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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.

SIO318: Study Says the People Have 'Near-Zero' Influence on Policy. Does it Hold Up?

59 mins; January 20, 2022

SIO317: Is Instagram Bad for Mental Health? What the Science Says Might Surprise You

65 hours 15 mins; November 11, 2021

SIO316: Spooktacular October Patreon QnA!

54 mins; October 31, 2021

SIO315: Lisa Littman's Latest Trans Study is Garbage

71 hours 31 mins; October 29, 2021

SIO314: Lisa Littman's Bogus Trans Studies, Part 1

55 mins; October 26, 2021

SIO313: US Police Killings Undercounted by More than Half, According to New Study

43 mins; October 07, 2021

SIO312: September Patreon QnA!

48 mins; September 30, 2021

SIO311: What the Science Actually Says on Porn Consumption

56 mins; September 25, 2021

SIO310: Banning Sex Work and Sex Work Websites Is Bad and We Should Stop Doing It

52 mins; September 16, 2021

SIO309: A Veterinarian Answers our Ivermectin Questions

46 mins; September 09, 2021

SIO308: August Patreon QnA!

62 hours 30 mins; September 01, 2021

SIO307: Newly Published Study Shows Atheists are Prejudiced...

65 hours 28 mins; August 26, 2021

SIO306: What Does the Massachusetts Outbreak Say About Vaccine Effectiveness?

47 mins; August 12, 2021

SIO305: July Patreon QnA!

59 mins; August 04, 2021

SIO304: Are the Woke Left and Alt-Right Alike? Part 2: The Study So Bad It Made Quillette Look Good

64 hours 13 mins; July 29, 2021

SIO303: Are the Woke Left and Alt-Right Alike? AKA Debunking a Garbage Quillette Article About a Garbage Study

51 mins; July 22, 2021

SIO302: Are Boomers Narcissistic? Are Millennials Entitled? What a Large Narcissism Study Does and Doesn't Tell Us

54 mins; July 14, 2021

SIO301: Evidence Based Mental Healthcare, with Dr. Caleb Lack

59 mins; July 08, 2021

SIO300: June Patreon QnA!

60 hours 0 mins; July 01, 2021

SIO299: Debunking CRT Attacks with Dr. Ery Shin

52 mins; June 27, 2021

SIO298: Is Life Pointless? More from the Journal of Controversial Ideas

56 mins; June 15, 2021

SIO297: New Atheists Didn't "Merge with the Far Right"

52 mins; June 09, 2021

SIO296: The Journal of Controversial Ideas

53 mins; June 03, 2021

SIO295: Patreon QnA 2!

57 mins; May 31, 2021

SIO294: The Hannah-Jones Tenure Denial is Worse Than You Think

55 mins; May 27, 2021

SIO293: Did The CDC Screw Up?

51 mins; May 19, 2021

SIO292: More Weinstein and Heying Anti-vax Nonsense

50 mins; May 12, 2021

SIO291: Bret Weinstein Spreads Dangerous Anti-vax Nonsense

51 mins; May 06, 2021

SIO290: Patreon QnA 1!

65 hours 58 mins; May 04, 2021

SIO289: Our Disgustingly Racist Death Penalty

50 mins; April 28, 2021

SIO288: The AHA Dawkins Debacle, Part 2

55 mins; April 27, 2021

SIO287: AHA Revokes Dawkins Award, Atheists Lose Minds

53 mins; April 27, 2021

SIO286: Studies of Racial Bias in Criminal Justice

54 mins; April 22, 2021

SIO285: Debunking "The End of Gender" Part 2

57 mins; March 31, 2021

SIO284: Debunking "The End of Gender" Part 1

45 mins; March 30, 2021

SIO283: Quantum Physics 101, with the What the FUP Podcast!

63 hours 2 mins; March 18, 2021

SIO282: Debunking the Latest 'Campus Craziness' Stories

55 mins; March 10, 2021

SIO281: Frank and Dan Want You To Run for Something!

41 mins; March 01, 2021

SIO280: A Scientific Case for Repressed Memory?

37 mins; February 25, 2021

SIO279: How 'The Cut' Dangerously Mishandled Recovered Memory, with Carrie Poppy

55 mins; February 17, 2021

SIO278: The Filibuster is F***ing Stupid

46 mins; February 03, 2021

SIO277: The GameStop Fiasco, with Phil Ferguson

65 hours 58 mins; January 30, 2021

SIO276: Is the Dunning-Kruger Effect Real?

57 mins; January 27, 2021

SIO275: President Biden! (marginal happiness warranted)

49 mins; January 21, 2021

SIO274: A Pornhub Rebuttal with Tom Curry

65 hours 1 min; January 16, 2021

SIO273: Sam Harris is Wrong Again

57 mins; January 14, 2021

SIO272: Sedition Special with Andrew Torrez and Allison Gill

83 hours 18 mins; January 06, 2021

SIO271: Listener Qs!

