by Center for Inquiry
Point of Inquiry is the Center for Inquiry's flagship podcast, where the brightest minds of our time sound off on all the things you're not supposed to talk about at the dinner table: science, religion, and politics. Guests have included Brian Greene, Susan Jacoby, Richard Dawkins, Ann Druyan, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Eugenie Scott, Adam Savage, Bill Nye, and Francis Collins. Point of Inquiry is produced at the Center for Inquiry in Amherst, N.Y.
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July 30, 2026
<p>The human race suffers from literally billions of colds every year. In this episode, Jim chats with Dr. David Miles about what a cold is, where it comes from, and how to avoid it.</p> <p>David Miles is an infectious-disease immunologist who has worked mostly on diseases of childhood in Africa and the vaccinations that protect against them. He now lives in London and tutors on the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine's online MSc course. His latest book is Sneeze: The History and Science of the Common Cold.</p>
July 6, 2026
<div> <p class="MsoNormal">What happens when a professional atheist and skeptic addresses a classroom full of young earth creationists and fundamentalist Christians?</p> </div> <div> <p class="MsoNormal">For 20 years, CFI West executive Director Jim Underdown has been going to a Christian high school in Southern California to represent atheism and secular humanism in that school's comparative religion class. Here is one of those discussions.</p> </div>
May 6, 2026
<p><!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p>Ann Druyan has had a stellar career bringing her creative talents to the world of science communication. From her time on the team that designed the messages on Voyager 1 & 2 (now outside our solar system), to her work on all three iterations of the Cosmos series, she has for millions of readers and viewers shed light on how our planet and universe operate.</p> <p><!-- /wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p>Ann chats with Jim about her life's work, her late husband Carl Sagan, and about the future of science in our world.</p> <p> </p>
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Point of Inquiry is the Center for Inquiry's flagship podcast, where the brightest minds of our time sound off on all the things you're not supposed to talk about at the dinner table: science, religion, and politics.
Guests have included Brian Greene, Susan Jacoby, Richard Dawkins, Ann Druyan, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Eugenie Scott, Adam Savage, Bill Nye, and Francis Collins.
Point of Inquiry is produced at the Center for Inquiry in Amherst, N.Y.
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