The Skeptics Guide #477 - Aug 30 2014
This Day in Skepticism: Sylvia Earle; News Items: Alternative Research, ISIS Bans Chemistry and Philosophy, Ice Sheets Melting, Hallucigenia, Talking Apes; Who's That Noisy; Science or Fiction
Aug 28, 2014
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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 #476 - Aug 23 2014
This Day in Skepticism: William Wallace; News Items: Robot Swarm, Epigenetics, Black Hole Universe, Man on the Moon, Big Pharma Suicide; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: Groupthink; Science or Fiction
Aug 23, 2014
The Skeptics Guide #475 - Aug 16 2014
Guest Rogue: Phil Plait; This Day in Skepticism: Urbain Grandier; News Items: Carrington Event Redux, Rangeomorphs, Shark Week Pseudoscience, Cervical Manipulation and Strokes, iPhone Performace - with Rene Ritchie; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: Ebola and Hobbit Follow Up; Science or Fiction
Aug 16, 2014
The Skeptics Guide #474 - Aug 9 2014
Interview with Dr. Karl Kruszelnicki; This Day in Skepticism: Nagasaki; New Items: Ebola 2014, Rosetta in Orbit, EM Drive, Hobbit Update, Volcanoes on Io; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: Herxing; Science or Fiction
Aug 09, 2014
The Skeptics Guide #473 - Aug 2 2014
Interview with Bill Nye; This Day in Skepticism: Greenwhich Mean Time; News Items: Mike Adams Follow Up, Battery Advance, Ray Comfort's Gravity Gaffe, Dinosaur Feathers, Dinosaur Extinction; Who's That Noisy; Science or Fiction
Aug 02, 2014
The Skeptics Guide #472 - Jul 26 2014
This Day in Skepticism: Pierre and Marie Curie; News Items: SGU Sued, Mike Adams and Monsanto, Malaysia Flight MH17, Ken Ham Denies Aliens, Pits on the Moon; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: Humor in Education; Science or Fiction
Jul 26, 2014
The Skeptics Guide #471 - Jul 19 2014
Interview with James Randi and Massimo Polidoro; This Day in Skepticism: Flitch Day; News Items: European Commission Human Brain Project, Guru Dead or Meditating, Ex-Exoplanets, Buzz Aldrin UFO Encounter, Alone with one's Thoughts, BBC Ditches False Balance; Science or Fiction
Jul 19, 2014
The Skeptics Guide #470 - Jul 12 2014
This Day in Skepticism: Buckminster Fuller; News Items: Solar Freakin' Rebuttal, Slower Light, Orion Capsule, UFO Sightings, Facebook Experiment; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: Transdermal Direct Current Stimulation; Science or Fiction
Jul 08, 2014
The Skeptics Guide #469 - Jul 5 2014
This Day in Skepticism: PT Barnum; News Items: Food Fears, Higgs Follow Up, Free Will, Rights of Unvaccinated, KFC Hoax; Who's That Noisy; Your E-mails and Questions: Isagenix; Science or Fiction
Jul 05, 2014
The Skeptics Guide #468 - Jun 28 2014
This Day in Skepticism: Baron of Arizona; News items: Micro Architecture, Massive Underground Ocean, 9/11 Debate, Whooping Cough Epidemic, Trophy Wife; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: Teleporting Information; Science or Fiction
Jun 28, 2014
The Skeptics Guide #467 - Jun 21 2014
This Day in Skepticism: Summer Solstice; Cosmos Review; News Items: Chopra Challenge, New Computer Architecture, Oz Skewered, Self-Repairing Teeth; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: Solar Power; Science or Fiction
Jun 21, 2014
The Skeptics Guide #466 - Jun 14 2014
This Day in Skepticism: Space Monkeys; News Items: Turing Test, Psychic Fails, Origin of the Moon, Dragon V2, NASA Starship, Smallest Star; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: Schizophrenia or Possession; Science or Fiction
Jun 14, 2014
The Skeptics Guide #465 - Jun 7 2014
Interview with Bug Girl; This Day in Skepticism: British Museum; News Items: Mega - Earth, Secondary Drowning, Medical Information on Wikipedia, Lady Hurricanes, Black Hole Magnetism; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: Third-Hand Smoke; Science or Fiction
Jun 07, 2014
The Skeptics Guide #464 - May 31 2014
This Day in Skepticism: Jaffina Public Library; News Items: Solar Highways, Suspended Animation, Comb Jellies, PETA Autism, Planetary Diameters; Who's That Noisy; Your E-mails and Questions: Corrections; Science or Fiction
May 31, 2014
The Skeptics Guide #463 - May 24 2014
Interview with Jason Luchtefeld and Grant Ritchey; This Day in Skepticism: Yness Mexica and Helen Taussig; News Items: Planet-Eating Stars, Fluoride and Vaccines are Safe, Nasal Strips for Horses, Jupiter's Red Spot Shrinking, Military Response to Zombies; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: Harmonized Water; Science or Fiction
