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The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

Dr. Steven Novellawww.theskepticsguide.org
The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe is a weekly science podcast discussing the latest science news, critical thinking, bad science, conspiracies and controversies. -The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe: Your escape to reality - Produced by SGU Productions, LLC: https://www.theskepticsguide.org
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Episodes

The Skeptics Guide #87 - Mar 21 2007

Interview with Robert Lancaster; News Items: Vernal Equinox, Prayer Meta-analysis, Creationist Teacher Fired, Polar Bear Euthanasia; Your E-mails and Questions: Pluto Corrections, Herbal Remedies; Science or Fiction; Skeptical Puzzle

Mar 24, 2007

The Skeptics Guide #86 - Mar 14 2007

News Items: Update on the Tomb of Jesus, The Revenge of Pluto, Robot Rights, More ID Nonsense; Your E-mails and Questions: ADHD, Nerves Conduct by Sound?; Name that Logical Fallacy; Science or Fiction; Skeptical Puzzle

Mar 18, 2007

The Skeptics Guide #85 - Mar 7 2007

News Items: Battle of the Diets, True Believers take on SGU, Modern Day Witch Trial; Your E-mails and Questions: Billy Meier Apologst; Name that Logical Fallacy; Science or Fiction; Skeptical Puzzle

Mar 10, 2007

The Skeptics Guide #84 - Feb 28 2007

Interview with Kenny Feder: The Tomb of Jesus and More; News Items: Update on Scientific Literacy, Human-Chimp Split, Mary on Pizza Pan; Segment #2. Your E-mails and Questions: Negativity, Vitamins, more on Angel Voices; Science or Fiction; Skeptical Puzzle

Mar 03, 2007

The Skeptics Guide #83 - Feb 21 2007

TAM5 Interviews Part V: with Julia Sweeney, Richard Wiseman and The Onion Editor Scott Dickers; News Items: Angels Voices, New JFK Footage, Bigfoot Foot; Your E-mails and Questions: Psychics on Oprah, Zodiac Insurance; Science or Fiction; Skeptical Puzzle

Feb 24, 2007

The Skeptics Guide #82 - Feb 15 2007

TAM 5 Interviews Part IV with Christopher Hitchens and South Parks Matt Stone; News Items: Psychic Healer, Score 1 for Evolution in Kansas, Paranormal Research Center Closes, Monkey Feng Shui; Science or Fiction; Skeptical Puzzle

Feb 17, 2007

The Skeptics Guide #81 - Feb 7 2007

TAM5 Interviews Part III: Phil Plait the Bad Astronomer, and Mythbusters Adam Savage and Tory Belleci; News Items: Enviga Suit, Iran AIDS Cure, Creationists in Kenya; Your E-mails and Questions: Follow up on Global Warming, Youngest Skeptic; Science or Fiction; Skeptical Puzzle

Feb 11, 2007

The Skeptics Guide #80 - Jan 31 2007

TAM5 Interviews Part II: John Rennie, Teller, Jim Underdown; News Items: Randi takes on Sylvia, The Hobbit Returns; Your E-mails and Questions: The God Question, Cults and Religion Science or Fiction; Skeptical Puzzle

Feb 03, 2007

The Skeptics Guide #79 - Jan 24 2007

The TAM5 interviews with James Randi, Todd Robbins, Hal Bidlack and Eugenie Scott; News Items: Report from TAM5, Sylvia Browne, Uri Geller, Tom Cruise the Christ; Your E-mails and Questions: Meat-eating Rebecca, Terminal Velocity; Science or Fiction; Skeptical Puzzle

Jan 27, 2007

The Skeptics Guide #78 - Jan 15 2007

News Items: Stem Cell Debate, Randi Psychic Challenge (with an interview with Jeff Wagg); Your E-mails and Questions: Government Conspiracies, Herbal Remedies, Skeptical Movement, Scientology; Randi Speaks: Whats That Line; Science or Fiction; Skeptical Puzzle

Jan 19, 2007

The Skeptics Guide #77 - Jan 10 2007

Interview with Spencer Weart, author of The Discovery of Global Warming; News Items: Stem Cell Updates, Enviga, Hawking in Space, Weight loss pill firms fined; Your E-mails and Questions: Corrections, The Moon, True belief skeletons; Randi Speaks: Coincidence; Science or Fiction; Skeptical Puzzle

Jan 13, 2007

The Skeptics Guide #76 - Jan 3 2007

News Items: NeuroLogica Blog, Evolution in Cobb County, 2006 Predictions, Homeopathy in Scotland; Your E-mails and Questions: Salt Lamps, UFOs, Intelligent Forces, Chelation Therapy; Randi Speaks: Optical Illusions; Science or Fiction; Skeptical Puzzle

Jan 07, 2007

The Skeptics Guide #75 - Dec 27 2006

2006 Year in Review: Join the Skeptics' Guide host and the rogues as they look back at the year in science, skepticism, and podcasting.

