Skeptics Guide #235 - Jan 13 2010

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

Dr. Steven Novella MD

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

4.7 • 7.4K Ratings

🗓️ 16 January 2010

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Summary

Special Guest: Richard Saunders; News Items: TAM Australia, Tetrapod Footprints, Airport Security - with Bruce Schneier, Nearby Supernova, Cancer Miracle; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: Evil Skeptics; Name That Logical Fallacy; Science or Fiction

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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.
0:13.3	Today is Wednesday, January 13, 2010, and this is your host, Steven Novella.
0:19.5	Joining me this week are Bob Novella, Hey everybody, Jane Novella.
0:23.2	Hey guys, Evan Bernstein, Hi everybody, and our special guest, Richard Saunders.
0:29.0	Hello.
0:30.0	Welcome to the SGU, our first guest row.
0:35.1	We are actually doing something a little bit new this year.
0:39.8	Since we have so many friends in the Skeptical movement that we've interviewed a number of times,
0:45.6	rather than going through an interview format, we're just going to have some of our regular
0:50.3	guests occasionally as guest rugs.
0:54.0	And Richard Saunders is the first one for 2010, so welcome again Richard.
0:59.2	Thank you, I've been called a lot worse.
1:01.0	That's right.
1:02.0	Steve, a guest rogue is actually someone that will do the entire show with us.
1:05.6	That's right, yeah, that should have been obvious, but yes.
1:09.0	And you got the rules, right?
1:12.0	So you have to, at some point during the show, attempt a terrible accent and you have to tell
1:17.6	an extremely corny joke, at least one.
1:20.1	It shouldn't be a problem.
1:21.1	All right, good.
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