In August 2000 MassimoPigliucci started with a monthly internet column called Rationally Speaking. In August 2005, the column became a blog,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://rationallyspeaking.blogspot.nl/2005/08/welcome-everyone.html |last=Pigliucci |first=Massimo |date=1 August 2005 |title=Welcome, everyone! |access-date=6 March 2015 |archive-date=10 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171110114711/http://rationallyspeaking.blogspot.nl/2005/08/welcome-everyone.html |url-status=live }}</ref> where he wrote posts until March 2014.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://rationallyspeaking.blogspot.nl/2014/03/so-long-and-thanks-for-all-fish.html |last=Pigliucci |first=Massimo |date=20 March 2014 |title=So long, and thanks for all the fish |access-date=6 March 2015 |archive-date=2 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402111627/http://rationallyspeaking.blogspot.nl/2014/03/so-long-and-thanks-for-all-fish.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Starting in February 2010, he co-hosted the bi-weekly ''Rationally Speaking'' podcast with [[Julia Galef]], whom he first met at the [[Northeast Conference on Science and Skepticism]], held in September 2009.<ref name="THH83">{{Cite episode |url=http://thehumanist.com/multimedia/the-humanist-hour//2013/05/the-humanist-hour-83-julia-galef/ |title=Julia Galef |last=Stiefel |first=Todd |last2=Metskas |first2=Amanda K. |series=The Humanist Hour |number=083 |format=podcast |publisher=The Humanist |date=22 May 2013 |access-date=3 March 2015 |archive-date=2 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402101104/http://thehumanist.com/multimedia/the-humanist-hour//2013/05/the-humanist-hour-83-julia-galef/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The podcast is produced by the New York City Skeptics. The show has had many guests—scientists, philosophers—discussing matters of reason, skepticism and rationality. In 2010, [[Neil DeGrasse Tyson]] explained on the show his justification for spending large amounts of government money on space programs. He eventually printed the transcript of his performance as a guest on the show in his book ''[[Space Chronicles]]'' as a full chapter covering eight pages.<ref>{{cite book |last=Culp |first=Jennifer |date=2014 |title=Neil DeGrasse Tyson |series=Great Science Writers Series |publisher=The Rosen Publishing Group |page=74 |isbn=978-1477776926 }}</ref> Another episode in which Tyson explained his position on the label "atheism" received attention on [[NPR]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.npr.org/blogs/13.7/2014/12/08/369356881/what-if-atheists-were-defined-by-their-actions |title=What If Atheists Were Defined By Their Actions? |last=Lombrozo |first=Tania |publisher=[[NPR]] |date=8 December 2014 |access-date=4 March 2015 |archive-date=27 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150227215613/http://www.npr.org/blogs/13.7/2014/12/08/369356881/what-if-atheists-were-defined-by-their-actions |url-status=live }}</ref> Pigliucci left the podcast in 2015 to pursue his other interests. Galef continued to host the podcast solo.<ref>{{cite podcast|url=http://rationallyspeakingpodcast.org/show/rs128-5th-anniversary-live-show.html|title=RS128 – 5th Anniversary Live Show|website=Rationally Speaking|publisher=New York City Skeptics|host=Pigliucci, Massimo and Galef, Julia|date=27 February 2015|access-date=20 October 2015|archive-date=9 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160809050211/http://rationallyspeakingpodcast.org/show/rs128-5th-anniversary-live-show.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
