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Episode Notes We talk about being skeptical and using critical thinking all the time, but can it help with our mental health? Today, we chat with Rebecca Watson from Skepchick about how she uses skepticism and these thinking strategies to manage her mental health. We also talk about debunking bad science, psychics, and more. Follow Rebecca on Twitter @rebeccawatson Subscribe to Rebecca's YouTube channel Check out Rebecca's Patreon Visit Skeptchick.org Get your free books by Chris here: https://bit.ly/3vkRsb6 Follow @TheRewiredSoul on Twitter and Instagram Subscribe to The Rewired Soul Substack Support The Rewired Soul: Get books by Chris Support on Patreon Try BetterHelp Online Therapy (affiliate) Donate

Jenny (@jennysplitter and jennysplitter.com) is an award-winning journalist & science writer covering food, agriculture, climate change, biodiversity, health & technology. Her work has been published across a wide range of media outlets including Vox, Forbes, Observer, The Washington Post, Popular Mechanics and New York Magazine. Jenny is a co-founder & contributing editor to the science communication project SciMoms. She is also a podcast host on the Animal Studies channel of the New Books Network & her newsletter, FutureFeed, chronicles change in the food system. In Sentientist Conversations we talk about the two most important questions: “what's real?” & “what matters?” Sentientism is "evidence, reason & compassion for all sentient beings." The video of our conversation is here on YouTube. We discuss: 0:00 Welcome 1:05 Jenny's Intro - journalism and SciMoms - The Science Moms film 2:09 What's Real? - Growing up in California as reform Jewish - Reform Judaism: "It's definitely not heavy handed with the God stuff" - Most of the parents were atheist and agnostic. It's mostly about the ritual and the tradition and the history - Jewish philosophy re: responsibility, community obligations & making the world better - It's less about the rules than the discussion - Moving from a naive view of a caring god to "at some point I just didn't really worry about it any more" 7:58 What Matters Morally? - Complexity in reform Judaism moral discussions at Hebrew school - "Closer vs. further away from God" - "Of course I'm angry - I've just been told by my friend I'm going to hell" - SkepChick & other atheist communities - "Do no harm", community, avoiding bad people, getting into the complex stuff - COVID & re-thinking communities - The evolution of morality, good & bad - Moral scope & consideration - Writing about the climate impacts of meat & going reducetarian, then just stopping eating meat - Enjoying substituting out animal products in cooking - Not wanting to do the big philosophical debate but changing behaviour anyway - Morality then behaviour or behaviour then morality? - Philosophical arguments vs. "real people" conversations - Emotion, stories & logic - Mollusc/invertebrate sentience? - Assessing the suffering of farmed animals & fish - Garrett Broad @ Fordham & why we care about some animals & not others - "My cat is a vicious murderer" - We don't have to understand non-human animal sentience perfectly to be confident they can suffer - Bio/ecocentrism, conservation and environmentalism. "We have to be thinking about ecosystems" - Ecosystem services - "Perilous bounty" by Tom Philpott - #JustTransition for industrialised & indigenous cultures ...and much more. Full notes on Sentientism.info and YouTube. Sentientism is “Evidence, reason & compassion for all sentient beings.” More at https://sentientism.info/​​​​​​​​​​​​​. Join our "I'm a Sentientist" wall https://sentientism.info/wall/ here: https://sentientism.info/im-a-sentientist​. ​Everyone, Sentientist or not, is welcome in our groups. Main one is here on Facebook​. Thanks Graham for the post-prod.

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.

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

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.

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!

Just a random heap of goofy topics this week, so let's go. We have zombie coffee vs. robot coffee, Amazing Randi follow-up, freaky Halloween costumes, the Aquabats, the Creature from the Black Lagoon (and several other lagoons), Markie Post (and several other Markies), ElectraWoman, Wonder Woman, Pudding Pages, Power Records, Batman finds a Picasso, Fred Flintstone goes on a diet, Lynda Carter spins for democracy, and Kornflake walks through a giant pumpkin. Skepchick podcast on James Randi Kooky Spooks! And our regular links... The Flopcast website! The ESO Network! The Flopcast on Facebook! The Flopcast on Instagram! The Flopcast on Twitter! Please rate and review The Flopcast on Apple Podcasts! Email: info@flopcast.net Our music is by The Sponge Awareness Foundation! This week's promo: ESO Network Patreon!

