Episodes

Dec. 14, 2024

End of Year Show With Al Borealis |650|

Forum Borealis and Skeptiko: a year of unexpected hope. In Skeptiko episode 650… the landscape..
Dec. 6, 2024

Alt-Alt Media’s Vindication and the Road Ahead |649|

Graham Dunlop of Grimerica talks about the future of podcasting. In Skeptiko episode 649… more..
Nov. 20, 2024

Consciousness, Contact, and the Limits of Measurability |648|

Dr. Janis Whitlock seeks a deeper understanding of consciousness realms. In Skeptiko episode 648, from..
Nov. 13, 2024

Consciousness Converging: NDEs, Alien Contact, and Fake Transhumanism |647|

Exoacademian Darren King on the converging consciousness realms. In Skeptiko episode 647… multiple lines of..
Oct. 31, 2024

Andrew Paquette: Rigged! Mathematical Patterns Reveal Election Database Manipulation |646|

Painstaking analysis of algorithms designed to manage and obscure elections. In Skeptiko episode 646 Dr...
Oct. 23, 2024

Toby Walsh: AI Ethics and the Quest for Unbiased Truth |645|

The tension between AI safety and truth-seeking isn’t what you think it is. In Skeptiko..
Oct. 16, 2024

Alex Gomez-Marin: Science Has Died, Can We Resurrect it? |644|

Consciousness, precognition, near-death experience, and the future of science Dr. Alex Gomez-Marin is a world-class..
Oct. 9, 2024

Bernardo Kastrup on AI Consciousness |643|

Consciousness, AI, and the future of science: A spirited debate If we really are on..
Oct. 3, 2024

The Spiritual Journey of Compromise and Doubt |642|

Insights from Howard Storm In the realm of near-death experiences (NDEs) and Christianity, few voices..
Sept. 25, 2024

Why Humans Suck at AI? |641|

Craig Smith from the Eye on AI Podcast Human bias and illogical thinking allows AI to..
Sept. 19, 2024

How AI is Humanizing Work |640|

Dan Tuchin uses AI to enrich the workplace. How AI is Humanizing Work Forget about..
Sept. 11, 2024

Christof Koch, Damn White Crows! |639|

Renowned neuroscientist tackled by NDE science. Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) is sidestepping the consciousness elephant..
Sept. 5, 2024

AI Ethics is About Truth… Or Maybe Not |638|

Ben Byford, Machine Ethics Podcast Another week in AI and more droning on about how..
Aug. 30, 2024

Nathan Labenz from the Cognitive Revolution podcast |637|

AI Ethics may be unsustainable -=-=-= In the clamor surrounding AI ethics and safety are..
Aug. 22, 2024

AI Truth Ethics |636|

Launching a new pod Here are the first three episodes of the AI Truth Ethics..
Aug. 13, 2024

AI Journalism Truth |635|

Craig S. Smith used to write for WSJ and NYT, now he’s into AI. After..
Aug. 1, 2024

AI Tackles Yale/Stanford Junk Science |634|

AI stumbles on data analysis but eventually gets it right. Ready for another AI truth..
July 25, 2024

AI Goes Head-to-head With Sam Harris on Free Will |633|

Flat Earth and no free will claims are compared. In Skeptiko 633, we ran another..
July 17, 2024

AI Exposes Truth About NDEs |632|

AI head-to-head with Lex Fridman and Dr. Jeff Long over NDE science. In Skeptiko 632,..
July 5, 2024

Convincing AI |631|

Mark Gober and I use AI to settle a scientific argument about viruses. In Skeptiko..
June 27, 2024

Fake AI Techno-Religion |630|

Tim Garvin’s new book prompts an AI chat about spirituality. Multi-agent reinforcement learning and other..
June 20, 2024

Can Machines Grieve? |629|

Grief counselor Brian Smith transforms grief into growth. Concerns over AI safety make headlines, but..
June 13, 2024

Is AI Just a Yes Man? |628|

The blurred lines of machine deception and AI engagement. Me: Hey Claude, can you help..
June 6, 2024

Faking AI Safety |627|

Is AI safety becoming a problem-reaction-solution thing? I’m encouraged. I just had a conversation with..