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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.

SIO408: Dr. Steve Proper, On the House

49 mins; December 14, 2023

SIO407: Entropy and Information

47 mins; December 11, 2023

SIO406: How Science Made Food Too Addictive

43 mins; December 01, 2023

SIO405: Are we Really More Polarized Than Ever?

51 mins; November 30, 2023

SIO404: Are We Attracted To Our Mate's Immune System?

51 mins; November 28, 2023

SIO403: At What Age Can You Talk To Kids about Race? Parents Wildly Overestimate

59 mins; November 25, 2023

SIO402: How Biden's Climate Legislation Is Making A Difference

41 mins; November 21, 2023

SIO401: Dr. Steve Proper on the Science of Food Allergies

68 hours 28 mins; November 16, 2023

SIO400: Good Will Hunting, Bad Science Thingy

53 mins; November 13, 2023

SIO399: Andrew Wakefield's "Study" Was So Much Worse Than You Know

56 mins; November 08, 2023

SIO398: Hot Women In Your Area

52 mins; November 02, 2023

SIO397: Why Is Flying Not Any Faster Than 60 Years Ago?

55 mins; October 31, 2023

SIO396: "This Didn't Happen In A Vacuum"

46 mins; October 29, 2023

SIO395: Are We Complicit In A Genocide?

57 mins; October 28, 2023

SIO394: New Law Makes Sesame 9th Allergen. Companies Are Now Adding Sesame to Foods To Get Around It

56 mins; October 19, 2023

SIO393: Dr. Alan Smerbeck on Trigger Warnings

63 hours 44 mins; October 16, 2023

SIO392: How Taxes on Foods Affect Health and Climate

45 mins; October 12, 2023

SIO391: Astrophysicist Wet Blankets All The Alien Talk

74 hours 39 mins; October 09, 2023

SIO390: So Wait, Are There Aliens? What Were Those Hearings

47 mins; October 08, 2023

SIO389: “Wikipedia Is the Most Accurate Form of Information Ever Created”

38 mins; September 27, 2023

SIO388: Get Psyched! More Dr. Decisis QnA

51 mins; September 21, 2023

SIO387: Chemical Imbalance, Personality Tests, Double Empathy Problem, and More! It's a Psych QnA!

51 mins; September 18, 2023

SIO386: Actually, Opposites Very Much Do NOT Attract

50 mins; September 14, 2023

SIO385: What Exactly Is A Psychological Diagnosis?

56 mins; September 11, 2023

SIO384: Even More Askings of Astrophysicist Bryan!

48 mins; September 07, 2023

SIO383: Ask An Astrophysicist Anything!

55 mins; September 05, 2023

SIO382: Being Reasonable with Michael Marshall

70 hours 1 min; September 01, 2023

SIO381: The Bible Is Not Monotheistic

57 mins; August 28, 2023

SIO380: Does Which College You Go To Really Matter? (Part 2)

48 mins; August 24, 2023

SIO379: Does Which College You Go To Really Matter?

57 mins; August 21, 2023

SIO378: A Not Conspiracy Theory About Conspiracy Theories

71 hours 6 mins; August 17, 2023

SIO377: Did Scientists Really Invent A Room Temperature Superconductor?

61 hours 7 mins; August 15, 2023

SIO376: What Portal Teaches Us About the Physics of Our Universe

63 hours 3 mins; August 10, 2023

SIO375: Why Are Whales Attacking Rich People Boats?

61 hours 16 mins; August 07, 2023

SAM1: Armageddon (First Half for Everyone)

59 mins; August 03, 2023

SIO374: Maybe Swearing Around Your Kids Is Fine?

55 mins; July 31, 2023

SIO373: Headline Claims Neutron Star 'Defies Laws of Physics.' What Does Astrophysicist Bryan Think?

72 hours 22 mins; July 29, 2023

SIO372: Quantum Entanglement In The Real World

66 hours 6 mins; July 24, 2023

SIO371: When Christian Nationalists Crash Your School Board Meetings

42 mins; July 20, 2023

SIO370: Adrienne Martin - Suburban Mom Hairstylist Turned Superstar Activist

44 mins; July 17, 2023

SIO369: Stress Increases Alzheimer's Risk in Women... But Not Men?

37 mins; July 13, 2023

SIO368: The Euclid Space Telescope Just Launched! What Will It Teach Us and How?

63 hours 47 mins; July 10, 2023

SIO367: Science Says Slurs Are Bad, No Matter the Context

55 mins; July 06, 2023

SIO366: Learning Styles Are BS?!

65 hours 22 mins; July 03, 2023

WTW2 part 2

54 mins; June 29, 2023

WTW2 part 1

57 mins; June 28, 2023

Huge Announcement! A New Podcast Has Entered the Chat

75 hours 27 mins; June 26, 2023

SIO365: I Finally Get To Defend Myself. A Little.

33 mins; June 17, 2023

SIO364: How To Prevent Child Sexual Abuse, According to the Data

67 hours 22 mins; June 01, 2023

May Bonus! Thomas and Lydia Roast "Marriage and the Public Good"

32 mins; May 23, 2023

SIO363: Study Shows Video Games Are Good! See Mom, I Told You

42 mins; May 18, 2023

SIO362: The Whale and Fatphobia

75 hours 50 mins; May 16, 2023

SIO361: Seasoning Liberally, with Cecil!

