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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 #387 - Dec 15 2012

Interview with Joshie Berger; This Day in Skepticism: homosexuality and the DSM; News Items: Creationist Tactics, Truth in Education, Dawn of Life, History of Cheese, Vampire Warning, Ocean Robots; Who's That Noisy; Science or Fiction

Dec 15, 2012

The Skeptics Guide #386 - Dec 8 2012

Guest Rogue: Phil Plait; This Day in Skepticism: Atoms for Peace; News Items: End of the World, Bug UFO Follow Up, Inattentional Amnesia, Curiosity Kurfuffle, Grand Canyon Age, Moon Formation; Who's That Noisy; Science or Fiction

Dec 08, 2012

The Skeptics Guide #385 - Dec 1 2012

Interview with Banachek; This Day in Skepticism: Taman Shud Mystery; News Items: Not-So-Terror Bird, Bloop Solved, Hijacking DNA, Bigfoot DNA, Makemake; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: Theory; Science or Fiction

Dec 01, 2012

The Skeptics Guide #384 - Nov 24 2012

Guest Rogue: Richard Wiseman; This Day in Skepticism: Origin of Species; Special Report: Richard's Dream Research; News Items: Aspartame Study, Being a Psychopath, Type Ia Supernova, Fecal Transplants; Science or Fiction

Nov 24, 2012

The Skeptics Guide #383 - Nov 17 2012

Interview with Bruce Hood; This Day in Skepticism: Jonestown Massacre; News Items: Denver UFO, Math Hurts, Communicating with the Vegetative, Nearby Rogue Planet, Twisted Light; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: Bicycle Physics; Science or Fiction

Nov 17, 2012

The Skeptics Guide #382 - Nov 10 2012

This Day in Skepticism: Goddess of Reason; News Items: Life in the Universe, UFOlogy Dying, Chelation Therapy, Psychic Fail; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: Universe Rotating; Science or Fiction; In Memorium: Mike LaCelle

Nov 10, 2012

The Skeptics Guide #381 - Nov 3 2012

Live From CSICon 2012; This Day in Skepticism: Sputnik 2; In Memorium: Paul Kurtz and Leon Jaroff; News Items: Big Bang Conference, Italian Earthquake Scientists Convicted, Whale Makes Human Sounds, PANDAS Controversy, Reporting Ghost Stories; Live Q&A; Science or Fiction

Nov 03, 2012

The Skeptics Guide #380 - Oct 27 2012

This Day in Skepticism; News Items: Genetic Logic Circuit, Efficient Language, Closest Exoplanet, Alien Hacker; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: Zombie Bite; Science or Fiction

Oct 24, 2012

The Skeptics Guide #379 - Oct 20 2012

Interview with Jamy Ian Swiss; This Day in Skepticism: Norman Borlaug; News Items: Nobel Prize in Chemistry, DNA Half Life, The Simulated Universe, Supersonic Jump, Geoglyph; Who's That Noisy; Science or Fiction

Oct 20, 2012

The Skeptics Guide #378 - Oct 13 2012

Interview with Robert Hutton:SGU Transcripts; This Day in Skepticism: Lady of Fatima; News Items: 2012 Nobel Prizes, Looking for Dyson Spheres, Simon Singh and Libel, Presidential Lie Detector; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mail: Proof of Heaven; Science or Fiction

Oct 13, 2012

The Skeptics Guide #377 - Oct 6 2012

This Day in Skepticism: The Billygoat Curse; News Items: The Physics of Roulette, Vitamin D and the Common Cold, Harpooning Satellites, Bee Brains; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: WTC7 Collapse; Science or Fiction

Oct 06, 2012

The Skeptics Guide #376 - Sep 29 2012

Interview with Pamela Gay; This Day in Skepticism: CERN; News Items: Ig Nobels 2012, GM Corn Rat Study, HIV and Faith Healing, Emoticons turn 30; Who's That Noisy; Science or Fiction

Sep 29, 2012

The Skeptics Guide #375 - Sep 22 2012

This Day in Skepticism: Golden Tablets and Hobbit Day; News Items: Warp Drive, Bad Science Reporting, Dark Energy Camera, Crowdsourcing Science, Spheres on Mars, CSICon 2012; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: Blue Moon and Frances; Science or Fiction

Sep 22, 2012

The Skeptics Guide #374 - Sep 15 2012

This Day in Skepticism: Murray Gell-Mann and Alexander Flemming; News Items: Sun Myung Moon Dies, Company Apologies for Thalidomide, Super WiFi, Calorie Restriction and Longevity; Special Report: A Skeptical 12 Step Program; Science or Fiction; Skeptical Quote of the Week

Sep 15, 2012

The Skeptics Guide #373 - Sep 8 2012

Live from DragonCon 2012; Interview with Billy West; This Day in Skepticism: First Trek; News Items: Blue Moon Lunacy, Bigfoot News, Negative Replication of Psi, Baldness Cure, Little Mass from Higgs, UFO Over Illuminati Castle; Science or Fiction; Your Questions and E-mails: SGU FAQ, Homeopath Pharmacist, Multiple Chemical Sensitivity

