The Michael Shermer Show

Michael Shermer

Booking Overview

This is a long-form interview show focused on science, philosophy, history, psychology, and skepticism, typically featuring professors, researchers, authors, and prominent public intellectuals. PR agencies could credibly pitch accomplished scholars, bestselling authors, scientists, psychologists, historians, and experts with original research or substantive books, but booking is likely difficult because the show favors highly credentialed guests and extended intellectual conversations.

Metrics

Episodes: 640

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.4/5.0

Estimated listeners: 10k-100k

Gender skew: Male

Location: USA

YouTube: 134.0k subscribers

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

sciencesalon@skeptic.com

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Host

Michael Shermer - Science writer, historian of science, author, and founder of Skeptic magazine and the Skeptics Society. He is known for examining scientific claims, pseudoscience, religion, and critical thinking.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

high

Typical Credentials:

University professors, leading researchers, established authors, technology or organization founders, and recognized specialists with substantial expertise in science, philosophy, psychology, history, politics, religion, or technology.

Required Achievements:

Published books on significant intellectual or public-interest subjects, University professorships or research leadership, Original research or recognized subject-matter expertise, Founding or leadership roles in influential organizations, Nationally or internationally recognized public scholarship

Recent Guest Discussions

Michael L. Wong - Evolution, Complexity, The Origin Of Life, Entropy, Functional Information, And Whether Evolution Has A Direction.

Robert M. Hazen - Evolution, Complexity, The Origin Of Life, Entropy, Functional Information, And Whether Evolution Has A Direction.

Audun Dahl - Moral Development, Childhood Morality, Moral Psychology, Parenting, Religion, Abortion, Immigration, And Disagreement Over Right And Wrong.

Robert Wright - Artificial Intelligence, Superintelligence, Consciousness, Existential Risk, AI Governance, Surveillance, And The Philosophical Implications Of Advanced Ai.

Larry Sanger - Wikipedia's Founding, Editorial Bias, Online Information Systems, Religious Belief, And The Relationship Between Artificial Intelligence And Religion.

Recent Topics

Skepticism, Science, Philosophy, Psychology, History

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on

The Michael Shermer Show

Why America Failed to Stop 9/11 | Gerald Posner & Michael Shermer

September 11, 2026

How did 19 hijackers evade the world's most advanced intelligence apparatus despite years of warnings? Twenty-five years after 9/11, journalist Gerald Posner joins Michael Shermer to explain the security failures that left America vulnerable. Those failures, compounded by government secrecy, have helped sustain suspicions that officials orchestrated the attacks or deliberately allowed them to happen. What does the evidence show, and have we learned the right lessons?

Why Be Honest When Cheating Pays?

September 09, 2026

Most of us think of ourselves as honest. But would we still tell the truth if lying got us what we wanted—and nobody would ever find out? Philosopher Christian Miller joins Michael Shermer to discuss his new book The Honesty Crisis and the uncomfortable gap between having a reputation for honesty and actually being honest. Christian B. Miller is the A.C. Reid Professor of Philosophy at Wake Forest University. He is the author of over 130 articles as well as several books. Thanks to a $4.4 mil...

Is the Future Unknowable? Uncertainty, Free Will, and the Limits of Science

September 01, 2026

What if uncertainty isn't a temporary problem science will eventually solve, but a fundamental feature of reality? Neuroscientist Stuart Firestein joins Michael Shermer to make the case that the universe may be far less deterministic—and the future far less predictable—than we like to imagine. Firestein and Shermer discuss chaos and complexity, Darwin and randomness, free will, scientific progress, the replication crisis, COVID and the problem of communicating uncertainty, why humans are so b...

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