149 episodes
Roots of Reality Ben Baumann
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4.9 • 48 Ratings
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A podcast by historian Ben Baumann, which uses history from the formation of the universe to the present, to show how our world came to be, by giving brief historical summaries of topics and by conducting oral history interviews with guest experts.
"Billions of years led to you, so make the most of it"
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#149 Pseudoscience in the Modern World with Dr. Raywat Deonandan
In this Roots of Reality Experiences episode, historian Ben Baumann speaks with epidemiologist and science communicator Dr. Raywat Deonandan about why pseudoscience is so popular, the impact of the pandemic on pseudoscience, and much more.
Bio- https://www.uottawa.ca/faculty-health-sciences/interdisciplinary/our-professors/raywat-deonandan
Twitter- https://twitter.com/deonandan?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor
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#148 The History of Rejecting Science
Historian Ben Baumann talks about the history of people rejecting science, the mindset of a science denier, and the problem with debating science deniers.
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#147 The Film Amerikatsi and Hope with Michael Goorjian
In this Roots of Reality Experiences episode, historian Ben Baumann speaks with Michael Goorjian about his new film Amerikatsi, the inspiration behind it, and its message of hope.
Website- https://amerikatsi.film/
Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/Amerikatsi/
Twitter- https://twitter.com/AmerikatsiMovie
Twitter- https://twitter.com/MichaelGoorjian
Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/amerikatsi_movie
Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/michaelgoorjian/
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#146 The History of Hope
Historian Ben Baumann shares some historical stories of hope and how history can give us hope for our future.
(Pictured is George Washington Plympton)
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#145 Investigating Monster Sightings with Ben Radford
In this Roots of Reality Experiences episode, historian Ben Baumann speaks with science-based paranormal investigator Ben Radford about the most popular monsters today, why cryptozoology is popular, and his investigations of various monster sighting claims.
Podcast- podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/squa…ge/id1226273233
Facebook- www.facebook.com/ben.radford.58
Twitter- twitter.com/BTRadford
Articles- skepticalinquirer.org/s/?_sft_author…njamin-radford
Books- www.amazon.com/Benjamin-Radford/…ng_rwt_scns_share
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#144 The History of Monsters
Historian Ben Baumann talks about the different monster beliefs throughout history and the reasons why people have believed in monsters historically.
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Customer Reviews
Trust the science
My type of pod with excellent dialogue exploring reason and rationality of topical subjects. Well done.
Episode #92 Only.
I normally love your show. I do not appreciate people try to reconstruct history and apologize for religion without any pushback for all the harm its caused. religion cannot be reconciled with science. They operate in completely different ways.Science requires evidence religion requires faith. Religion is not falsifiable and you can’t prove a negative. Persia had some of the most advanced technology of its day until Muhammad came along and destroyed it and suppressed curiosity. The last thing we need is more academics reconstructing history to validate their watered-down modernized religious ideologies.
This woman is wrong and shame on you as a for giving her a platform without pushing back.
Other than this, I do love your show and would give it five stars for all the other episodes. This episode just upset me so much I had to say something.
Entertaining
Ben does a great job asking and listening to answers. He covers a wide variety of subjects, which is a huge plus for me.