Point of Inquiry (podcast)
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Point of Inquiry is a long-running interview podcast focused on science, skepticism, and secular humanism, featuring conversations with scientists, authors, and public intellectuals.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Point of Inquiry (podcast) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8666106 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Point of Inquiry (podcast) Context triple: [D.J. Grothe, notableWork, Point of Inquiry (podcast)]
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A.
Radiolab
Radiolab is a popular, award-winning radio show and podcast that explores scientific, philosophical, and cultural topics through highly produced, narrative-driven audio storytelling.
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B.
The Michael Shermer Show
The Michael Shermer Show is a long-form interview and discussion series hosted by science writer and skeptic Michael Shermer, featuring conversations on science, philosophy, religion, politics, and critical thinking.
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C.
TED Radio Hour
TED Radio Hour is a narrative-driven audio program that explores big ideas and themes through curated TED Talks and in-depth interviews with their speakers.
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D.
The Chris Myers Show
The Chris Myers Show is a sports-focused television talk show hosted by veteran sportscaster Chris Myers, featuring interviews, analysis, and commentary on major sporting events and personalities.
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E.
Mea Culpa podcast
Mea Culpa podcast is a political and legal commentary show hosted by former Trump attorney Michael Cohen, in which he reflects on his experiences and critiques Donald Trump and his inner circle.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Point of Inquiry (podcast) Target entity description: Point of Inquiry is a long-running interview podcast focused on science, skepticism, and secular humanism, featuring conversations with scientists, authors, and public intellectuals.
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A.
Radiolab
Radiolab is a popular, award-winning radio show and podcast that explores scientific, philosophical, and cultural topics through highly produced, narrative-driven audio storytelling.
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B.
The Michael Shermer Show
The Michael Shermer Show is a long-form interview and discussion series hosted by science writer and skeptic Michael Shermer, featuring conversations on science, philosophy, religion, politics, and critical thinking.
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C.
TED Radio Hour
TED Radio Hour is a narrative-driven audio program that explores big ideas and themes through curated TED Talks and in-depth interviews with their speakers.
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D.
The Chris Myers Show
The Chris Myers Show is a sports-focused television talk show hosted by veteran sportscaster Chris Myers, featuring interviews, analysis, and commentary on major sporting events and personalities.
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E.
Mea Culpa podcast
Mea Culpa podcast is a political and legal commentary show hosted by former Trump attorney Michael Cohen, in which he reflects on his experiences and critiques Donald Trump and his inner circle.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | podcast ⓘ |
| affiliation | Center for Inquiry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| aim |
to advance secular humanist values
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to explore the intersection of science and religion ⓘ to promote science and critical inquiry ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Committee for Skeptical Inquiry
NERFINISHED
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Council for Secular Humanism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| availableOn | podcast platforms ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| distributionFormat | podcast feed ⓘ |
| format | interview ⓘ |
| genre |
science podcast
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secular humanism podcast ⓘ skepticism podcast ⓘ |
| hasGuest |
authors
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humanist leaders ⓘ public intellectuals ⓘ scientists ⓘ skeptics ⓘ |
| hasHost |
Chris Mooney
NERFINISHED
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D. J. Grothe NERFINISHED ⓘ Jim Underdown NERFINISHED ⓘ Josh Zepps NERFINISHED ⓘ Karen Stollznow NERFINISHED ⓘ Lindsay Beyerstein NERFINISHED ⓘ Paul Fidalgo NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Price NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://pointofinquiry.org ⓘ |
| inception | 2005 ⓘ |
| isLongRunning | true ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| medium | audio ⓘ |
| notableTopic |
church–state separation
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human rights ⓘ pseudoscience ⓘ religious belief ⓘ |
| producer | Center for Inquiry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publisher | Center for Inquiry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
critical thinking
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public policy ⓘ religion and secularism ⓘ science ⓘ secular humanism ⓘ skepticism ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
science-interested public
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secular humanists ⓘ skeptics ⓘ |
| typicalEpisodeStyle | one-on-one interview ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Point of Inquiry (podcast) Description of subject: Point of Inquiry is a long-running interview podcast focused on science, skepticism, and secular humanism, featuring conversations with scientists, authors, and public intellectuals.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.