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The Skepticrat

163: Skepticrat163 - Pocalypse-tacular Edition

The Skepticrat

Puzzle in a Thunderstorm, LLC

News, Government, Politics

4.82.1K Ratings

🗓️ 20 December 2021

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

On this week's episode: Noah gives up a cool space story to talk about idiots irradiating themselves ... Eli gives up important political stories to talk about syrup ... And we celebrate the end of the year with a very special pocalypse-tacular.
 
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Headline Sources:

CDC warns of omicron variant: https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/12/14/omicron-us-spread/

Canada dips into their maple syrup reserves: https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/world/canada-maple-syrup-reserve-shortage/67-d42eb5f2-be13-43d5-86ef-fb3316e5ea52

DeSantis unveils the Stop WOKE Act so parents can sue if their kid learns about CRT:

Necklace advertised as “anti-5G” turns out to be radioactive: https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-59703523

Scorpion-pocalypse: https://www.npr.org/2021/11/14/1055680400/3-dead-hundreds-injured-after-storms-rouse-scorpions-in-egypt

21 things that made the world a better place in 2021: https://www.wired.com/story/2021-positive-news/

Transcript

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0:00.0

It's Monday, December 20th, and the word of the day is Eterath, which means the feeling

0:17.8

of emptiness after a long and arduous process is finally complete, leaving you relieved

0:22.2

that it's over, but missing the stress that gave you an organized mission with a purpose

0:26.2

at every moment. Using a sentence, I'll get some Eterath on my epitaph. Great, but I'm dead.

0:32.5

Yeah, I'll worry about that shit after I killed a six-fingered man, thank you very much.

0:36.8

And that's why I never work hard on anything. No, Eptosmash or whatever the fuck he called it.

0:41.9

Yeah, right. I'm no illusions.

0:44.0

Ah, me, Lai Bosnick. Ah, me, then, right. And Broadcasting Delayed from America's Far

0:47.7

Center. We are the Skeptocrats.

0:49.8

On this week's episode, Noah gives up a cool space story to talk about itty. It's

0:54.3

irradiating themselves. E-Lai gives up important political stories to talk about syrup.

0:59.3

We celebrate the end of the year with a very special

1:03.2

apocalypse tacular. But first, the rest of the intro music.

1:17.0

Joining me for headlines tonight are my fellow Skeptocrats,

1:19.6

no illusions in E-Lai Bosnick. Gentlemen, Mary, almost Christmas. Very excited.

1:24.8

Any holiday cheer you'd like to spread before we, you know, talk about reality?

1:31.0

If holiday cheer is the only thing that spreads this Christmas, it'll be a miracle.

1:34.5

Yes, not as too late.

1:36.0

Speaking of which, what's the, I get to forcibly vaccinate you a version of mistletoe?

1:40.8

I need the sky, the sky. There you go. Speaking of which, again, in our lead story tonight,

1:47.2

what the fuck are you people doing?

1:52.1

There's still a goddamn pandemic on impact from what we're seeing at this point.

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