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The Skeptics' Guide To The Universe - Podcast 317 - 8/10/2011
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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.
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August 10, 2011
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This Day in Skepticism
News Items: Anti-Matter in Space, 3D Brain Mapping, Time Shift, 4-Time Lottery Winner
Who's That Noisy
Your Questions and E-mails: Robert Johnson
Science or Fiction
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Segment: This Day in Skepticism
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August 13, 1903
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The journal Nature reported that helium gas is produced by the radioactive decay of the radium.
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Segment: News Items
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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: sawing dry ice
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Segment: Questions and Emails
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Question #1 - Robert Johnson
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I'm teasing a bit here...
But how can you skip Robert Johnson??? The Father of the Blues... The man who made a deal with the devil at the crossroads!
It's a great story. He supposedly sold his soul to the devil in exchange for his ability to play the blues.
I tell you what, the blues get no respect (in my best Rodney Dangerfield voice).
FYI, you are all brilliant and I truly enjoy every week when I get to listen to your thoughts, insights, and discussions. Keep up the amazing work and I hope to meet you all next year at TAM.
Be well,
Blake Purnell
Kirkland, WA
More follow up: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/b012x12m
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Segment: Science or Fiction [ Click Here to Show the Answers ]
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Segment: Skeptical Quote of the Week
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Skeptical Quote of the Week
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"And when we die our empty bodies turn to dust/There'll be no pit of fire/No angels singing songs for us/There's nothing we can say that people won't forget some day/There's nothing we can do that matters/And that's okay"
From The Future by The Limousines.
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