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.

Lizzie and Kaveh speak with renown internet skeptic, blogger, and science communicator Rebecca Watson about using science and critical thinking skills to distinguish the crazy truth versus the crazy crazy. Send your questions and comments to hopquestions@gmail.com, or leave a voicemail at 408-444-6623

In this week’s Quizlet, Rebecca chats with her old Skepchick comrades Maria D’Souza Walters and A B Kovacs about the difference between the brains of morning people and night owls! Study: Circadian phenotype impacts the brain’s...

Ken Plume has another chat with author, presenter, and skeptic extraordinaire Rebecca Watson, about friend requests, stinging heals, corgi proposals, rusty pumps, goose rolls, edible Disneyland, and quizzes.

(Opprinnelig publisert: 20. juni 2011) Tilstede: Marit, Gunnar, Leisha, Bendik, Kristin Sendingsleder: Kristin   Mobilstråling og eloverfølsomhet: Astrid Melands artikkel i Dagbladet // Gunnars bloggposter om el-overfølsomhet og mobilstråling Plager skyldes tidligere liv: Artikkel i Dagbladet Manglende masse i galaksen: «Student fant løsning på univers-mysterium» // Kommentar fra Stein Vidar Hagfors Haugan Dessuten: Vaksine-motstands-nytt Tilbakemeldinger fra lytterne: ønskekvist fra Karsten Eig, og "Cold reading" = "tankefisking" fra Rune. Fantastisk forslag! Hvor mye forskning blir publisert -- tall   Intervju Rebecca «The Skepchick» Watson fra Dublin 2011   Ukens anbefaling: Skepchick.org // skepchick.se

This week, we're joined by Rebecca Watson, founder of Skepchick and creator of YouTube and Twitch videos, to talk about building an audience across multiple platforms. Full show notes are available at http://makershustlepodcast.com

Today our guest is a person I've wanted to meet for years: The founder of the Skepchick website, Rebecca Watson. Our physicists are Dr. Katie Mack and Hannalore Gerling-Dunsmore. TODAY'S TOPIC: Supermassive Black Holes!!

Once again, we're here to help you with all your nerd-specific holiday shopping with our annual gift guide for science lovers. We brought back Skepchick writer Mary Brock and science librarian John Dupuis to give us their top picks from their 2016 science reads. And we invited back Mad Art Lab's Courtney Caldwell and GeekWrapped's Simon Saval to recommend some science and geek themed gifts you won't find in a library. Visit our news section for the full book list with links and the full non-book science-themed gift idea list with links.

In this week's podcast, Harrison, Jake, and Joe talk about the show’s final episodes, Katie May, chiropractic, unfriending on social media, scientism, Skepchick, Rebecca Watson, elevatorgate, rape accusations, Exxon, the Great Barrier Reef, and devil’s milk. References: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9TpRfDdyU0 http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2016/10/20/mystery-solved-chiropractic-manipulation-of-the-neck-did-cause-katie-mays-death-from-stroke/ https://gimletmedia.com/episode/9-forensic-science http://www.innocenceproject.org/ http://www.snopes.com/racial/language/le-a.asp http://www.theskepticsguide.org/ http://skepchick.org/ http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-1004-tavris-what-is-rape-20151004-story.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGMi0UtvTIc http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-10-18/exxon-decides-to-fight-new-york-s-climate-change-probe http://www.outsideonline.com/2112086/obituary-great-barrier-reef-25-million-bc-2016 http://www.smh.com.au/technology/sci-tech/devils-milk-could-be-the-killer-ingredient-in-war-on-superbugs-20161014-gs29l5.html

This week we're airing a recorded panel, moderated by Desiree Schell, from the recent Skepchickcon track at CONvergence 2016 in Bloomington, Minnesota. As a safety and headline driven culture, how will we explore dangerous, distant places that are inherently unsafe without losing the public will or disrespecting the lives of those who go? Panelists include Abra Staffin-Wiebe, speculative fiction author; blogger and podcaster Jim Tigwell; trivia show host Sarah Prentice; and Rebecca Watson, creator of Skepchick. Special thanks to Kevin Eldridge and The Flopcast, who helped us record panels when our equipment failed! We're looking for Guest Hosts to join...

