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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

Skeptics Guide #207 - Jul 1 2009

Interview with Phil Plait; News Items: Steorn Fail, BCA Responds to Singh, Salt Water in Enceladus, Uranium on the Moon, Apollo 11 Video, Impact Bad Astronomy; Science or Fiction; Whos That Noisy

Jul 11, 2009

Skeptics Guide #206 - Jun 18 2009

Interview with Richard Prum; News Items: Ancient Lakes on Mars, Smoke Ring UFO, FDA Zicam Warning, Missing Sun Spots; Science or Fiction; Whos That Noisy

Jul 04, 2009

Skeptics Guide #205 - Jun 16 2009

Interview with Brian Brushwood; News Items: Junior Supernova, Boy Hit By Meteor, A New Heuristic, Planetary Life; Science or Fiction; Whos That Noisy

Jun 27, 2009

Skeptics Guide #204 - Jun 11 2009

Interview with Richard Wiseman; News Items: Negative CAM Research, Chiropractors In Retreat, Quantum Mechanics, Flu Pandemic Update; Your questions and E-mails: Youngest Skeptic, Prescient Genes; Science or Fiction; Whos That Noisy

Jun 20, 2009

Skeptics Guide #203 - Jun 9 2009

Interview with Bruce Hood; News Items: Crop Circles 2009, Chronic Lyme Disease, Casino Feng Shui, UFO follow up; Your Questions and E-mails: Liver Flush for Gallstones; Science or Fiction; Who's That Noisy

Jun 13, 2009

Skeptics Guide #202 - Jun 3 2009

Interview with Simon Singh; News Items: Newsweek vs Oprah, Volcanic Extinction, UFO News, Texas Update; Your Questions and E-mails: Evangelical Skeptics, Begging the Question; Science or Fiction; Whos That Noisy

Jun 06, 2009

Skeptics Guide #201 - May 27 2009

Interview with Phil Plait; News Items: Whooping Cough Increase, Scientology on Trial, RNA World, Rook Tool Use, Northeast Skeptical Conference; Your Questions and E-mails: Polonium Halos; Science or Fiction; Who's That Noisy

May 30, 2009

Skeptics Guide #200 - May 20 2009

News Items: SGU 200th Episode, Missing Link Ida, GPS Failure, Stem Cell Quackery in China; Your Questions and E-mails: Candiru, If I Had a Million Dollars; Science or Fiction; Who's That Noisy

May 23, 2009

Skeptics Guide #199 - May 13 2009

Interview with Rusty Schweickart; News Items: Simon Singh's Lawsuit, Ultradense Deuterium, Acupuncture Science, Last Fix for Hubble; Science or Fiction; Who's That Noisy

May 16, 2009

Skeptics Guide #198 - May 7 2009

Interview With Rachael Dunlop; News Items: Four Years of SGU; Oprah Signs Jenny McCarthy; Dark Matter; Six Degrees of Separation; Homeopathy Death; Your Questions and E-mails: I Have Birds in my Pants; Science or Fiction; Who's That Noisy

May 09, 2009

Skeptics Guide #197 - Apr 30 2009

Interview with Mark Crislip; News Items: Hidden Photons, Walking Seal, NASA and the Moon, Baby Chupacabras; Your Questions and E-mails: Hoagland on Iapetus; Science or Fiction; Who's That Noisy

May 02, 2009

Skeptics Guide #196 - Apr 22 2009

Interview with Seth Shostak; News Items: Cassini Pictures, Smallest Exoplanet, Huffington Post Pseudoscience, Personal Attacks from Age of Autism, Kelloggs Settles FTC Suit; Science or Fiction; Who's That Noisy

Apr 25, 2009

Skeptics Guide #195 - Apr 15 2009

News Items: John Maddox Dies, The Hand of God, Flying Microbots, Darwin Awards, Homeopathy Nonsense, Belief in Ghosts; Questions and E-mails: Corrections, Induction in Science; Randi Speaks; Science or Fiction; Who's That Noisy

Apr 18, 2009

Skeptics Guide #194 - Apr 8 2009

Interview with Daniel Loxton; News Items: Dennis Lee Strikes Again, Computers That Do Science; Your Questions and E-mails: Home Energy Scam; Science or Fiction; Who's That Noisy

