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Latest Episodes

SIO427: Rescuing Science, with Dr. Paul Sutter
February 13, 2024

We speak with cosmologist and science communicator about his upcoming book, Rescuing Science. Dr. Sutter thinks (Capital S) Science has made some significant errors, and that people do not trust scie

SIO426: In Defense of Virtue Signaling
February 09, 2024

First off... I'M BACK ON OPENING ARGUMENTS!!! Good court thingies! Please please please go check it out! patreon.com/law! OK after that announcement, I wanted to talk about something that has been

SIO425: Can Science Be Spiritual?
February 06, 2024

, Associate Professor in Psychology at the University of Warwick, joins to discuss a recent she published regarding whether or not science may serve as a spiritual experience for nonbelievers. Could

SIO424: Semen Caught Violating Newton's 3rd Law? (the one about cum)
February 01, 2024

Astrophysicist Dr. Bryan Gillis is back! And here's here to talk about... sperm? Well, when a science headline claims that sperm is violating Newton's 3rd Law, that's when the science police have to l

SIO423: Bill Maher Gets Owned By Peter Griffin On COVID Nonsense
January 31, 2024

For the Bonus this month, Dr. Rick Sullivan, SIO's resident synthetic biologist, joined me to comment on the recent "debate" between Bill Maher and Seth MacFarlane on the COVID vaccine. The right says

SIO422: Tucker Carlson, Space Genius
January 30, 2024

On a recent episode of Tucker Carlson's show, fossil fuel shill Dr. Willie Soon came on to discuss ... friggen... dinosaurs on Saturn's moon. I mean, not quite but close. It's nonsense. Too bad for Tu

SIO421: More Technological Anti-Solutions
January 26, 2024

he 2nd half of my conversation with Alejandro Ruiz! We get deeper into examples of technological anti-solutions. If you work for a self-driving car company, should you quit? Also why are people buryin

SIO420: Technological Anti-Solutions
January 25, 2024

We have a guest expert today! Alejandro Ruiz, a graduate of MIT, joins us to discuss a topic that he refers to as "technology anti-solutions." It's a really useful and fascinating framework that expla

SIO419: Men Are From App and Women Are From Browser
January 18, 2024

Lydia Smith of Where There's Woke joins us to break down a fascinating online dating study that featured an experiment in which men and women viewed online dating profiles on either a mobile device or

SIO418: The Polarization Express
January 15, 2024

Joe Magestro is back! First we get an update with what's going on in Wisconsin, and then we pick up where we left off in SIO405 to walk through why polarization happens, and what, if anything, we can