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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 #237 - Jan 27 2010

Special Guest: Daniel Loxton; News Items: Book Release: Evolution, Dowsing for Bombs, Alien Life on Earth, Ginger Dinosaurs, I have Lizards in my Pants; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: Addiction; Name That Logical Fallacy; Science or Fiction

Jan 30, 2010

Skeptics Guide #236 - Jan 20 2010

Interview with Jon Rosenberg; News Items: Dead Bodies, Blond Warrior Princesses, Trees on Mars; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: Correactology, Ayn Rand; Science or Fiction

Jan 23, 2010

Skeptics Guide #235 - Jan 13 2010

Special Guest: Richard Saunders; News Items: TAM Australia, Tetrapod Footprints, Airport Security - with Bruce Schneier, Nearby Supernova, Cancer Miracle; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: Evil Skeptics; Name That Logical Fallacy; Science or Fiction

Jan 16, 2010

Skeptics Guide #233 - Jan 6 2010

Interview with D. J. Grothe; News items: Predictions for 2009 and 2010, The G-Spot Controversy, New Stellar Companion; Who's That Noisy; Your E-mails and Questions: Brain Capacity; Science or Fiction

Jan 09, 2010

Skeptics Guide #232 - Jan 1 2010

2009 Year in Review - with Special Guests Phil Plait and Mike Lacelle; SGU and Science News of 2009; Science and Skepticism in the Last Decade; Science or Fiction Stats; SGU in 2010

Jan 02, 2010

Skeptics Guide #231 - Dec 21 2009

Interview with Michael Specter; News Items: Dark Matter WIMPS, Synaesthesia; Your Questions and E-mails: The Future of Skepticism, LHC Risk with Brian Cox; Science or Fiction; Who's That Noisy

Dec 26, 2009

Skeptics Guide #230 - Dec 16 2009

News Items: Steorn Still At It, Computer-Brain Interface, Ancient Ruins in the Caribbean, Octopus Coconuts, Homeopathic Suicide; Your E-mails and Questions: Holodeck Food; Special Report: Coalition for Libel Reform; Science or Fiction; Who's That Noisy

Dec 19, 2009

Skeptics Guide #229 - Dec 9 2009

News Items - With Special Guest Phil Plait: Denver Aliens, Bird Speciation, Blinded by Faith, Spiral over Norway, Uranus Tilt, Methane on Mars; Your Questions and E-mails: Homeopathy Ads; Science or Fiction; Who's That Noisy

Dec 12, 2009

Skeptics Guide #228 - Dec 2 2009

Interview with Steven Thoms; News Items: Age of Autism Scandal, Porkenstein, Fat Murder Hoax; Your Questions and E-mails: ClimateGate Feedback; Science or Fiction; Who's That Noisy

Dec 05, 2009

Skeptics Guide #227 - Nov 25 2009

News Items: LHC Online, Coma and Facilitated Communication, ClimateGate, CrocoDuck; Your Questions and E-mails: Speaking in Tongues; Science or Fiction; Who's That Noisy

Nov 28, 2009

Skeptics Guide #226 - Nov 18 2009

Interview with Kenny Feder; News Items: New Mammography Guidelines, Water on the Moon, Dark Flow, Lee Harvey Oswald Photo, Movie Reviews; Science or Fiction; Who's That Noisy

Nov 21, 2009

Skeptics Guide #225 - Nov 11 2009

News Items: Psychic Finds Skeleton, Dystonia Flu Shot Follow Up, More LRO Images, Paying for Prayer; Your Questions and E-mails: Wave Particle Duality; JREF Announcements; Special Report from TAM London with Simon Singh, Jon Ronson, and Adam Savage; Science or Fiction; Who's That Noisy

Nov 14, 2009

Skeptics Guide #224 - Nov 4 2009

News Items: Carl Sagan Day, Nutt Job, Dystonia after Flu Shot, Spontaneous Human Combustion Case; Interview with Michael Goldstein - starting a local skeptical group; Rebecca reports from TAM London with Phil Plait, Chris French, and Christina Martin; Science or Fiction; Who's That Noisy

Nov 07, 2009

Skeptics Guide #223 - Oct 28 2009

News Items: Swine Flu Scams, Hulda Clark Died of Cancer, The Physics of Homeopathy, Scientology Trouble, Suzanne Somers Cancer Quackery; Your Questions and E-mails: Size of the Universe (With Special Guest - Pamela Gay), Mad Scientists, Suspended Animation; Science or Fiction; Whos That Noisy