This week Mindy Townsend, Managing Editor of Teen Skepchick, Skepchick contributor and phyics student joins the crew to discuss the physics of the Starkiller Base from The Force Awakens.

This week, we're looking at the progress we've made toward connecting our minds with machines. We talk with journalist Malcolm Gay about the challenge of creating prosthetics, how close we are to controlling them with our thoughts alone, and his new book "The Brain Electric: The Dramatic High-Tech Race to Merge Minds and Machines". We also speak to artist and blogger Amy Davis Roth about Mad Art Cast, a podcast about the intersection of art and science. Read the companion post on Skepchick.

This week we're taking a closer look at our current – and potential future – contraceptive methods. We'll speak with Beth Sundstrom and Andrea DeMaria, Co-Directors of the Women's Health Research Team at the College of Charleston, about why the pill is still our go-to birth control choice when we have long acting reversible contraception methods like the IUD and the implant available for women. And we'll talk with Elaine Lissner, Executive Director of the Parsemus Foundation, about their continuing work to bring Vasalgel, a long acting, reversible, non-hormonal male contraceptive, to market. Read the companion blog post on Skepchick.

This week, we're learning about imaginative ways to teach science to children, and how to use science as a tool for parenting. We'll hear about fanciful tales written to explain scientific concepts, with Cambridge University science historian Melanie Keene, author of "Science in Wonderland: The Scientific Fairy Tales of Victorian Britain." And we'll talk to author/illustrator Lynn Brunelle about her book "Mama Gone Geek: Calling On My Inner Science Nerd to Help Navigate the Ups and Downs of Parenthood." Read the companion piece on Skepchick.

This week, we're talking about artificial intelligence, and how thinking machines are fitting into – and changing – our lives and cultures. Should we be concerned or excited about the future of artificial intelligence? To try and find out, we're joined by a panel of four: Kerstin Dautenhahn, Professor of Artificial Intelligence at the University of Hertfordshire; Raymond Mooney, Director of the University of Texas Artificial Intelligence Lab; Despina Kakoudaki, Director of the Humanities Lab at American University; and Rose Eveleth, science writer and host of Gizmodo's "Meanwhile In The Future" podcast. Read the companion post on Skepchick.

This week, we're discussing ecosystems, biodiversity, and whether or not "invasive" outside species are really as bad as they're made out to be. We'll spend the hour speaking to Dr. Ken Thompson, lecturer in the Department of Animal and Plant Sciences at the University of Sheffield, about his book "Where Do Camels Belong? Why Invasive Species Aren't All Bad." Read the companion post on Skepchick.

Once again, we're here to help you with all your nerdy holiday shopping with our annual gift guide for science lovers. We brought in science librarian John Dupuis and Skepchick book club columnist Mary Brock who give us their top picks from 2015 that will make great additions to any nerd's library. And -- just to shake things up this year -- we spend the second half of the show with GeekWrapped's Simon Saval and Mad Art Lab's Courtney Caldwell, who give their recommendations for science-themed gifts you won't find in a library. And we'll speak to Skepchick founder Rebecca...

Today's guest is Chris Hofstader (@gonz_blinko), an accessibility researcher and advocate, as well as an activist for causes such as improving access to information for blind and vision impaired people. His background in computer programming enabled him to be the leader of JAWS, a Windows program that allowed people with a visual impairment to read their screen either through text-to-speech or a refreshable braille display. He's the Managing Member of 3 Mouse Technology. He's also a frequent blogger primarily at chrishofstader.com. For web developers and site owners, Chris recommends two tools to help test for accessibility issues: tenon.io and dqtech.co. A guest post from Chris appeared on the Skepchick blogged titled Skepticism and Disability which lead to the formation of the sister site Skeptibility. In a discussion of skepticism and favorite podcasts, Chris mentioned a number of great shows, most notably The Pod Delusion to which he was a contributor. Additionally, Chris has also appeared on The Atheist Nomads. Lastly, a shout out from Chris to musician Shelley Segal whom he hosted just before the date of recording of this episode. Her music can be found on her site or via bandcamp.

