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Rationally Speaking Podcast

Rationally Speaking #100 - Live Q&A: Massimo and Julia Answer Everything!

Rationally Speaking Podcast

New York City Skeptics

Society & Culture, Skepticism, Science, Philosophy

4.6787 Ratings

🗓️ 27 January 2014

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Summary

On this episode, recorded live at the Jefferson Market Library in New York City, Rationally Speaking podcast celebrates its 100th episode! The show features a full hour of audience Q’s and Julia & Massimo’s A’s. Topics range from science, philosophy and the borderlands between the two. The questions push the hosts to think on their feet, and even to admit their ignorance on stage!

Transcript

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0:00.0

Join us this spring for the sixth annual nexus, the Northeast's largest conference dedicated to critical thinking and science education.

0:08.0

It's all going down in New York City the weekend of April 11th through 13th, 2014.

0:13.0

We're excited to feature a keynote by physicist Lawrence Krause, who's authored bestsellers like the Physics of Star Trek,

0:19.0

and who just starred with Richard Dawkins in a new film last year called The Unbelievers.

0:24.2

This is in addition to a great lineup of other speakers like Paul Offutt,

0:28.4

expert on vaccines and infectious disease,

0:31.0

and Katie Coleman, veteran astronaut for NASA.

0:34.1

Of course, Massimo and I will be there taping a live episode of the rationally speaking podcast,

0:38.3

and so will the cast of The Skeptics Guide to the Universe. Get your tickets now at nexus.org. That's

0:44.4

nec-s-s-S-S-D-org. Registration prices go up after March 20th, so don't wait. Get your tickets today.

1:08.8

Rationally speaking is a presentation of New York City skeptics dedicated to promoting critical thinking, skeptical inquiry, and science education.

1:14.0

For more information, please visit us at n.ycptics.org.

1:26.9

Welcome to rationally speaking, the podcast where we explore the borderlands between reason and nonsense.

1:32.1

I'm your host, Massimo Piliucci, and with me, as always, is my co-host, Julia Galev.

1:37.1

Julia, what's up today?

1:38.5

What's up today, Massimo?

1:40.0

Well, today we have a very special guest audience to help us celebrate our 100th episode of the Ratchelings Speaking podcast.

1:49.2

Say hello, audience.

1:54.2

And how's this going to work?

1:58.1

So that there's no topic today.

2:01.0

Essentially, we're doing a full episode of Q&A, where we invite the audience members to ask us anything.

2:09.4

And questions could range from science to philosophy, to social science, to culture, to our feelings about bumblebees, really anything you want to ask us,

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