The Skeptics Guide #506 - Mar 21 2015

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

Dr. Steven Novella MD

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

4.7 • 7.4K Ratings

🗓️ 21 March 2015

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Summary

Special Guest: Richard Saunders; Forgotten Superheroes of Science: Irene Joliot-Curie; News Items: Australia Pans Homeopathy, NYT and Wearable Tech, LHC Computer Grid, Naturopathy; Your Questions and E-mails: Composting; Dumbest Thing of the Week; Science or Fiction

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0:00.0	You're listening to the Skeptics Guide to the Universe.
0:06.4	Your escape to reality.
0:10.1	Hello and welcome to the Skeptics Guide to the Universe.
0:12.6	Today is Thursday, March 19th, 2015, and this is your host, Stephen Novella.
0:17.9	Joining me this week are Bob Novella.
0:19.6	Hey everybody, Evan Bernstein.
0:21.4	Hey ladies and gentlemen.
0:23.0	And we have a special guest road this week, Richard Saunders.
0:26.8	Richard, welcome back man.
0:28.4	Hello, hello.
0:30.4	Hello.
0:31.4	How are you?
0:33.4	You weirdo.
0:34.4	You're all pretty goody.
0:36.4	Hello guys.
0:37.4	Hello from Sydney, Australia.
0:39.4	Great to be with you.
0:40.4	Before we get into everything, Richard, I do want to say that you probably noticed that Jay is not joining us this week.
0:47.4	And I hate to start the show on a down note, but I do have to explain Jay's absence.
0:51.4	He's fine, but unfortunately, one of our close friends, Michael Ortecelli, died earlier this week.
0:58.4	He was tragically killed in a motorcycle accident.
1:02.4	Jay and he were very close friends.
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