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Rationally Speaking Podcast

Rationally Speaking Podcast


Rationally Speaking Podcast

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Length:
263 episodes
Language:
English
Format:
Podcast

Description

Rationally Speaking is the bi-weekly podcast of New York City Skeptics. Join host Julia Galef and guests as they explore the borderlands between reason and nonsense, likely from unlikely, and science from pseudoscience. Any topic is fair game as long as we can bring reason to bear upon it, with both a skeptical eye and a good dose of humor!
We agree with the Marquis de Condorcet, who said that in an open society we ought to devote ourselves to "the tracking down of prejudices in the hiding places where priests, the schools, the government, and all long-established institutions had gathered and protected them."Rationally Speaking was co-created with Massimo Pigliucci, is produced by Benny Pollak, and is recorded in the heart of New York City's Greenwich Village.
Language:
English
Format:
Podcast

Episodes1 - 10 of 263 episodes

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Is cash the best way to help the poor? (Michael Faye)

The idea of giving poor people cash, no strings attached, is "very unappealing" for mos...

52 minutes
Dec 23, 2021

Humanity on the precipice (Toby Ord)

Humanity could thrive for millions of years -- unless our future is cut short by an ex...

68 minutes
Dec 10, 2021

Dangerous biological research - is it worth it? (Kevin Esvelt)

Kevin Esvelt, a scientist at MIT, argues that research intended to prevent pandemics is...

67 minutes
Nov 30, 2021

Why we're polarized (Ezra Klein)

Ezra Klein explains how Republican and Democrats in the US became so different from eac...

78 minutes
Nov 05, 2021

The genetic lottery (Kathryn Paige Harden)

Kathryn Paige Harden, author of “The Genetic Lottery: Why DNA Matters for Social Equali...

64 minutes
Oct 15, 2021

How to reason about COVID, and other hard things (Kelsey Piper)

Journalist Kelsey Piper (Future Perfect / Vox) discusses lessons learned from covering ...

77 minutes
Sep 14, 2021

"Price gouging" in emergencies

Every time there’s an emergency, the prices of certain goods skyrocket -- like masks an...

52 minutes
Aug 19, 2021

How to be a data detective (Tim Harford)

When you see a statistic reported in the news, like "10% of University of California Be...

62 minutes
Jun 10, 2021

Are Uber and Lyft drivers being exploited?

How much do Uber and Lyft drivers really earn, after expenses? Are they getting a raw d...

61 minutes
Apr 09, 2021

Unfair laws / Why judges should be originalists (William Baude)

Is there any justification for seemingly unjust laws like "qualified immunity," which a...

63 minutes
Mar 19, 2021