The Skeptics Guide #358 - May 26 2012

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

Dr. Steven Novella MD

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

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🗓️ 26 May 2012

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Summary

Guest Rogue: Joshie Berger; This Day in Skepticism: Animalcules; News Items: TAM Poker Tournament, Space X Launch, Studying the Universe, What is Consciousness; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: Speaking to Mediums; Swindler's List: Hearing Aids; Science or Fiction

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0:00.0	You're listening to the Skeptics Guide to the Universe.
0:06.5	Your escape to reality.
0:09.1	Hello and welcome to the Skeptics Guide to the Universe.
0:12.5	Today is Wednesday, May 23rd, 2012 and this is your host, Steven Novella.
0:17.7	Joining me this week are Bob Novella, Hey everybody, Jane Novella.
0:21.0	Hey guys, Evan Bernstein.
0:23.3	Good evening.
0:24.6	And we have a special guest this week, Joshi Burger.
0:27.6	Joshi, welcome back to the Skeptics Guide.
0:29.4	Hello.
0:30.4	Hey, you're so out of line, baby.
0:33.1	Excellent, I'm so excited.
0:34.4	Tam is right around the corner and I just can't wait to be part of this all.
0:38.2	Well, we're bringing you on today, you know, first because you're a friend and a fellow
0:41.2	Skeptic and doing good work out there, but also because you're going to, you came to
0:45.3	us with the idea about how we could punch up Tam a little bit, add an extra event that
0:50.6	seems entirely appropriate.
0:52.4	So why don't we, well, we actually, we're going to start off with this day in Skepticism
0:56.5	and then we're going to get to that, we're going to talk about your, your Tam idea.
1:00.3	So Evan, Rebecca's not here because she's at a conference in Germany.
1:04.7	That's right.
1:05.7	So you're going to do the stay in Skepticism today.
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