The Skeptics Guide #1071 - Jan 17 2026

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

Dr. Steven Novella MD

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

4.7 • 7.4K Ratings

🗓️ 17 January 2026

⏱️ 115 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

News Items: Donut Lab's Solid State Battery, Artemis Update, EPA Change, Life on Planets Around Red Dwarfs, Malaysia Air Search Resumes; Special Report: RFK on Vaccines and the Food Pyramid; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: Birding and Memory; 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.
0:09.6	Hello and welcome to the skeptics guide to the universe.
0:12.8	Today is Thursday, January 15th, 2026.
0:16.8	And this is your host, Stephen Novella.
0:18.7	Joining me this week are Bob Novella.
0:20.5	Hey, everybody. Kara Santa Maria. How week are Bob Novella. Hey, everybody.
0:21.2	Kara Santa Maria.
0:22.4	Howdy.
0:23.1	Jay Novella.
0:24.0	Hey, guys.
0:24.5	And Evan Bernstein.
0:26.2	Good afternoon, everyone.
0:27.6	We are just back from our Seattle show.
0:30.1	It was a good, the fun weekend.
0:31.4	Live events were always good.
0:32.6	A lot of fun.
0:33.5	Yeah, it was a lot of work.
0:35.0	We did three different events in two and in like two days.
0:39.5	Wait, less than two days. Less than two.
0:41.9	And basically in 24 hours. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, you're right. Yeah, about there. About that.
0:46.5	But those are always good. I enjoy them. It was great. What a group of people, you know, like George was saying this on Facebook, like just everybody in Seattle was awesome, you know, like it really was a hell of a time. And also, you know, like the shows, the shows were, you know, ticket sales were very good and people would seem to be really pleased just overall the energy was fantastic. Yeah, it was. But Jay, that's not what I want to talk about today. Yeah, I know what you want to talk about. Tell us what your daughter said, which came home from school the other day.
	...

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.