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Lucien Greaves

The Satanic Temple | Mental Health Abuse and Malpractice

Season 5, Episode 18
Event: Center for Inquiry
Topic(s): Health, Human Rights

Richard Dawkins, Richard Wiseman

Richard Dawkins and Richard Wiseman In Conversation on Atheism, Evolution, and his books

Season 5, Episode 17
Event: CSICon 2017
Topic(s): Atheism, Evolution, Science

Susan Gerbic

Guerrilla Skepticism On Wikipedia

Season 5, Episode 16
Event: CSICon 2017
Topic(s): Critical Thinking, Science

Sheldon Helms

The Psychological Harm of Gay Conversion Therapy

Season 5, Episode 15
Event: CSICon 2017
Topic(s): Activism, Human Rights, Religion, Science

David H. Gorski

How Alternative Medicine is Endangering Academia

Season 5, Episode 14
Event: CSICon 2017
Topic(s): Alternative Medicine, Critical Thinking, Health

Massimo Polidoro

Myths and Secrets of the Colosseum

Season 5, Episode 13
Event: CSICon 2017
Topic(s): Critical Thinking, History, Science Communication, Skepticism

Britt Hermes, Cara Santa Maria, Rachael Dunlop

Roadblocks to Good Science

Season 5, Episode 12
Event: CSICon 2017
Topic(s): Alternative Medicine, Critical Thinking, Science, Science Communication

Michael Mann

Climate Change Denial in the Age of Trump

Season 5, Episode 11
Event: CSICon 2017
Topic(s): Education, Policy, Politics, Science

Maria Konnikova

What’s luck got to do with it?

Season 5, Episode 10
Event: CSICon 2017
Topic(s): Skepticism, Society

Taner Edis

Cranks, Conspiracists, and Creationists

Season 5, Episode 9
Event: CSICon 2017
Topic(s): Alternative Medicine, Critical Thinking, International, Islam, Religion

Massimo Polidoro

The Mind of James Randi

Season 5, Episode 8
Event: CSICon 2017
Topic(s): History, Skepticism

Ross Blocher

Planting More Seeds Than Flags

Season 5, Episode 7
Event: CSICon 2017
Topic(s): Activism, Critical Thinking, Science Communication, Skepticism, Society

Teresa Giménez Barbat

A Skeptic in the European Parliament

Season 5, Episode 6
Event: CSICon 2017
Topic(s): International, Policy, Politics, Skepticism

Joe Schwarcz

The Challenge of Separating Sense from Nonsense

Season 5, Episode 5
Event: CSICon 2017
Topic(s): Critical Thinking, Science Communication, Society

Eugenie Scott

Why do people reject good science?

Season 5, Episode 4
Event: CSICon 2017
Topic(s): Critical Thinking, Education, Science Communication, Society

Kevin Folta

Genetic Engineering of Plants and Animals

Season 5, Episode 3
Event: CSICon 2017
Topic(s): Evolution, Policy, Politics, Science Communication

Britt Hermes

The Bloody Work of “Naturopathic Doctors”

Season 5, Episode 2
Event: CSICon 2017
Topic(s): Alternative Medicine, Education, Health

Rob Brotherton

Suspicious Minds

Season 5, Episode 1
Event: CSICon 2017
Topic(s): Conspiracies, Critical Thinking, Science Communication, Skepticism

James Randi, Kendrick Frazier

A Conversation with James Randi

Season 4, Episode 11
Event: CSICon 2016
Topic(s): History, Interview, Skepticism

Carol Tavris

Why We Believe – Long After We Shouldn’t

Season 4, Episode 10
Event: CSICon 2016
Topic(s): Critical Thinking, Science Communication

James Alcock

Believe It or Not

Season 4, Episode 9
Event: CSICon 2016
Topic(s): Critical Thinking, History

Joe Nickell

Investigating vs. Debunking

Season 4, Episode 8
Event: CSICon 2016
Topic(s): Critical Thinking, Education, Skepticism

Paul Offit

God’s Own Medicine

Season 4, Episode 7
Event: CSICon 2016
Topic(s): Health, History, Policy

Lawrence Krauss

Applied Metaphysics

Season 4, Episode 6
Event: CSICon 2016
Topic(s): Science, Science Communication

Ron Lindsay

Why Skepticism?

