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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 #357 - May 19 2012

Interview with Chris Lewicki; Guest Rogue: Phil Plait; This day in Skepticism: Head Cabinet; News Items: Ghost Box, Mayan Calendar, Electricity from Viruses, UK LIbel Law Update; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: Corrections, Supermoon; Science or Fiction

May 19, 2012

The Skeptics Guide #356 - May 12 2012

This Day in Skepticism; News Items: Dinosaur Farts, Aura Reading, 48 Frames per Second, Baby Powder, Killing Bigfoot, TAM2012; Who's That Noisy ; Science or Fiction

May 12, 2012

The Skeptics Guide #355 - May 5 2012

Guest Rogues: Seth Shostak and James Randi; This Day in Skepticism: First American in Space, SGU 7 Year Anniversary; News Items: Rogue Planets, Machine Monkey Interface, Finding ET with Robots, God Spot in the Brain; SETI Update; Audience Q&A: The Coming Singularity; Science or Fiction

May 05, 2012

The Skeptics Guide #354 - Apr 28 2012

Live from NECSS 2012 with special guest James Randi; This Day in Skepticism; News Items: Pedantic Words, Sports Pseudoscience, Nuking Asteroids, Loch Ness Monster Spotted, Cosmic Rays, Space Shuttle Enterprise; SGU Video; Science or Fiction; Remembering Perry

Apr 28, 2012

The Skeptics Guide #353 - Apr 21 2012

This Day in Skepticism: The Surgeons Photo; News Items: Life on Mars, Indian Skeptic Charged with Blasphemy, Multitasking, Monkeys Recognize Words, Cosmic Superwinds; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: Titanic Correction, Advanced Dinosaurs; Science or Fiction

Apr 21, 2012

The Skeptics Guide #352 - Apr 14 2012

This Day in Skepticism: Titanic Disaster; News Items: Blow Up Space Junk, Aristolochia Nephropathy, Homophobia, Toilet Water, Monkey Bill Update; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: Grover's Algorithm, Gulf of Cambay Ruins; Science or Fiction

Apr 14, 2012

The Skeptics Guide #351 - Apr 7 2012

Interview with Gripp (Marshall Gillson); This Day in Skepticism: World Health Day; News Items: Smart Sand, Enclothed Cognition, Death by Homeopathy, Small Scale, Rhino Horn; Who's That Noisy; Science or Fiction

Apr 07, 2012

The Skeptics Guide #350 - Mar 31 2012

Interview with James Randi; This Day in Skepticism: Patenting Life; News Items: Tennessee Anti-Evolution Bill, Origin of the Moon, Mystery Cloud on Mars, Newage Mountain; Who's That Noisy; Science or Fiction

Mar 31, 2012

The Skeptics Guide #349 - Mar 24 2012

This Day in Skepticism: Exxon Valdez; News Items: Superhero Pseudoscience, High Altitude Skydiving, Nuclear Clock, New Hampshire Abortion Bill, NDE and Lucid Dreaming, Designer Electrons; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: Here Comes the Metric System; Name That Logical Fallacy; Science or Fiction

Mar 24, 2012

The Skeptics Guide #348 - Mar 17 2012

Guest Rogue: Richard Saunders; This Day in Skepticism: Vanguard I; News Items: Oldest Skeleton, Red Deer Cave People, Neutrino Communication, Defending Science in Australia, Failure to Replicate Bem's Psi Research; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: Catching up on Vaccines; Science or Fiction

Mar 17, 2012

The Skeptics Guide #347 - Mar 10 2012

Interview with Scott Sigler; This Day in Skepticism: Megalonyx; News Items: Robot Cheetah, Kony 2012, Neuroprosthetics; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: Therapeutic Tattoos; Science or Fiction

Mar 10, 2012

The Skeptics Guide #346 - Mar 3 2012

Interview with Gordon Maupin; This Day in Skepticism: Leap Year; News Items: Iceman Genome, FTL Neutrino Follow Up, More on Anti-Climategate, Drug Testing, Your Deceptive Brain; Who's That Noisy; Science or Fiction

Mar 03, 2012

The Skeptics Guide #345 - Feb 25 2012

Interview with Fraser Cain and Pamela Gaye; This Day in Skepticism; News Items: Tiny Lizards, Missing Dark Matter, Anti-Climate Gate, Nanoparticle Safety; Who's That Noisy; Science or Fiction

Feb 25, 2012

The Skeptics Guide #344 - Feb 18 2012

This Day in Skepticism; News Items: The Science of Pony Tails, Online Surveys, Structural Batteries, Quickie with Bob - Alien Matter; Who's That Noisy; Questions and E-mails: Evolution Falsifiable, Headgear; Science or Fiction

