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The Saad Truth with Dr. Saad

Dr. Michael Shermer-"Truth: What It Is, How to Find It & Why It Still Matters" (The Saad Truth with Dr. Saad_958)

The Saad Truth with Dr. Saad

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Society & Culture, Science, Education

4.71.3K Ratings

🗓️ 28 January 2026

⏱️ 90 minutes

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Michael's latest book Truth: https://www.amazon.com/Truth-What-Find-Still-Matters/dp/142145372X _______________________________________ My forthcoming book Suicidal Empathy: Dying to Be Kind is now available for pre-order: https://www.harpercollins.com/products/suicidal-empathy-gad-saad?variant=44726319317026 _______________________________________ If you appreciate my work and would like to support it: https://subscribestar.com/the-saad-truth https://patreon.com/GadSaad https://paypal.me/GadSaad To subscribe to my exclusive content on X, please visit my bio at https://x.com/GadSaad _______________________________________ This clip was posted on January 28, 2026 on my YouTube channel as THE SAAD TRUTH_1983: https://youtu.be/bX2vYbd-q0A _______________________________________ Please visit my website gadsaad.com, and sign up for alerts. If you appreciate my content, click on the "Support My Work" button. I count on my fans to support my efforts. You can donate via Patreon, PayPal, and/or SubscribeStar. _______________________________________ Dr. Gad Saad is a professor, evolutionary behavioral scientist, and author who pioneered the use of evolutionary psychology in marketing and consumer behavior. In addition to his scientific work, Dr. Saad is a leading public intellectual who often writes and speaks about idea pathogens that are destroying logic, science, reason, and common sense.  _______________________________________

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0:00.0

I'm delighted to report that I have joined as a scholar, the Declaration of Independence Center for the Study of American Freedom at the University of Mississippi.

0:10.8

The center offers educational opportunities, speakers, internship, and reading groups for the University of Mississippi community.

0:18.9

It is named in honor of the United States founding document,

0:23.3

which constitutes the nation as a political community

0:27.0

and expresses fundamental principles of American freedom,

0:31.0

including in the recognition of the importance of Judeo-Christian values

0:35.4

in shaping American exceptionalism.

0:39.3

Dedicated to the academic and open-minded exploration of these principles, the Center exists

0:45.3

to encourage exploration into the many facets of freedom. It will sponsor a speaker series

0:51.3

and an interdisciplinary faculty research team. If you'd like to learn more

0:56.3

about the center, please visit Olmiss. That's O-E-M-I-S-S dot EDU slash independence slash.

1:05.5

Hi, everybody. This is God's ad for the sad truth. I went back and checked to see if my current guest is the most frequent

1:13.8

guest that I've ever had on the sad truth. And I think I can say that this might be the case.

1:19.6

Put that on your CB, Michael Schumer.

1:21.6

Wow, I didn't know that. Hey, I'm a returning champion.

1:24.4

You really are. I think I've had maybe one or two, three beats.

1:28.7

Matt Ridley has been one.

1:30.5

Dave Rubin has been one.

1:31.8

And I think, because in your case, we've also crossed, when I've been on your show,

1:36.7

I also posted it on my show.

1:39.0

So we might be over counting, but it's definitely in the four to six range.

1:43.2

So congrats.

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