SGU Episode 952

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SGU Episode 952
October 7th 2023
This artist's rendering shows LuSEE-Night atop the Blue Ghost spacecraft scheduled to deliver the experiment to the far side of the Moon. (Firefly Aerospace)
SGU 951                      SGU 953
Skeptical Rogues
S: Steven Novella
B: Bob Novella
C: Cara Santa Maria
J: Jay Novella
E: Evan Bernstein
Guest
LM: Lars Martin, TRIUMF physicist
Quote of the Week
Reality denied comes back to haunt.
Phillip K. Dick, American sci-fi writer
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Forum Discussion

Introduction, Bob's Halloween season

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

News Items

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B:

C:

J:

E:

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

News_Item_1 (4:59)

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News_Item_2 (12:29)

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News_Item_3 (23:57)

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News_Item_4 (34:39)

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News_Item_5 (41:22)

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Who's That Noisy? (54:04)

{{wtnHiddenAnswer |episodeNum = 951 |answer = [[wikipedia:Peter Popoff}, American televangelist, charlatan, debunked clairvoyant, and faith healer |]]

New Noisy (1:02:37)

[crackling/clacking, as of a track]

J:...what this week's Noisy is

Questions/Emails/Corrections/Follow-ups (1:05:47)

Email #1: Red Dye and ADHD

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Interview with Lars Martin (1:14:49)

• Anti hydrogen experiments with Lars Martin, TRIUMF physicist

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Science or Fiction (1:32:12)

Theme: The Nobel Prize 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	win

Rogue	Guess
Evan
Bob
Jay
Cara

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

Skeptical Quote of the Week (1:41:45)

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

Signoff

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

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