About this episode
Dr. Shermer discusses his book "Giving the Devil His Due"; scientific humanism; pseudo-history and holocaust denialism; how listening to those that disagree with you helps you better understand your own position; government limitations on speech; biological sex vs. gender; scientism; and much more. This podcast may be viewed as a video here 502 Conversations with Michael Shermer.
Dr. Shermer is the Founding Publisher of Skeptic magazine, the host of the podcast The Michael Shermer Show, and a Presidential Fellow at Chapman University where he teaches Skepticism 101. For 18 years he was a monthly columnist for Scientific American during which time he wrote 214 columns, and he now writes a weekly Substack column.
He is the author of 44 scholarly articles, 5 academic books, and 14 popular books including the New York Times bestsellers Why People Believe Weird Things; The Believing Brain; Why Darwin Matters; The Science of Good and Evil; The Moral Arc; Heavens on Earth; and now Giving the Devil His Due: Reflections of a Scientific Humanist. Dr. Shermer also regularly contributes opinion editorials, essays, and reviews to: the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, Science, Nature, and other publications.
He has appeared on such shows as The Colbert Report, 20/20, Dateline, Charlie Rose, Oprah, and Larry King Live. He has been interviewed in countless documentaries aired on PBS, A&E, Discovery, The History Channel, The Science Channel, and The Learning Channel. Dr. Shermer was the co-host and co-producer of the Family Channel television series, Exploring the Unknown. His two TED talks have been seen by millions, and were voted in the top 100.
Dr. Shermer has been called a beacon of reason in an ocean of irrationality by none other than Neil deGrasse Tyson. Follow him on Twitter @michaelshermer.
