Dr. Kevin Kelly from Carnegie Mellon University will be our guest to discuss Ockham's Razor. Dr. Kelly has done a lot of research on the justification of Ockham's Razor and why it leads to true theories better than alternative methods. You can check out h

Dr. Sean M. Carroll will be joining us to discuss his book From Eternity to Here: The Quest for the Ultimate Theory of Time. Dr. Carroll is a theoretical physicist at Caltech and contributes to Cosmic Variance, one of the most popular science blogs on the

Michael Dowd, author of Thank God For Evolution, makes his second appearance on the show to talk about his upcoming article for Skeptic Magazine entitled "The New Atheists as Divine Prophets". Dowd is a former minister in the United Church of Christ who c

Dr. Jerry Fodor, a cognitive scientist and philosopher, will be our guest tonight to discuss his book, What Darwin Got Wrong. While Fodor is a naturalist who accepts the idea of common descent, he doesn't accept natural selection as the mechanism for evol

Guy P. Harrison returns to the show to discuss his book Race and Reality: What Everyone Should Know About Our Biological Diversity. Topics to be discussed will be the concept of biological race, intelligence, and IQ. You can check out Guy's Web site at ht

Dr. Massimo Pigliucci will return to the show tonight to discuss his two new books that were released this month: Nonsense on Stilts and Evolution: The Extended Synthesis. Nonsense on Stilts concerns the boundaries between science and pseudoscience along

Tonight we will be joined by Valerie, IG's wife and frequent co-host, to discuss consumer gullibility and the tricks that marketers and advertisers use to entice their viewers into buying. We will discuss tv commercials, product placements, reality TV sho

On Thursday April 8th at 8 PM EST, we will be joined by Bishop John Shelby Spong to discuss a variety of topics including his career and his new book Eternal Life: A New Vision. Bishop Spong is a retired bishop of the Episcopal Church Diocese of Newark.

Matthew Taylor, a former Catholic monk, will be joining us to discuss his book and corresponding film, Tent Revival for Agnostics. Check out his Web site at http://www.tentrevivalforagnostics.com

Can subliminal messages really persuade you? How accurate are polygraph tests. We will discuss these issues and more with Dr. Scott Lilienfeld, a Professor of Psychology at Emory University and the author of 50 Great Myths of Popular Psychology. You can