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
SIO101: Science Mom Natalie Newell
Natalie Newell was just a science loving mom who wanted to make a documentary about some other science loving moms... but once she did, she found herself the topic of some bizarre conspiracies! We ta…
00:56:17 |
Mon 11 Dec 2017
SIO100: The Red Pill, Part 2: MRAs Should Be Democrats
It's finally here! Part of of my series examining the arguments in the "documentary" "The Red Pill." Today we talk about video game addiction, porn addiction, toxic masculinity, and then the main top…
00:53:24 |
Thu 07 Dec 2017
SIO99: Crystal Lee, 2014 Miss America Runner-Up and Entrepreneur
Crystal Lee was First Runner-Up in the 2014 Miss America pageant, and now she's part of a tech startup in Silicon Valley. Crystal has written some incisive pieces including one for CNN.com in respon…
00:54:56 |
Mon 04 Dec 2017
SIO98: Republicans Don't Care About You
...unless you're a bazillionaire or a bank or some other corporation. I talk about the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau - the brainchild of one future president Elizabeth Warren - and that the on…
01:08:53 |
Thu 30 Nov 2017
SIO97: Lonnie Miller, Republican Candidate for TN Governor
In the spirit of the Thanksgiving holiday, during which you no doubt spent hours arguing with your conservative family members, I bring you a discussion with a Trump supporting Republican. Though und…
01:09:31 |
Mon 27 Nov 2017
SIO96: Franken Must Go; What Happened At Laurier University?
In the first part of this episode I do some followup on Monday's show. There's another Franken accuser (and another 2...) and there are some more points to be made. A woman tweeted that she didn't ca…
00:57:52 |
Thu 23 Nov 2017
SIO95: The Franken Fallout, with Dr. Kristi Winters and Charone Frankel
In a world where we're finally starting to take allegations of sexual misconduct seriously, what is next? How do we as a society treat the perpetrators? Does it matter if they are contrite? Are there…
01:04:01 |
Mon 20 Nov 2017
SIO94: Do We Really Need A Tax Cut?
A House vote on the new Republican Tax Bill is happening as early as today, so I reluctantly have decided to take a peek into Paul Ryan's deepest fantasies. I cover some of the low-lights, and then t…
01:04:01 |
Thu 16 Nov 2017
SIO93: Listener Voicemail!
It's time for one of my favorite things, and that is - hearing from you! We've got some great voicemail for this episode, from diverse viewpoints. For example, did you know that equality happened in …
00:55:59 |
Mon 13 Nov 2017
SIO92: Was the DNC Rigged?
It's another topic decide by the fine folks over at patreon.com/seriouspod! Donna Brazile made a huge stir with her article on Politico.com claiming the DNC was rigged in favor of Hillary. She actua…
01:12:56 |
Thu 09 Nov 2017
SIO91: Dr. Kate Biberdorf on Science Outreach
Dr. Kate Biberdorf is the brains behind the science outreach program 'Fun with Chemistry!' We talk about the disturbing anti-science attitude prevalent in our society right now and the exciting and l…
00:42:23 |
Mon 06 Nov 2017
SIO90: Uranium and #DARVO: An Epistemological Crisis
A listener sent me an email about a concept called DARVO. It's a tactic abusers use and it's shockingly exactly what Trump (and maybe a certain other someone we all know...) is doing. I talk about th…
01:01:04 |
Fri 03 Nov 2017
SIO89: Three Stories of #metoo
As you likely saw, in the wake of the Harvey Weinstein revelations, women started sharing their stories of sexual harassment and assault under the hashtag #metoo. I wish we lived in a world where thi…
00:54:42 |
Mon 30 Oct 2017
SIO88: Trump's Participation Trophies, Part 3
It's part 3, which may or may not be the final part! Once again, here is the original list of accomplishments. We've got some doozies today! 20. Pentagon Report 21. The NASA Bill 22. NY Times on …
00:53:37 |
Thu 26 Oct 2017
SIO87: Eli Bosnick with Brian, Dmitry and not Sean from Mythicist Milwaukee
Well, here's the terrible recording with Brian and Dmitry from Mythicist Milwaukee, but not their president and co-founder, Sean. Thanks to Eli for coming on. This will be the last episode dedicated …
02:28:52 |
Mon 23 Oct 2017
SIO86: Emotion is Critical to Reasoning
Today's episode I have to explain a few things about the next couple recordings, and then I talk about some of the science behind emotion and logic. My more qualified wife, Lydia, did some research o…
01:08:26 |
Thu 19 Oct 2017
SIO85: PZ Myers
Joining me on the show for the first time is biologist and blogger PZ Myers! I wanted to get PZ's view of the atheist movement and how it has evolved, from his perspective. He has a fascinating story…
01:15:22 |
Mon 16 Oct 2017
SIO84: Interview with Jessica Xiao; Sargon's Persecution Complex
Today's episode is a bit of a double feature. First up is a conversation with feminist writer Jessica Xiao! Jessica had a post about male feminists that I found very interesting and I'm so glad she a…
00:59:39 |
Thu 12 Oct 2017
SIO83: Dr. Kristi Winters
Today I'm very pleased to bring you an interview with Kristi Winters! Kristi was perhaps the main driver behind the awareness campaign for just how awful Sargon is. But, there is so much misinformati…
01:04:25 |
Mon 09 Oct 2017
SIO82: The Mythinformation Shitshow
As you likely know by now, Mythinformation conference was a shitshow. Here's my story. This whopper could have easily been 2 episodes but I didn't want to make you wait. Don't say I never did anythin…
01:40:23 |
Thu 05 Oct 2017
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