Episodes
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In this episode I speak with Professor Jeremy Shearmur. Jeremy is a British former reader in philosophy in the School of Philosophy at the Australian National University. We discuss Karl Popper's epistemology, starting with his metaphysical programs. We then tackle 'The Open Society'.
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In this episode I speak with Dr. Michael Shermer. Michael is the editor-in-chief of Skeptic magazine and the host of the podcast The Michael Shermer Show. We discuss why Tucker Carlson is wrong about evolution. We muse about the word salad of epic proportions produced by Russell Brand and Jordan Peterson. We talk about why Michael disagrees with Sam Harris and Robert Sapolsky about determinism. We remember Daniel Dennett. Finally, we discuss Bayesian vs Popperian reasoning.
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In this episode I speak with Pastor Adam Page. Adam is pastor of Amelia Baptist Church in Fernandina Beach, Fl. We discuss Christian fundamentalism--his endorsement and my objection. After that, we go into politics just a tad bit.
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In this episode I speak with Lawrence Krauss. Lawrence is a theoretical physicist and bestselling author of 'A Universe From Nothing,' among many others. In this conversation we give a gentle critique of religion.
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In this episode I speak with Rev. Dr. Brian Lays. Brian is head pastor at Riverside Presbyterian Church in Jacksonville, Fl.. In this conversation we discuss, among other things, Brian's exegetical approach to the Bible.
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In this episode I talk about the non-existence of a moral equivalence between Israel and Hamas. I also talk about the difference between Palestinian non-combatants and Hamas. Later I muse about the bad idea of having Jim Jordan as speaker of the House and the problem at the southern border.
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In this episode I talk about the attack on Israel by the terrorist group, Hamas. I also talk about the ouster of Kevin McCarthy as speaker of the house and later muse about why there are no conspiracy theories about Elon Musk.
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In this episode I think out loud about the current Republican Primary, Donald Trump and Joe Biden.
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In this episode I speak with Dr. Lawrence Krauss. Lawrence is a theoretical physicist and New York Times bestselling author of books like 'The Physics of Star Trek' and 'A Universe From Nothing'. In this episode we discuss, among other things, his newest book, 'The Edge of Knowledge'. (https://www.amazon.com/Edge-Knowledge-Unsolved-Mysteries-Cosmos/dp/1637588569/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1X5MWC64IEWN7&keywords=the+edge+of+knowledge+krauss&qid=1688434537&sprefix=the+edge+of+kno%2Caps%2C174&sr=8-1)
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In this episode I speak with Dr. Michael Shermer. Michael is the editor-in-chief of Skeptic Magazine, founder of the Skeptic Society, host of the podcast 'The Michael Shermer Show,’ and New York Times bestselling author of thirteen books, some of which include, Why People Believe Weird Things, The Moral Arc, and Giving the Devil His Due. In this episode we discuss, among other things, his latest book, Conspiracy https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1421444453/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1682800868&sr=8-1
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In this episode I speak with Pastor Adam Page of Amelia Baptist Church in Fernandina Beach, Fl (https://www.ameliabaptist.org). We discuss, among other things, a book by the bestselling author and Eastern Orthodox Christian Rod Dreher entitled, The Benedict Option (https://www.amazon.com/Benedict-Option-Strategy-Christians-Post-Christian/dp/0735213305/ref=sr_1_1?adgrpid=1345802797050574&hvadid=84112913831024&hvbmt=be&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=164316&hvnetw=o&hvqmt=e&hvtargid=kwd-84113021599070%3Aloc-190&hydadcr=19734_13381499&keywords=the+benedict+option+rod+dreher&qid=1678820247&s=books&sr=1-1).
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This is the first in series of episodes wherein I'll read an essay from my blog (https://barrencloth.substack.com). This essay is entitled 'The Anti-Woke Fad'. In it I try and make sense of this new fad by briefly focusing on the author Gad Saad.
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In this episode I speak with the theoretical physicist and New York Times bestselling author Lawrence Krauss (https://lawrencekrauss.substack.com) about, among other things, the so called Many Worlds Interpretation of quantum mechanics. In order to do this, I mainly draw from the work of the theoretical physicist David Deutsch (https://www.thebeginningofinfinity.com / https://www.daviddeutsch.org.uk).
