Thomas has always delivered sharp thoughtful analysis but his latest batch of episode since the election has been on fire! If you recognize what’s happening in our government as the slow motion disaster it is, this is the podcast you need in your ears. If you think everything’s fine… Well, enjoy the view from under that rock.

Thomas is awesome

I thought this podcast was for learning about jobs and cool sciency stuff. Why is it political now? Other podcasts from the same guy already do that. Why ruin this one??

Thank you for your clarity, I appreciate you.

How do you know it’s a Thomas Smith podcast? It has 4x the ads of any other podcast you listen to.

Thomas is one of my all-time favorite podcast hosts. Versatile, entertaining, and a great question asked. He knows right when to pop in with a humorous quip to help keep listeners engaged and make listening to educational discussion more entertaining. I’ve retained more information which has helped me have more conversations from this show than many other science and topical shows I’ve listened to over the last 5 years. Thank you Thomas for consistently amazing content and a wide variety of well informed communicators teaching me new things!

Not very serious. Name calling, poor grammar and spelling. Talking points mixed with poor research. Appeals to authority. Unfollowing.

If you are more intelligent than a clever jellyfish, I’m not sure this podcast is for you. If you perhaps are an amoeba with fetal alcohol syndrome, this podcast will probably be right up your alley as Thomas routinely shows off his near mediocrity and at best middling education. He is very adept at shouting into a microphone about things he doesn’t know the first thing, so he’s got that going for him (?)

We MIGHT live in a "simulation" of sorts; if it is computer based, it isnt like any kind of computer that we can imagine right now. And the simulated world might be here so we can gather experiences and wisdom and make connections with each other. Just imagine you are a 1 week old fetus (on The Other Side) and you are plugged into this universe; and you are able to live a thousand lifetimes here before you are born there. Your IQ would be off the charts! You would have so much wisdom and know what is truly valuable in life even before you take your first steps.

Thomas is the grease that makes the podcast go. He's the interested comedian or whatever they used to say on that other podcast. Lydia and Thomas are a pair. Thomas and Lydia don't put up with bullpucky. There is a podcast that is incredibly boring because Thomas is not there. All the podcasts. God Awful Movies should have Thomas and Lydia on. Just saying.

Thomas, thank you for the very compelling deep dive on the horrendous events in Israel and Gaza. You are providing much needed context and timeline of events to your listeners. I think your outrage and emotional responses are shared by most of us.

The incessant autoads not only make this podcast unlistenable, but they come so frequently that it’s impossible to tell whether or not I’d want to listen to it. Should I become a Patrion? I have no idea because it’s just autoad after autoad and I’m left clueless as to if the podcast itself is decent or not.

It’s not that Thomas says anything I disagree with, it’s that I only have so much time in a day for podcast listening, and following his meandering bounce-house sidebars tries my patience. I know, this isn’t an airport, you don’t have to announce your departure, but I have to move be on.

…even while distracted. if you enjoy hearing a nasally tryhard complain about insignificant “scandals” from ten years+ ago that mattered to maybe three people even when they were fresh—this is the podcast for you!

At one point I loved these pods, really enjoyed the shows. Now…it’s just drama. So much boohooing.

I would love to know why you believe he is guilty. What are you looking at? I want to know. The shaft investigators.. what am I missing he looks to be innocent.

Loved this pod with Lindsey (miss her!) and am excited with the hew direction that is rotating experts and has various science-y topics. Thomas is a very likable, friendly and intelligent host. You find yourself interested in anything he wants to talk about. I highly recommend.

When I listen to a Thomas podcast episode I always walk away having learned something and he asks the best follow up questions. Goes deeper doesn’t just move on to another question. It builds and takes you on a journey! Love the new format. You can tell a lot of work goes into an episode from the host and expert. Quality content!

Listen to Dr Lindsey Osterman’s “scathing” exit from this “puzzling” podcast community, February 11, 2023. Then, listen to Thomas’s account of his experience on the SIO blog. I don’t intend to defend anyone here. That said, the claim that, a friend’s brief touch to the hip necessarily amounts to misconduct, only reduces the credibility of other allegations. Content warning? Laughable. Thomas is inconsolably crying because his “friend” touched his waist. For perspective, in the same post, Thomas also claims that he is in an emergency financial situation while sitting on $5K in the bank and maintaining most of his podcast income. Done.

Love this dude. Only discovered his previous legal podcast recently, but since the lawyer turned out to be a sleezeball, I’m trying to support all Thomas’s shows. Dear Old Dads has me cracking up lately! Only just started listening to this show and on episode 6 and I love it. Love the way they try to be compassionate and not just militantly atheistic like many other shows.

As stated.

Tomas, you’re entertaining and funny. I’ve been missing out on this podcast happy you mentioned it and I found it. I’m a big fan of yours.

Thomas is such a breath of fresh air. Hope he is doing well.

Definitely American centric thinking, they make some good points but lose me with the absolute thinking and verbatim even when speaking of science.

SIO 343 was awesome… finally solid data that confirms what many of us intuitively guessed, but lacked numbers to cite. And, even though Lindsay felt yucky saying it… let’s hope purple states do go blue in the mid-terms.

