The Skeptics Guide #497 - Jan 17 2015

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

Dr. Steven Novella MD

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

4.7 • 7.4K Ratings

🗓️ 17 January 2015

⏱️ 89 minutes

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Summary

Guest Rogue: Cara Santa Maria; Forgotten Superheroes of Science: Edward Lorenz; Movie Review: The Imitation Game; News Items: Younger Dryas Extinction, Robot Poker, New Antibiotics; Special Report: Suicide and Depression; Who's That Noisy; 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.
0:10.0	Hello and welcome to the skeptics guide to the universe.
0:12.7	Today is Wednesday, January 14th, 2015, and this is your host, Steven Novella.
0:18.1	Joining me this week are Bob Novella.
0:20.1	Hey everybody, Jane Novella.
0:21.7	Hey guys, Evan Bernstein.
0:24.0	Good evening folks.
0:25.6	We have a special guest rogue this week, Cara Santa Maria.
0:30.0	Cara, welcome back to the skeptics guide.
0:32.0	Thank you so much for having me.
0:33.6	So Cara is the host of the Talk Nerdy podcast, which is excellent, but tell our listeners
0:38.6	remind them what else you're up to.
0:40.0	Ooh, what else am I up to?
0:41.4	So yeah, I do the podcast every week.
0:43.2	New episodes come out on Monday, and then I have two regular television gigs that I do.
0:48.4	I contribute to a show called SoCal Connected, which is a local public television show here
0:54.6	in Southern California on KCET, but you can also find those episodes online.
0:59.8	And I also contribute to a show called Techno on Al Jazeera America, which is now gone international
1:06.0	because it is simulcast via Al Jazeera English.
1:09.2	So it is in 300 million homes.
1:11.6	So you're saying that you're a terrorist?
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