The Skeptic Wire
By Skeptic Wire Productions and San Antonio Skeptics
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Podcast Description
The Skeptic Wire is a show about looking at the world using what Carl Sagan called The Baloney Detector Kit. The week's panelists will discuss local Texas politics, National politics, separation of Church and State, science, pseudo-science, social matters, and the promotion of critical thinking.
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ExplicitThe Skeptic Wire Episode 059 | This Week: 00:00:30 Intro 00:03:10 Birthdays Bob Moog, Abdul Baha 00:07:55 SpaceX successfully launches Dragon rocket to the ISS 00:10:00 Greg removes a bible from a Military POW-MIA display 00:16:09 Antivax interactions 00:17:46 POM Schroedinger's Lawsuit 00:27:17 Coffee isn't bad for you and Oscillicoccinum news 00:35:13 Primate Sexy Time: What women want survey 00:49:22 Homosexuality, psychology, and related 01:01:30 Lightning Round http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_162-57437103-504083/former-texas-priest-guilty-of-hiring-hit-man-to-plot-murder-of-sex-abuse-accuser/ http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2012/05/19/theres-an-openly-atheist-president-in-uruguay/ http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/man-survives-2-400-foot-helicopter-jump-without-192536145.html http://moneyland.time.com/2012/05/22/driving-like-a-jerk-may-cost-you-an-extra-100-per-month-in-gas/ http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/05/18/former-navy-chaplain-insists-gay-demons-can-infect-animals/ Philosophical question: if a member of The Silience looks away from the Weeping Angels, would the angel move closer or would it forget the silence? And the dogs appear to have a construction project going on so they hammer and saw and build...whatever it is, in spite of not having opposable thumbs. Follow the blog at: http://skepticwire.blogspot.com Follow on twitter: @theskepticwire Write us at: skepticwire@gmail.com Subscribe via Feedburner http://feeds.feedburner.com/SkepticWire Friend us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/SkepticWire Subscribe on iTunes http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-skeptic-wire/id434251897 Check out the music on Soundcloud http://www.soundcloud.com/skepticwire ...leave a review, if you are so inclined! | 5/25/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitThe Skeptic Wire Episode 058 | This Week: Intro: 00:02:35 Birthday Herman Webster Mudgett 00:07:55 Porn makes healthy women go blind? 00:17:42 Religion makes your brain shrink? 00:26:20 Paleo diet 00:47:22 Rats given frustose have memory problems 00:51:32 The only gay in the Neolithic village? 00:56:20 Lesbian Catholic High School students hold their own prom 01:02:30 Lightning Round NASA Renovating the VAB http://www.nasa.gov/exploration/systems/ground/vabrefurbishment_prt.htm http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/05/how-the-professor-who-fooled-wikipedia-got-caught-by-reddit/257134/ http://www.forbes.com/sites/daviddisalvo/2012/05/14/meet-shiri-the-freakishly-realistic-robotic-buttocks/ http://www.godhatesfags.com/schedule.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/10/bristol-palin-gay-marriage-_n_1506286.html http://www.examiner.com/article/everyone-draw-mohammed-day-takes-to-twitter And the dogs try to make suggestions about how and what to record but we humans cannot understand them because, hey, they're dogs and we do not comprehend their language of panting, licking, barking, and the occassional gassy emission. Find the songs at: http://www.soundcloud.com/skepticwire Follow the blog at: http://skepticwire.blogspot.com Follow on twitter: @theskepticwire Write us at: skepticwire@gmail.com Subscribe via Feedburner http://feeds.feedburner.com/SkepticWire Friend us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/SkepticWire Subscribe on iTunes http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-skeptic-wire/id434251897 Check out the music on Soundcloud http://www.soundcloud.com/skepticwire ...leave a review, if you are so inclined! | 5/18/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitThe Skeptic Wire Episode 057 April Song Challenge | This Week: Intro: 00:02:25 Birthday Richard Howard Carter 00:05:14 White MEdicine Cloud found slaughtered 00:08:00 Barack Obama endorses gay marriage...sorta kinda 00:15:55 Coalition of Reason puts up a San Antonio billboard and forms a coalition of Reasonable folk 00:31:38 What to say to non-religious folk when bad things happen 00:52:45 April Music Challenge Death and Taxes 00:53:54 Gregs Song: Bunkam Comes To Town 00:58:09 Greg song discussion 01:03:33 Garys Song Death and Taxes 01:05:55 Gary song discussion 01:09:25 Next song challenge discussion 01:14:15 Lightning Round And the dogs get off to a rousing start, taking orders via a dogernet over-air ordering system. Follow the blog at: http://skepticwire.blogspot.com Follow on twitter: @theskepticwire Write us at: skepticwire@gmail.com Subscribe via Feedburner http://feeds.feedburner.com/SkepticWire Friend us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/SkepticWire Subscribe on iTunes http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-skeptic-wire/id434251897 ...leave a review, if you are so inclined! | 5/10/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitThe Skeptic Wire Episode 056 with Jordan Clipston and Emily Clark | This Week: Intro: 00:02:30 Birthday 00:08:00 Jordan Clipston and Emily Clark http://www.facebok.com/helpreunitearielandjordan 00:42:55 Critical Thinking and Religiosity http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-sci-religion-analytical-thinking-20120427,0,5374010.story 00:49:43 Dan Savage Keynote at the National Scholastic Press Association And Journalism Association Convention http://freethoughtblogs.com/blaghag/2012/04/christianity-is-b******t-and-im-not-apologizing-for-saying-that/ 01:11:33 Lightning Round Joke to hijack plane gets a guy in trouble http://news.yahoo.com/joke-hijack-plane-kill-obama-gets-utah-man-002429373.html Blind writer and forensics http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/9197585/Police-save-words-of-blind-author-who-wrote-26-pages-after-pen-ran-out.html Breathairianism http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/health/swiss-women-dies-giving-water-food-thought-live-sunlight-article-1.1067359 ProPatch Titanium placebos http://skepticwire.blogspot.com/2012/05/cant-even-give-this-stuff-awayor-can.html Art and facial recognition http://ucrtoday.ucr.edu/5453 Pr0n vs christian malware http://www.webpronews.com/porn-surfing-is-safer-than-browsing-religious-sites-2012-05 And the dogs keep the