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Conversations with Coleman

Giving The Devil His Due with Michael Shermer [S2 Ep.14]

Conversations with Coleman

The Free Press

Philosophy, Society & Culture

4.82K Ratings

🗓️ 14 May 2021

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

My guest today is Michael Shermer. Michael Shermer is the founding publisher of Skeptic Magazine, the host of the Michael Shermer Show, and a Presidential Fellow at Chapman University where he teaches Skepticism 101. For 18 years he was a monthly columnist for Scientific American. He's the author of New York Times bestsellers, ‘Why People Believe Weird Things’, ‘The Believing Brain', ‘Why Darwin Matters’, ‘The Science of Good and Evil', ‘The Moral Arc’, ‘Heavens on Earth', and ‘Giving The Devil His Due’, which is the subject of today's podcast.  Michael and I talked about the declining relevance of Christianity on the political landscape today, threats to free speech, QAnon, conspiracy theories, and why people believe them. We talked about the one conspiracy theory I do believe in and laws that would ban the teaching of Critical Race Theory in schools, and much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Hip hop is always called out to inequalities in America.

0:03.0

But even within it, nothing's ever been equal.

0:05.6

This season, a lot of the Nariya podcast is tackling sexism, homophobia,

0:10.5

and all the unwritten rules that hold the entire culture back.

0:14.0

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0:30.1

Welcome to another episode of Conversations with Coleman.

0:52.3

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1:16.0

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1:23.0

Welcome to another episode of Conversations with Coleman.

1:26.0

My guest today is Michael Schirmer.

1:28.3

Michael Schirmer is the founding publisher of Skeptic Magazine,

1:31.6

the host of the Michael Schirmer Show, and a presidential fellow at Chapman University

1:35.9

where he teaches skepticism 101.

1:38.4

For 18 years, he was a monthly columnist for Scientific American.

1:41.9

He's an author of New York Times bestsellers why people believe weird things and the believing brain,

1:47.2

why Darwin matters, the science of good and evil, the moral arc, heavens on earth,

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