The Skeptics Guide #545 - Dec 19 2015

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

Dr. Steven Novella MD

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

4.7 • 7.4K Ratings

🗓️ 19 December 2015

⏱️ 83 minutes

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Summary

Guest Rogue: Phil Plait; Forgotten Superheroes of Science: James West; Special Report: This Year in Astronomy; News Items: Evil Robots, Hunting for Planet X, Antidepressants and Autism, More Problems for Supplements; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: Solar NIMBY; Science or Fiction

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0:00.0	You're listening to the skeptic's guide to the universe.
0:06.4	Your escape to reality.
0:10.1	Hello and welcome to the skeptic's guide to the universe.
0:12.4	Today is Tuesday, December 15th, 2015, and this is your host, Steven Novella.
0:17.6	Joining me this week are Bob Novella.
0:19.6	Hey everybody.
0:20.6	Jane Novella.
0:21.6	Hey guys.
0:22.6	Evan Bernstein.
0:23.6	Good evening folks.
0:24.6	And we have a guest rogue this week, Phil Plague, the bad astronomer.
0:30.7	Phil, welcome back to the show man.
0:32.0	Hey remember me.
0:33.0	It's great to be back.
0:35.0	It's been a little while.
0:36.5	I've been too busy.
0:37.5	Every time you invite me I have to turn you down.
0:38.9	I feel terrible.
0:39.9	And I use you have turned us down a couple of times.
0:42.6	So what's keeping you busy man?
0:43.9	What's going on?
0:44.9	Mostly it's just been writing and for the past year until very recently I was filming
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