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Rationally Speaking Podcast

Rationally Speaking is the bi-weekly podcast of New York City Skeptics. Join host Julia Galef and gu

Episodes

Total: 263

Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson returns for this episode of Rationally Speaking, with a particula

This episode features special guest Zach Weinersmith, author of "Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal,"

Those among us who loathed high school calculus might feel some trepidation at the premise in this w

On this episode, recorded live at the Jefferson Market Library in New York City, Rationally Speaking

Creative geniuses are always a little bit cuckoo, right? At least, that's the impression you'd get f

What qualifies someone as mentally ill? The standard for diagnosis is the Diagnostic and Statistical

Few philosophers have as wide of an impact on the general public as ethicist Peter Singer, this week

It seems like a week can't go by without a news story about how neuroscience has discovered the neur

Is the mind a kind of computer? This episode of Rationally Speaking features philosopher Gerard O'Br

What's the difference between science and pseudocience -- and is it even possible to draw a clean li

In this episode of Rationally Speaking, Julia and Massimo talk to physicist and climatologist Michae

How has alternative medicine managed to become so mainstream? This episode of Rationally Speaking fe

On this episode of Rationally Speaking, Massimo and Julia survey the present, past, and future of sk

In this episode of Rationally Speaking, Julia and Massimo turn their attention to connoisseurship --

Looking for love online? You're not alone -- one in five new relationships nowadays begin on a datin

The next time you're kicking yourself for some stupid mistake, remember: Even history's genuises scr

Astrophysicist and author Sean Carroll joins this episode of Rationally Speaking, to talk about "nat

Why does the universe exist? And is that even a sensical question to ask? Philosopher Jim Holt has w

In a special live Rationally Speaking, taped at NECSS 2013, Julia Galef moderates a lively discussio

Just like love, motherhood, and apple pie, no one could be against fairness. No one, that is, except