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Point of Inquiry

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  • God is Imaginary

    I'm a huge fan.

    I have one of your interviews featured in a blog.

    4 years ago
  • Markii

    happy halloween, POI! thank you for everything you guys do. thanks for changing my world-view for the better! be safe and have fun tonight!

    http://markii.wordpress.com

    4 years ago
  • Metal ist krieg

    hey I enjoyed your podcast about satanism and science.. good stuff..keep it up

    4 years ago
  • A Tooth-Fairy Agnostic

    Much Support! Look out for Dawkins' new video looking at all things supernatural. Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket

    4 years ago
  • Sarah

    It was nice to see you two last week. There was an interesting article on secularism in the current issue of First Things that you should check out (it's not online; check your library).

    4 years ago
  • Carnivorous Nights

    Love your show! There is often joy in skepticism . . .

    "Keep an open mind, but not so open that your brain falls out" -- Robert Low or Richard Feynman (not sure who said this originally, though we heard Neil deGrasse Tyson say it once in response to someone asking him if the Moon Landing had been faked on a Hollywood soundstage)

    5 years ago
  • Kevin Laird

    I really enjoy your show! I thought it was going to be relentless fundy bashing, but instead you have very intelligent, interesting and articulate guests. I also enjoy Dj Grothe playing the devil's advocate during each interview, adding alot of credibility to the show. Thanks for skipping the soft-ball questions, and thank you for a great show.

    5 years ago
  • Ross Blocher

    It was great to see you guys at CSER's conference on Scripture & Skepticism. Keep up the great work!

    5 years ago
  • Tim Fischer

    Hay, thanks 4 the add. Love the show!

    But are you sure you guys dont wana convert to Bananism and worship our true creator Banana?

    5 years ago
  • KC the MoUsY spell-chec…

    Hi! I've recently found out about the Point of Inquiry podcast. I think it's a great idea to promote reason.

    I have a question: I've been recommended a book called God: The Failed Hypothesis. How Science Shows That God Does Not Exist by Victor J Stenger. Will there be anything about it on the show?

    5 years ago
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    Critical Thinking, Skepticism, Science, Art, Philosophy, Religion, Astronomy, Podcasting, Politics, Sex, Atheism, Freethought, Painting, Poetry, Humanism, America's Secular Roots, Magic, Enlightenment Ideals, Culture Wars, Gaming, Filmmaking, etc.

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    The God Delusion, The Selfish Gene, The Ancestor's Tale, Unweaving the Rainbow, Letter to a Christian Nation, The End of Faith, The Reason Driven Life, The Incredible Shrinking Son of Man, The Da Vinci Fraud, Why Darwin Matters, Why People Believe Weird Things, Science Friction, Demon-Haunted World, Cosmos, The Varieties of Scientific Experience, Pale Blue Dot, Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors, Science and Religion, The Just War and Jihad, The Historical Jesus in Context, The New Testament, Real Life X-Files, The UFO Invasion, Origins, The Sky is Not The Limit, Medical Marvels, Don,t Believe Everything You Think, Atheism, Skepticism, Humanism, The Gathering of Infidels, The Courage to Become, A Secular Humanist Declaration, The Faith Healers, Flim-Flim, The Truth About Uri Geller, An Encyclopedia of Claims, Frauds, and Hoaxes of the Occult and Supernatural, The New Encyclopedia of Unbelief, Galactic Rapture, One Nation Under God, Intelligent Thought, What Evolution Is, Finding Darwin's God, The God Factor, Psychic Sleuths, Crime Science, The Secret Gospels, The Jesus Dynasty, Affirmations, Humanist Manifesto 2000, Consider the Following, Freethinkers, The New Skepticism, Skepticism and Humanism, Breaking the Spell, Science meets Alternative Medicine, Entities, A Devil's Chaplain, Leaving Islam, God vs. The Gavel, The Republican War on Science, Evolution vs. Creationism, Max Maven's Book of Fortunetelling, Forbidden Fruit, Why I am Not a Muslim, What The Koran Really Says, Media Mythmakers, Secrets of the Sideshows, The Trouble With Christmas

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Listen online for free at: http://www.pointofinquiry.org




Thomas Donnelly and D.J. Grothe recording the show.

 
Hello, I am Thomas Donnelly, and I produce this show. Here is some information on it:

Point of Inquiry is the premiere podcast of the Center for Inquiry, drawing on CFI's relationship with the leading minds of the day including Nobel Prize-winning scientists, public intellectuals, social critics and thinkers, and renowned magicians and other entertainers. Each episode combines incisive interviews, features and commentary focusing on CFI's issues: religion, human values and the borderlands of science. Point of Inquiry explores CFI's three research areas:
 
1. Pseudoscience and the paranormal (Bigfoot, UFOs, psychics, communication with the dead, cryptozoology, etc.)
 
2. Alternative medicine (faith healing, homeopathy, "healing touch," the efficacy of prayer, etc.)
 
3. Religion and secularism (church-state separation, the effects and proper role of religion in society, the future of secularism and nonbelief, etc.)
 

Lauren Becker reads a commentary.
Point of Inquiry is produced at the Center for Inquiry in Amherst, NY. CFI, a think-tank collaborating with the State University of New York on the new Science and the Public Masters Program, is devoted to promoting science, reason, and freedom of inquiry in every field of human interest. CFI also maintains additional branches in Manhattan, Tampa, Hollywood, Washington D.C., and in eleven other cities around the world.
 
D.J. Grothe hosts Point of Inquiry. An associate editor of Free Inquiry magazine, he has lectured widely on topics at the intersection of education, secularism and science at universities such as Harvard, Yale, Stanford, UCLA, UC Berkeley, and dozens of others. Formerly a professional magician, he has special interests in the psychology of belief and processes of deception and self-deception. More information about Grothe can be found at http://www.djgrothe.com.
 
Thomas Donnelly produces Point of Inquiry. He also serves as director of web and digital media services for the Center for Inquiry. A 2004 graduate in media study from the State University of New York at Buffalo, he explores how the media treats topics such as religion and nonbelief, science, and skepticism and the paranormal.
 
Contributors to Point of Inquiry include Lauren Becker, Paul Kurtz, Benjamin Radford, Sarah Jordan, Debbie Goddard, Joe Nickell, Barry Karr, Tom Flynn, David Koepsell, and Austin Dacey.
 

Some of the Point of Inquiry team: Lauren Becker, Tom Flynn, D.J. Grothe, Ben Radford, Thomas Donnelly, and Debbie Goddard.

 

I hope you enjoy the show! — Thomas

Who I'd like to meet:

Skeptics, Magicians, Mentalists, Freethinkers, Transhumanists, Humanists, Rationalists, Nonbelievers, Atheists, Agnostics, Secularists, Philosophers, Thinkers, Theologians, Christians, Catholics, Protestants, Evangelicals, Buddhists, Muslims, Jews, Scientologists, Deists, Ghost Hunters, Paranormal Investigators, Alternative Medicine Practitioners, Homeopathic Doctors, Comedians, Magicians, Artists, Writers and anyone with an interest in critical thinking, atheism, religion, the paranormal, homeopathy or alternative medicine.

Details

  • Status: In a Relationship
  • Hometown: Buffalo, NY
  • Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Schools

  • Suny At Buffalo

    • Buffalo,New York
    • Graduated: N/A
    • Degree: Master's Degree
    • Major: Science and the Public
    2004 to 2006

Companies

  • Center for Inquiry

    • Amherst, NY US

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