The Skeptics Guide #140 - Mar 26 2008

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

Dr. Steven Novella MD

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

4.7 • 7.4K Ratings

🗓️ 29 March 2008

⏱️ 81 minutes

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Summary

Interview with Eugenie Scott; News Items: Rebecca's Asteroid, Airborne Lawsuit, Pregnant Man, Hypnotist Robber; Your Questions and E-mails: Robin Migration, More on Soap; 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.
0:12.1	Hello and welcome to the Skeptics Guide to the Universe.
0:14.7	Today is Wednesday, March 26, 2008 and this is your host, Stephen Novella, president of
0:20.2	the New England Skeptical Society.
0:22.1	And joining me this evening are Bob Novella.
0:24.4	Hey everybody, Rebecca Watson.
0:26.4	Hello everyone.
0:28.2	Hey Novella.
0:30.5	And Evan Bernstein.
0:31.5	Hey everyone, on the state in 1953 Jonas Salk announces his polio vaccine.
0:37.8	Oh, excellent.
0:38.8	What a great day in history.
0:41.5	I mean Boo polio, yeah Jonas.
0:44.1	We have an excellent interview coming up later with you, Jeannie Scott, to get you
0:50.4	everybody updated on the whole expelled hubbub and Boo Benstein and evolution slashing
0:58.8	television design efforts.
1:00.2	But first a few news items, first of which Rebecca you blogged about this yesterday,
1:05.3	asteroid Rebecca.
1:06.7	Tell us about that.
1:08.3	Yeah, there's a newly named asteroid floating around, asteroid Rebecca Watson.
1:14.8	I'm very pleased and I have a gigantic ego because this past week an astronomer in Alaska
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