baddies or perceived/ alleged/ imaginary ne'er-do-wells away through liberal use of growling, barking, leaping, and generally being a nuisance. Follow the blog at: http://skepticwire.blogspot.com Follow on twitter: @theskepticwire Write us at: skepticwire@gmail.com Subscribe via Feedburner http://feeds.feedburner.com/SkepticWire Friend us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/SkepticWire Subscribe on iTunes http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-skeptic-wire/id434251897 ...leave a review, if you are so inclined! | 5/4/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitThe Skeptic Wire Episode 055 with Teacher Mike | This Week: Intro: 00:01:35 Birthday 00:08:00 Former Texas SBOE Chairman Don McLeroy on Colbert 00:15:00ish SBOE has changed the standards and diminished important concepts in History 00:18:00 Common Core State Standards 00:20:45 Teacher Mike talks on education and the Obama plans 00:48:00 Shoddy Forensics versus reality 01:05:55 Lightning Round Gary: Light touching increases chance of getting a date Donna: McVitties makes Lickable wallpaper Greg: Brain freeze figured out Gary: Doctor claims to have found evidence of the G-Spot in the cadaver of an 83 year old woman Donna: Science makes a sonic screwdriver Greg: Vermont discusses allowing non-vaccinated kids to go to school Gary: Anatomic existence of the elusive G-spot confirmed And the dogs have some sort Fiesta event going on but we weren't invited. I wonder if they had to purchase tickets to eat? Certainly not from me. Follow the blog at: http://skepticwire.blogspot.com Follow on twitter: @theskepticwire Write us at: skepticwire@gmail.com Leave us a voice message through the iPhone PodPoster app Friend us on Facebook Subscribe on iTunes http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-skeptic-wire/id434251897 ...leave a review, if you are so inclined! | 4/27/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitThe Skeptic Wire Episode 054 | This Week Intro: 00:01:00 "Pat Tillmans" workout and playing drums 00:05:41 Birthday: Clarence Darrow 00:13:25 http://www.facebook.com/helpreunitearialandjordan 00:15:51 Gail Spurlock Texas SBOE candidate and...worrisome thinker http://tfninsider.org Gails vetting video: http://youtu.be/6uywIjkKd6w 00:25:48 The interesting quotes by Gail Spurlock 00:41:15 Indiana passes a law allowing nonconsentual HIV testing http://legiscan.com/gaits/view/348071 00:52:31 Kids, asthma, and CAM http://health.usnews.com/health-news/news/articles/2012/04/13/alternative-therapies-arent-used-as-substitutes-for-asthma-meds-study 01:06:00 Lightning Round http://www.winknews.com/Local-Florida/2012-04-17/Naples-acupuncturist-arrested-for-insurance-fraud http://www.scientificamerican.com/ search for melting-glaciers-liberate-ancient-microbes http://www.cnn.com/2012/04/14/health/military-sexual-assaults-personality-disorder/index.html?hpt=hp_bn12 http://www.politico.com/blogs/burns-haberman/2012/04/santorum-bella-is-now-an-nra-life-member-120479.html http://www.vaccinateyourbaby.org http://shotofprevention.com http://www.tsb.gc.ca/eng/medias-media/communiques/aviation/2012/a11f0012-20120416.asp And the dogs once again snore their way through a perfectly good couple of hours, chasing cats and possum and butterflies in their doggy dreams. Follow the blog at: http://skepticwire.blogspot.com Follow on twitter: @theskepticwire Write us at: skepticwire@gmail.com Leave us a voice message through the iPhone PodPoster app Friend us on Facebook Subscribe on iTunes http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-skeptic-wire/id434251897 ...leave a review, if you are so inclined! | 4/19/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitThe Skeptic Wire Episode 053 | This Week Intro: 1 year down recap stuff 00:05:55 Birthdays 00:14:50 Help friend-of-the-show Jordan keep his daughter. Check out his Facebook page for information: www.facebook.com/help-reunite-arial-and-jordan 00:17:00 Homeopathic Awareness Week, Herbal Remedies, and skepticism http://nccam.nih.gov http://naturalstandard.com http:// 00:34:30 Obesity: discrimination 00:40:30 Obesity: sleep effects 00:49:55 Obesity: Children 00:57:45 Obesity: Autism 01:10:10 Lightning Round http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/health/homophobic-people-repressing-same-sex-attraction-study-article-1.1058728 http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/health/people-happy-friends-sex-short-work-commutes-article-1.1057336 http://mynorthwest.com/ http://jcm.asm.org/content/50/4/1376 http://techcitement.com/culture/the-best-birth-control-in-the-world-is-for-men/#.T4XiFtkZQwS http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/manson_skips_th_parole_hearing_may_JceZQ3nxM478Ga0G56BM6I http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/9191848/Universal-cancer-vaccine-developed.html http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/11/us-usa-taxes-crashes-idUSBRE83A12R20120411 And the dogs crash hard and snore at us except when they run in and out. Follow the blog at: http://skepticwire.blogspot.com Follow on twitter: @theskepticwire Write us at: skepticwire@gmail.com Leave us a voice message through the iPhone PodPoster app Friend us on Facebook Subscribe on iTunes http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-skeptic-wire/id434251897 ...leave a review, if you are so inclined! | 4/14/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitThe Skeptic Wire Episode 052 | This Week 00:03:00 Birthdays, Foundation Beyond Belief, Donna on Reason Rally http://skepticwire.blogspot.com/2012/04/my-thoughts-reason-rally.html 00:13:40 FIRE and evolution and stuff 00:30:40 Cracked.com thinks that men hate women and other feminist rants http://www.cracked.com/article_19785_5-ways-modern-men-are-trained-to-hate-women_p2.html http://www.cultofmac.com/157641/this-creepy-app-isnt-just-stalking-women-without-their-knowledge-its-a-wake-up-call-about-facebook-privacy/ http://mashable.com/2011/02/07/facebook-privacy-guide/ 01:00:00 Lightning Round with a long end about strip searches and SCOTUS http://www.examiner.com/atheism-in-national/dinosaurs-and-evolution-banned-from-tests-by-school-system http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Andrea-Yates-seeks-weekly-release-from-mental-3439312.php http://www.downloadtheuniverse.com/ http://www.myfoxdfw.com/dpp/news/movie-theater-rejects-atheist-ads-032712 http://techland.time.com/2012/04/03/arizona-looks-to-outlaw-internet-trolling/ http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-04-02/jailhouse-strip-searches-backed-by-u-s-supreme-court.html And Calliope whines a bit about Maese blocking the doggy door to go out, not because she needs to go