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Skeptoid #705: Listener Feedback: The Plot Thickens

Skeptoid

Brian Dunning

Skeptic, Social Sciences, Skepticism, Paranormal, Conspiracy Theories, Urban Legends, Science, History

4.63K Ratings

🗓️ 10 December 2019

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Listeners offer some updates and new information to previous episodes.

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0:00.0

This week on Skeptoid, we have some updates for you on past shows.

0:08.2

Updates which by themselves are like little mini episodes.

0:11.7

Today's Roundup includes a second look at an artifact that was said to be evidence

0:15.9

indicating the fate of the lost colony of Roanoke, covered in episode number 245.

0:22.6

This particular artifact, a gold ring bearing what appears to be a family crest, has been

0:28.0

subjected to some later analysis and we need to update our picture of the Roanoke colonists

0:34.5

accordingly.

0:36.0

This and more listener feedback is today on Skeptoid.

0:42.3

How do you prepare for a future that's already happening faster than you can think?

0:46.9

From chat GPT to crypto crashes, the future is here now, and it's not what we expected.

0:54.1

Wired's new podcast, have a nice future, explores this uncomfortable future with conversations

1:00.4

with people who are already bold-faced names, and the people who should be.

1:06.2

Each week have a nice future's hosts, Gideon Lickfield, Wired's global editorial director,

1:12.3

and senior writer Lauren Good, speak with the top technologists, thinkers, and creators

1:18.2

to bring you stories of politics, culture, commerce, war, art, entertainment, loss, and

1:25.4

love, and all are touched by technology.

1:29.0

New episodes of Have a Nice Future are released every Wednesday.

1:32.8

You can listen and follow now wherever you get your podcasts.

1:39.3

You're listening to Skeptoid.

1:40.6

I'm Brian Dunning from Skeptoid.com.

1:44.6

Under Feedback, The Plot Thickens.

1:49.5

Skeptoid episodes are always based on evergreen topics, the idea being that you can stumble

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