Sep 08, 2012

The Skeptics Guide #372 - Sep 1 2012

This Day in Skepticism: Passenger Pigeon; News Items: Neil Armstrong Dies, Naked Darth Vader, Homeopathic Candy, Hearing Voices; Who's That Noisy; Special Report: Conspiracy Conference; Science or Fiction

Aug 30, 2012

The Skeptics Guide #371 - Aug 25 2012

Interview with Pixar's Chris Ford; This Day in Skepticism: The Great Moon Hoax; News Items: The Sun is Round, DNA Storage, FDA and Homeopathy; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: Pregnancy from Rape, E-bay and Magic; Science or Fiction

Aug 24, 2012

The Skeptics Guide #370 - Aug 18 2012

This Day in Skepticism; News Items: Eggs and Atherosclerosis, Hacking the Rover, The Sneeze, Google Pyramids, Occ Update; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: Asymmetrical Screw; Science or Fiction

Aug 18, 2012

The Skeptics Guide #369 - Aug 11 2012

This Day in Skepticism; News Items: Dino Mating, Blowing Up Asteroids, Punching for God, Occ the Skeptical Caveman; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: Kinesio Tape; Name That Logical Fallacy; Science or Fiction

Aug 11, 2012

The Skeptics Guide #368 - Aug 4 2012

Interview with Brian Wecht; This Day in Skepticism: First Fax; News Items: Superstition Fund, Curiosity's Sky Crane, Anti-Fluoridation News Fail, Bat-Winged Monkey Bird; Who's That Noisy; Science or Fiction

Aug 04, 2012

The Skeptics Guide #367 - Jul 28 2012

This Day in Skepticism: Kennewick Man; News Items: Skeptical Conferences, Sally Ride Dies, Mood Photography, Computer Modeling Life, Artificial Jellyfish, Firewalking Mishap; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: Multivitamins; Science or Fiction

Jul 28, 2012

The Skeptics Guide #366 - Jul 21 2012

Live from TAM 2012; With Special Guests: Richard Saunders and George Hrab; This Day in Skepticism: Planet Nibiru, Jean Picard born; News Items: Fake Bomb Detector Maker Charged, Debating an Antivaccinationist. Feathered Dinosaurs, New Moon for Pluto, Higgs Discovery Announced, Sex Myths, Sapphire Hard Drive; Science or Fiction

Jul 21, 2012

The Skeptics Guide #365 - Jul 14 2012

Guest Rogue: Daniel Beauley; This Day in Skepticism: Jane Goodall; News Items: UFOs in National Geo, Seeing Inside Tissue, GOP on Critical Thinking, Alternative Chocolate; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: Who Owns Space; Science or Fiction

Jul 14, 2012

The Skeptics Guide #364 - Jul 7 2012

Interview with Jann Bellamy; This Day in Skepticism: Newcomen Engine; News Items: Water on The Moon and Mars, Swiss Report on Homeopathy, Twisted Light, Embodied Cognition; Who's That Noisy; News Update: Causeway Cannibal; Science or Fiction

Jul 07, 2012

The Skeptics Guide #363 - Jun 30 2012

This Day in Skepticism: Tunguska Event; News Items: The Science of Prometheus, Time Slowing Down, Higgs Update; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: Nessie Disproves Evolution; Science or Fiction

Jun 30, 2012

The Skeptics Guide #362 - Jun 23 2012

Interview with Professor Zhong Lin Wang; This Day in Skepticism; News Items: Mystery Carbon Spike, Younger Dryas Impact, Liberation Procedure Study, Testing Female Athletes; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: Fetal Pill Update; Science or Fiction

Jun 23, 2012

The Skeptics Guide #361 - Jun 16 2012

This Day in Skepticism - Captain Picard Day; News Items: LiDar, Extremophiles, Moral Behavior, Cervical Manipulation, Ghost Train; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: Pharmacist Homeopaths; Name That Logical Fallacy; Science or Fiction

Jun 16, 2012

The Skeptics Guide #360 - Jun 9 2012

This Day in Skepticism - Ray Bradbury Dies; News Items: Episode #360, Transit of Venus, Legislating Science, Science Education in California and South Korea, Vapor Storage; Magnetic Skeptical Phrases; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: Peer Review; Science or Fiction

Jun 09, 2012

The Skeptics Guide #359 - Jun 2 2012

Interview with Debbie Feldman; This Day in Skepticism: Bridget Bishop; News Items: Medical Zombies, Science of Reruns, Leakey on Evolution; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: Local Darkmatter Followup; Science or Fiction

Jun 02, 2012

The Skeptics Guide #358 - May 26 2012

Guest Rogue: Joshie Berger; This Day in Skepticism: Animalcules; News Items: TAM Poker Tournament, Space X Launch, Studying the Universe, What is Consciousness; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: Speaking to Mediums; Swindler's List: Hearing Aids; Science or Fiction

May 26, 2012
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