Season 4, Episode 5
Event: CSICon 2016
Topic(s): Critical Thinking, Policy, Skepticism

David Helfand

Surviving the Misinformation Age

Season 4, Episode 4
Event: CSICon 2016
Topic(s): Critical Thinking, Science Communication, Society

Harriet Hall

Functional Medicine

Season 4, Episode 3
Event: CSICon 2016
Topic(s): Critical Thinking, Health, Science Communication

Maria Konnikova

Confidence Games

Season 4, Episode 2
Event: CSICon 2016
Topic(s): Critical Thinking, Skepticism

Jamy Ian Swiss, Richard Dawkins

A Conversation with Richard Dawkins

Season 4, Episode 1
Event: CSICon 2016
Topic(s): Atheism, Education, Evolution, Skepticism

Annie Laurie Gaylor, Katha Pollitt

Reclaiming Abortion Rights

Season 3, Episode 8
Event: Women in Secularism IV
Topic(s): Activism, Human Rights, Policy, Politics, Society, Women

Ashley F. Miller, Rebecca Goldstein

On What Matters

Season 3, Episode 7
Event: Women in Secularism IV
Topic(s): Atheism, Philosophy, Society, Women

Diane Burkholder, Hypatia Alexander, Kaberi Kar Gupta, Kayley Whalen, Stef McGraw

Secular Women in Other Movements

Season 3, Episode 6
Event: Women in Secularism IV
Topic(s): Activism, Atheism, Secularism, Society, Women

Wendy Kaminer

Secular Feminism, Liberty, and Social Justice

Season 3, Episode 5
Event: Women in Secularism IV
Topic(s): Critical Thinking, Free Expression, Society

Soraya Chemaly

Centering Women’s Free Speech

Season 3, Episode 4
Event: Women in Secularism IV
Topic(s): Free Expression, Science Communication, Secularism, Women

Annie Laurie Gaylor

From Feminist to Freethought Founder

Season 3, Episode 3
Event: Women in Secularism IV
Topic(s): Atheism, History, Human Rights, Secularism, Women

Maryam Namazie

Women’s Resistance to Islamism in the Age of ISIS

Season 3, Episode 2
Event: Women in Secularism IV
Topic(s): Atheism, Human Rights, International, Islam, Skepticism, Women

Ashley F. Miller, Diane Burkholder, Maryam Namazie, Melanie Brewster, Sarah Haider

Free Expression and Safe Spaces

Season 3, Episode 1
Event: Women in Secularism IV
Topic(s): Atheism, Education, Free Expression, Human Rights, Secularism

James Croft

Jedi Mind Tricks for Secular Activists

Season 2, Episode 7
Event: CFI Leadership Conference
Topic(s): Atheism, Critical Thinking, Science, Secularism, Society

Muhammad Syed

Blasphemy and the Importance of Dissent

Season 2, Episode 6
Event: Center for Inquiry
Topic(s): Free Expression, Human Rights, Islam, Secularism

Aron Ra

Indoctrination State

Season 2, Episode 5
Event: Center for Inquiry
Topic(s): Education, Evolution, Politics, Religion, Science, Secularism, Society

Matt Dillahunty

Do They Really Believe That?

Season 2, Episode 4
Event: Center for Inquiry
Topic(s): Atheism, Humanism, Religion, Secularism

Paul Offit

The Philadelphia Measles Epidemic of 1991

Season 2, Episode 3
Event: Center for Inquiry
Topic(s): Health, Policy, Religion, Science

Melanie Brewster

Banding Together as Nonbelievers

Season 2, Episode 2
Event: CFI Leadership Conference
Topic(s): Atheism, Secularism, Society

Lindsay Beyerstein

On Bullshit

Season 2, Episode 1
Event: Center for Inquiry
Topic(s): Critical Thinking, Politics, Society

Steven Salzberg

Bad Medicine

Season 1, Episode 8
Event: Reason for Change
Topic(s): Alternative Medicine, Critical Thinking, Science, Skepticism

Rebecca Goldstein, Susan Jacoby

Why Women Are Too Polite About Religion

Season 1, Episode 7
Event: Women in Secularism III
Topic(s): Atheism, Education, Secularism, Society, Women

Susan Jacoby

The Secular Conscience

Season 1, Episode 6
Event: Reason for Change
Topic(s): Atheism, Humanism, Secularism

Ron Lindsay

The Future of CFI

Season 1, Episode 5
Event: Reason for Change
Topic(s): Atheism, Politics, Secularism, Skepticism, Society

Eugenie Scott

Crank Anthropology

Season 1, Episode 4
Event: Reason for Change
Topic(s): Education, Evolution, History, Society

Michael Specter

GMOs: Why Reason Doesn’t Matter

Season 1, Episode 3
Event: Reason for Change
Topic(s): Education, Health, Policy, Science

Taslima Nasrin

Why Secularism is Necessary for Women’s Freedom

Season 1, Episode 2
Event: Women in Secularism III
Topic(s): Free Expression, Human Rights, International, Islam, Secularism, Women

Rebecca Goldstein

The Effort to Get Our Bearings

Season 1, Episode 1
Event: Reason for Change
Topic(s): Atheism, Humanism, Philosophy, Religion, Secularism

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