Apr 11, 2009

Skeptics Guide #193 - Apr 1 2009

Interview with Paul Murray; News Items: Mind Controlled Robot, Giant Protozoan, More Jenny McCarthy Nonsense; Science or Fiction; Who's That Noisy

Apr 04, 2009

Skeptics Guide #192 - Mar 25 2009

News Items: Cold Fusion Again, Evolution Education in Texas, Synthetic Blood; Questions and E-mails: Richard Saunders Open Letter to Pharmacists, Quantum Jumping, Super Chimney; Name That Logical Fallacy; Randi Speaks; Science or fiction; Who's That Noisy

Mar 28, 2009

Skeptics Guide #191 - Mar 18 2009

Interview with Phil Plait; News Items: Pope on HIV and Condoms, 20th Anniversary of the World Wide Web, Canada Science Minister and Evolution; Science or Fiction; Who's That Noisy

Mar 21, 2009

Skeptics Guide #190 - Mar 12 2009

Interview with Kenneth Miller; News Items: Stem Cell Ban Lifted, When Chimps Attack, Mellow Yellow, Prince Charles Snake Oil; Science or Fiction; Who's That Noisy

Mar 14, 2009

Skeptics Guide #189 - Mar 4 2009

Interview with Kenny Feder - Clovis Find; News Items: Vaccine Decision, Designer Babies, Riversnake Update, TAM7 Info; Science or Fiction; Who's That Noisy

Mar 04, 2009

Skeptics Guide #188 - February 26th, 2009

News Items: Virtual Snowflakes, Evolution of Sex, Revenge of Titanoboa, Google Atlantis, Catboy; Your Questions and E-mails: Missing Moon, Moon and Sun; Randi Speaks; Whos That Noisy; Science or Fiction

Feb 28, 2009

Skeptics Guide #187 - February 11th, 2009

Interview with Angie McQuaig; News Items: The Pose and Darwin, Ben Goldacre vs the Media, Healing Laser; Your Questions and E-mail: Starseeds, the eHolster; Randi Speaks; Science or Fiction; Whos That Noisy

Feb 20, 2009

Skeptics Guide #186 - February 9th, 2009

Interview with Jon Ronson; News Items: Wakefield Fraud, Wearable Computer, Amish Fireplace, LHC Delay; Your Questions and E-mails: Blood Type Follow Up, China Spacewalk Hoax; Science or Fiction; Who's That Noisy

Feb 14, 2009

Skeptics Guide #185 - Feb 4th, 2009

Interview with Massimo Pigliucci; New Items: Singularity University, Mammoth Extinction, Smallest Exoplanet,Blood Type Pseudoscience; Your Questions and E-mails: Scientific Predictions; Science or Fiction; Whos that Noisy

Feb 07, 2009

Skeptics Guide #184 - Jan 28 2009

Interview with Tim Minchin; News Items: Mercury In Our Food, Vaccine Controversy Updates, Evolution - Lizards and Fire Ants, Obama UFO; Science or Fiction; Who's That Noisy

Jan 31, 2009

The Skeptics Guide #183 - Jan 21 2009

Interview with Alice Tuff; News Items: The Holographic Universe, Science Education in Texas and Louisiana; Your Questions and E-mails: Pheromones, Dyslexia; Randi Speaks: Not in a Name; Science or Fiction; Who's That Noisy

Jan 24, 2009

The Skeptics Guide #182 - Jan 15 2009

Interview with Michio Kaku; News Items: Methane on Mars, Solar Storms, Mega MRI; Your Questions and E-mails: Young Skeptics; Science or Fiction; Who's That Noisy

Jan 17, 2009

The Skeptics Guide #181 - Jan 7 2009

Psychic Predictions 2008; News Items: True Love, Jett Travolta, Christine Maggiorie, Detox Fail, Weblog Awards 2008; Randi Speaks; Science or Fiction; Who's That Noisy

Jan 10, 2009

The Skeptics Guide #179 - Dec 23 2008

News Items: Jeremy Pivens Mercury Toxicity, Death by CAM, da Vinci Sketches Discovered, Medium Experiments Follow up; Your Questions and E-mail: ET Life, Winter Myths; Science or Fiction

Dec 27, 2008

The Skeptics Guide #178 - Dec 16 2005

Interview with Richard Wiseman; News Items: Reading Minds; Burglar Trapped by Ghost Your Questions and E-mail: The Bloop, Evolution Questions; Science or Fiction

Dec 20, 2008
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