Skeptics Guide #221 - Oct 14 2009

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

Dr. Steven Novella MD

Paranormal, Fringe-science, Psuedoscience, Skeptic, Science, Skepticism

4.7 • 7.4K Ratings

🗓️ 17 October 2009

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Summary

Interview with Jack Horner; News Items: NASA Shoots the Moon, Saturn's Rings, Hypno Cat, Simon Singh Update; Your Questions and E-mails: Plasma Rocket, This Man; Science or Fiction; Who's That Noisy

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0:00.0	You're listening to the Skeptics Guide to the Universe.
0:07.3	Your escape to reality.
0:11.1	Hello and welcome to the Skeptics Guide to the Universe.
0:13.4	Today is Wednesday, October 14, 2009, and this is your host, Steven Novella.
0:18.9	Join me this week, our Bob Novella.
0:20.5	Hey everybody, Jay Novella.
0:22.5	Hey guys, and Evan Bernstein.
0:25.0	October 14, 1947, Chuck Yeager.
0:28.8	A World War II fighter pilot became the first human to fly faster than the speed of sound.
0:33.4	That guy is totally kick ass.
0:35.2	He's awesome.
0:36.1	He rocks.
0:37.1	I saw him in DC once.
0:38.6	Really?
0:39.6	Tell myself.
0:40.6	He's going by very fast.
0:41.6	He was driving by in a car with Bob Hope.
0:44.4	No way, you're making that up.
0:45.8	The Bob Hope.
0:46.8	Yeah, the Bob Hope.
0:47.8	Of course it was that President Bush's inaugural speech or something.
0:51.4	Well, now I know you're lying.
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