krauss to the podcast. We discuss the importance of science in education, the skill of good science communication and its role, why the knowledge of astrological signs appears more common than a basic knowledge of science, the purpose of common sense, and the relationship between public poli

This week welcomes Hugo Mercier to the podcast. We discuss his work and research with a particular focus on his book Not Born Yesterday in which he argues with data that we are not as gullible as we may believe but rather we are very good a using reason and decision-making. We discuss real-world issues such as politics

This week on the podcast is Dr. Iona Italia, editor-in-chief of Areo magazine. We discuss the role of Areo, the challenges and pressure encountered, calls for censorship, the importance of dialogue and understanding the issues and good argumentation, keeping true to founding principles, the need to hone your skills of

For S2E15 I speak with Colin Wright. We discuss transgender issues, what is biological sex? Is gender fluid? The expression of individual human sexuality, the generational divide in perspectives in the transgender community, the question of fairness in sports, and feminine and masculine as aspects each of us has and ou

This Thursday I speak with Prof. Massimo Pigliucci. We discuss stoicism and its important role in a person"s life, what is stoic philosophy? How do ancient teachings continue to be relevant for us today? What are stoic principles? How do you become a stoic? When is the right age to begin teaching and developing stoicis

For this Thursday I speak with Razib Khan. We discussed the science of genetics and how an increase in data over the past 20 years has enhanced our understanding of, among other things, the human species. We also delve into the race, whether it"s a social construct or a scientific classification? What will be achieved