Pandemic Perspectives 9: Covid, 'Scientism,' and the Betrayal of the Enlightenment

In this Pandemic Perspectives Podcast, Ideas Roadshow founder and host Howard Burton talks to bestselling author and University of Oxford law professor Charles Foster on how the coronavirus pandemic reveals how so many of us—including so many scientists—have replaced rigorous scientific skepticism with an alarming cult of "scientism." Ideas Roadshow's Pandemic Perspectives Project consists of three distinct, reinforcing elements: a documentary film (Pandemic Perspectives), book (Pandemic Perspectives: A filmmaker's journey in 10 essays) and a series of 24 detailed podcasts with many of the film's expert participants. Visit for more details. Howard Burton is the founder of Ideas Roadshow and host of the Ideas Roadshow Podcast. He can be reached at howard@ideasroadshow.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Pandemic Perspectives 9: Covid, 'Scientism,' and the Betrayal of the Enlightenment is an episode from Ideas Roadshow Podcast by New Books Network.

This episode is 59:10 long.

This episode was published on May 4, 2022.

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