Occasionally insightful, almost uniformly condescending. Anything not quantized to a rigid scientific materialist paradigm is waved away as foolishness, as though ignoring nuance and ambiguity is the clear mark of a superior intellect. Often mistakes a model with ‘reality’, and forgoes the prudence of doubt as it relates to honest inquiry. Good for an intellectual ego-massage if you’re fine with wholly dismissing the part of human experience that might be called ‘artful’. It’s as though the host is certain they’re less inclined to hallucination than everyone else. Not without value, but could possibly benefit from a more expansive perspective.

This is really an intelligent podcast that resembles a college course with each episode being a separate course under the behavioral science department.

Have you ever had an opinion that was your own? These cis gender intersectional self-identifying trees glue their faces to the British Beak and the News Lesbian in order to be congratulated by an agenda that will never notice them. Sad.

In a kind of backwards 6 degrees of Podcast, I listened to the Mueller She Wrote in the early “former guy” days and heard Andrew Torres interviewed. I then started listening to the Opening Arguments podcast. Then I realized I liked what the comedian on OA had to say, so I added SIO and have been trying to binge through those episodes because I love everything I hear and learn with each episode. Which is a good thing because I’m a 72 year old anthropology major at UC Santa Cruz, finally getting a college education. 🌟

One of my favorite podcasts! Even when I don’t think the topic will be engaging, I listen because experience tells me I will get far more out of it than I expect. Episodes 284 and 285 were the best explanation of the science of sex and gender that I have ever heard.

I recently found OA and Daily Beans which lead me here. Thomas this is a great show. This is probably my new favorite podcast. Thank you for what you do! I’m looking forward to going through all the backlog!

Total garbage; a Twinkie offers more valuable sustenance.

I miss Jamie, but life happens to the best of us. Thomas consistently puts out good content and works hard to make sure he's not misrepresenting his opposition.

Great, intelligent, fulfilling, entertaining

Thomas is an intelligent, empathetic human who excels at the brand of quasi-journalism the show focuses on. Jaimie has not been on as long, but has brought even more amazing perspectives and ideas.

Thomas is pretty insufferable as he whines about how Warren would be president if it weren’t for sexism. He claims he’s progressive and yet can’t figure out why a regressive tax is bad. His commentary is pretty un-insightful and I feel bad his co host has to listen to this.

If you’re a white liberal you might like this. I was drawn to it because of the review of Sam Harris’s live show. But alas, this podcast is not for me. It’s geared toward wealthy whites who feel a lot of white guilt. If you’re a white liberal you’ll probably love it. Lap up the poison, darlings.

Whether you are getting paid to push deadly vaccines or whether you are disturbed to the point where you actually believe the lies - you are culpable for all the deadly illness vaccines are designed to cause because you’re an influencer. You gotta be a complete nincompoop to believe vaccines are “good” for anyone. You want vaccines - no one is stopping you but stop forcing your will on others!

There are a lot of podcasts out there, but few with a voice that I can listen to for this many years. I don't always agree with Thomas, but always feel that his views are well researched and thoughtfully presented. I started listening while living in the Middle East to drown out the blaring calls to prayer. Now I listen for the interviews and insight. Thomas has steadily improved as an interviewer but kept the casual and accessible style we loved when he was getting drunk and playing with his cat instead of reading his bible.

Thanks, Thomas for your SIO “confession”. I feel your thoughts and understand exactly how you got there. I am a retired attorney (read high functioning, like Thomas) who spent many bouts of similar thinking. Somehow you will get through it, but - call me an Idiot, lol - I believe in mental health breaks. Do what you have to do to survive, but this is one idiot who will values what you do and who will stay with you. High Five!!!

Thanks for putting all this great stuff on the interwebs! Really enjoy your work please keep doing what you are doing and thank you :)

I’ve loved your podcast for years. I find you to be thoughtful, intelligent, and cogent in your speech and ideas! Thanks for sharing! I totally value you, Thomas.

I’m a big fan of Thomas Smith. After the Jordan B. Peterson pronoun BS, I developed a great respect for Thomas. SIO is in the top 3 of best secular podcasts.

Thanks so much for your latest episode. Props for doing the research and changing your mind on infant circumcision. This is a topic that is not talked about enough! <3 fellow circumcised father of an intact son

What does the world need more than another podcast from Tommy? A nuclear winter. I mean how terrible does a host have to be before they go from 55 to 0 podcasts. Get a hobby and a real job please. Try to add actual value to the world.

Thomas Smith makes no argument that he is anything but a layman on most issues. From that building block, he has done something kind of akin to Atheist Experience (with broader topics) or Waking Up with Sam Harris (before it started to become just an apology platform) for those of us not completely steeped in philosophy. If he can make moral arguments that an engineer like myself can understand (even if I don’t necessarily agree with him and/or his guests) then he has done his job well. On a side note, I’ve noticed a lot more negative reviews since the Mythcon debacle. I try to avoid this kind of drama as I have enough of my own. That said, if you, the random user reading these reviews, scrolls by and reads this. Until about 1.5 years ago (as of when I post this), I think there was a grand total of two reviews under three stars. Vengeance can be an ugly thing.

The host is barely more knowledgeable then the average twitter user. His views are apparent from the minute he opens his mouth and every argument he makes is a narrow mined and one sided.

Apparently Thomas Smith thinks that he is almighty and rules that him and his ilk make up apply to everyone but them. This guy is a joke.

Self amused host more interested in his vapid, insipid remarks than uncovering any information.....

Thomas is just another privileged white male. Why should anyone listen to what he has to say when there’s countless POC, LGBTQAI+, and disabled people who actually could use this platform to further true intersectionality??? You should be ashamed, Thomas...