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The Skeptics' Guide To The Universe - Podcast 259 - 6/28/2010
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The Skeptics' Guide To The Universe
The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe is produced by SGU Productions, LLC - dedicated to promoting critical thinking, reason, and the public understanding of science through online and other media. The first episode of the SGU podcast went online on May 4th, 2005. It soon became a popular science/skeptical podcast, and remains one of the most popular science podcasts on iTunes.
SGU Podcasting Awards: SGU on XM: You can listen to the SGU on America's Talk XM 166 every Saturday night from 8-9pm Eastern.
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Podcast
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June 28, 2010
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News Items: Whooping Cough Epidemic, Whaling Film Questioned, Superconductor Roadblock, Call to Ban Homeopathy
Who's That Noisy
Your Questions and E-mails: Orbital Periods, Sunscreen
Science or Fiction
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Segment: News Items
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Segment: Questions and E-mails
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Question #1 - Orbital Periods
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Correction on orbital periods.
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Question #2 - Sunscreen
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Hey Rouges,
I've recently had several friends send me articles about sunscreen ineffectiveness and potential harm. Here's a sample article http://www.ewg.org/2010sunscreen/9-surprising-facts-about-sunscreen/. Now that we're starting the summer season, I thought it would be an interesting topic to discuss on the show.
Also, it would be totally cool if you would mention our local skeptics group (http://skeptics.madisonwi.us/) on the podcast. We have an active science in the pub group as well (http://madsciencepub.org/).
Finally, I was wondering if you had any favorite skeptically-themed songs. I know you've featured Tim Minchin, Greydon Square and Symphony of Science on the show, but what other songs or artists you would add to create the ultimate skeptical playlist? Some of my favorites are "Superstition" by Stevie Wonder, "Cosmik Debris" by Frank Zappa and "Pods and Gods" by NOFX.
Anyway, I love the show, and I've been a listener since 2005. (You're partially to blame for inspiring my wife and I to name our son Darwin. He was born in Harrisburg, PA during the intelligent design debate.) Keep up the great work. You have many listeners here in Madison.
Thanks,
Andy Weidert
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Segment: Who's That Noisy
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Who's That Noisy
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Answer to last week: Senator Tom Harkin
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Segment: Science or Fiction [ Click Here to Show the Answers ]
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Segment: Quote of the Week
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Quote of the Week
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"Science is the attempt to make the chaotic diversity of our sense experience correspond to a logically uniform system of thought."
- Albert Einstein
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