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.
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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 9 days 13 hours 10 minutes
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Live from NECSS, guests Jacob Appel and Jennifer Michael Hecht discuss dilemmas in bioethics.
Rationally Speaking #32 - Value-free Science?
Is science all about objective facts or are values inevitably an integral part of science? Plus Massimo and Julia's picks: Slate's "What John Tierney Gets Wrong About Women Scientists" and "What Is History?"
Rationally Speaking #31 - Vegetarianism
Vegetarianism: what are its different forms, is it healthy, and what is the ethical case for it? Plus Massimo and Julia's picks: The website "PhilPapers" and "WARNING: Physics Envy May Be Hazardous To Your Wealth!"
Rationally Speaking #30 - Cordelia Fine on Delusions of Gender
Guest Cordelia Fine rebuts what currently passes as the science behind sex differences. Plus Cordelia's picks: "Science, Policy, and the Value-Free Ideal."
Rationally Speaking #29 - Q&A Live!
Massimo and Julia do their best to answer skeptical questions from a live audience.
Rationally Speaking #28 - Live! How To Tell Science From Bunk
Massimo and Julia sit down in front of a live audience for a conversation about science, non-science, and pseudo-science. All based on Massimo's book: "Nonsense on Stilts: How to Tell Science from Bunk."
Rationally Speaking #27 - The Perihelinox Episode, With Historian Timothy Alborn on Anniversaries
Guest, historian Timothy Alborn on the arbitrariness of anniversaries and holidays. Plus Timothy's pick: "How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming."
Rationally Speaking #26 - Is Anthropology Still a Science?
Should anthropology be considered a science and what should be the role of advocacy in science. Plus Massimo and Julia's picks: The New York Times' "There Goes the Sun" and "Stories of Your Life and Others."
Rationally Speaking #25 - Q&A With Massimo and Julia
Massimo and Julia do their best to answer listeners' skeptical questions.
Rationally Speaking #24 - Memetics!
Memes, good science or confusing metaphor? Plus Massimo and Julia's picks: The New York Times' "The Stone" and "Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality."