The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

By: Dr. Steven Novella
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  • 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 #1032 - Apr 16 2025

    The Skeptics Guide #1032 - Apr 16 2025
    Apr 19 2025
    Dumbest Thing of the Week: Turned to Stone; News Items: Where Did Earth's Water Come From, EPA Data on Emissions, Is Your Red My Red, Evolution of Complex Life, Crow Math Skills; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: Separate the Art from the Artists, Does the Moon Rotate; Science or Fiction
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  • The Skeptics Guide #1031 - Apr 12 2025

    The Skeptics Guide #1031 - Apr 12 2025
    Apr 12 2025
    TikTok Flat Earthers; News Items: De-extincting the Dire Wolf, What Experts Think About AI, Planned Obsolescence, VR Touch Sensory; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: SNPs vs Sequencing; Science or Fiction
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  • The Skeptics Guide #1030 - Apr 5 2025

    The Skeptics Guide #1030 - Apr 5 2025
    Apr 5 2025
    What's the Word: enantiodromia; News Items: AI Protein Sequencing, Solving the Bat Cocktail Party Problem, The Extremely Large Telescope, CIA and the Ark of the Covenant, 23&Me Selling Personal Data; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: RFK Jr and Vaccines, Counterintuitive Math Problem; Science or Fiction
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Best Podcast Ever!

This is the one that started me down the rabbit hole of podcasts and is still my favorite after 10 years of listening.

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Unbiased and Fair

Respectful interviews, factual reporting and unashamed to admit if wrong on previous episodes. A great weekly listen for staying up to date on various topics and fields of scientific study. I personally love the "Science or Fiction" segment at the end of each episode.

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Evidence based science

A podcast for critical thinkers. If you want fluff this is not the podcast for you.

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Brilliant!

Love this podcast. The discussions push me toward strengthening my critical thinking skills and weeding out B.S. claims.

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Best podcast for science and skepticism!

Your weekly dose of Reality. Dr. Novella and the Rogues delve into all things related to Science, Skepticism, and Critical Thinking!

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Best Weekly Science Podcast

Title says it all. I've listened to every episode on iTunes and recently moved over to the audible version. Highly recommend this podcast to anyone.

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Good intoduction to future science.

Science Fiction can give us the illusion things like space travel will be easy. This dispells that notion, but gives hope on other sci-fi promises.

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