May 24, 2014
The Skeptics Guide #462 - May 17 2014
Guest Rogue: Ajia Moon; Interview with Massimo Piggliucci; This Day in Skepticism: Nathan Kline; News Items: Afterlife Debate, Five Finger Shoes Settles, Graphene and Heat, Correlation and Causation, Lab Grown Vaginas; Who's That Noisy; Science or Fiction
May 17, 2014
The Skeptics Guide #461 - May 10 2014
Live Recording at NECSS 2014; With Guest Rogue: George Hrab; This Day in Skepticism: Chernobyl; News Items: Black Salve, Tetraquarks, Homeopathy Report, Stradivarius Study, Video Game Aggression; Science or Fiction
May 06, 2014
The Skeptics Guide #460 - May 3 2014
Interview with Elise Andrew; This Day in Skepticism: Manuel Elizade; News Items: Neuromorphic Computer, Mixing Supplements and Meds, Microbial Doom, Marketing Organic; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: Life Energy; Science or Fiction
May 03, 2014
The Skeptics Guide #459 - Apr 26 2014
This Day in Skepticism: L'Aigle Meteorite; News Items: Food Babe Strikes Again, Dream Weaver, Super Mantis Shrimp, Motivated Memory, Silverstone Goes McCarthy; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: Fuel from Seawater; Name That Logical Fallacy; Science or Fiction
Apr 26, 2014
The Skeptics Guide #458 - Apr 19 2014
Live from NECSS 2014; Guest Rogue: Paul Offit; This Day in Skepticism: Salyut 1; News Items: Liquid Light, Geocentrism, The Continuity Field, Light on Mars, Ancient Asteroid Impact, Ant Complexity; Science or Fiction; Live Q&A: Skeptical Parenting
Apr 17, 2014
The Skeptics Guide #457 - Apr 12 2014
This day In Skepticism: SPAM; News Items: Chilis and Antivaxers, Crowdfunding Pseudoscience, Ocean under Enceladus, Looking Intelligent, Who's That Noisy, Your Questions and E-mails: Justina Case, Car Remotes; Science or Fiction
Apr 10, 2014
The Skeptics Guide #456 - Apr 5 2014
Interview with James Marsters; This Day in Skepticism: Hattie Alexander; News Items: Medical Conspiracies, Autism Onset, Artificial Yeast, Conflicts of Interest; Who's That Noisy; Name That Logical Fallacy; Science or Fiction
Apr 05, 2014
The Skeptics Guide #455 - Mar 29 2014
Interview with David Gorski and Bob Blaskiewicz; Guest Rogue: Brian Wecht; News Items: Oil Pulling, Wikipedia Standards, Techno Fossils, Twin Prime Conjecture, Asteroid with Rings; Science or Fiction
Mar 29, 2014
The Skeptics Guide #454 - Mar 22 2014
Guest Rogue: Brian Brushwood; Interview with Joe Anderson; This Day in Skepticism: Ulugh Beg; News Items: Waking from Coma with Psychic Powers, Cosmic Inflation, 24-192 audio; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: Cartouche Again, Jet Stability; Science or Fiction
Mar 22, 2014
The Skeptics Guide #453 - Mar 15 2014
Interview with Jennifer Ouellette; This Day in Skepticism: Ides of March; News Items: Flight 370 Mystery, Earth's Shields, Meat Study; Who's That Noisy; Science or Fiction
Mar 15, 2014
The Skeptics Guide #452 - Mar 8 2014
This Day in Skepticism: Tilly Shilling; News Items: Countering Anti-Vaccine Fears, Dowsing in CA, Capturing Earth's Energy, Crank Sues NASA; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: Michio Kaku, Dealing with Negativity; Name That Logical Fallacy: Eating Meat; Science or Fiction
Mar 08, 2014
The Skeptics Guide #451 - Mar 1 2014
Interview with Michio Kaku; This Day in Skepticism: Rebecca Lee Crumpler; News Items: My Three Parents, Dowsing for HIV, Climate Engineering, Open Data; Who's That Noisy; You Questions and E-mails: Food Babe Follow Up; Science or Fiction
Mar 01, 2014
The Skeptics Guide #450 - Feb 22 2014
This Day in Skepticism: Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems; News Items: Genovese Myth, Pseudoscience Vandalism, Subway and Azodicarbonamide, Petawatt Lawer, AIDS Denialists Silence Critic; Who's That Noisy; Science or Fiction
Feb 22, 2014
The Skeptics Guide #449 - Feb 15 2014
This Day in Skepticism: Decimal Day; News Items: Organic Molecule on the Moon, Astrology Belief, Burgess Shale, Boeing Anti-Gravity, Photo Lineups, Fusion Beats Unity; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: Net Neutrality, Placebo Medicine; Science or Fiction
Feb 15, 2014
The Skeptics Guide #448 - Feb 10 2014
The SGU crew takes live questions from an online audience
Feb 10, 2014
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