SGU Episode 966

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SGU Episode 966
January 13th 2024
Why the 2024 total solar eclipse will be such a big deal: a particularly active sun will make for spectacular viewing and science opportunities
SGU 965                      SGU 967
Skeptical Rogues
S: Steven Novella
B: Bob Novella
C: Cara Santa Maria
J: Jay Novella
E: Evan Bernstein
Quote of the Week
QUOTE
AUTHOR, _short_description_
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Show Notes
SGU Forum

Introduction, winter sicknesses

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

Dumbest Thing of the Week (9:22)

• [url_from_show_notes _article_title_]

News Items

S:

B:

C:

J:

E:

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

News_Item_1 (m:ss)

• [url_from_show_notes _article_title_]

News_Item_2 ()

• [url_from_show_notes _article_title_]

Solar Eclipse ()

• Why the 2024 total solar eclipse will be such a big deal 

News_Item_4 ()

• [url_from_show_notes _article_title_]

News_Item_5 ()

• [url_from_show_notes _article_title_]

Who's That Noisy? (1:12:43)

Answer to previous Noisy:

Audio variometer for sailplane

New Noisy (1:15:46)

[Echoey squeaking with some musicality?]

This week's Noisy

Questions/Emails/Corrections/Follow-ups (1:18:15)

Email #1: Dimensional Weight

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Science or Fiction (1:21:45)

Theme: Positive global trends 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

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

_Rogue_'s Response

_Rogue_'s Response

_Rogue_'s Response

_Rogue_'s Response

Skeptical Quote of the Week (1:41:00)

(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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