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 3 days
- Average duration
- 53 minutes
- Episodes
- 804
- Years Active
- 2014 - 2025
SIO370: Adrienne Martin - Suburban Mom Hairstylist Turned Superstar Activist
SIO369: Stress Increases Alzheimer's Risk in Women... But Not Men?
Today's guest is Hannah Edwards, a neuroscience grad student at Washington University in St. Louis, and part of the Cirrito Lab, which has released a new study on Alzheimer's and stress in mice. Stre…
SIO368: The Euclid Space Telescope Just Launched! What Will It Teach Us and How?
SIO367: Science Says Slurs Are Bad, No Matter the Context
Maybe this sounds like a "no duh" but it's not neceessarily so straightforward. There are plenty of people who believe that not saying certain words gives them more power and we ought not to be afrai…
SIO366: Learning Styles Are BS?!
Oh come on, ANOTHER thing we thought we all knew was true isn't? That's what today's expert, Madalyn Wilson-Fetrow, says! They are a PhD student in learning sciences at the University of New Mexico a…
Huge Announcement! A New Podcast Has Entered the Chat
Yayyyyyyy I'm finally getting this out to you! Listen for the details, but this podcast is splitting in two. The other half will become Where There's Woke. I'm so excited! Please, pretty please check…
SIO365: I Finally Get To Defend Myself. A Little.
Hey folks, this is an episode related to the crap. Just be forewarned this isn't like a normal standard expert interview one. Thank you for listening.
SIO364: How To Prevent Child Sexual Abuse, According to the Data
This admittedly will sound like a very dark topic, but I promise the conversation was actually quite pleasant and VERY useful. Dr. Alan Smerbeck joins us to give actual, real, evidence based informa…
May Bonus! Thomas and Lydia Roast "Marriage and the Public Good"
Super hottie Lydia Smith is on today so that we can evaluate whether or not our marriage is really helping the public good, according to this Catholic propaganda bull shit. You may remember that thi…
SIO363: Study Shows Video Games Are Good! See Mom, I Told You
Today I'm joined by Dr. Bader Chaarani, Assistant Professor at the University of Vermont Ph.D. in Biomedical engineering. Dr. Chaarani is here to break down the study he led that has us all yelling…
SIO362: The Whale and Fatphobia
This movie was just so needlessly cruel. It was also, and this is true, f$%&ing terrible. It was so bad. Seriously, if you haven't seen it you might not even believe it when we tell you about it. Ch…
SIO361: Seasoning Liberally, with Cecil!
Today's expert is longtime friend of the show Cecil, from Cognitive Dissonance and Citation Needed! You might not know, but Cecil is also a trained chef with a delightful YouTube channel called Seas…
SIO360: How Gravitational Lensing Helps Us Understand the Universe
Dr. Bryan Gillis is back! This time he's here to teach us about gravitational lensing. And along the way, we learn about dark matter and dark energy! What the hell are they? What the hell aren't the…
SIO359: How Different Are The Adult Children of Parents Who Have Same-Sex Relationships?
It's a science thingy breakdown! This one can barely be called a science thingy. It's not great. Dr. Alan Smerbeck is here to debunk one of the go-to citations for conservatives' homophobia. Does it…
Bonus: Heath and Thomas Watch Republican Ads!
My podcast colleague and hopefully one day boyfriend if I can ever get him to commit, Heath Enwright, of Puzzle in a Thunderstorm podverse joins me to roast some Republican Ads! This is a Patron bon…
SIO358: Tucker Carlson Fired! ... Hurray? I Think?
Racist nazi prick Tucker Carlson was fired by Fox News. But how should we feel about that? Can we have nice things? Or like sort of ok things? And how the hell did this happen? And what happens next…
SIO357: Quantum Computers Part 2 - Inevitable Game Changer or... Hyperloop?
Are all our password not belong to us? Part 2 of quantum computers! Our expert Anne tells us about the current landscape of actual quantum computers in the real world. It may not be what you think!
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SIO356: Quantum Computers: How the Hell? No really
What is this wizardry? I'm joined by a semi-anonymous expert who explains all about quantum computers. How they work, how they don't work, what's a qubit, all that kind of stuff. She also explains t…