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The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

The Skeptics Guide #736 - Aug 17 2019

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

Dr. Steven Novella MD

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

4.77.4K Ratings

🗓️ 17 August 2019

⏱️ 94 minutes

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Summary

Your Numbers Up, News Items: Banana Fungus, Epstein Conspiracy, Weber's Law; Who's That Noisy; Changing the Calendar; Name That Logical Fallacy; Science or Fiction

Transcript

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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, August 14, 2019 and this is your host, Steven Novella.

0:17.7

Joining me this week are Bob Novella.

0:19.4

Hey everybody.

0:20.5

Jane Novella, hey guys, and Evan Bernstein.

0:24.0

Good evening folks.

0:25.4

No care this week because she just moved into a new home and she has no internet yet.

0:32.4

So I talked to Cara today.

0:33.7

She called me with a very funny story.

0:35.9

She's like, Jay, you gotta hear this.

0:37.8

She wants me to tell you guys tonight.

0:39.1

So she ends up calling the LED WP, which is the Department of Water and Power.

0:44.9

No way!

0:45.9

Really?

0:46.9

So, oh that wasn't it.

0:49.2

I keep going.

0:50.6

This guy, Elmer Romero, ends up hoping around the phone and he finally gets, she's creating

0:54.7

the account and he finally gets the point where he's like, so what's your name?

0:57.3

And he says, Cara Santa Maria and he's like, what?

1:00.2

Aren't you on that podcast?

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