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The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
Hosted by Dr. Steven Novella · EN
The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe is a weekly science podcast discussing the latest science news, critical thinking, bad science, conspiracies and controversies. -The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe: Your escape to reality - Produced by SGU Productions, LLC: https://www.theskepticsguide.org
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The Skeptics Guide #1070 - Jan 10 2026
Jan 10Tap to summarizeLive From Not-A-Con 2025, with guests George Hrab, Andrea Jones-Rooy, Brian Wecht, and Adam Russell; What Are You Most Proud Of; What Is Your Quirky Pet Peeve; If You Could Change One Thing; Here Me Out; Science or Fiction
Transcribe →The Skeptics Guide #1069 - Jan 3 2026
Jan 3Tap to summarizePsychic Predictions for 2025 and Rogue Predictions; News Items: Psychology Intervention for ADHD, Biological vs Artificial Consciousness, Fentanyl Vaccine, Possibility of Orbital Disaster; Who's That Noisy; Science or Fiction
Transcribe →The Skeptics Guide #1068 - Dec 27 2025
Dec 27Tap to summarize2025 Year End Review, with special guest Ian 🍉; Best of SGU; Best Science of 2025; Skeptical Hero and Jackass of the Year; In Memoriam; Science or Fiction
Transcribe →The Skeptics Guide #1038 - May 31 2025
May 31, 2025Tap to summarizeQuickie with Steve: Global Warming and Ocean Currents; News Items: Infrared Contact Lenses, Trees Respond to Solar Eclipse, Affective Polarization, The Brain's Motor Switchboard, New Dwarf Planet Candidate; Discussion: The Effect of Science Fiction; Your Questions and E-mails: HHS Cancels Vaccine Contract; Science or Fiction
Transcribe →The Skeptics Guide #1026 - Mar 8 2025
Mar 5, 2025Tap to summarizeQuickie with Bob: Atlantic Shutdown; News Items: Measles Outbreak, Reintroducing Wolves, TIGR-Tas Gene Editing, Blood Donor Who Saved Millions Dies, Star Mergers; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: Intricate Web of Civilization; Science or Fiction
Transcribe →The Skeptics Guide #1025 - Mar 1 2025
Mar 1, 2025Tap to summarizeInterview with Adam Russell; News Items: Congestion Pricing, AI Therapists, Redefining Dyslexia, Small Modular Reactors for Cargo Ships; Who's That Noisy; Science or Fiction
Transcribe →The Skeptics Guide #1024 - Feb 22 2025
Feb 22, 2025Tap to summarizeNews Items: Bird Brains, Indoor Air Quality, Abortions and Infant Mortality, Black Holes Without Singularities, Banning Chemtrails; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: Asteroid Hitting the Moon; Swindler's List: Tax Scams; Science or Fiction
Transcribe →The Skeptics Guide #1023 - Feb 15 2025
Feb 15, 2025Tap to summarizeNews Items: Demographics of Misinformation, The Toll of Fake Research, Dangerous Street Drugs, Nearby Habitable Zone Exoplanet, Reverse Engineering Alien TechnologyWho's That Noisy; Science Quiz; Your Questions and E-mails: Starlink Reentries; Science or Fiction
Transcribe →The Skeptics Guide #1022 - Feb 8 2025
Feb 8, 2025Tap to summarizeQuickie With Bob: Using Nukes to Deflect Asteroids; News Items: Near Earth Asteroid Threat, Does the Internet Affect Our Memory, Growing City Rat Problem, Do Apes Have a Theory of Mind, NASA Astronauts Harassed by Aliens; Who's That Noisy; Science or Fiction
Transcribe →The Skeptics Guide #1021 - Feb 1 2025
Feb 1, 2025Tap to summarizeWhat's the Word: Geyser; News Items: Self Replicating AI, DeepSeek, PEPFAR Freeze, Chemical Looping, Giant Clams and Tiny Algae; Who's That Noisy; You Questions and E-mails: Telepathy Tapes; Science or Fiction
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