Rationally Speaking is the bi-weekly podcast of New York City Skeptics. Join host Julia Galef and gu
What if you had the opportunity to become a vampire, irreversibly -- and everyone you knew who had b
This episode features mathematician and social entrepreneur Spencer Greenberg, talking about how he'
This episode introduces "moral uncertainty," the idea that you shouldn't be overly confident in your
In this episode of Rationally Speaking, Julia talks with economics and public policy expert David Ro
This episode features Harvard economist Dani Rodrik, talking about the epistemology of economics: Ar
This episode features Tim Urban, author of popular longform illustrated blog Wait But Why. Julia and
If you're a healthy adult, should you donate one of your kidneys to a stranger? This episode feature
Churchill famously called democracy "the worst system of government, except for all the others that
This episode explores the economics and ethics of low-paying factories (which some might call "sweat
Over the last two decades, the Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM) movement has transformed medical scienc
Since Trump's surprising win in the 2016 presidential election, there's been a flurry of discussion
There's a growing anxiety about the quality of scientific research, as a depressingly large fraction
It can be pretty frustrating to live in a "safe" state during national elections, where the chance y
How did "social justice" come to mean what it does today? This episode features a chat with Will Wil
What can we do now to affect whether humanity is still around in 1000 years (and what life will be l
This episode features a chat with Don Moore, professor of management of organizations at the Univers
As the technology we rely on every day becomes increasingly sophisticated, it's getting to the point
Some theories violate common sense so wildly that you want to just reject them out of hand. For exam
If someone asks you, "What caused your success (in finance, your career, etc.)?" what probably comes
Has science gotten slower over the years? Does the proliferation of jargon make it harder for scient