Oct 31, 2009

Skeptics Guide #222 - Oct 21 2009

Interview with James Randi; News Items: LHC Future Attack, Magnetic and Copper Bracelets; Balloon Boy; Lunar Plume Update; Giant Spider; Special Report: Rebecca from Bangkok; Science or Fiction; Who's That Noisy

Oct 24, 2009

Skeptics Guide #221 - Oct 14 2009

Interview with Jack Horner; News Items: NASA Shoots the Moon, Saturn's Rings, Hypno Cat, Simon Singh Update; Your Questions and E-mails: Plasma Rocket, This Man; Science or Fiction; Who's That Noisy

Oct 17, 2009

Skeptics Guide #220 - Oct 7 2009

Interview with Daniel Hooper; News Items: Premanand In Memoriam, Nobel Prizes 2009, Ardipithecus Ramidis, Autism Prevalence; Interview with Brian Cox; Science or Fiction; Who's That Noisy

Oct 10, 2009

Skeptics Guide #219 - Sep 28 2009

Interview with Mark Edward; News Items: Premanand Statement, Dinosaur News, Nanotube Springs, Cameron and Comfort on Darwin, Couple Jailed over Homeopathy Death; Your Questions and E-mails: Spiritual Advice, Life Signs, Speed of Light; Science or Fiction; Who's That Noisy

Oct 03, 2009

Skeptics Guide #218 - Sep 23 2009

Interview with Michael Vassar; News Items: Raptor Rex, Bill Maher Antiscience, Panama Monster; Science or Fiction; Who's That Noisy

Sep 26, 2009

Skeptics Guide #217 - Sep 12 2009

Live from NECSS with Special Guest Richard Wiseman; News Items: Charlie Sheen 911 Truther, Quantum Amnesia, Hulda Clark Dead, Gonzalez Therapy Fail, What's in Your Wallet, Exomoons, Great Tits Eat Bats; Special Report: The Yale Study; Science or Fiction; Live QA

Sep 19, 2009

Skeptics Guide #216 - Sep 9 2009

News Items: Live from DragonCon 2009, Google UFO, Mongolian Death Worm, Chupacabra in Texas, Magnetic Monopole; Live Q&A; Science or Fiction; Who's That Noisy

Sep 11, 2009

Skeptics Guide #215 - Sep 1 2009

Interview with Adam Savage; News Items: Multitasking, Methane Fog on Titan, Google Nessie, Evolving Mice; Your Questions and E-mails: Appendix, iPhone Crap App; Science or Fiction; Who's That Noisy

Sep 05, 2009

Skeptics Guide #214 - Aug 25 2009

Interview with Jamy Ian Swiss; News Items: Surviving a Cataclysm, Zombie Apocalypse, WHO Says No to Homeopathy,Itako Fading, Dinochicken; Science or Fiction; Whos That Noisy

Aug 29, 2009

Skeptics Guide #213 - Aug 18 2009

News Items: Battery Update, Super Planetary Nebulae, Adopt a Star, UFO Spikes; Your Questions and E-mails: Aquatic Ape, Caffeine Tolerance; Science or Fiction; Who's That Noisy

Aug 21, 2009

Skeptics Guide #212 - Aug 12 2009

Interview with Michael Goudeau; News Items: Kepler Goes Online, Methane on Mars, MS Breakthrough, Placebo Medicine; Your Questions and E-mails: Birthers; Name That Logical Fallacy: Homeopathy Nonsense; Science or Fiction; Who's That Noisy

Aug 15, 2009

Skeptics Guide #211 - Aug 4 2009

Interview with Skepchick Carrie Iwan; News Items: Teeth from Stem Cells, Stem Cell Clinic Raid, Laser Propulsion, Update on Simon Singh; Your E-mails and Questions: Origin of Matter, 4-minute Interval Training; Science or Fiction; Who's That Noisy

Aug 08, 2009

Skeptics Guide #210 - Jul 29 2009

Interview with Jennifer Ouellette; News Items: Oldest Animal Fossils, New State of Matter, FDA Say Mercury Amalgam Safe, Past Life Hypnotism, Stressful Sweat; Science or Fiction; Who's That Noisy

Aug 01, 2009

Skeptics Guide #209 - Jul 22 2009

Interview with DJ Grothe; News Items: 40th Anniversary of Apollo 11, Copernicium, Thomas Jefferson and Evolution; Your Questions and E-mail: Dowsing; Science or Fiction; Who's that Noisy

Jul 25, 2009

Skeptics Guide #208 - Jul 11 2009

Live Recording from TAM 7; News Items: Microbot Plumbers, Archeological Dig, Sunspots Return, Blogs vs Journalists, Genie Sued; Science or Fiction; Live Questions; Rebecca's Wedding

Jul 18, 2009
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