Pain, Fear, and The Way Out – John
8 October 2023 | Depolarization – Elections – Vaccine Mandates
John shares his path into and out of conspiratorial thinking. We talk about the roles pain and fear play in polarization and about the need to feel heard.
26 November 2021 | Vaccine Mandates
This is late in coming (and maybe lacking since I haven’t kept up with news for a year), but I figured I’d share anyway. I suspect a lot of folks have been pressured into COVID vaccination through employment mandates. If you got vaccinated, maybe you don’t feel great about it. Or maybe you’ve held out or are still on the fence. It took me a while to get comfortable with getting the COVID vaccine. The arguments I’d seen presented publicly didn’t really get me there. I wanted to share the concerns I had and where I’m at now on it….
Election Fraud and Trusting the Professionals – Justin
10 October 2021 | Elections
Justin and I discuss some benefits/risks of mail-in voting and the lack of public confidence in professionals–what went wrong and how to fix it.
Vaccine Mandates – Justin
10 October 2021 | Vaccine Mandates
Justin and I discuss workplace vaccine mandates, alternatives to those mandates, and who should pay the price for testing.
The Ethics of Eating Meat – Chuck
9 October 2021 | Animal Ethics
Chuck and I talk about the ethics of eating meat, incl. the role food plays in culture and how a significant change in food consumption could have spillover effects.
Living on the Streets – Possum
3 October 2021 | Homelessness
Possum shares his experience living on the streets and the one thing he would change if he could.
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Even small amounts of voter fraud can significantly undermine public confidence in the electoral process.
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Even small amounts of voter fraud can significantly undermine public confidence in the electoral process.
What is Voter Suppression? – JC
1 October 2021 | Elections
JC and I butt heads over whether voter suppression is a legitimate concern in the United States.
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Earnestly considering the views of skeptics is an essential component of scientific inquiry.
Anthropogenic Climate Science Tunnel Vision – Bob
1 October 2021 | Climate Change
Bob, a retired mathematician and geophysicist, has concerns about skeptical voices being silenced in the climate science field and non-anthropogenic causes getting short shrift.