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: Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... An orange square with waves indicates that an RSS feed is present on a web page. ... <drini ☎> 14:27, 15 August 2005 (UTC) Categories: Possible copyright violations ...

• 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, Christopher Hitchens and Sam Harris (the four chief figures of "new atheism"), Chris Mooney, Eugenie Scott, Bill Nye, Max Maven, Ibn Warraq, Susan Jacoby, Derek and Swoopy of Skepticality, Joe Nickell, Paul Kurtz, Jamy Ian Swiss, Nobel Prize winner Herbert Hauptman, American skeptic James Randi, and lawyer and activist Edward Tabash, among others. Phrenology is regarded today as a classic example of pseudoscience. ... // Paranormal is an umbrella term used to describe a wide variety of reported anomalous phenomena. ... Alternative medicine is defined as any of various systems of healing or treating disease (as chiropractic, homeopathy, or faith healing) not included in the traditional medical curricula taught in the United States and Britain.[1] Complementary medicine is defined as any of the practices (as acupuncture) of alternative medicine accepted... George Jacob Holyoake (1817-1906), British writer who coined the term secularism. ... December 2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → 31 December 2005 (Saturday) 25-year-old Scottish human rights worker Kate Burton and her parents are freed unharmed in the Gaza Strip by the Palestinian gunmen who kidnapped them two days earlier. ... Clinton Richard Dawkins (born March 26, 1941) is a British ethologist, evolutionary biologist, and popular science writer who holds the Charles Simonyi Chair for the Public Understanding of Science at Oxford University. ... Daniel Clement Dennett (b. ... Christopher Eric Hitchens (born April 13, 1949) is an Anglo-American author, journalist and literary critic. ... Sam Harris Sam Harris (born 1967) is an American author with active interests in philosophy, religion and neuroscience. ... Antitheism (sometimes anti-theism) is active opposition to theism. ... Chris C. Mooney is an American journalist who focuses on science in political policy. ... Eugenie Scott. ... William Sanford Nye (b. ... Max Maven (born Phil Goldstein in 1950) is a famous Magician and Mentalist. ... Ibn Warraq is the pen name of an author of several books on Islam. ... Susan Jacoby (born 1945) is an American author. ... Skepticality is a popular podcast which explores rational thought, skeptical ideas, and famous myths from around the world, throughout history. ... Joe Nickell was born December 1, 1944 and is a prominent investigator of the paranormal. ... Dr. Paul Kurtz Paul Kurtz (born December 21, 1925 in Newark, New Jersey) is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the University at Buffalo (SUNY), but is best known for his prominent role in the United States skeptical community. ... Jamy Ian Swiss is an American close-up magician. ... Herbert A. Hauptman Dr. Hauptman is a world renowned mathematician who pioneered and developed a mathematical method that has changed the whole field of chemistry and opened a new era in research in determination of molecular structures of crystallized materials. ... James Randi (born August 7, 1928), stage name The Amazing Randi, is a stage magician and scientific skeptic best known as a challenger of paranormal claims and pseudoscience. ... The subject of this article may not satisfy the notability guideline or one of the following guidelines for inclusion on Wikipedia: Biographies, Books, Companies, Fiction, Music, Neologisms, Numbers, Web content, or several proposals for new guidelines. ...

D.J. 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. Free Inquiry is a bi-monthly journal of secular humanist opinion and commentary, published by the Council for Secular Humanism. ...

Produced by Thomas Donnelly, Point of Inquiry sometimes features commentaries from contributors such as Tom Flynn, Barry Karr, David Koepsell, Lauren Becker, Austin Dacey, Sarah Jordan, Ben Radford, and Debbie Goddard. David R. Koepsell is the Executive Director of the Council for Secular Humanism. ...

External links

• Point of Inquiry
• Center for Inquiry
• Skeptiko's interview with D. J. Grothe