The Skeptics Guide #1045 - Jul 19 2025

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

Dr. Steven Novella MD

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

4.7 • 7.4K Ratings

🗓️ 19 July 2025

⏱️ 100 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Quickie with Bob: Weird Exoplanet; News Items: Voyager Thrusters Brought Back to Life, Space Tourism, Global Temperature and Ice Sheet Melting, Robots Learn Physical Tasks 60 Times Faster, Most Powerful Solar Storm; Your Questions and E-mails: EV Charging, Off the Hook; Science or Fiction

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	You're listening to the skeptics guide to the universe.
0:06.4	Your escape to reality.
0:09.7	Hello and welcome to the skeptics guide to the universe.
0:12.8	Today is May 16th, 2025, and this is your host, Stephen Novella.
0:17.1	Joining me this week are Bob Novella.
0:18.8	Hey, everybody.
0:19.4	Kara Santa Maria.
0:20.5	Howdy? Jay Novella. Hey, everybody. Kara Santa Maria. Howdy.
0:21.2	Jay Novella.
0:21.9	Hey, guys.
0:22.5	And Evan Bernstein.
0:24.4	Good afternoon, everyone.
0:27.3	Yeah.
0:27.6	So I think I'll be using this particular episode in the middle of July while I'm traveling.
0:32.8	So that's why we're recording a couple of months before it's actually going to air.
0:36.7	So who knows what crazy stuff has happened in the next two months as we record this previous two months as you listen to this.
0:44.3	There could be something going on like we're totally clueless about.
0:46.6	Right.
0:46.9	We hope you're not in a bunker right now.
0:49.1	Yeah, this is our time capsule episode.
0:52.1	It could be.
0:53.7	Yeah, I was just interviewed by a Finnish magazine.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Dr. Steven Novella MD, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Dr. Steven Novella MD and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.