Serious Inquiries Only
Join Thomas for some critical thinking on questions of science, philosophy, skepticism and politics. These serious topics are discussed with some serious guests, but in an entertaining and engaging way! This is not your typical interview podcast; it’s a friendly dialogue, conducted thoughtfully and with plenty of humor. It's Serious Inquiries Only; but like, not boring or anything.
- Update frequency
- every 4 days
- Average duration
- 53 minutes
- Episodes
- 805
- Years Active
- 2014 - 2025
SIO121: Ian Danskin of Innuendo Studios
Should we ever talk to the alt-right? When we do so, why does it feel so unproductive? Why can't we on the left ever seem to "win" debates with the alt-right? Why are Gamer-Gaters so angry? These are…
00:59:08 |
Mon 19 Feb 2018
SIO120: Philosophers In Space with Aaron Rabi
I'm so excited to finally present what I've been vaguebooking about! Today's show features episode 1 of a new project called Philosophers In Space! Each episode uses our favorite science fiction to t…
00:41:39 |
Thu 15 Feb 2018
SIO119: Getting Satanic with Jex Blackmore
Jex Blackmore is the spokeswoman for the Satanic Temple! They've been responsible for a lot of provocative and effectively targeted public performances. Their target is very often Christian theocrats…
00:46:15 |
Mon 12 Feb 2018
SIO118: Intercontinental Culture Wars, with Michael Marshall
***For $30 off your first week of HelloFresh, visit HelloFresh.com and enter seriouspod30! Michael Marshall is the host of Be Reasonable and co-host of Skeptics with a K. He is heavily involved in th…
01:04:08 |
Thu 08 Feb 2018
SIO117: Jaclyn Friedman on Yes Means Yes, Feminism, and Sexual Liberation
Today I'm joined by Jaclyn Friedman! From her website: She is a writer, speaker and activist, and creator of the hit books Yes Means Yes: Visions of Female Sexual Power and a World Without Rape (one …
00:54:39 |
Mon 05 Feb 2018
SIO116: What Is Jordan Peterson Saying? with Aaron Rabi
Every atheist's favorite Christian, Jordan B. Peterson, went on Channel 4 News and had a heated exchange with Cathy Newman. Though she made some good points, Newman's technique centered around replyi…
01:05:17 |
Thu 01 Feb 2018
SIO115: What Happens When We Accidentally Decriminalize Prostitution?
You might laugh, but it happened in Rhode Island! My two guests, Dr. Manisha Shah and Dr. Scott Cunningham, did an extensive study on the results. It's called "Decriminalizing Indoor Prostitution: I…
00:46:57 |
Mon 29 Jan 2018
SIO114: Getting on the Same Page #metoo
The last episode, the debate between Chris and Tracey on the Aziz Ansari incident, caused a decent amount of controversy. Many women were frustrated by Chris and also felt like we didn't need to hear…
00:47:30 |
Thu 25 Jan 2018
SIO113: Panel Discussion on Aziz Ansari
Where does the Babe.net article on Aziz Ansari land on the spectrum of #metoo moments? Are the old-school feminists correct when they say women ought to say no and call a cab? Today's episode is a d…
01:13:51 |
Mon 22 Jan 2018
SIO112: Fat-Shaming Trump or Hypocrisy-Shaming? plus Listener Voicemails!
***For $30 off your first week of HelloFresh, visit HelloFresh.com and enter seriouspod30! Today's episode begins with some thoughts on what can be a moral blindspot when it comes to fat shaming and …
01:02:25 |
Thu 18 Jan 2018
SIO111: Andrew Breaks Down the James Damore Google Lawsuit!
Andrew Torrez joins me from world-famous podcast Opening Arguments to break down the James Damore lawsuit against Google! Is it the most important lawsuit in modern history as some have called it? Y…
01:12:27 |
Mon 15 Jan 2018
SIO110: No, Steven Pinker Isn't Alt-Right (but he's still wrong...)
*I mention Eiynah as the one who sent me the video. I just want to emphasize she had the full context and I didn't mean to imply she was spreading the fake news version without thinking. She has a gr…
00:56:38 |
Thu 11 Jan 2018
SIO109: A Carefully Curated Tom Curry
Is Twitter real life? Tom from Cognitive Dissonance is here with me to talk about his philosophy on dealing with criticism and unpleasant people online. It's very zen and interesting, but is it somet…
00:57:12 |
Mon 08 Jan 2018
SIO108: Sam Harris Sides with Ben Shapiro Over the FFRF
What in the hell is the atheism world coming to when atheist horse-person Sam Harris would agree with a religious conservative on a matter of Church-State Separation over the Freedom from Religion Fo…
00:45:59 |
Thu 04 Jan 2018
SIO107: Alix Jules on the Coates-West Controversy
Back for another great conversation is Alix Jules! This was originally going to be a follow up commentary but in speaking with Alix, it became clear that having him on would make for a much better ep…
01:03:42 |
Mon 01 Jan 2018
SIO106: Thinking Rationally on Cenk Uygur's Past Sexism
... and another great round of your voicemails! A website called thewrap.com unearthed some old blog posts by Cenk Uygur in which he wrote some alarmingly sexist things. He has since apologized and e…
00:56:03 |
Thu 28 Dec 2017
SIO105: Traumatic Brain Injuries, with Dr. Topher Stephenson
Dr. Topher Stephenson joins me today to talk about traumatic brain injuries. He educates us a bit on the basics, and then we talk about how he, as a parent, evaluates the decision of letting his kids…
00:58:04 |
Mon 25 Dec 2017
SIO104: Cornel West Owes Ta-Nehisi Coates an Apology
Ok so maybe the left is eating its own... After brushing by a couple points on the tax bill, I talk about a few instances of people on the left being unfairly demonized and harassed by other people o…
00:49:55 |
Thu 21 Dec 2017
SIO103: Samantha Corbin of #WeSaidEnough
Samantha Corbin is a Sacramento lobbyist who was fed up with the pervasive culture of sexual misconduct in the Capitol. She and some colleagues wrote an open letter and started an organization calle…
00:43:35 |
Mon 18 Dec 2017
SIO102: Moral Philosophy with Aaron Rabi
Congratulations to Doug Jones and thank you so much to black voters of Alabama for turning out and getting us 1 vote closer to taking back the Senate!!!! First up today I've got an update on the Patr…
01:05:37 |
Thu 14 Dec 2017
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