The Skeptics Guide #139 - Mar 19 2008

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

Dr. Steven Novella MD

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

4.7 • 7.4K Ratings

🗓️ 22 March 2008

⏱️ 81 minutes

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Summary

Interview with Stephen Barrett; News Items: Arthur C. Clarke Dies at 90, Saudi Scholar Denies Holocaust, Michael Egnor on ID Podcast, Believers Stare at the Sun; Your Questions and E-mails: Boy Scout Follow Up, Cosmetic Pseudoscience; 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.
0:12.3	Hello and welcome to the Skeptics Guide to the Universe.
0:14.8	Today is Wednesday, March 19, 2008, and this is your host, Stephen Novela, president
0:21.3	of the New England Skeptical Society.
0:23.5	Joining me this evening are Bob Novela, Kay Everybody, Rebecca Watson.
0:27.5	Hello everyone.
0:29.1	Jane Novela, you guys, and Evan Bernst.
0:32.6	And to all of our bird enthusiast friends out there, happy St. Joseph's Day.
0:37.4	Thank you.
0:38.4	St. Joseph's a bird.
0:40.4	Oh, come on, bird people, St. Joseph's Day.
0:43.6	The day the swallow's returned to Capastrano in California.
0:46.7	Oh, right.
0:47.7	Yes, famous song.
0:48.7	Swallows.
0:49.7	That's nice and there.
0:50.7	Happy Vurnal Equinox, everyone.
0:52.9	It's the last day of winter.
0:54.7	Tomorrow will be the first day of spring.
0:56.7	Oh, finally.
0:57.7	How did that sneak up on me?
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