Joe Rogan Experience #1456 - Michael Shermer

ℹ️ EPISODE INFO

Released

April 9, 2020

Duration

1h 53m

Channel

The Joe Rogan Experience

Watch on YouTube

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📝 EPISODE DESCRIPTION

Michael Shermer is a science writer, historian of science, founder of The Skeptics Society, and Editor in Chief of its magazine Skeptic. His new book “Giving the Devil His Due: Reflections of a Scientific Humanist” is available now. https://amzn.to/2XmplJY @skepticmagazine

🎤 SPEAKERS

• Joe Rogan

  host

• Michael Shermer

  guest

🧾 EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of The Joe Rogan Experience, featuring Joe Rogan and Michael Shermer, Joe Rogan Experience #1456 - Michael Shermer explores Michael Shermer, Free Speech, and COVID: Weighing Risk, Reason, Liberty Joe Rogan and skeptic Michael Shermer discuss how COVID-19 is reshaping daily life, from remote work and education to long-term public health, economics, and personal fitness. They examine policy trade‑offs between saving lives and saving the economy, comparing U.S. responses with South Korea and Germany, and touching on treatments, mortality data, and conspiracy theories about the virus and 5G. Shermer then pivots to themes from his book *Giving the Devil His Due*, arguing for robust free speech, engagement with ideological opponents, and skepticism toward both government overreach and cancel culture. The conversation ranges into moral progress, polarization, race and gay rights, guns, and how exposure and dialogue—rather than censorship or violence—change minds over time.

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