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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 #117 - Oct 17 2007

Interview with Mark Crislip of QuackCast; News Items: Robot Marriage, Overeating Gene, New Dinosaur, Female Cult; Your Questions and E-mails: Watson on Race; Randi Speaks: Best Mentalist Trick; Science or Fiction; Skeptical Puzzle

Oct 20, 2007

The Skeptics Guide #116 - Oct 10 2007

Interview with Marc Abrahams of the IgNobels; News Items: Geller on NBC, More Acupuncture, Cell Phones and Cancer, World with Time; Your Questions and E-mails: Energy Follow up, Slain by Woo; Science or Fiction; Skeptical Puzzle

Oct 13, 2007

The Skeptics Guide #115 - Oct 3 2007

Interview with Jon Blumenfeld; News Items: Tom Cruise Bunker, The View of a Flat Earth, Fly Boy Follow up, Martial Arts Woo, Vaccine follow up; Your Questions and E-mails: 30 Year Battery, Orthomolecular Medicine; Science or Fiction; Skeptical Puzzle

Oct 06, 2007

The Skeptics Guide #114 - Sep 27 2007

Interview with Richard Saunders; News Items: Rebecca Wins, New Acupuncture Study, Academic Free Speech, Boy Survives Jet Ride; Your Questions and E-mails: Smart Sex, Colloidal Silver; Randi Speaks - Faith Healers; Science or Fiction; Skeptical Puzzle

Sep 29, 2007

The Skeptics Guide #113 - Sep 19 2007

News Items: Monkey Bird Love, Trouble for Trudeau, Free Energy, Medical Science, Judge believes in Elves; Your Questions and E-mails: HPV Vaccine, Autism Nonsense on Oprah; Name that Logical Fallacy; Randi Speaks; Science or Fiction; Skeptical Puzzle

Sep 22, 2007

The Skeptics Guide #112 - Sep 12 2007

Interview with David Colquhoun; News Items: How the WTC Towers Fell, Burning Water, Extant Dodos; Your Questions and E-mails: SGU Affiliations, Peanuts, King Tut Follow up, Billy Meier; Randi Speaks: Mentalism; Science or Fiction; Skeptical Puzzle

Sep 15, 2007

The Skeptics Guide #111 - Sep 5 2007

Interview with Bill Nye the Science Guy; News Items: Airline Sacrifices Goats, King Tut, Is Race Real; Your Questions and E-mails: The Persistence of Myth; Science or Fiction; Skeptical Puzzle

Sep 08, 2007

The Skeptics Guide #110 - Aug 28 2007

The Fans and Rogues remember Perry DeAngelis; News Items - Jerry Andrus: Another Skeptic Passes, HIV Denial, Jesus Appears in Fence, Ben Stein Expelled; Science or Fiction; Skeptical Puzzle

Sep 01, 2007

The Skeptics Guide #108 - Aug 11 2007

Opening Remarks by Steven Novella and Steve Mirsky; MC Todd Robbins; Live Questions: Autism Groups, Girls and Science, Nice Skepticism, Science Education; Science or Fiction

Aug 18, 2007

The Skeptics Guide #107 - Aug 8 2007

News Items: Largest Planet Discovered, New Da Vinci Conspiracy, Korean Stem Cell Controversy, UK UFO Followup; Questions and E-mail: Unproven Therapies, CO2 from Walking, AI Sense of Humor; Name That Logical Fallacy; Randi Speaks; Science or Fiction; Skeptical Puzzle

Aug 10, 2007

The Skeptics Guide #106 - Aug 1 2007

Interview with Barry Glassner; News Items: Death Cat, FDA Shuts Down DCA, Exorcisms Gone Bad; Questions and E-mail: Ward Churchill Correction, The Man with No Brain, The Overview Effect; Randi Speaks; Science or Fiction; Skeptical Puzzle

Aug 03, 2007

The Skeptics Guide #105 - Jul 25 2007

Interview with Jimmy Carter; News Items: Ward Churchill Fired, Homeopathic Surgeon, UK UFO, Asian Parasite Killing Bees; Your Questions and E-mails: Electric Car, Brain Evolution; Science or Fiction; Skeptical Puzzle

Jul 28, 2007

The Skeptics Guide #103 - Jul 11 2007

Interview with Scott Lilienfield; News Items: Most Distant Galaxy, Orbo Perpetual Motion Machine, Salt Water Fuel; Your Questions and Emails: Scientology and Homocide; Science or Fiction; Skeptical Puzzle

Jul 14, 2007

The Skeptics Guide #102 - Jul 3 2007

News Items: Barry Beyerstein In Memoriam, Black Cohosh and Liver Failure, Echinacea Meta-analysis, Jury Accuracy, Bishops and Floods; Your Questions and Emails: HIV and Condoms, Chiropractic and Colic, Sagittarius Dwarf Galaxy, Sickesz Follow Up; Name that Logical Fallacy; Science or Fiction; Skeptical Puzzle