68 hours 47 mins; May 11, 2023

SIO360: How Gravitational Lensing Helps Us Understand the Universe

70 hours 7 mins; May 09, 2023

SIO359: How Different Are The Adult Children of Parents Who Have Same-Sex Relationships?

53 mins; May 04, 2023

Bonus: Heath and Thomas Watch Republican Ads!

13 mins; April 29, 2023

SIO358: Tucker Carlson Fired! ... Hurray? I Think?

62 hours 31 mins; April 27, 2023

SIO357: Quantum Computers Part 2 - Inevitable Game Changer or... Hyperloop?

37 mins; April 26, 2023

SIO356: Quantum Computers: How the Hell? No really

67 hours 50 mins; April 25, 2023

SIO355: Afroman vs Police and Clarence Thomas vs Ethics

51 mins; April 10, 2023

SIO354: Serial's Adnan Syed Conviction Reinstated. What Happened?

55 mins; April 04, 2023

SIO353: A General Episode on Special Relativity!

54 mins; April 03, 2023

TRUMP INDICTED!!!!!!!!!!!1111

28 mins; March 31, 2023

SIO352: The Picard Maneuver... IT. COULD. WORRKKKK! Says Bryan the Astrophysicist

45 mins; March 30, 2023

SIO351: Ok So About That Whole 'Trump Being Arrested' Thing

52 mins; March 26, 2023

SIO350: A Very ADHD Episode on ADHD

71 hours 10 mins; March 25, 2023

SIO349: Thomas and an Astrophysicist See a Star War

65 hours 1 min; March 23, 2023

SIO348: Is... Is Trump Going To Be Arrested? Like... Really?

58 mins; March 20, 2023

Serious Inquiries Only Update

9 mins; February 25, 2023

Little Update

15 mins; February 10, 2023

SIO347: Does Microdosing Work? Recorded LIVE at QED!

50 mins; November 16, 2022

SIO346: Even More Reasons To Never Let Republicans Have Power

47 mins; November 08, 2022

SIO345: The Effects of Counseling and Protestors on People Who Get Abortions

47 mins; November 01, 2022

October QnA!

53 mins; October 29, 2022

SIO344: Is There More Perceived Consensus on the Right or the Left?

50 mins; October 25, 2022

SIO343: Excess Republican COVID Deaths Are Massive. But Not Surprising.

47 mins; October 18, 2022

SIO342: New Study on Sedentary Lifestyle and Health

54 mins; October 12, 2022

September QnA!

58 mins; October 04, 2022

SIO341: Does Belief in Astrology Correlate with Narcissism?

47 mins; October 01, 2022

SIO340: Are Most Late Term Abortions for Health Reasons? Actually... No

50 mins; September 15, 2022

SIO339: The Turnaway Studies, Part 1

50 mins; September 08, 2022

SIO338: Is Depression 'Just a Chemical Imbalance?' with Dr. Dean Burnett

47 mins; September 01, 2022

SIO337: Major Announcement! Academia Has Lost a Science Person...

46 mins; August 27, 2022

SIO336: How Night People Suffer in a Morning Person World

54 mins; July 31, 2022

SIO335: Are There Morning People and Night People? What the Science Says

75 hours 37 mins; July 29, 2022

SIO334: ‘Under the Banner of Heaven’ with the Glass Box Podcast, Part 2!

48 mins; June 29, 2022

SIO333: 'Under the Banner of Heaven' and the Lafferty Murders, with The Glass Box Podcast

56 mins; June 26, 2022

SIO332: Science Says Stop Spanking Your Kids, A-Holes! – Dear Old Dads Crossover

49 mins; June 08, 2022

SIO331: Study Shows Privileged People Perceive Equality as Unfair

64 hours 46 mins; June 01, 2022

SIO330: Does Meditation Reduce Prosocial Behavior?

54 mins; May 18, 2022

SIO329: Lindsey Shares Her Abortion Story

49 mins; May 04, 2022

SIO328: Making Sense of Sensemaking with Aaron Rabinowitz

64 hours 0 mins; April 30, 2022

SIO327: Does Paying Fox News Viewers to Watch CNN Pull Them Back Into Reality?

63 hours 34 mins; April 14, 2022

SIO325: How to Be Persuasive, According to Science - Part 2

50 mins; March 13, 2022

SIO324: How To Be Persuasive, According to Science

45 mins; March 09, 2022

SIO323: Did COVID Precautions Increase Adolescent Suicide Risk?

56 mins; February 18, 2022

SIO322: Again with the Garbage Free Speech Arguments

46 mins; February 10, 2022

SIO321: Does Giving Money to Mothers Boost Baby Brain Activity?

49 mins; February 05, 2022

SIO320: Patreon QnA 8!

50 mins; February 03, 2022

SIO319: The Rise (and Fall?) of r/antiwork

63 hours 2 mins; January 27, 2022

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