Point of Inquiry
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Point of Inquiry is a podcast produced by the Center for Inquiry (CFI). Each episode features interviews and commentaries focused on CFI's mission of promoting science, reason, and freedom of inquiry in every field of human interest. Specific topics include:
- Pseudoscience and the paranormal (bigfoot, UFOs, psychics, communication with the dead, cryptozoology, etc.)
- Alternative medicine (faith healing, homeopathy, belief in "healing touch," the efficacy of prayer, etc.)
- Religion and secularism (church-state separation, the effects and proper role of religion in society, the future of secularism and nonbelief, etc.)
The weekly show, which launched in December 2005, has featured Nobel Prize-winning scientists, public intellectuals, social critics and thinkers, and renowned entertainers. Past guests include Richard Dawkins, Daniel Dennett, Chris Mooney, Eugenie Scott, Bill Nye, Max Maven, Ibn Warraq, Susan Jacoby, Derek and Swoopy of Skepticality, Joe Nickell, Paul Kurtz, Jamy Ian Swiss, Herbert Hauptman, James Randi, Sam Harris, and Edward Tabash among others.
DJ Grothe hosts Point of Inquiry. An associate editor of Free Inquiry magazine, he lectures and debates frequently on topics surrounding science and central beliefs at colleges and universities throughout the United States.
Produced by Thomas Donnelly, Point of Inquiry features commentaries from contributors such as Tom Flynn, Barry Karr, David Koepsell, Lauren Becker, Austin Dacey, Sarah Jordan, Ben Radford, and Debbie Goddard.
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