Skepticality
The Official Podcast of Skeptic Magazine
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Skepticality #131 - The Science of the Unscientific - Guest: Jim Ottaviani
Skeptic readers may suspect that there's little to interest them ...
Skeptic readers may suspect that there's little to interest them in the pages of most graphic novels, dominated as they are by superheroes and the supernatural. However, a new generation of authors and artists are hard at work creating comics...
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Skepticality #130 - The Sound of Science! - Interview: Artichoke's Timothy Sellers and Steve Collins.
This week Skepticality welcomes two of the members of the ...
This week Skepticality welcomes two of the members of the Los Angeles-based band Artichoke: Timothy Sellers (who pursued physics before deciding on music) and Steve Collins (an engineer at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory).Artichoke is known to many...
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Skepticality #129 - In the Land of Believers - Guest: Gina Welch
In-depth inquiry is a central virtue in the realms of ...
In-depth inquiry is a central virtue in the realms of skepticism and investigative journalism. In both traditions, investigators immerse themselves into unfamiliar worlds in order to understand, inform and illuminate the truth. This week on...
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Skepticality #128 - Young Science Podcasters - Interviews: Princess Scientist and Aaron from Aaron's World
Over the past five years, Skepticality hosts Derek & Swoopy ...
Over the past five years, Skepticality hosts Derek & Swoopy have been inspired by noteworthy scientists and skeptics—and by the many podcasters producing popular programs about science and critical thinking. This week's guests are science...
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Skepticality #127 - Skepticism Through Manga - Guest: Sara E. Mayhew
One of our favorite things to do on Skepticality is ...
One of our favorite things to do on Skepticality is to introduce listeners to new ways of communicating skepticism and critical thinking that may have never been tried before. This week's guest is a perfect example. As the ...
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Skepticality #126 - Race and Reality - Guest: Guy P. Harrison
The concept of race continues to affect our world in ...
The concept of race continues to affect our world in undeniable ways. Sociologists tell us that people derive their attitudes about race from their family, culture, and education, with vast and persistent differences between the popular notions of...
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Skepticality #125 - The Animal Manifesto - Guest: Dr. Marc Bekoff
In February 2010 a panicked zebra ran loose down a ...
In February 2010 a panicked zebra ran loose down a major Atlanta freeway at rush hour sustaining fatal injuries, the same month at Orlando's SeaWorld a whale trainer was dragged underwater to her death by a 12,000-lb killer whale, and this week in...
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Skepticality #124 - Church and State Update 2010 - Interview: Sean Faircloth, Secular Coalition for America
This past week has been particularly troubling for secular humanists ...
This past week has been particularly troubling for secular humanists and freethinkers, as the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the words "In God We Trust" on American currency and "Under God" as part of the Pledge of...
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Skepticality #123 - Imagine Science - Guest: Alexis Gambis
Imagine you've just completed your PhD in molecular biology and ...
Imagine you've just completed your PhD in molecular biology and genetics. Would enrolling at NYU film school be your next logical career step? Unlikely as it may sound, that's exactly what Alexis Gambis, creator of the "Imagine Science Film Festival,"...
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Skepticality #122 - In With The New - Guest: D.J. Grothe
Derek catches up with the new JREF President, DJ Grothe ...
Derek catches up with the new JREF President, DJ Grothe to discuss what is next for the JREF now that he has become the new President.