Matt Dillahunty with guest Heina Dadabhoy. Guest Heina Dadabhoy. SkepChick blogger and former Muslim Heina Dadabhoy talks about sex and Islam.

Første Klypa etter sommerferien er omsider et faktum! Nyhetssaker "Jag har rätt och du har fel": Hans Rosling slår hardt med kalde fakta Vi har tidligere nevnt at James Randi pensjonerer seg. Nå kommer nyheten om at JREF skifter fokus i denne sammenheng. Tyske homeopater er enda mer på tur enn de pleier ...? Ble lam av behandling hos kiropraktor (Teksten krever abonnement, men videoreportasjen er åpen). Lenke til forhistorien. Kjersti Stuestøl sin kritikk av redaksjonen i Magasinet BAM for villedende helseråd til nybakte foreldre, tilsvar fra redaksjonen og alternativbehandler, pluss Bjørnar Tuftins tilsvar til tilsvaret! Svevende skje på Mars (heder og ære til beste Uri Geller-vits i kommentarfeltet) og annen rom-pareidoli Ukens snakkis Småbarnsfar Jørgen spør seg selv (og resten av panelet): Får barn bedre motoriske evner av å begynne i barnehagen? Hvordan man som trent skeptiker kan oppdage tankefeil som profesjonelle ikke ser selv. Anbefalinger Komikeren Andy Borowitz har en sarkastisk tullesak i The New Yorker: "Scientists: Earth Endangered by New Strain of Fact-Resistant Humans" Carina Marie Rose på Skepchick.no om vannkoppevaksinen i Norge Skeptikere på puben Oslo 19/9 (lørdag) med spesiell gjest som ikke kan avsløres riktig enda ...! Forskningsdagene 16.–27. september og Humanistisk uke 18. september–04. oktober Oliver Sacks sine essays, samt flere podcastepisoder hos Radiolab

En samling av interessante ting vi har lest og følger spent med på i sommervarmen – samt litt konstruktiv kritikk! Kristin har neglbitende fulgt med på NAS sin tidtabell for Pluto-passasjen – og skrev en sak om det på Skepchick-bloggen (også publisert på hennes personlige blogg). Første rapporterte dødsfall på 12 år i USA som følge av meslinger. Oppfølgning av saken om rumenske tiggere fra forrige episode: Fafo-forskerne svarer på kritikken om at man ikke får ærlige svar når man bare spør folk om ulovlig virksomhet. Trylleformler på Etsy En ny istid? (link 1, link 2, link 3) En liten logikk-nøtt for skeptikere!Lytterbrev Eva skriver (og vi svarer): Kjære søte flinke Saltklypa-folk! Jeg digger podcasten deres, og jeg har hørt på siden 2012 en gang. Syns det er veldig bra at dere satte i gang igjen. Men nå må jeg bare være en sånn kjip, surmaget kjerring: Kunne dere prøvd å anstrenge dere litt mer for å bruke norske ord i podcasten? En "journal" på engelsk heter for eksempel "tidsskrift" på norsk. Jeg er sikker på at dere egentlig vet dette, men så går det litt fort i svingene og så irriterer sånne pertentlige folk seg over det når de hører på. Dere er jo så flinke til å skille replikere/replisere, og sier et studium (der man studerer) og en studie (vitenskapelig) (i motsetning til psykologlunsj som stadig sier feil). Så hvis dere kan anstrenge dere bittelitt mer for å bruke norske ord konsekvent så hadde i hverfall jeg blitt veldig glad.  P.S: Tommel opp for den siste episoden der dere gjennomgår hvordan man kan tenke mer kritisk selv. Veldig bra, og en nyttig påminnelse, selv om man kan det egentlig. Anbefalninger Kreftforeningens 17 myter om kreft, fanget opp via @tulpesh på twitter (gi til woo-link-delende venner og familie på FB!) Podcast-anbefaling 1: Ny vitenskapelig/skeptisk podcast fra Australian Broadcasting Corporation: Science Vs. (Link til Soundcloud) Podcast-anbefaling 2: More or Less: Behind the Stats (BBC) Wikipedias Timeline of the far future

