EPISODE · Oct 12, 2022 · 29 MIN
Race Matters, audio edition
from Skeptic · host Michael Shermer
Order the latest issue of Skeptic on “Race Matters” here We have three cover stories on various aspects of race and I.Q., race and sports, and race as a social construct (click on links to order): ### Michael Shermer is the Publisher of Skeptic magazine, the host of The Michael Shermer Show, and a Presidential Fellow at Chapman University. He is the author of Why People Believe Weird Things, The Believing Brain, Heavens on Earth, and Giving the Devil His Due. His new book is Conspiracy: Why the Rational Believe the Irrational, out on October 25, 2022. Preorder here. Get full access to Skeptic at michaelshermer.substack.com/subscribe
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