All Episodes

#998 Timothy Weaver: Human Evolution, and the Interaction between Neanderthals and H. Sapiens

Sep 26, 2024

Dr. Timothy Weaver is a Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of California, Davis. Dr. Weaver studies human evolution, with a focus on the origins, evolution, and disappearance of Neandertals, and the related topic of the origins of humans who were anatomically and behaviorally modern. While his emphasis is on the later phases of human evolution, he has also worked on earlier periods, mostly in the context of the evolution of human bipedal walking and running and childbirth. More»
#997 Sheri Berman: The History of the Left, Social Democracy, and Right-Wing Populism

Sep 23, 2024

Dr. Sheri Berman is a Professor of Political Science at Barnard College at Columbia University. Her research interests include European history and politics; the development of democracy; populism and fascism; and the history of the left. She has written about these topics for a wide variety of scholarly and non-scholarly publications, including the New York Times, The Washington Post, Foreign Policy, Foreign Affairs, and VOX. She is the author of several books, including Democracy and Dictatorship in Europe: From the Ancient Regime to the Present Day. More»
#996 Robin Gregory & Brooke Moore - Sorting It Out: Supporting Teenage Decision Making

Sep 20, 2024

Dr. Robin Gregory is Senior Research Scientist with Decision Research in Eugene, Oregon, and Adjunct Professor at the Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability at the University of British Columbia. More»
#995 Nadine Strossen: Defending Pornography

Sep 19, 2024

Dr. Nadine Strossen is the John Marshall Harlan II Professor of Law Emerita at New York Law School and past President of the American Civil Liberties Union (1991-2008). She is also a Senior Fellow with FIRE (the Foundation for Individual Rights and Education) and a leading expert and frequent speaker/media commentator on constitutional law and civil liberties. She serves on the advisory boards of the ACLU, Academic Freedom Alliance, Heterodox Academy, National Coalition Against Censorship, and the University of Austin. Her latest book is Defending Pornography: Free Speech, Sex, and the Fight for Women's Rights. More»
#994 Louis Bachaud: Bad Science and Misogyny in the Manosphere

Sep 16, 2024

Louis Bachaud is a PhD student at the University of Kent and the University of Lille. His research investigates the history and sociology of science. In particular, he studies the contemporary (mis)understandings of evolutionary sciences and their appropriations in online debates around sex and gender. More»
#993 Peter Etchells - Unlocked: The Real Science of Screen Time (and how to spend it better)

Sep 13, 2024

Dr. Peter Etchells is Professor of Psychology and Science Communication at Bath Spa University, UK. His research looks at the behavioral and wellbeing effects of playing video games, and he is also interested in metascientific issues regarding best practice in digital technology effects research. He is the author of Lost in a Good Game, and more recently, Unlocked: The Real Science of Screen Time (and how to spend it better). More»
#992 Jerald Mosley - Sex Workers and Their Clients: In Their Own Words

Sep 12, 2024

Dr. Jerald Mosley is a former California Supervising Deputy Attorney General, and he has been researching, writing and speaking on law and sex work. He is the author of Sex Workers and Their Clients: In Their Own Words. More»
#991 Kostas Kampourakis - Ancestry Reimagined: Dismantling the Myth of Genetic Ethnicities

Sep 9, 2024

Dr. Kostas Kampourakis is author and editor of several books about science. He works at the Teacher Training Institute and the Section of Biology at the University of Geneva. At the Section of Biology, he teaches the courses “Biologie et Société” and “Comprendre l’évolution”. He is the author of several books, the latest one being Ancestry Reimagined: Dismantling the Myth of Genetic Ethnicities. He is also the Editor of the book series Understanding Life, published by Cambridge University Press. More»
#990 Monte Johnson: Aristotle, Democritus, and Greco-Roman Philosophy

Sep 6, 2024

Dr. Monte Johnson is a Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of California, San Diego. He teaches and researches Greco-Roman philosophy and its influence on the history of philosophy and science. His main projects involve reconstructing a lost dialogue of Aristotle (the Protrepticus), and demonstrating the influence of Democritus on Hellenistic ethics. He has a growing interest in comparing Greco-Roman philosophy with other ancient wisdom traditions and literatures. More»
#989 Robert Vinten: Wittgenstein and the Cognitive Science of Religion

Sep 5, 2024

Dr. Robert Vinten is a postdoctoral research fellow within a project on epistemic injustice and previously a postdoctoral research fellow within a project on the epistemology of religious belief at the NOVA University of Lisbon. He is the author of Wittgenstein and the Social Sciences (2020) and of numerous journal articles about Wittgenstein’s philosophy. He is also the editor of Wittgenstein and the Cognitive Science of Religion: Interpreting Human Nature and the Mind. More»