Kevin, Kornflake, and The Mayor have abandoned Chickentown to record this week's show from a secret undisclosed location! But we'll be back in our regular studio next week (the chickens are getting restless), and all will be revealed. This week, however, we're looking back at the 4th of July weekend (which took place in early July, according to scientists). Kevin and The Mayor journeyed west to Minnesota for CONvergence, where they encountered a giant walking milkshake, Disco Boba Fett, bellydancers, Trek Bunnies, rat puppets, Feng Shui Ninjas, School House Rock singalongs, and Buzzed Aldrins in the Skepchick party room. Meanwhile, Kornflake and Doornail headed north to New Hampshire, where they started their own weird new convention called FlopFest. And if you suspect that FlopFest largely consists of flopping in hammocks, giggling, napping, and looking for Vodka... yeah, that just about covers it! Also: It's National Drive-Thru Day, so talk to the clown and keep moving.

In today's episode, I talk to Heina Dadabhoy about growing up Muslim, the many misconceptions of Islam, and the difference between racism and criticizing Islamic dogma. Transcription: Trav:                Welcome to the Bi Any means podcast, the place where social justice and humanism meet. Hello and welcome to another episode of the Bi Any Means podcast, the podcast companion to bianymeans.com. I am Trav Mamone and my guest today is Heina Dadabhoy. They are a former contributor to Skepchick, and they are currently blogging at Heinous Dealings at Free Thought Blogs. Heina, thanks for joining me today.Heina:              My pleasure.Trav:                Now for those who don’t know I previously did an email interview with Heina a few months ago on Bi Any Means but with the podcast my audience is starting to grow. For those who missed our previous conversation, can you tell us about growing up Muslim and what eventually led you to atheism? Heina:              Well, I grew up as a Muslim in sunny southern California. I was very religious. In fact, more religious than my family at points, and that also meant I read a lot of religious texts. I knew a lot of things about the religion that everyone around me claimed to believe in and follow but that they didn’t know, things that led me to doubts but never too strong. When 9/11 happened I was actually in high school. It was my second day of high school but while it didn’t make me immediately di-convert it did make me further examine my beliefs especially since so many people around me were asking me questions, and asking me to justify my beliefs and my religion.                        Then that led to several years of doubt in high school. I started reading things outside of religious texts, picked up a few autobiographies of people who were free thinkers, people who were queer, things like that. Eventually I got to college when I was 17 and I started taking different classes, and I took a philosophy class that was on the philosophy behind what’s the theology of the Catholic Church. Essentially the writings of Augustine, and I realized that a lot of what Augustine was saying was the exact same thing my family had been saying to me for years and years, and what my religious teachers had been saying to me for years and years to justify Islam.                         Yet Augustine ended up founding the Catholic Church in its modern form in a lot of ways. I realized that it was in congress that you could start with the same premises, and end up with a different conclusion. I scaled back from very religious Muslim to sort of secular deist, Muslim flavored but eventually realized through various readings of biology, and more philosophy that I didn’t really believe in a creator deity either, and I joke that I fell into a black hole for six months because I’ve always been an avid writer.                        I always kept personal journals of my thoughts that I was so afraid of my thoughts I’d stopped journaling for six months, and at the end of that I came out an atheist. Trav:                Okay. What inspired you to start blogging about Islam atheism and feminism?Heina:              I actually started blogging about being an ex-Muslim

Ken Plume has another chat with author, presenter, and skeptic extraordinaire Rebecca Watson, about Quiz-O-Trons, pot flights, time trouble, everlasting potstoppers, and strip podoodle pedantry.

