Skeptics Guide #205 - Jun 16 2009
The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
Dr. Steven Novella MD
4.7 • 7.4K Ratings
🗓️ 27 June 2009
⏱️ 80 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to the Skeptics Guide to the Universe. |
| 0:07.3 | Your escape to reality. |
| 0:12.1 | Hello and welcome to the Skeptics Guide to the Universe. |
| 0:14.6 | Today is Tuesday, June 16, 2009, and this is your host, Steven Novella. |
| 0:21.0 | Joining me this week are Bob Novella, everybody. |
| 0:23.8 | Rebecca Watson. |
| 0:24.8 | Hello everyone. |
| 0:25.8 | And Evan Bernstein. |
| 0:26.8 | Where's Jay? |
| 0:27.8 | Where is Jay? |
| 0:28.8 | Jay is busy on his super secret project. |
| 0:33.8 | Vaccinating orphans in Rwanda. |
| 0:36.8 | That's exactly right, Hachina. |
| 0:38.8 | I'm psychic. |
| 0:39.8 | Oh, I thought he was inserting little drops of morphine into the tips of acupuncture needles in China. |
| 0:45.8 | I thought he was hiking to the Andes looking for the elusive Yeti. |
| 0:50.8 | I thought he was at lords curing people of their illnesses. |
| 0:54.8 | So a few things happened around this time in history. |
| 0:57.8 | So it was June 27th when you're all listening to this. |
| 1:01.8 | In 1847, New York and Boston were linked together by telegraph wires, making the first podcast transmission possible. |
| 1:09.8 | That sounded like... |
| 1:12.8 | Now can you imagine a podcast over telegraph? |
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