The Skeptics Guide #354 - Apr 28 2012

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

Dr. Steven Novella MD

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

4.7 • 7.4K Ratings

🗓️ 28 April 2012

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

Live from NECSS 2012 with special guest James Randi; This Day in Skepticism; News Items: Pedantic Words, Sports Pseudoscience, Nuking Asteroids, Loch Ness Monster Spotted, Cosmic Rays, Space Shuttle Enterprise; SGU Video; Science or Fiction; Remembering Perry

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0:00.0	You're listening to the skeptic's guide to the universe.
0:06.4	You're escape to reality.
0:10.2	And now we are ready for a live broadcast of the skeptic's guide to the universe.
0:15.3	Now I'm sure most of you are okay.
0:17.7	Who are listeners to the skeptic's guide to the universe?
0:22.4	Exactly, exactly.
0:24.1	It's obvious.
0:25.7	They claim now approximately 120,000 listeners per week.
0:30.6	It is the number one skeptic podcast on iTunes among the top five science podcasts with
0:36.6	24 million downloads in the seven years since 2005 when they began.
0:43.0	Skeptics guide to the universe.
0:44.4	You know it, you love it.
0:46.5	Right now I'm going to introduce the host and producer of the SGU and he has a couple
0:53.9	of other credits to his friends, mate.
0:59.0	But I'm sure you'd be happy to retire on that one.
1:01.0	He is an academic clinical neurologist at Yale University.
1:04.7	He started the neurological blog which covers news and issues in neuroscience but also general
1:09.6	science scientific skepticism philosophy of science critical thinking and the intersection
1:13.3	of science with the media and society.
1:15.7	He contributes every Monday to skeptic blog, every Wednesday to science based medicine,
1:20.8	a blog dedicated to issues of science and medicine and I don't know when the hell he finds
1:24.8	the time to sleep.
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