Dec 29, 2006

The Skeptics Guide #74 - Dec 20 2006

News Items: Carl Sagan, Sylvia Browne Update, IQ and Vegetarians; Your E-mails and Questions: Santa Claus, Facilitated Communication; Randi Speaks; Science or Fiction; Skeptical Puzzle;

Dec 22, 2006

The Skeptics Guide #73 - Dec 13 2006

Interview with B. Alan Wallace News Items: Tree Octopus, Irans Holocaust Denial; Your E-mails and Questions: Science and the Supernatural; Randi Speaks: Communication; Science or Fiction; Skeptical Puzzle

Dec 15, 2006

The Skeptics Guide #72 - Dec 6 2006

Interview with Paleontologist Ken Macleod - New Evidence for the Single Impact Theory; News Items: Holiday shopping scams, NASA plans moon base, Flowing water on Mars?, Molecular manufacturing; Your E-mails and Questions: Hi from Down Under, Chiropractic HIV denial, Testing ID, High Tech Dowsing; Randi Speaks: End of the World and other nonsense; Science or Fiction; Skeptical Puzzle

Dec 08, 2006

The Skeptics Guide #71 - Nov 29 2006

Interview with Mark Crislip; News Items: Paranormal Computer Storage, ID in the UK; Your E-mails and Questions: Corrections, Einstein, Ghost Photos, Neurolink; Randi Speaks: Mentalism; Science or Fiction; Skeptical Puzzle

Dec 01, 2006

The Skeptics Guide #70 - Nov 21 2006

News Items: Orgasm Day, Science of Deception, MoD warns of Aliens; Your E-mails and Questions: Wonders of the World, top 10 Scientific Discoveries; Randi Speaks; Science or Fiction; Skeptical Puzzle

Nov 24, 2006

The Skeptics Guide #69 - Nov 15 2006

Interview with Seth Shostak; News Items: Qi-Gong on You Tube, Cryotherapy,Chicken-Tac-Toe; Your E-mails and Questions: Hallucinations, Chiropractic, Religion and Mental Illness; Randi Speaks; Science or Fiction; Skeptical Puzzle

Nov 18, 2006

The Skeptics Guide #68 - Nov 8 2006

News Items: Kent Hovind Convicted, UFO Mocumentary, Bigfoot in Academia, Learn while you Sleep, Dolphin Legs; Your E-mails and Questions: Edgar Cayce, Quantum Love, Distribution of Pseudoscience, Workplace Skepticism; Science or Fiction; Skeptical Puzzle

Nov 10, 2006

The Skeptics Guide #67 - Nov 1 2006

Interview with Richard Wiseman; News Items: Pseudohistory of Exorcism, Glossolalia, Elephant Mirrors, Holiday Weight; Your E-mails and Questions: Anti-skeptics, Fox Parkinsons and Stem Cells, Face on Earth; Randi Speaks; Science or Fiction

Nov 03, 2006

The Skeptics Guide #66 - Oct 25 2006

Interview with Michael Stebbins, Scientists and Engineers for America; News Items: The Physics of Ghosts and Vampires, What killed the dinosaurs?; Your E-mails and Questions: Hallucinations, UFO cults; Randi Speaks: People in Space Science or Fiction; Skeptical Puzzle

Oct 27, 2006

The Skeptics Guide #65 - Oct 18 2006

News Items: Geller's Heir, Human speciation, New Element 118; Your E-mails and Questions: The 7th Fleet, Moon Robots, Vegetarians, Vitamin Supplements; Name That Logical Fallacy; Randi Speaks: Homeopathy; Science or Fiction; Skeptical Puzzle

Oct 20, 2006

The Skeptics Guide #64 - Oct 11 2006

Interview with Stuart Vyse, Author of The Psychology of Supersition; News Items: Friday 13th, Teaching Evolution in Michigan, Science in the UK, Comet to hit Earth; Your E-mails and Questions: Water Cycle, Selling the Moon; Name That Logical Fallacy; Randi Speaks: Aromatherapy; Science or Fiction

Oct 13, 2006

The Skeptics Guide #63 - Oct 4 2006

Interview with Michael Shermer - Author of Why Darwin Matters; News Items: Skepchick-dude Calendars, Sexual arousal, Harry Potter; Your E-mails and Questions: Autism, Skepticism and sensitivity; Name That Logical Fallacy; Randi Speaks: Business Astrology; Science or Fiction; Skeptical Puzzle

Oct 07, 2006

The Skeptics Guide #62 - Sep 27 2006

Interview with Joe Nickell, Paranormal Investigator; News Items: Global Warming update, Face on Mars; Your E-mails and Questions: Lightening Rods, Psychic Astrology; Randi Speaks: Left Behind; Science or Fiction; Skeptical Puzzle

Sep 29, 2006

The Skeptics Guide #61 - Sep 20 2006

News Items: James Randi Joins the Skeptics Guide, Male-Female Intelligence, Exorcism rape; Interview with Phil Plait, The Bad Astronomer, about Eris, Pluto, NASA and more; Your E-mails and Questions: OBE's, More on 9/11, Denial; Randi Speaks; Science or Fiction; Skeptical Puzzle

Sep 23, 2006

The Skeptics Guide #60 - Sep 13 2006

News Items: 9/11 news, Report from Mexico, No Gulf War Syndrome; Your e-mails: Persistant Vegetative State, Math vs Science, Thinking about the dead, Moon Hoax; Name That Logical Fallacy; Science or Fiction; Skeptical Puzzle

Sep 17, 2006

The Skeptics Guide #59 - Sep 5 2006

News Items: Ed Warren Dies, New ESP claims, Evolution of Superstition; Your E-mails and Questions: Korean fan deaths, New UK Homeopathy law, Science beliefs, Recycling; Name That Logical Fallacy; Science or Fiction; Skeptical Puzzle

Sep 09, 2006

The Skeptics Guide #58 - Aug 30 2006

Interview with Kimball Atwood, MD; News Items: Pope and ID, Hitler and Stalin Possessed, Pluto not a planet, Kabbalah; Your E-mails: Archaeological conspiracies, Skeptical Soldier, Abiogenesis Pseudoscience; Science or Fiction; Skeptical Puzzle

Sep 03, 2006
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