49 mins; December 30, 2020

SIO270: NYT's Kristof Duped by Christian Anti-Porn Group

62 hours 4 mins; December 29, 2020

SIO269: Evolutionary Psychology and Sex Differences

59 mins; December 23, 2020

SIO268: Defending Evolutionary Psychology with Lindsey Osterman

50 mins; December 17, 2020

SIO267: We Should Eat Less Meat

51 mins; December 11, 2020

Bonus: Yelling at Sam Harris

52 mins; December 09, 2020

SIO266: Why Sam Harris Is Wrong about Police Killings

54 mins; November 25, 2020

SIO265: Did The System Work?

59 mins; November 19, 2020

SIO264: Did Progressive Causes Lead To House Losses?

60 hours 22 mins; November 12, 2020

SIO263: Not The Worst Possible Outcome, But Close

53 mins; November 04, 2020

SIO262: I'm Perfectly Calm

47 mins; November 02, 2020

SIO261: A Monster Island Follow-up

36 mins; October 31, 2020

SIO260: Aaron Rabinowitz on James Lindsay and Monster Island

55 mins; October 23, 2020

SIO259: Hunter's Damned Emails

50 mins; October 21, 2020

SIO258: How Social Media Can Subvert Democracy

59 mins; October 14, 2020

SIO257: The Psychology Behind Cults, Part 2!

42 mins; October 13, 2020

SIO256: The Psychology Behind Cults, with Lindsey Osterman

49 mins; October 08, 2020

SIO255: That Horrendous Debate, with Andrew and Alex Torrez!

69 hours 2 mins; October 01, 2020

SIO254: We Have To Win

67 hours 18 mins; September 22, 2020

SIO253: Unpacking 'The Social Dilemma'

55 mins; September 16, 2020

SIO252: Lindsey Osterman on Parasocial Relationships

55 mins; August 26, 2020

SIO251: Dimensions of Political Identity

65 hours 45 mins; August 19, 2020

SIO250: James Lindsay's "New Discourses" Funded By Far Right Christian Nationalist

59 mins; August 12, 2020

SIO249: Can Trump Refuse to Leave? with Andrew Torrez

57 mins; August 05, 2020

SIO248: Can Trump Steal the Election? with Andrew Torrez

41 mins; July 30, 2020

SIO247: Reflections on White Fragility and How To Be An Antiracist

59 mins; July 17, 2020

SIO246: That Harper's Letter, with Eli Bosnick

59 mins; July 08, 2020

SIO245: Brandon J. McKoy on #defundthepolice

60 hours 35 mins; June 18, 2020

SIO244: On Publishing Fascist Op-Eds, with Bryan W. Van Norden

64 hours 24 mins; June 10, 2020

SIO243: Alix Jules

63 hours 56 mins; June 03, 2020

SIO242: Jane Roe's Deathbed Confession

56 mins; May 27, 2020

SIO241: A Parasitic Review

60 hours 49 mins; May 21, 2020

SIO240: Listener Questions, Continued!

49 mins; May 14, 2020

SIO239: Listener Questions!

54 mins; May 06, 2020

SIO238: Skye Cleary on Existentialism and Love

44 mins; April 22, 2020

SIO237: Dissecting the Primary, with Jamie

63 hours 57 mins; April 13, 2020

SIO236: Honestly Evaluating the Biden Accusation

62 hours 41 mins; April 11, 2020

SIO235: Cardinal Pell Wins on Appeal

50 mins; April 09, 2020

SIO234: Podcasting the Apocalypse

56 mins; March 20, 2020

SIO233: Welp.... Joe Biden.

53 mins; March 11, 2020

SIO232: Gregg Caruso on Free Will, Part 2

48 mins; March 04, 2020

SIO231: Gregg Caruso on Free Will and Moral Responsibility

52 mins; February 28, 2020

SIO230: Blue No Matter Whomberg?

63 hours 24 mins; February 26, 2020

SIO229: Means Testing, #metoo, and Bernie Bros

56 mins; February 19, 2020

SIO228: Iowa, The Debate, and New Hampshire

55 mins; February 12, 2020

SIO227: Do You Have an Internal Monologue?

57 mins; February 06, 2020

SIO226: Ben Burgis on Logic, the Left, and Joe Rogan's Endorsement

50 mins; January 31, 2020

SIO225: Australia on Fire, with Jake and Gregg of The Pouch Podcast

69 hours 15 mins; January 22, 2020

SIO224: Dem Debate 7 Or Something

53 mins; January 15, 2020

SIO223: Iran and Ricky Gervais

58 mins; January 09, 2020

SIO222: What Happened in the UK Election? with Dr. Kristi Winters

64 hours 58 mins; December 31, 2019

SIO221: Debate Reaction Episode!

53 mins; December 20, 2019

SIO220: Trump Impeached!

49 mins; December 18, 2019

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