out but because there might be a possibility she wants to go out. Follow the blog at: http://skepticwire.blogspot.com Follow on twitter: @theskepticwire Write us at: skepticwire@gmail.com Leave us a voice message through the iPhone PodPoster app Friend us on Facebook Subscribe on iTunes http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-skeptic-wire/id434251897 ...leave a review, if you are so inclined! | 4/5/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitThe Skeptic Wire Episode 051 | This Week we skype it in! Again!: 00:03:40 Birthday 00:04:35 188 Day Earthquake Cycle totally off 00:06:20 Lobby Day plus arguing on the internet 00:21:57 Interview Amanda Knief 00:31:39 Reason Rally Intro 00:35:18 Interview Jehovah Phineas (Big Cross Guy) 00:44:00 Offensive things n stuff at The Rally 01:00:59 Interview Rob Curry (Florida atheistsofflorida.org) 01:12:40 Favorite Speakers 01:19:30 American Atheist Convention And the dogs bojangle in the background, busking money from the june bugs that Calli brings inside because she has decided they need a nice home. Follow the blog at: http://skepticwire.blogspot.com Follow on twitter: @theskepticwire Write us at: skepticwire@gmail.com Leave us a voice message through the iPhone PodPoster app Friend us on Facebook Subscribe on iTunes http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-skeptic-wire/id434251897 ...leave a review, if you are so inclined! | 3/29/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitThe Skeptic Wire Episode 050 | This Week we skype it in!: 00:02:00 Birthday 00:08:05 188 Days between major earthquakes? http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread820089/pg1 rebuttal by potholer54 http://youtu.be/sFnOf0-FtF0 00:28:40 Psychic ability study and the people behind it 00:49:40 Humanbirdwings.net videos http://humanbirdwings.com/ 01:04:90 Lightning Round Relative size of things http://htwins.net/scale2/scale2.swf?bordercolor=white Killed for being atheist http://www.examiner.com/humanist-in-national/soldier-shot-and-killed-for-being-an-atheist Urns of St. Albans http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-17366284 NCSE and Tennessee http://ncse.com/news/2012/03/monkey-bill-passes-tennessee-senate-007264 FAU student gets rowdy http://upressonline.com/2012/03/fau-student-threatens-to-kill-professor-and-classmates/ Sex and the gym http://bodyodd.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/03/19/10759818-no-sex-necessary-women-have-orgasms-at-the-gym-study-shows Reason Rally 24Mar2012 find us on twitter and facebook And many dogs make their presence known but defer to the sounds of Donna's air conditioner to make their points. Follow the blog at: http://skepticwire.blogspot.com Follow on twitter: @theskepticwire Write us at: skepticwire@gmail.com Leave us a voice message through the iPhone PodPoster app Friend us on Facebook Subscribe on iTunes http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-skeptic-wire/id434251897 ...leave a review, if you are so inclined! | 3/22/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitThe Skeptic Wire Episode 049 | This Week: 00:01:30 Pi Day Birthdays 00:07:19 Reason Rally is 24Mar2012 - watch for tweets and FB page posts to meetup with us if you want. Discussion of secular vs atheist and the rally 00:17:57 Comics and social commentary 00:20:13 Donna on Prehistorical grafitti 00:33:58 Texas' new testing standard STAAR with Teacher Mike 00:44:51 Kegel Excercises for men 00:48:00 Song Writing for March! Gary's Song o' t'month intro 00:59:31 "Party on a Saturday Night" 00:55:14 Music writing discussion 1:01:39 Greg's Song "It's All You" 01:06:19 Greg's song discussion ...and the dogs surf teh internets in teh background, leaving nasty troll messages on random websites they find deserving or undeserving of such behavior. Follow the blog at: http://skepticwire.blogspot.com Follow on twitter: @theskepticwire Write us at: skepticwire@gmail.com Leave us a voice message through the iPhone PodPoster app Friend us on Facebook Subscribe on iTunes http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-skeptic-wire/id434251897 ...leave a review, if you are so inclined! Party on a Saturday Night Lyrics: I felt it when we started that this party was a real good time I could tell by your expression that Id have to try real hard to stay in line I knew that you were looking for a sign In a burst of inspiration I was telling you the night would turn out fine Through the open door the people and the music maintained a steady roar The kegs beside the pool refilling mugs of drunks clamoring for more Wed never had so many guests before The parking situation blocked the streets two miles to the store Just a party on a Saturday night All our friends pitching in to help the evening go right Carried on until the next afternoon Its too long to be host I hope theyre leaving soon Broken bottles on the porch plastic bags strewn in the lawn People crashed out in the kitchen on the counters with their heads in bras Dont worry bout the group back in the bathroom in the backroom with a cause You left before the clock showed two You left me here with all this work to do I felt it when we started that this party could go on for evermore When you quickly changed expression I could hear the police knocking at the door Everyone was quickly reassured Now I know the reason for the moat around the Castle Kerrymuir Just a party on the next Sunday night All our friends sleeping in avoiding the light It continued til we ran out of brew With more on the way they wont be leaving soon I said theres more on the way so dont be leaving soon Its too long to be host this weekend rendezvous "It's All You" Lyrics Celebrate Saint Pattys Only with the whiskey The only way to party Is with Bacchus bounty But who wants a drunk To come to their todo The balls to have a ball It all comes down to you. The muse calls you to drink And fuel your gifted think The talent for a line Flows from that red wine The pen dont make the art Or the corkscrew The Art to making art It all comes down to you INSTRUMENTAL You gotta have the booze To light your ladys fuse. A shot of moonshiney To spank your honeys hiney. The hooch dont make you hot Or get you past taboo The way to be GGG It all comes down to you. Only with some spirit Can you loose the corset No fun at the fair Repunzel let your hair. Fairy tales are best When the heros true The short of the story It all comes down to you. INSTRUMENTAL Now youve had enough. Of wine, hooch, and stuff Landed in A.A. They tell you pray and pray. But no higher power Will help you breakthrough Strength to get past the sauce It all comes down to you. | 3/15/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitThe