Sean Rafferty's guest appearances

Sean Rafferty

Sausage of Science

Joanna Lumley & The Maestro

Dan Brown

David Samson

Katie Lee

Peter Gray

David Sloan Wilson

Jeffrey Peterson

Susan Blum

Peter Ungar

Katie Hinde

Michael Little

Sarah Lacy

Shannon Bennett

Tanya Luhrmann

Alyssa Crittenden

Briana Pobiner

OwlTail

Joanna and Stephen invite another guest into their home. Classical music aficionado Sean Rafferty discusses his lifelong love of music, and our trio discuss learning to play music, the culture of arts in Ireland and what happens when a bomb goes off while you’re broadcasting.

Sean Rafferty: Celidhs, Studio Emergencies and the Musical Sublime

Dr. Sean Rafferty is an archaeologist at the University at Albany. His office is right next door to Cara’s. He was one of Chris’ professors in grad school. Sean’s focus has moved from strictly cognitive and Northeastern U.S. archaeology to the philosophy of skepticism. While Chris fondly remembers Sean as skeptical by nature, he has delved deeper into the discipline, theory, and literature of skepticism and teaches several courses and sections on it to UAlbany students.Cara hosts Science on Tap lectures at a local pub in Albany, and Sean gave a lecture for her on skepticism. Episode 2 is the audio of that lecture. We interviewed Sean as a way to set up the episode, and we all have so many words, we decided to split it into two parts.Learn more about Sean’s research and teaching at his department webpage: http://www.albany.edu/anthro/rafferty.phpSean got into skepticism by listening to podcasts (fancy that!), so we asked him what some of his favorite podcasts are and promised to provide links to them here:●	Skeptics Guide to the Universe - http://www.theskepticsguide.org/●	Center for Scientific Inquiry - http://www.pointofinquiry.org/●	Skepticality - https://www.skepticality.com/●	Skeptic Magazine - http://www.skeptic.com/podcasts/●	Monster Talk - http://monstertalk.skeptic.com/●	Skeptoid - https://skeptoid.com/●	Society for Science Based Medicine - http://sfsbm.org/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=163&amp;Itemid=786●	Sisyphus Speaks - http://sfsbm.org/sysiphusspeaks.com/●	Penn Jillette - http://pennsundayschool.com/●	The Cracked - http://www.cracked.com/podcast/●	Buzzfeed - https://www.buzzfeed.com/podcastsClassroom MaterialsCalling Bullshit Syllabus: http://callingbullshit.org/Recommended Books: The Demon Haunted World - Carl SaganYou are not so smart - David McRaneyNonsense on Stilts - Massimo PiglucciThe Believing Brain - Michael ShermerAbominable Science - Donald ProtheroReality Check: How Science Deniers Threaten our Future - Donald ProtheroContact Sean Rafferty:srafferty@albany.edu  Journal of Northeast Anthropology http://www.albany.edu/northeast_anthropology/, neanthro@albany.edu Contact Us:https://www.facebook.com/groups/humanbiologyassociation http://humbio.org/ https://twitter.com/HumBioAssoc Cara Ocobockhttp://www.albany.edu/anthro/72074.php cocobock@albany.eduhttps://twitter.com/CaraOcobockChris Lynnhttp://cdlynn.people.ua.edu/cdlynn@ua.eduhttps://twitter.com/Chris_Ly  The song in the soundbed is “Broke 4U Baby” by the Morning Shakes, Chris’ band from the 1990s.

Dr. Sean Rafferty is an archaeologist at the University at Albany. His office is right next door to Cara’s. He was one of Chris’ professors in grad school. Sean’s focus has moved from strictly cognitive and Northeastern U.S. archaeology to the philosophy of skepticism. While Chris fondly remembers Sean as skeptical by nature, he has delved deeper into the discipline, theory, and literature of skepticism and teaches several courses and sections on it to UAlbany students. Cara hosts Science on Tap lectures at a local pub in Albany, and Sean gave a lecture for her on skepticism. Episode 2 is the audio of that lecture. We interviewed Sean as a way to set up the episode, and we all have so many words, we decided to split it into two parts. Learn more about Sean’s research and teaching at his department webpage: <a href="http://www.albany.edu/anthro/rafferty.php" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.albany.edu/anthro/rafferty.php</a> Sean got into skepticism by listening to podcasts (fancy that!), so we asked him what some of his favorite podcasts are and promised to provide links to them here: ●	Skeptics Guide to the Universe - <a href="http://www.theskepticsguide.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.theskepticsguide.org/</a> ●	Center for Scientific Inquiry - <a href="http://www.pointofinquiry.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.pointofinquiry.org/</a> ●	Skepticality - <a href="https://www.skepticality.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.skepticality.com/</a> ●	Skeptic Magazine - <a href="http://www.skeptic.com/podcasts/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.skeptic.com/podcasts/</a> ●	Monster Talk - <a href="http://monstertalk.skeptic.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://monstertalk.skeptic.com/</a> ●	Skeptoid - <a href="https://skeptoid.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://skeptoid.com/</a> ●	Society for Science Based Medicine - <a href="http://sfsbm.org/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=163&amp;Itemid=786" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://sfsbm.org/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=163&amp;Itemid=786</a> ●	Sisyphus Speaks - <a href="http://sfsbm.org/sysiphusspeaks.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://sfsbm.org/sysiphusspeaks.com/</a> ●	Penn Jillette - <a href="http://pennsundayschool.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://pennsundayschool.com/</a> ●	The Cracked - <a href="http://www.cracked.com/podcast/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.cracked.com/podcast/</a> ●	Buzzfeed - <a href="https://www.buzzfeed.com/podcasts" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.buzzfeed.com/podcasts</a> Classroom Materials Calling Bullshit Syllabus: <a href="http://callingbullshit.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://callingbullshit.org/</a> Recommended Books: The Demon Haunted World - Carl Sagan You are not so smart - David McRaney Nonsense on Stilts - Massimo Piglucci The Believing Brain - Michael Shermer Abominable Science - Donald Prothero Reality Check: How Science Deniers Threaten our Future - Donald Prothero Contact Sean Rafferty: srafferty@albany.edu Journal of Northeast Anthropology <a href="http://www.albany.edu/northeast_anthropology/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.albany.edu/northeast_anthropology/</a>, neanthro@albany.edu Contact Us: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/humanbiologyassociation" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/groups/humanbiologyassociation</a> <a href="http://humbio.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://humbio.org/</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/HumBioAssoc" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/HumBioAssoc</a> Cara Ocobock <a href="http://www.albany.edu/anthro/72074.php" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.albany.edu/anthro/72074.php</a> cocobock@albany.edu <a href="https://twitter.com/CaraOcobock" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/CaraOcobock</a> Chris Lynn <a href="http://cdlynn.people.ua.edu/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://cdlynn.people.ua.edu/</a> cdlynn@ua.edu <a href="https://twitter.com/Chris_Ly" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/Chris_Ly</a> The song in the soundbed is “Broke 4U Baby” by the Morning Shakes, Chris’ band from the 1990s.

SoS2: Science on Tap: Sean Rafferty and Scientific Skepticism (Part B)

SoS1: Sean Rafferty Talks about the Science of Skepticism (Part A)