SGU Episode 758

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SGU Episode 758
January 18th 2020
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SGU 757                      SGU 759

Skeptical Rogues
S: Steven Novella
Guest

JC: Joe Carvalko

Quote of the Week

What is a master but a master student? And if that's true, then there's a responsibility on you to keep getting better and to explore avenues of your profession.

Neil Peart, Canadian musician, songwriter, and author

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Introduction[edit]

Voiceover: You're listening to the Skeptics' Guide to the Universe, your escape to reality.

News Items[edit]

S:

B:

C:

J:

E:

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

Xenobots ()[edit]

Goop on Netflix ()[edit]

Oldest Material on Earth ()[edit]

UFOs and National Security ()[edit]

Goldilocks Stars ()[edit]

Who's That Noisy? ()[edit]

  • Answer to last week’s Noisy: _brief_description_perhaps_with_link_

New Noisy ()[edit]

[_short_vague_description_of_Noisy]

Questions/Emails/Corrections/Follow-ups ()[edit]

consider using block quotes for emails read aloud in this segment

Question #1: England and Wales ()[edit]

Interview with Joe Carvalko ()[edit]

Science or Fiction ()[edit]

Answer Item
Fiction Spain > Alaska
Science S.Am. east of FL
Science
UK north of US
Host Result
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Rogue Guess

Voiceover: It's time for Science or Fiction.

Theme: Geography
Item #1: Virtually all of South America is east of Florida.[6]
Item #2: The entire UK is north of the northern most point in the continental US.[7]
Item #3: Spain is larger than Alaska.[8]

_Rogue_ Response[edit]

_Rogue_ Response[edit]

_Rogue_ Response[edit]

_Rogue_ Response[edit]

_Host_ Explains Item #_n_[edit]

_Host_ Explains Item #_n_[edit]

_Host_ Explains Item #_n_[edit]

Skeptical Quote of the Week ()[edit]

What is a master but a master student? And if that's true, then there's a responsibility on you to keep getting better and to explore avenues of your profession.
Neil Peart (1952-2020), Canadian musician, songwriter, and author

Signoff/Announcements ()[edit]

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.

Today I Learned[edit]

  • Fact/Description, possibly with an article reference[9]
  • Fact/Description
  • Fact/Description


References[edit]

Vocabulary[edit]


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