Skeptic Wire Episode 048 | This Week: 00:02:05 Birthdays 00:06:10 Raw milk and solar flares and the ISS sees San Antonio flashing them http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2012/0307/Two-powerful-X-class-flares-erupt-on-sun-video 00:12:30 Atheist billboard vandalized 00:29:20 Primate Sexy Time! 00:29:40 Bonobo sex and stuff 00:57:20 Lightning Round Tornado prediction http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=large-dangerous-tornado-outbreak-forecast-friday Parliament on gay weddings http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-17221312 Beards http://newsfeed.time.com/2012/03/06/beards-get-respect-but-not-women-study-finds/ Sleep http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-16964783 Tortilla Jesus http://www.woai.com/news/local/story/Jesus-spotted-on-tortilla-during-Ash-Wednesday/QsrBBj-vNkaWMQQEq0qN4Q.cspx Witch hunter trial http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-17255470 And the dogs, not having opposabel thumbs or prehensile tails, decide to stay away from the proceddings, except to give occassional distant encouragement. Follow the blog at: http://skepticwire.blogspot.com Follow on twitter: @theskepticwire Write us at: skepticwire@gmail.com Leave us a voice message through the iPhone PodPoster app Friend us on Facebook Subscribe on iTunes http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-skeptic-wire/id434251897 ...leave a review, if you are so inclined! | 3/8/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitThe Skeptic Wire Episode 047 | This Week: 00:01:00 Skeptical Birthday: Hertz 00:05:15 Joshua, TX ISD vs Freedom From Religion Foundation (Poll Is Closed now) http://www.joshuastar.net/ci_20019956 00:09:37 Beware IRS scam 00:12:45 Raw Milk versus Pastuerized milk Some the websites mentioned www.cheeseslave.com/top-ten-reasons-to-drink-raw-milk/ www.globalhealingcenter.com www.rawmilk.org www.rawmilk.com www.milkfacts.info www.fda.gov (search raw milk) 01:08:50 Lightning Round http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/2012/02/26/dogma-overturned-women-can-produce-new-eggs-video/ http://www.livescience.com/18602-horny-man-rock-carving-giant-phallus.html http://denver.cbslocal.com/2012/02/24/woman-claiming-to-be-psychic-sentenced-to-5-years/ http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/02/120228102013.htm http://newsok.com/scientists-identify-found-objects/article/3653136 http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/blog/2012/feb/22/simon-singh-british-chiropractic-association And the dogs attempt to decipher Heiroglyphic anagramitical jokes found inside bottle tops from ancient Egypt. Follow the blog at: http://skepticwire.blogspot.com Follow on twitter: @theskepticwire Write us at: skepticwire@gmail.com Leave us a voice message through the iPhone PodPoster app Friend us on Facebook Subscribe on iTunes http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-skeptic-wire/id434251897 ...leave a review, if you are so inclined! | 3/1/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitThe Skeptic Wire Episode 046 | This Week: 00:01:00 Skeptical Birthday: Hertz 00:06:28 Ash Wednesday and Lent and shout outs and stuff 00:12:45 Target targetting soon to be moms and habit-forming http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/19/magazine/shopping-habits.html 00:34:43 Women in the military http://security.blogs.cnn.com/2012/02/09/women-in-combat-policy-could-change/?hpt=hp_t3 00:45:51 Dawkins hit by a smear campaign http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/9091007/Slaves-at-the-root-of-the-fortune-that-created-Richard-Dawkins-family-estate.html 01:06:20 Lightning Round http://www.cnn.com/2012/02/18/world/asia/nepal-witchcraft-burning/index.html?hpt=hp_t3 http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/feb/19/man-trapped-snowed-car-hospital http://www.woai.com/news/local/story/Weather-folklore-that-came-true/mEjvOoiyLE6EEuO3QgbkLw.cspx http://www2.wsav.com/news/2012/feb/18/local-woman-kicked-out-church-breastfeeding-baby-ar-3257326/ http://blogs.houstonpress.com/eating/2012/02/more_texas_cities_considering.php http://www.yoplait.com.au/active-life/ And the dogs decide that- what with all the excitement around the house being re-arranged- three people sitting around yipping and yapping at each other isn't as interesting as a nice, long nap. Follow the blog at: http://skepticwire.blogspot.com Follow on twitter: @theskepticwire Write us at: skepticwire@gmail.com Leave us a voice message through the iPhone PodPoster app Friend us on Facebook Subscribe on iTunes http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-skeptic-wire/id434251897 ...leave a review, if you are so inclined! | 2/23/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitThe Skeptic Wire Episode 045 | This Week: 00:01:00 Skeptical Birthdays 00:04:20 Medina Valley Judge responds to critics http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/federal_judges_order_takes_swipe_at_politicians_who_demagogued_school_praye/ 00:07:00 Roy Zimmerman interview http://www.royzimmerman.com 00:20:30 Health Care Reform: Religion versus Women's Rights 00:31:50 Amendment added to Oklahoma Personhood bill 00:34:05 Greg's Valentine's Day Song "My Life With You" You're the perfect gal A dream to behold When they made you They broke the mold. You'll keep your looks Even when we're old. You're the perfect gal A dream to behold. My life with you Is everything great, You love what I love, hate what I hate. The stars got crossed, Ridiculous fate My life with you Is everything great. You're a fantasy My ethical s**t. Games behind doors Are never a rut. Positions and toys And everything but You're a fantasy My ethical s**t. You're always around When I need to vent. When trouble's in air You've got the scent. I've got your ear Your wise two cents. You're always around When I need to vent. The walls light up When you're in the room Aren't we a sight The bride and her groom Or your glowing face A baby in womb The walls light up When you're in the room. Our life together The future's all set. It's a good thing That we've never met. You're the picture of Feminine ideal Be nice to meet, If only for real. But red gives to green The dream goes a blur Too bad I'll never Knew who you were. 00:39:57 Song discussion 00:46:47 Gary's Song "Valentine's Day (Chemicals Divine)" It's February fourteenth and today the skies are blue So I picked a bunch of flowers That I'm going to give to you Perhaps it's the dopamine or the norepinephrine That's putting this smile on my face everytime I think of you Oh the chemicals divine They'll fade but til they do I'm feeling fine And tho I'm wheezing, sneezing 'cause