Point of Inquiry
Science, Skepticism, Rationalism, Humanism -- The Podcast and Radio Show of the Center for Inquiry
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Leighann Lord: Courageous Comedy as a Safe Space
This week on a special episode highlighting the upcoming Reason ...
This week on a special episode highlighting the upcoming Reason for Change conference, Point of Inquiry welcomes stand up comedian Leighann Lord. Talking with show producer Nora Hurley, they discuss how the worlds of comedy and skepticism...
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Laci Green: Truths and Myths about Sex and Love
This week Point of Inquiry welcomes Laci Green for a ...
This week Point of Inquiry welcomes Laci Green for a special tell-all Valentine's Day episode. Green is a popular Youtube video blogger, sex education activist and feminist. In a time when sex pervades popular culture and marketing, and yet rarely...
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Letting Go of the Soul, with Julien Musolino
Intuitively, it can feel as though the essence of our ...
Intuitively, it can feel as though the essence of our thoughts and feelings exists separate from the body and brain, and that essence is what is normally referred to as the soul. Empirical evidence, however, forces us to reconcile our intuitions with...
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Paul Offit, MD, on Measles in the Magic Kingdom and the Anti-Vaccine Movement
Measles are the newest attraction at Disneyland this season, and ...
Measles are the newest attraction at Disneyland this season, and unfortunately the only thing magical about them is how quickly they’ve begun to spread throughout California and Arizona. Although measles were eliminated in the U.S. by 2000, the...
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The Women Spies of the Civil War, with Karen Abbott
This week on Point of inquiry, New York Times bestselling ...
This week on Point of inquiry, New York Times bestselling author Karen Abbott talks to Lindsay Beyerstein about her newest book, Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy, which tells the true story of four women who served as spies during the...
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Before Charlie Hebdo: The Danish Cartoons that Shook the world, with Jytte Klausen
The terrorist attack on Charlie Hebdo was a human atrocity, ...
The terrorist attack on Charlie Hebdo was a human atrocity, as well as an assault on free expression. Yet numerous prominent news publications are still refusing to show the very Hebdo cartoons at the center of the story. Last year, in the...
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Penalizing Pregnancy: Lynn Paltrow on the Fight for Reproductive Justice
The effort to overturn Roe v. Wade and criminalize abortion ...
The effort to overturn Roe v. Wade and criminalize abortion has spiraled into challenging not only women’s right to abortion, but a women’s right to carry her baby to term. Across the country, women who seek medical help for...
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Christmas Extra: Tom Flynn’s 30th Year of Anti-ClausingTom Flynn is Executive Director of The Council for Secular Humanism, Editor of Free Inquiry magazine, Director of Inquiry Media Productions, as well as professional anti-Christmas advocate and au
Tom Flynn is Executive Director of The Council for Secular ...
Tom Flynn is Executive Director of The Council for Secular Humanism, Editor of Free Inquiry magazine, as well as professional anti-Christmas advocate and author of “The Trouble with Christmas.” Tom is on his 30th year of...
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Greta Christina on Coping with Death, No Afterlife Required
Our Guest this week is Greta Christina, popular atheist blogger, ...
Our Guest this week is Greta Christina, popular atheist blogger, speaker and author of several books on atheism including her newest, “Comforting Thoughts About Death That Have Nothing to Do With God.” Christina discusses with...
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Frank Schaeffer on Cynicism and Paranoia in the "War on Christmas"
Fox News’ "War on Christmas" is already in full swing, ...
Fox News’ "War on Christmas" is already in full swing, as Bill O’Reilly wasted no time jumping into battle this year to defend the holiday from the great secular menace. However, it looks like Bill might be able to leave the trenches a...