Dark matter: it makes up 80 to 85 percent of the matter in the universe, it’s invisible, you can’t touch it, and according to this week’s guest astrophysicist Katie Mack, it’s probably passing through you right now.Dark matter is weird.On the show this week Indre talks to Mack about dark matter, dark energy, and the big bang.This episode also features guest host Rebecca Watson of Skepchick.org, who you can follow at patreon.com/rebecca.iTunes: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/inquiring-minds/id711675943RSS: feeds.feedburner.com/inquiring-mindsStitcher: stitcher.com/podcast/inquiring-minds

This week we're joined by the Mayor of Chickentown to discuss our weekend at CONvergence in Bloomington, Minnesota! A few thousand of our fellow geeks (including our friends from Skepchick and Mad Art Lab) gathered there for four days of science and silliness. Kevin appeared on a few nerdy comic book-themed panels, while the Mayor participated in a Doctor Who improv game show (which also included author Paul Cornell and comedian Joseph Scrimshaw, so you know, no pressure). We also found mermaids in the hotel pool, ran into a Starfleet-uniformed Sleestak, learned way too much about Rebecca Watson's cats, and discovered that yes, the floor is lava. Meanwhile back in Chickentown: Kornflake is celebrating Hammock Day (which involves a lot of frantic, intense relaxing), and our latest concert report will have you dancing on the ceiling with your favorite clay head. Hello.

Cats! Without them the internet would LITERALLY be impossible! Recorded live at CONvergence sci-fi/fantasy convention, Joseph is joined by comedian Tim Wick and blogger/podcaster with the Skepchick network Rebecca Watson as we delve deep into the mystery of CATS. Topics … Continue reading →

This week's special guest is the founder of the Skepchick blog and co-host of The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe podcast, Rebecca Watson. Check out Rebecca at www.theskepticsguide.org  www.skepchick.org  

We're back with a full report from CONvergence, the Bloomington, Minnesota convention that's even crazier than MarsCon! Pour youself a Buzzed Aldrin (the signature drink of the Skepchick party room) and enjoy, as Kevin, the Mayor of Chickentown, the great Luke Ski, and Sara Trice review all the silliness of CONvergence, just for you. (Unfortunately, aside from our Saturday Morning Cartoon and Doctor Who-themed panels, an epic Luke Ski concert, a live comet-making demonstration, a mechanical steampunk bird, the Rifftrax guys playing "PowerPoint Karaoke," a Darkwing Duck burlesque dance, an Aquabat/Penguin hybrid, and a Skepchick giving birth to a squid monster, there's not much of interest to report.) Also: Back in Chickentown, we receive a box of dangerous science from the College of Curiosity, and Kornflake totally puts the "whatever" into this week's National Whatever Day.

Kornflake returns from Chicago with a full report on LukeSkiCon, which featured comedy music performances, a field trip to the Galloping Ghost Arcade, a Top 4 1/2 List recorded especially for The Flopcast, and more demented water aerobics. Also: I Forgot Day is this week (or maybe it was last week, whatever); we learn of the existence of lobster coffee; and we look forward to CONvergence, where we'll be joining the Skepchicks, the Rifftrax guys, and yes, once again, the great Luke Ski. Yikes, this is our LukeSkiest show ever. We have a problem.

Ken Plume has another chat with author, presenter, and skeptic extraordinaire Rebecca Watson, about forever Swatch, Kenny Paris, butter beer, Book It Becca, Cosombies, and Poochie.

Our Chickentown studio halls have been decked, and there is now a festive Flying Spaghetti Monster creepily staring down from the top of our tree; Kornflake rescues a dog named after one of the kids from Fame; Kevin reports on his road trip to Buffalo, in which he encountered Monkees, squouses, and even a Skepchick; we mourn the death of Hostess, but at least it's an excuse to share more weird junior high stories; and we wrap up with a heartwarming holiday edition of Chickens in the News. This show is really the audio equivalent of figgy pudding, in more ways than we'd care to explain.

Less than two weeks before Election Day: We obsess about the polls so you won't! Go make phone calls and knock on doors! Plus, why can't Romney quit Richard Mourdock. And ... the saucy Warren G. Harding love letters!

