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A Trek Through Skepticism with The Amazing Randi
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35 minutes
Released:
Apr 21, 2014
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Podcast episode
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This week, Point of Inquiry is excited to welcome “The Amazing” James Randi: famed magician a godfather (as it were) of the modern reason movement, and founder of the James Randi Educational Foundation. Randi is the subject of a new documentary film, An Honest Liar, which brings to life Randi's intricate investigations that publicly exposed psychics, parapsychologists, fait- healers, and con artists.
Randi and host Josh Zepps diagnose the state of American credulity, and discuss why human beings continue to believe unreasonable things that simply “sound nice.” They reminisce about some of Randi's greatest hits with Johnny Carson and Oprah Winfrey, and consider the impact of the religious right in America, of the Internet and social media on skepticism, and much more.
It’s a funny and insightful trek through the last few decades of skepticism from the mind of a great man who helped make it all happen.
Randi and host Josh Zepps diagnose the state of American credulity, and discuss why human beings continue to believe unreasonable things that simply “sound nice.” They reminisce about some of Randi's greatest hits with Johnny Carson and Oprah Winfrey, and consider the impact of the religious right in America, of the Internet and social media on skepticism, and much more.
It’s a funny and insightful trek through the last few decades of skepticism from the mind of a great man who helped make it all happen.
Released:
Apr 21, 2014
Format:
Podcast episode
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