Oliver Sacks on Hallucinations
What causes the startling, unbidden perception of something that seems very real but has no material existence outside of our own minds? The “poet-laureate of medicine,” Oliver Sacks, takes us through...
View ArticleSteven Pinker on Violence
Acclaimed Harvard psychologist and best-selling author Steven Pinker was interviewed by Indre Viskontas and Chris Mooney in a rare live edition of Point of Inquiry, the flagship podcast of our Center...
View ArticleBehind the Magic: An Interview with James Randi
An eighty-six-year-old skeptic, secular humanist, and atheist, Randi has investigated paranormal, occult, and supernatural claims for much of his career.
View ArticleVaccines and the Anti-Vaccination Movement: An Interview with Dr. Paul Offit
In an interview with Lindsay Beyerstein on the Point of Inquiry podcast, Offit spoke about the early 2015 measles outbreak at Disneyland, the anti-vaccination movement, and the importance of...
View ArticleMichael Mann and the Climate Wars
Physicist and CSI Fellow Mark Boslough interviewed noted climatologist and geophysicist Michael Mann, who spoke at CSICon Las Vegas.
View ArticleStill ‘Amazing’: A Conversation with James Randi
I took up being Harry Houdini, though I never claimed to be him. As a matter of fact, during my career I broke a couple of his records.
View ArticleStill ‘Amazing’: A Conversation with James Randi, Part 2
You were asked how to treat a friend who ardently believes in the paranormal. You said, “Be kind. Be kind. They believe because they need to believe. Be compassionate.”
View ArticleA Cancer Nurse Examines Alternative Medicine
“Oh my gosh, Carrie. I just had a shady experience with an alternative cancer treatment hospital, thirty minutes south of the California/Mexican border.” Those were the first words of an email I...
View ArticleSkepticism about Cancer Screening: An Interview with Dr. H. Gilbert Welch
Dr. H. Gilbert Welch is an American physician and cancer screening researcher. As a former professor at the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, he has published many...
View ArticleSix Degrees Author Mark Lynas on Our Warming World
Mark Lynas is a British environmentalist who has written books on climate, nuclear energy, GMOs, and how science has changed his mind. Climate change has been featured in many of his books; his latest,...
View ArticleCognitive Dissonance and the Pandemic: A Conversation with Carol Tavris
Carol Tavris’s book with Elliot Aronson, Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me), has just been published in a third edition with a lengthy added chapter, “Dissonance, Democracy, and the Demagogue.” This...
View ArticleRebooting Critical Thinking
Helen Lee Bouygues is a world-renowned misinformation and critical thinking expert. In 2018, she founded the Paris-based Reboot Foundation, whose mission is to promote richer, more reflective forms of...
View ArticleInterview with Ruth Frazier
Kendrick Frazier was at the center of the modern skeptical movement from the beginning. Through the pages of Skeptical Inquirer, he shared his own wisdom, amplified the voices of notable science...
View ArticleWhy Weird Stuff Matters: An Expanded Interview with Chris French on The...
Chris French, professor emeritus of psychology at Goldsmiths College, is a leading authority on, well, weird shit. His previous books on anomalistic psychology were written for an academic audience,...
View ArticleWhy Weird Stuff Matters: Chris French on The Science of Weird Shit
Chris French, professor emeritus of psychology at Goldsmiths College, is a leading authority on, well, weird shit. His previous books on anomalistic psychology were written for an academic audience,...
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