SGU Episode 957

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SGU Episode 957
November 11th 2023
"A revival of the Connections docuseries on Curiosity Stream with science historian James Burke. Brace yourselves for a mind-blowing look at our past, and our future." (Image credit: Curiosity Stream)
SGU 956                      SGU 958
Skeptical Rogues
S: Steven Novella
B: Bob Novella
C: Cara Santa Maria
J: Jay Novella
E: Evan Bernstein
Guest
JB: James Burke, science historian
Quote of the Week
QUOTE
AUTHOR, _short_description_
Links
Download Podcast
Show Notes
Forum Discussion

Introduction, "Notacon" reflections

Voice-over: You're listening to the Skeptics' Guide to the Universe, your escape to reality.

Dumbest Thing of the (prior) Week (11:05)

• [url_from_show_notes _article_title_] 

News Items

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B:

C:

J:

E:

(laughs) (laughter) (applause) [inaudible]

News_Item_1 (16:57)

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News_Item_2 (26:19)

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News_Item_3 (36:32)

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News_Item_4 (43:22)

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News_Item_5 (53:23)

• [url_from_show_notes _article_title_] 

Who's That Noisy? (1:06:26)

Answer to previous Noisy:

Nail violin

New Noisy (1:09:27)

[Overlapping, whistling harmonic vocalizations]

what this week's Noisy is

Announcements

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Interview with James Burke (1:10:34)

• Connections is a science education television series created, written, and presented by British science historian James Burke

• James Burke discusses revival of famous Connections docuseries: Exclusive Q&A  
   (Note: this article is not from the SGU show notes page)

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Science or Fiction (1:33:20)

Theme: Technology Item #1: _item_text_from_show_notes_ Item #2: _item_text_from_show_notes_ Item #3: _item_text_from_show_notes_

Answer	Item
Fiction
Science

Host	Result
Steve	swept

Rogue	Guess
Jay
Evan
Cara
Bob

Voice-over: It's time for Science or Fiction.

Skeptical Quote of the Week (1:45:54)

(quoted text)  – (author of quote), (description of author)

Signoff/Announcements ()

S: —and until next week, this is your Skeptics' Guide to the Universe.

S: Skeptics' Guide to the Universe is produced by SGU Productions, dedicated to promoting science and critical thinking. For more information, visit us at theskepticsguide.org. Send your questions to info@theskepticsguide.org. And, if you would like to support the show and all the work that we do, go to patreon.com/SkepticsGuide and consider becoming a patron and becoming part of the SGU community. Our listeners and supporters are what make SGU possible.

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Today I Learned

• Fact/Description, possibly with an article reference
• Fact/Description
• Fact/Description

References