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A Skeptic's Guide to 2026 | Glenn Loury & Michael Shermer | The Glenn Show
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Jan 23, 2026
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Support The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.com Order Glenn's new book, "Self-Censorship," here or wherever you get your books: Amazon: https://tinyurl.com/683p6kk3 Barnes & Noble: https://tinyurl.com/4yvz4fta Bookshop: https://tinyurl.com/44rznxww Glenn Loury (Brown University, Hoover Institution, Self-Censorship) and Michael Shermer (Skeptic Magazine, Truth: What It Is, How to Find It, and Why It Still Matters). Recorded January 19, 2026
- 0:00The crisis of belief and the crisis of speech
- 4:30Michael: Deport the criminals, leave the gardeners
- 10:37Michael’s list of the biggest, craziest, and most dangerous conspiracy theories
- 15:47When trust in institutions breaks down
- 22:06Why well-meaning people make absurd claims
- 26:01Is Trump uniquely dangerous to American institutions?
- 29:04Where Michael gets his news
- 31:49How liberal institutions lost the plot
- 36:15The roots and appeal of QAnon
- 41:06Down the Jeffrey Epstein rabbit hole
- 44:47Michael’s definition of truth
- 51:23The stakes of religious belief
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