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Michael Shermer on Truth and Conspiracy

Apr 18, 202657 min
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Episode description

Yascha Mounk and Michael Shermer delve into the art of debunking dangerous ideas without silencing free speech.

Michael Shermer is the Founding Publisher of Skeptic magazine and the host of the podcast The Michael Shermer Show. His new book is Truth: What it is, How to Find it, Why it Still Matters.

In this week’s conversation, Yascha Mounk and Michael Shermer discuss conspiracy theories from the plausible to the wild, how to assess whether a conspiracy theory is accurate, and discovering the truth in a convoluted world.


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