We spoke to Desiree Schell, host of the Skeptically Speaking radio show, and Rebecca Watson, fearless leader of Skepchick.org and co-host of the Skeptic’s Guide to the Universe, about skepticism and critical thinking. We focused on how religion can often keep us from examining claims critically, and how freeing (and fun!) it is to learn … Continue reading Skepticism – Episode 64

The Show Notes RIP MCAThe Significance of the BeastiesIntroDarka & Slavko ReunionRupert McClannahan’s Indestructible Bastards     - Alec AlderVeep / HaywireDr. Damian Handzy’s Facts That’ll Fuck Y’up     - WATEREric F. Myers’ awesome show #248 intro illlustrationReligious Moron(s) of the Week     - Pastor Daniel Smith from Peter Sosna     - Our Lady of Sorrows baseball team from Alec ZrikeCongrats to Dr. The Noisy AstronomerGerry Orkin needs a li'l helpBalticonShow close ...................................
 Mentioned in the Show Eric F. Myers illustration Water photo ................................... Geo's Music: stock up! The catalog at iTunes The catalog at CD Baby ...................................
 Sign up for the mailing list: Write to Geo! A reminder that the new portal to the Geologic Universe is at GeorgeHrab.com. Score more data from the Geologic Universe! Get George's Non-Coloring Book at Lulu, both as and E-BOOK and PRINT editions. Check out Geo's wiki page thanks to Tim Farley. Get your George HrApp here. Thanks to Gerry Orkin for the design and engineering. Have a comment on the show, a Religious Moron tip, or a question for Ask George? Drop George a line and write to Geo's Mom, too! Ms. Info sez: "Thanks, Eric, for the wonderful illustration. We love it! And special congratulations to my fellow Skepchick, Dr. Nicole Gugliucci—you are so cosmically amazing! ........................

The Show Notes Dead carIntroGeologic listener wedding: Congrats Christina & JeremiahSlau’s Album is available!"Act Upon My Love"Religious Moron of the Week     - Sunlight-eating woman from Glenn Weber     - Ron Brown from Patrick Lawrence Surly ScholarshipRare prescient songs from the ‘20s & ‘30sManfreedy Johnson and the Nineteens     - "Web Browser"     - "I’ve Got No Cell Service"     - "Facebook"Show close "The Weight of Words" ...................................
 Mentioned in the Show Slau at iTunesSlau at CD Baby Surly AmySurly Amy's grant post at Skepchick ...................................
 Geo's Music: stock up! The catalog at iTunes The catalog at CD Baby ...................................
 Sign up for the mailing list: Write to Geo! A reminder that the new portal to the Geologic Universe is at GeorgeHrab.com. Score more data from the Geologic Universe! Get George's Non-Coloring Book at Lulu, both as and E-BOOK and PRINT editions. Check out Geo's wiki page thanks to Tim Farley. Get your George HrApp here. Thanks to Gerry Orkin for the design and engineering. Have a comment on the show, a Religious Moron tip, or a question for Ask George? Drop George a line and write to Geo's Mom, too! ........................

Ken Plume has another chat with author, presenter, and skeptic extraordinaire Rebecca Watson about Franzia Flag Football, Elf Museums, accents, Brat Air, and Skeptinauts.

Ken Plume has a chat with Little Atoms host Neil Denny about weather, A/C, Hislop Parties, King waiting, roundabouts, Noah, and Post-Imperial Guilt.

In this episode, I have another chat with author, presenter, and skeptic extraordinaire Rebecca Watson about Svengali decks, Keepon proxies, indescriminate cat love, flavor tripping, and Doc Hammer.

In this episode, I have another chat with author, presenter, and skeptic extraordinaire Rebecca Watson about apples, booze quizzes, t-shirts, unbirthdays, and more apples.

Ken Plume has another chat with author, presenter, and skeptic extraordinaire Rebecca Watson about dogs, cats, campers, and robot racism.

Ken Plume has a chat with author, presenter, and skeptic extraordinaire Rebecca Watson about wolverines, Daleks, astrology, and Callahan!