the allergies are kickin me (hyper sensitivity!) I know there's soothing coming 'cause I popped an anti-histamine As antagonists block I stop and I take stock Perhaps I should have waited for a while before I operated this machine Oh the chemicals divine They'll fade and when they do I'll feeling hives I pull up to your house I'm in a floating state Between the flowers and the drugs and love Instead I should've bought some chocolate Besides the health effects it is nearly as good as a passionate kiss And the way I feel with my nose congealed all my cells are going to degranulate Oh the chemicals divine They'll fade but til they do I'm feeling high 00:51:16 Song Discussion 00:57:51 Lightning Round And the dogs SkYipe amongst themselves via their own canine internet, which is a series of Snausage tubes. Follow the blog at: http://skepticwire.blogspot.com Follow on twitter: @theskepticwire Write us at: skepticwire@gmail.com Leave us a voice message through the iPhone PodPoster app Friend us on Facebook Subscribe on iTunes http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-skeptic-wire/id434251897 ...leave a review, if you are so inclined! | 2/17/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitThe Skeptic Wire Episode 044 | This Week: 00:02:10 Skeptical Birthdays 00:04:57 9th Cicuit Court of Appeals Upholds proposition 8 dismissal 00:09:35 Nick Lee from Atheist Alliance of America and other stuff 00:16:24 Compass ZYTO technology http://www.naturesessentialoilsonline.com/The-Zyto-Compass.html 00:37:30 Creepy Visitation online - see the blog for the text. 00:50:38 Spanking doesn't work http://healthland.time.com/2012/02/06/why-spanking-doesnt-work/?iid=biz-main-mostpop2 01:11:48 Lightning Round http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=russian-scientists-poised http://www.livescience.com/18308-google-earth-update-erases-atlantis.html http://www.myfoxdc.com/dpps/news/florida/florida-teenager-calls-cops-after-hearing-her-mom-have-sex-012612_17407791?obref=obinsite#ixzz1lMqp1gCi http://sabbsa.org/ http://articles.nydailynews.com/2012-02-03/news/31022991_1_glacier-ice-patagonia-region-authorities http://openchannel.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/02/03/10312840-internet-piracy-suit-asks-can-you-even-copyright-porn royzimmerman.com And the dogs drink and growl and play "revolving door" with the dog flap. But for whatever reason avoided the humans while they laughed uncontrollably for 10 minutes. Follow the blog at: http://skepticwire.blogspot.com Follow on twitter: @theskepticwire Write us at: skepticwire@gmail.com Leave us a voice message through the iPhone PodPoster app Friend us on Facebook Subscribe on iTunes http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-skeptic-wire/id434251897 ...leave a review, if you are so inclined! | 2/9/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitThe Skeptic Wire Episode 043 | This Week: 00:01:38 Skeptical Birthdays 00:08:30 Locks of Love kerfuffle in Michigan http://abcnews.go.com/US/cancer-survivor-teen-suspended-michigan-school-locks-love/story?id=15472285#.TygHu8VSTLw 00:16:05 Komen Foundation pulls money from Planned Parenthood http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/post/why-komen-defunded-planned-parenthood/2012/01/31/gIQAACW0fQ_blog.html 00:22:43 Exams for men to get erection pills http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/30/mandatory-ultrasound-bill-virginia-anti-abortion_n_1242627.html 00:28:53 High heels are not good for you http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/25/scientists-look-at-the-dangers-of-high-heels/ 00:36:53 Atheist Temple in Britain? http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2092593/Battle-atheists-Alain-Botton-plans-temple-non-believers-heart-London-antidote-Richard-Dawkins-destructive-approach-atheism.html 00:54:24 Lightning Round http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2012/01/everything-about-learning/?intcid=postnav http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2017329706_alaska26.html http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-16756381 http://www.break.com/index/worlds-worst-church-singer-2292275 http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/01/27/10253843-teens-send-toy-above-the-clouds 01:15:48 Google Ads http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/blogpost/post/google-thinks-i-am-find-out-who-google-guesses-you-are/2012/01/26/gIQALirnSQ_blog.html And the dogs get upset because as goes Planned Parenthood, so goes Planned Puppyhood. Follow the blog at: http://skepticwire.blogspot.com Follow on twitter: @theskepticwire Write us at: skepticwire@gmail.com Leave us a voice message through the iPhone PodPoster app (coming to Android soon?) Friend us on Facebook Subscribe on iTunes http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-skeptic-wire/id434251897 ...leave a review, if you are so inclined! | 2/2/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitThe Skeptic Wire Episode 042 | This Week: 00:01:38 Skeptical Birthdays 00:06:35 TFC DVDs are IN! www.atheistallianceamerica.org 00:08:47 San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro supports sam sex marriage pledge 00:09:49 Jessica Ahlquist evillittleshirts.com 00:14:05 Supreme Court rulings...or not 00:25:06 Obama and contraception 00:35:40 Teens thought they couldn't get pregnant 00:49:20 Interview with Fred Edwords from the United Coalition of Reason info@unitedcor.org 01:01:50 Lightning Round with an extra bonus ending! 01:15:48 Shout outs and stuff And the dogs go in and out and in and out and finally stay in until they decide to go out again. Follow the blog at: http://skepticwire.blogspot.com Follow on twitter: @theskepticwire Write us at: skepticwire@gmail.com Leave us a voice message through the iPhone PodPoster app (coming to Android soon?) Friend us on Facebook Subscribe on iTunes http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-skeptic-wire/id434251897 ...leave a review, if you are so inclined! | 1/26/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitThe Skeptic Wire Episode 041 | This Week: We skyped it in this week, so there are some audio issues: we're fixing them if we ever happen to do this again. 