Feb 18, 2012

The Skeptics Guide #343 - Feb 11 2012

This Day in Skepticism; News Items: 3D Printing, Morgellons Update, State Science Standards, Lake Vostok, Hard Drive Breakthrough; Special Report: Ouija Boards; Who's That Noisy; Science or Fiction

Feb 11, 2012

The Skeptics Guide #342 - Feb 4 2012

Interview with Derek Bartholomaus; This Day in Skepticism; News Items: Speed Limit for Birds, Reading Brain Waves, Conspiracy Contradictions, Scorpion Inspired Armor; Who's That Noisy; Science or Fiction

Feb 04, 2012

The Skeptics Guide #341 - Jan 28 2012

Interview with Sean Carroll; This Day in Skepticism; News Items: Stem Cells for Blindness, Chiropractic Neurology, Mass Psychogenic Illness; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: Sounds in the Sky; Science or Fiction

Jan 28, 2012

The Skeptics Guide #340 - Jan 21 2012

Interview with Eugenie Scott; This Week in Skepticism; News Items: NECSS 2012, Photographic Black Holes, SOPA-PIPA, Homeopathic Burn Treatment, Ice Forms; Who's That Noisy; Science or Fiction

Jan 21, 2012

The Skeptics Guide #339 - Jan 14 2012

This Day in Skepticism; News Items: Tricorder X-prize, Sheldrake on Presentiment, Physics Cranks, Witchhunter Comes to US; Who's That Noisy; Name That Logical Fallacy; Science or Fiction

Jan 14, 2012

The Skeptics Guide #338 - Jan 7 2012

Interview with Martin Rundkvist; This Day in Skepticism; News Items: Psychic Predictions 2011, Hacker Satellite, Testing Violins; Quickie with Bob - Lost World of Antarctica; Who's That Noisy; Science or Fiction

Jan 07, 2012

The Skeptics Guide #336 - Dec 24 2011

Special Guests: George Hrab and Jamy Ian Swiss; Christopher Hitchens In Memoriam; News Items: Mammoth Bone Homes, Trillion Frames per Second, Neti Pot Dangers; Who's That Noisy; Special Report: Randomness; Science or Fiction

Dec 24, 2011

The Skeptics Guide #335 - Dec 17 2011

This Day in Skepticism; News Items: Pro-Measles Children's Book, Higgs Update, Mercury UFO, Hallucinating Color; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: Menstrual Syncing; Swindler's List: Online Dating; Science or Fiction

Dec 17, 2011

The Skeptics Guide #334 - Dec 10 2011

Interview with Lawrence Krauss; This Day in Skepticism; News Items: Trudeau Fine Upheld, Planetary Probes, Cloning a Mammoth, Kepler 22b; Who's That Noisy; Corrections; Science or Fiction

Dec 10, 2011

The Skeptics Guide #333 - Dec 3 2011

Interview with James Randi; News Items: Detecting Digital Manipulation, Curiosity Heads to Mars, Creationist Bill Defeated in NH, Scorpios Need Not Apply, Jetpack Flies with Jets; Special Report: Burzynski Clinic Intimidates Bloggers, with Rhys Morgan; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: Tomato Juice Color; Science or Fiction

Dec 03, 2011

The Skeptics Guide #332 - Nov 26 2011

This Day in Skepticism: JFK Assassination; News Items: Power Balance Bankruptcy, FTL Neutrino Follow Up, Does Water Prevent Dehydration, Food Color and Taste; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: SILLY Bias in Scientific Reviews; Science or Fiction

Nov 26, 2011

The Skeptics Guide #331 - Nov 19 2011

Interview with Neil deGrasse Tyson; This Day in Skepticism; News Items: Moon's Magnetic Field, Europa's Ice Surface, False Confessions; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: BMJ Poe, Catholic Pox Parties; Science or Fiction

Nov 19, 2011

The Skeptics Guide #330 - Nov 12 2011

This Day in Skepticism; News Items: Stroke Turns Man Gay, Asteroid YU55, Pox Parties, US Government Denies UFOs, Man Confuses Moon for UFO, NASA's Orion Program; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: Intercessory Prayer; Science or Fiction

Nov 12, 2011

The Skeptics Guide #329 - Nov 5 2011

This Day in Skepticism; News Items: Climate Change Confirmation, Steve Job's Cancer, New GPS, Pre-Clovis Find; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: Brush Before or After; Name That Logical Fallacy; Science or Fiction

Nov 04, 2011

The Skeptics Guide #328 - Oct 29 2011

Interview with Banachek; This Day in Skepticism; News Items: Seeing Through Walls, Malaria Vaccine, Luckiest Cities, New Name for VLA, Another Failed Prediction; Who's That Noisy; Science or Fiction

Oct 29, 2011
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