Jul 07, 2007

The Skeptics Guide #101 - Jun 20 2007

Interview with Orac - The author of Respectful Insolence Science Blog; News Items: Do black holes exist, President Bush vetoes new stem cell bill, Legends for profit; Your Questions and Emails: Belgium skeptic sued, The Galileo gambit; Science or Fiction; Skeptical Puzzle

Jun 30, 2007

The Skeptics Guide #100 - Jun 19 2007

News Items: SGU 100th Episode, 60 Years of Flying Saucers, Nano Drugs, Dino Big Bird; Your Questions and E-mails: Home Buying Pseudoscience, Magneto and Son, Acupuncture Brain Surgery; Science or Fiction; Skeptical Puzzle

Jun 23, 2007

The Skeptics Guide #99 - Jun 13 2007

Interview with Phil Plait - The Bad Astronomer; News Items: Creationism Poll, Academic Freedom, Mercury-Autism Controversy in Court, Mr. Wizard Dies at 89; Your E-mails and Questions: Rods, Zero Point Energy; Science or Fiction; Skeptical Puzzle

Jun 16, 2007

The Skeptics Guide #98 - Jun 6 2007

News Items: Creation Museum in Canada, NASA on Global Warming, Chiropractic in VA Hospitals, Death by Pseudoscience, UFO Drone CGI, New Loch Ness Video; Your E-mails and Questions: Lunar Effect, Herxheimer Reaction, Chemtrails; Name That Logical Fallacy; Science or Fiction; Skeptical Puzzle

Jun 09, 2007

The Skeptics Guide #97 - May 30 2007

News Items: Creation Museum Opens, Licensing Psychics, Homeopaths Lame Response; Your E-mails and Questions: China Follow Up, Kevin Trudeau, UFO Drone; Science or Fiction; Skeptical Puzzle

Jun 02, 2007

The Skeptics Guide #96 - May 23 2007

Interview with China Consultant Gareth Hayes; News Items: UK Scientists Reject Homeopathy, Boy Whose Parents Rejected Chemotherapy Dies, Scientology in Public Schools; Your E-mails and Questions: Is Science Made Up, Legislating Thought; Science or Fiction; Skeptical Puzzle

May 27, 2007

The Skeptics Guide #95 - May 16 2007

Interview with Fraser Cain and Pamela Gay from Astronomy Cast; News Items:Scientology vs the BBC, Rosie and 9-11, Star Kids, Multivitamins and Cancer; Your E-mails and Questions: Moo UFO; Science or Fiction; Skeptical Puzzle

May 19, 2007

The Skeptics Guide #94 - May 9 2007

Interview with Barry Beyerstein; News Items: The Encyclopedia of Life, Nanotech Spidy Suit, Bigfoot Endangered; Your E-mails and Questions: Corrections and Clarifications, Evolution Challenge; Science or Fiction; Skeptical Puzzle

May 12, 2007

The Skeptics Guide #93 - May 3 2007

Interview with Bug Girl - The Beetastrophy; News Items: Philly Shuts Down Psychics, Fire Melts Steel, Woman Hanged as Vampire; Your E-mails and Questions: Drake Equation, EM Sensitivity, Hitler Fallacy Revisited, Genetic Drug Therapy; Science or Fiction; Skeptical Puzzle

May 05, 2007

The Skeptics Guide #92 - Apr 25 2007

News Items: Is Mental Illness Real, Earth-like Planet Discovered, Criminalizing Holocaust Denial follow up, Pill for Genetic Diseases; Your E-mails and Questions: Bacterial Flagella Follow Up, Vitrification; Name That Logical Fallacy - 9/11 Conspiracy; Science or Fiction; Skeptical Puzzle

Apr 28, 2007

The Skeptics Guide #91 - Apr 18 2007

Interview with Susan Blackmore; News Items: More ID Nonsense from Dr. Michael Egnor, Criminalizing Holocaust Denial; Science or Fiction; Skeptical Puzzle

Apr 21, 2007

The Skeptics Guide #90 - Apr 10 2007

News Items: Quantum Computer?, Fermilab Flub, Dieting News, Time Travel, Meta Analysis; Your E-mails and Questions: Chiropractic Confusion, Death Star Conspiracy, Hugh Ross and Testable Creationism, Near Death Experiences; Science or Fiction; Skeptical Puzzle

Apr 14, 2007

The Skeptics Guide #89 - Apr 4 2007

News Items: 9/11 Conspiracy Celebrities, Holy Water for AIDS, Astrology Fails Again, Fairy Hoax, Avoiding the Holocaust, Neal Adams on Fox; Your Questions and E-mails: Peanut Butter and Evolution, Peloop, When Birds Attack, Groupthink; Name That Logical Fallacy; Science or Fiction Skeptical Puzzle

Apr 07, 2007

The Skeptics Guide #88 - Mar 28 2007

Interview with David Seaman, DC; News Items: UFO news, Houdini exhumed, Buhhda boy returns; Your E-mails and Questions: PETA, GM foods, Satanic Barcode; Science or Fiction; Skeptical Puzzle

Mar 31, 2007
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