00:02:30 Skeptical Birthdays 00:07:00 Jennifer Ahlquist update http://jesusfetusfajitafishsticks.blogspot.com/ 00:12:00 SOPA, PIPA, ACTA 00:21:50 Darel Ray INterview for his new book "Sex and God: How Religion Distorts Sexuality" available here: http://ipcpress.com/ or get it at Amazon.com 01:18:17 Lightning Round And the dogs wonder where all the voices are coming from even though nobody else is in the house. "Hmmmm," they ponder, "this is odd." http://www.reasonrally.org http://recoveringfromreligion.org/ Follow the blog at: http://skepticwire.blogspot.com Follow on twitter: @theskepticwire Write us at: skepticwire@gmail.com Leave us a voice message through the iPhone PodPoster app (coming to Android soon?) Friend us on Facebook Subscribe on iTunes http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-skeptic-wire/id434251897 ...leave a review, if you are so inclined! | 1/19/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitThe Skeptic Wire Episode 040 | This Week: 00:01:25 Intro stuff Skeptical Birthdays: Rasputin, Stephen Hawking, Robert Stack, Andy Rooney, and newcomer Greg Perrine Jessica Ahlquist Wins Lawsuit http://www.jessicaahlquist.com Reason Rally Http://www.reasonrally.org The Response is still around?! http://www.theresponseusa.com Some shoutouts! St. Baldricks http://www.stbaldricks.org/ Song competition between Gary and Greg and Donna's going to do VOSOT vids Name Donna's video bits! 00:25:50 British Columbia and HIV and HepC 00:32:30 Is science failing us, as a Wired article says? 00:50:00 Yoga Bad, according to the New York Times 00:57:00 Lightning Round 01:07:00 Holistic Chamber of Commerce http://www.globalorgasm.org And no: Steve Schweitzer is NOT part of the Global Consciousness Project. My bad. And the dogs shut down the power coupling to the tractor beam but don't care much about anything else happening. Follow the blog at: http://skepticwire.blogspot.com Follow on twitter: @theskepticwire Write us at: skepticwire@gmail.com Leave us a voice message through the iPhone PodPoster app (coming to Android soon?) Friend us on Facebook Subscribe on iTunes http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-skeptic-wire/id434251897 ...leave a review, if you are so inclined! | 1/12/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitThe Skeptic Wire Episode 039 | This Week: 00:01:45 Birthdays 00:04:30 Saint Baldrick's Foundation http://www.stbaldricks.org/ 00:08:15 Pink vs. Blue kerfuffle http://weareskeptixx.wordpress.com/2011/12/31/whats-small-and-cute-and-pink-all-over/ http://skepchick.org/2012/01/intellectual-cage-match-ben-radford-vs-a-4-year-old/ http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2012/01/03/we-still-havent-explained-pink/ 00:37:25 Cee Lo Green changes some lyrics http://www.skeptoid.com/blog/2012/01/02/atheism-imagine-and-cee-lo-green/ http://freethoughtblogs.com/greta/2012/01/02/is-all-religion-true-the-cee-lo-green-thing/ 00:45:50 Psychic predictions for 2012 http://www.contracostatimes.com/california/ci_19647649 http://paranormal.about.com/od/othermystics/tp/Psychic-Predictions-For-2011.htm 00:54:45 Psychic Prediction Bingo 01:02:50 Lightning Round 01:15:00 Resolutions and a bunch of other stuff Lightning Round Links http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/03/science/in-play-off-between-old-and-new-violins-stradivarius-lags.html http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-16264752 http://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/2012.html http://www.amnh.org/education/mat/ http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2011/dec/25/scour-moon-ancient-traces-aliens?newsfeed=true http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/12/111222-stonehenge-bluestones-wales-match-glacier-ixer-ancient-science/ And the dogs start to get into the spirit of things and begin voicing their own thoughts. Follow the blog at: http://skepticwire.blogspot.com Follow on twitter: @theskepticwire Write us at: skepticwire@gmail.com Leave us a voice message through the iPhone PodPoster app (coming to Android soon?) Friend us on Facebook Subscribe on iTunes http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-skeptic-wire/id434251897 ...leave a review, if you are so inclined! | 1/5/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitThe Skeptic Wire Episode 038 | This Week: 00:0030 Christmas Past 00:07:30 Skepchicks versus Anti-vaxers for New Years Eve http://skepchick.org/2011/12/times-squares-5000-sq-ft-anti-vaccine-party-extravaganza/ 00:14:35 Christopher Hitchens tribute http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/16/arts/christopher-hitchens-is-dead-at-62-obituary.html?pagewanted=all 00:27:50 All deaths come in threes 00:36:37 Chrisopther Hitchens quotes 00:42:50 Holiday myths debunked http://www.cnn.com/2011/12/22/health/holiday-health-myths/index.html?hpt=hp_t2 00:51:30 Lightning Round http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/12/21/9614175-perry-i-pray-a-lot-because-im-prone-to-make-a-lot-of-mistakes http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/12/20/9588670-boys-survival-from-flesh-eating-bacteria-deemed-a-miracle-by-his-family-and-the-pope http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2049948/Most-relaxing-song-UK-band-Boffins.html 01:07:45 Sense About Science http://www.senseaboutscience.org/pages/a4e_postcard.html (thank you, David Harcourt, for the link) And some advice about driving, because...y'know... And the dogs are far more glib than any of the hosts, but take their comments outside. ...in regards to the "African American Ice" comment, it's in reference to jokingly 'correcting' "racist language" by indiscriminantly replacing all uses of the word "black" with "African-American", "red" with "Native American", etc. :-) Follow the blog at: http://skepticwire.blogspot.com Follow on twitter: @theskepticwire Write us at: skepticwire@gmail.com Leave us a voice message through the iPhone PodPoster app (coming to Android soon?) Friend us on Facebook Subscribe on iTunes http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-skeptic-wire/id434251897 ...leave a review, if you are so inclined! | 12/30/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitThe Skeptic Wire Episode 037 | This Week: The War of Xmas 00:00:00 Disclaimer 1 Toast to Hitchens 00:00:47 Disclaimer 2 Where-in we plan to get coal in our stockings 00:03:45 Volley 1 American Family Association attacks the USPS 00:12:03 Volley 2 AFA's Naughty or Nice List 00:23:59 Volley 3 Taking the gay out of Xmas 00:25:30 Volley 4 Displays and tone 00:37:21 Volley 5 What do you do about a myth called Santa? 