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Rebecca Watson hosts the audio companion to Skepchick.org! Science, critical thinking, feminism, current events, and a lot of snark.

Rebecca Watson

  • Dec 12, 2020 LATEST EPISODE
  • every other week NEW EPISODES
  • 50m AVG DURATION
  • 6 EPISODES


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Latest episodes from Skepchick

COVID-19, mRNA, FDA and Other Important Initialisms

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2020 47:31


Rebecca chats with Mary Brock and Topher Hunter about the intricacies of the new COVID vaccines, plus what the FDA is doing during approvals.

A Very Skepchick Thanksgiving

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 26, 2020 57:56


Rebecca chats with Maria D’Souza, Jamie Bernstein, and Mary Brock about whether Thanksgiving is Christian, why it’s great, why it sucks, and why we should obviously all stay home this year.

My Nemesis the Lithosphere (About That Jade Amulet COVID Study)

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2020 43:35


This week on the Skepchick podcast, Rebecca chats with Maria D’Souza and Bjørnar Tuftin about the study that claimed jade amulets can protect you from COVID-19 (since retracted). Links! Bjørnar’s previous post on the topic Retraction Watch’s coverage of this debacle The European Space Agency’s map of the lithosphere What is serpentinization? Bjørnar’s website

The Skepchick Election Special!

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2020 53:22


Joe Biden is going to be president, but why did the projections say it was going to be a blow out? Rebecca chats with Skepchick’s resident stats nerd (and former Obama campaign staffer) Jamie Bernstein about polls, algorithms, voter suppression, and the most effective email subject line a campaign can use.

Fighting For Space and Exploding Chickens with Amy Shira Teitel

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2020 39:46


This week on the Skepchick podcast, Rebecca and Dr. Nicole Gugliucci sit down with Amy Shira Teitel to discuss her book Fighting for Space: Two Pilots and Their Historic Battle for Female Spaceflight!

Saying Goodbye to James “The Amazing” Randi

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2020 61:18


This week on the Skepchick podcast, Rebecca chats with A Sigler and Maria D’Souza about how James Randi brought them all together, and the complicated legacy he leaves behind.

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