The Michael Shermer Show

Dr. Michael Shermer

sciencesalon@skeptic.com

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Booking Overview

A long-form interview series where Dr. Michael Shermer talks with leading thinkers across science, philosophy, history, and scholarship about major contemporary issues. The show is a strong platform for guests who can bridge rigorous ideas with public understanding.

Metrics

Episodes: 625

Frequency: Irregular

Rating: 4.4/5.0

Estimated listeners: 10k-100k

Gender skew: Neutral

Location: USA

YouTube: 129.0k subscribers

Contact Information

sciencesalon@skeptic.com

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Host

Dr. Michael Shermer - Dr. Michael Shermer is a science communicator and writer known for bringing research and big-picture reasoning to public debates. He hosts The Michael Shermer Show and interviews scientists, philos...

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

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Typical Credentials:  
Senior academic or high-profile policy/think-tank researcher; PhD-level expertise or equivalent scholarly prominence; established author and/or media commentator.
Required Achievements:  
Authored books (often multiple), including recent major publications, Received notable awards or held senior academic appointments, Led or directed research programs in academia or evidence-based policy organizations, Regular publication in major outlets and/or hosting a related public-facing show/podcast

Recent Guest Discussions

Batya Ungar-Sargon - Jewish Relationship With The American Left; Historical Labor And Civil Rights Involvement; Post-october 7 Political Language And Discourse

Jon Mills - How Social Justice Ideology Shifts From Fairness To Moral Framework; Oppressor/victim Structures; Compassion Vs Truth; Activism In Therapy; Politicization Of Biological Reality

Jennifer Doleac - Evidence-based Approaches To Criminal Justice; Deterrence And Certainty-of-capture; Prison Sentences; Prison Reform And What Research Shows Works

Recent Topics

Science, Philosophy, History, Psychology, Economics

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
The Michael Shermer Show
:

The Zodiac Killer Wasn't Real

June 13, 2026

The Zodiac Killer has been treated for decades as America's ultimate unsolved true crime mystery: one mysterious killer, taunting letters, cryptic ciphers, a strange costume, and a trail of victims across Northern California. Eddie McNamara thinks that story is wrong. The victims were real, the crimes were real, but the single mastermind may have been a media-made myth. Eddie McNamara is the author of Zodiactually: The Real Story of a Fake Serial Killer, Toss Your Own Salad: The Meatless Cook...

How Algorithms Use Your Data to Control You

June 09, 2026

Michael Shermer speaks with Oxford philosopher Carissa Véliz about the long human desire to know the future—from ancient oracles and astrology to AI, surveillance capitalism, predictive policing, and "data-driven" decision-making. Véliz argues that prediction is rarely neutral: the same machinery that collects personal data also tries to forecast behavior, and once institutions start treating predictions as facts, forecasts can become tools of control. The conversation gets into why privacy m...

Batya Ungar-Sargon: Why the Left Sees Jews Differently Now

June 06, 2026

Batya Ungar-Sargon joins Michael Shermer for a wide-ranging conversation about the historical relationship between Jews and the American left, and why that relationship has become increasingly strained in recent years. The discussion begins with the reaction to October 7 and the political language that quickly emerged around Israel, Palestine, power, oppression, and resistance. From there, Ungar-Sargon traces a longer history: Jewish life in early America, Jewish involvement in the labor move...

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