Oh, my. This one’s hard to post, harder to believe, but here it is. Scott’s cousin Frankie made it to Dragon*Con 2010 late one night, and he invited me to sit in the hot seat. Even better, he asked the Design Diva of Døøm, Donna Mugavero, to be the “shot slut” for this episode. I’ll be honest, it’s all a little fuzzy. But if you’ve ever wanted to know a little more about me, here’s your chance. Somewhere near the end I dropped my mic, so the sound quality there gets a little bit wonky, be forewarned. A few notes: If you’re interested in checking out Skepchick, click here. For more information on the TDAP vaccine, and why it’s important, click here. If you have any unanswered questions, about me or anything else, you can call the Goreline (206-666-4673) and we’ll try and get you your answers. And last, although there does not seem to be footage of me showing off my winning dance moves, you can catch the FDO™’s interpretation of them here on YouTube. As usual, this episode is not safe for work, but I do hope you like it as a kick-start to your weekend. Be sure to come back here on Sunday for the ANCESTOR Episode #22.

Ken Plume has a chat with author, presenter, and skeptic extraordinaire Rebecca Watson about judges, beverages, knives, aging, and karaoke.

It's a cracker:Episode Seventy FourWe're joined this week by Rebecca Watson, co-host of The Skeptics' Guide To The Universe, and the founder of Skepchick.

The Show NotesInteresting Fauna- Bertholdia trigona  from Roger in New ZealandShow IntroIthacanian StarsReligious Morons- Carl & Raylene Worthington - Representative Sally Kern  both from Patric LawrenceParsec NominationAsk George   - Fame?  from Kevin Hicks- Profit?  from Miles in Germany- Scouting?  from David- Shorts?  from Chris Germann- Odd time?  from StephenGeologic 3.0Bethlehem, Nebraska, Atlanta, London...Ms. Info's ShootShow close..................................... Mentioned in the show:  George Hrab and the Geologic Orchestra at Musikfest's page; the Musikfest gig info; the Musikfest gig info pdf download; Philadelphia Funk Authority's schedule; University of Nebraska at Kearny Evolution Conference 2009.Sign up for the mailing list: Write to Geo! Score more data from the Geologic Universe! Get George's music at CD Baby and iTunes, and Non-Coloring Book at Lulu, both as download and print editions. Have a comment on the show, a Religious Moron tip, or a question for Ask George? Drop George a line and write to Geo's Mom, too! Ms. Information says 1] I hope to see all my homefries at Musikfest; 2] Thanks to all you wonderful people for all the amazing support on the Skepchick photo shoot!

The Show NotesThanks for the e-mails, you heathens!IntroHanging With Phil Plait, PhD- NY Wall Climb- DreetReligious Moron of the Week- The Maker of Information Age Prayer  from Paul FischerThe similarities of the dynamic to puke, cum, dieThe Amaz!ng Meeting 7Drums Done. Bass Done. Acoustic Done.Slau's Mic ShootoutAm I being obnoxious? YES.Meeting JDPFA in NYC on Thursday the 30thShow close ..................................... Email Geo's Uncle with your good wishes: Write to Roman.Mentioned in the show: Dr. Plait and Bad Astronomy; the fabulous Rebecca Watson and Skepchick; Paul Fischer and Balticon; Information Age Prayer; Sessions with Slau and the Vocal Mic Shootout; the Red Lion in Manhattan; Philadelphia Funk Authority. Sign up for the mailing list: Write to Geo! Score more data from the Geologic Universe! Get George's music at CD Baby and iTunes, and Non-Coloring Book at Lulu, both as download and print editions. Have a comment on the show, a Religious Moron tip, or a question for Ask George? Drop George a line and write to Geo's Mom or Ms. Information, too! Ms. Information says "Dear Diary, meeting Dr. Plait was like seeing a supernova up close. Cosmically hawt!"

What do pin up photos of famous Skeptics and The Amazing Meeting have in common? This week's episode of Skepticality of course. Skepticality correspondent David Federlein interviews Skepchick founder Rebecca Watson about the 2007 Skepchicks and Skepdudes calendar followed by Derek and Swoopy talking to The Bad Astronomer Dr. Phil Plait about his Skepdude photo as well as his contributions to the upcoming Amazing Meeting 5. Plus a sneak peak at next week's Mythbusters interviews.