00:55:47 Greg explains his song "Thank You, Santa" 00:58:54 "Thank You Santa" by Greg Perrine and Gary Laun 01:02:20 Gary explains "Seasonal Party" 01:05:08 "Seasonal Party" by Balsa Racers And the dogs have a grand time trying to convince each other about Schroedinger's Santa: that at any one time there either is or isn't a Santa. This podcast is not sponsored by any websites mentioned during the duration of this podcast. "Seasonal Party" and the CD it is on, "Entangle Mental" can be purchased on iTunes http://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/balsa-racers/id399194438?ign-mpt=uo%3D4or or CD Baby http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/balsaracers Follow the blog at: http://skepticwire.blogspot.com Follow on twitter: @theskepticwire Write us at: skepticwire@gmail.com Leave us a voice message through the iPhone PodPoster app (coming to Android soon?) Friend us on Facebook Subscribe on iTunes http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-skeptic-wire/id434251897 ...leave a review, if you are so inclined! | 12/22/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitThe Skeptic Wire Episode 036 | This Week: 00:00:30 Intro: David breaks, birthdays 00:05:30 Richard Dawkins Foundation hosting a contest 00:08:00 Texas DMV approves religious license plate 00:18:45 S.C. held a bible-style assembly and is now reaping the rewards 00:24:15 Rick Santorum and education 00:03:15 Kangan water again 00:57:45 Mercury and it's cloaked companion 01:10:50 Lightning Round http://richarddawkins.net/articles/644208-can-you-make-something-go-viral-social-media-contest-ten-point-vision-of-a-secular-america http://tfninsider.org/2011/12/08/board-oks-christian-themed-license-plate/ http://caucuses.desmoinesregister.com/2011/12/09/santorum-parents-not-obama-know-what-is-best-for-their-childs-education/ http://www.courthousenews.com/2011/12/08/42054.htm http://news.discovery.com/space/is-that-a-cloaked-alien-spaceship-orbiting-mercury-111208.html Lightning Round http://www.wired.com/underwire/2011/12/mythbusters-cannonball-map/ http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21228423.600-otzi-the-icemans-stomach-throws-up-a-surprise.html http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/religion/article/Firing-of-Macy-s-worker-pits-freedom-of-religion-2377472.php http://www.rimmell.com/bbc/news.htm http://www.scientificamerican/article.cfm?id=haarp-russian-phobosprobe http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/08/rick-perry-rebecca-black-youtube-dislikes_n_1138000.html And the dogs make up this week for the last few weekses anti-tantrums. Follow the blog at: http://skepticwire.blogspot.com Follow on twitter: @theskepticwire Write us at: skepticwire@gmail.com Leave us a voice message through the iPhone PodPoster app (coming to Android soon?) Friend us on Facebook Subscribe on iTunes http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-skeptic-wire/id434251897 ...leave a review, if you are so inclined! | 12/15/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitThe Skeptic Wire Episode 035 | This Week: 00:00:30 INtro 00:02:25 Nick Lee Interview (from Atheist Alliance of America) get the full interview at http://skepticwire.blogspot.com in the Episode 034 notes 00:12:00 Donna and Gary talk about the San Antonio 48 Hour Film Experience (not particularly skeptical, but it was fun!) 00:16:00 Another flu jumps pig to human http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=new-h3n2-flu-strain-from-swine 00:24:15 NJ nurses sue about helping with abortions http://www.newsmax.com/US/Jersey-nurses-abortion-lawsuit/2011/11/28/id/419245 00:35:30 Holistic Chamber of Commerce http://www.alternativetherapysa.com/ 00:44:50 Toxic Colon Bingo (get some cards at skepticwire.blogspot.com ! Or ake your own using the supplied words (which means we're too lazy to make more than three cards) 01:02:00 Lightning Round 01:15:00 Politics and stuff (oh dear: sorry) Lightning Round Links: http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/nstv/2011/12/smart-image-editor-adds-fake-objects-to-photos.html http://www.burntimpressions.com http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/12/02/prophet-god-claims-solved-mystery-voynich-manuscript/ http://www.cnn.com/2011/12/01/tech/mobile/abortion-clinic-siri-iphone/index.html?eref=mrss_igoogle_cnn http://entertainment.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/11/30/9117310-nic-cage-on-cover-of-serbian-biology-book http://youtu.be/c6tmsxdSUkY http://freethoughtblogs.com/cuttlefish And...the dogs decide to avoid the recording due to the talk of colonic irrigation and a vet visit coming up (you know: because of temperature taking and gland expression and stuff...) Follow the blog at: http://skepticwire.blogspot.com Follow on twitter: @theskepticwire Write us at: skepticwire@gmail.com Leave us a voice message through the iPhone PodPoster app (coming to Android soon?) Friend us on Facebook Subscribe on iTunes http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-skeptic-wire/id434251897 ...leave a review, if you are so inclined! | 12/8/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitThe Skeptic Wire Episode 034 | This Week: 00:00:30 James Arther Ray sweatlodge update 00:07:00 Mark Twain quotes 00:10:00 Obama's Thanksgiving address 00:16:30 Burzynski and friends make a name for themselves (with guests Leick and Allison) 00:51:08 Emma Sullivan versus Sam Brownback and Freedom of Speech 01:02:00 Holistic Chamber of Commerce SITAreadings 01:11:00 Lightning Round And the dogs get another night off, not knowing that there were cats at which they could bark and worry.But hey: check out that natural reverb on our voices! Follow the blog at: http://skepticwire.blogspot.com Follow on twitter: @theskepticwire Write us at: skepticwire@gmail.com Leave us a voice message through the iPhone PodPoster app (coming to Android soon?) Friend us on Facebook Subscribe on iTunes http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-skeptic-wire/id434251897 ...leave a review, if you are so inclined! | 12/1/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitThe Skeptic Wire Episode 033 | This Week: hh:mm:ss 00:02:22 Utah Highway Patrol cross update 00:08:50 Atheist chaplains in the military 00:21:45 Skepticon IV and the gelato shop fiasco 00:35:22 IQ and drugs 00:59:04 Thanksgiving quiz (it's actually not pseudoSCIENCE..it's pseusoHISTORY) 01:19:24 Things to be thankful for And the dogs, confused by this week's odd schedule take it easy, unsure of what their response should be. And we at Skeptic Wire- you know David, Greg, Donna, and Gary- are all very thankful that you listen! Thank YOU! LIVE SHOW Wednesday 30Nov2011 in San Antonio contact us via FB or meetup.com for details. Follow the blog at: http://skepticwire.blogspot.com Follow on twitter: @theskepticwire Write us at: skepticwire@gmail.com Leave us a voice message through the iPhone PodPoster app (coming to Android soon?) Friend us on Facebook Subscribe on iTunes http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-skeptic-wire/id434251897 ...leave a review, if you are so inclined! | 11/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitThe Skeptic Wire Episode 032 | Special Guest Jordan Clipston sitting in for Donna this week! This Week: hh:mm:ss 00:00:30 Intro: Reason Rally and AA Convention in Washington D.C. March 16-18, 2012, Texas Freethought Convention wants to get a Texas charter bus going up. 00:04:10 Evolution of Flight 00:18:00 Why religious services are good for us 00:34:56 e-cigarettes and the FDA (despite none of us are smokers) 00:52:30 Holistic Chamber of Commerce 01:06:15 Lightning Round Jordan's youtube channel http://www.youtube.com/user/GreenyAndBluey And the dogs gradually calm down after they realize they won't soon be evolving wings. Because they can't climb cave walls or hang from cave ceilings. Plus a special, kindly shout-out to anyone who posts on our facebook page or blog who gets Gary's crappy joke at 00:17:30 (guess who does the show notes, eh?). Also, friend Texas Freethought Convention on Facebook See the blog for these links and more Follow the blog at: http://skepticwire.blogspot.com Follow on twitter: @theskepticwire Write us at: skepticwire@gmail.com Leave us a voice message through the iPhone PodPoster app (coming to Android soon?) Friend us on Facebook Subscribe on iTunes http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-skeptic-wire/id434251897 ...leave a review, if you are so inclined! | 11/17/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitThe Skeptic Wire Episode 031 | This Week: hh:mm:ss Please ignore the sniffling Gary who had a cold 00:01:00 Intro: Antivax Delta, Hitchens tribute vid, Alt Med Center update, Donna gets ordained, RIP Andy Rooney, Pete Stark birthday 00:13:50 Carl Sagan and skepticism discussion 00:42:00 Anatomy of arguing on the internet WOAI "In God We Trust" Edition 01:03:00 Lightning Round 01:24:30 A couple more White House petition things And the dogs wrestle and growl and carry on in a vain attempt to draw attention to their new ideas on the intelligent falling food scraps, but it turns out to be merely a warmed-over distance-squared proof, only with doggy treats. See the blog for these links and more Follow the blog at: http://skepticwire.blogspot.com Follow on twitter: @theskepticwire Write us at: skepticwire@gmail.com Leave us a voice message through the iPhone PodPoster app (coming to Android soon?) Friend us on Facebook Subscribe on iTunes http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-skeptic-wire/id434251897 ...leave a review, if you are so inclined! | 11/10/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitThe Skeptic Wire Episode 030 | This Week: hh:mm:ss 00:01:00 Halloween 00:03:55 Updates on James Webb Space Telescope, Matt Dillahunty and Beth Presswood's wedding, Fracking in England, Homosexuals still can not donate blood in US, more on the FLDS, Interview with Mason Crumpacker, Australian Dateline segment, 00:14:45 Supreme Court Rejects Hearing Utah Public Cross Case 00:23:41 White House Petition Responses 00:34:28 Legalize Marijuana? No. 00:54:30 Lightning Round 01:07:50 A bad Mozart Effect study for endoscopy And the dogs join in on Wolfgang Amadeeus Mozart's "Eine Kleine Nacht Music" as performed by die Wiener Philharmoniker. Interview with Mason Crumpacker http://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2011/10/30/interview-with-a-9-year-old-skeptic/ White House Petitions http://www.whitehouse.gov/petitions NORML's response http://blog.norml.org/2011/10/29/white-house-response-to-normls-we-the-people-marijuana-legalization-petition/ Cycloptic Fish http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/10/pictures/111013-shark-albino-one-eyed-fetus/# See the blog for these links and more Follow the blog at: http://skepticwire.blogspot.com Follow on twitter: @theskepticwire Write us at: skepticwire@gmail.com Leave us a voice message through the iPhone PodPoster app (coming to Android soon?) Friend us on Facebook Subscribe on iTunes http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-skeptic-wire/id434251897 ...leave a review, if you are so inclined! | 11/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitThe Skeptic Wire Episode 029 | This Week: hh:mm:ss 00:01:57 Lawsuit vs San Antonio mayor 00:03:30 FLDS update 00:05:19 Texas license plate offering not legal? 00:10:15 "Natural" medicine drug interactions 00:16:00 Fracking and earthquakes 00:26:13 Poe's Corner 00:36:02 Yoga versus stretching 00:45:00 Global warming study again shows it's real 00:59:45 Lightning Round 01:13:32 A scaaaaaary Halloween story! And the dogs search for ghosts using high tech equipment like an ammeters and a MiniDisc recorder. And a hot dog. Did you know ghosts are attracted to hot dogs? Go figure. Brian Dunning's on fracking: http://skeptoid.com/episodes/4275 Global warming speech referred to in the 'cast: http://thinkprogress.org/green/2011/10/18/347070/video-senator-whitehouses-must-watch-speech-on-climate-change-and-the-senates-failure-of-duty/ Follow the blog at: http://skepticwire.blogspot.com Follow on twitter: @theskepticwire Write us at: skepticwire@gmail.com Leave us a voice message through the iPhone PodPoster app (coming to Android soon?) Friend us on Facebook Subscribe on iTunes http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-skeptic-wire/id434251897 ...leave a review, if you are so inclined! | 10/20/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitThe Skeptic Wire Episode 028 | This Week: hh:mm:ss 01:15 Texas Freethought Convention sum-up 13:25 Occupy San Antonio (and thus Wall Street) 18:35 The importance of breathing 44:55 Anthropology news: skull found 01:04:19 Lightning Round 01:22:10 Thailand using slapping to increase breast size And Maese lets something outside know what's what and Who's who and whatever they are, they darn well better stay away. Oh and apparently is well bored with the procedings at some point. Gary's other podcast: Injudicious Ramblings on iTunes or injudiciousramblings.blogspot.com Follow the blog at: http://skepticwire.blogspot.com Follow on twitter: @theskepticwire Write us at: skepticwire@gmail.com Leave us a voice message through the iPhone PodPoster app (coming to Android soon?) Friend us on Facebook Subscribe on iTunes http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-skeptic-wire/id434251897 ...leave a review, if you are so inclined! | 10/20/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitThe Skeptic Wire Episode 027 | This Week: hh:mm:ss 04:24 Gary and Greg perform "Mr. Reverend John Martin" 09:30 Holistic Chamber of Commerce Houston-style "Body Talk" 20:20 Value Voter Summit and "Family" discussion 34:20 Talks at the conference 45:00-ish morph into a discussion of debating religion 54:00 Atheist and music: Tim Minchin and Susan Werner 56:00 Hitchens' talk 60:14 Mr. Reverend John Martin pre-release demo Very special thanks to Jason Huey, Gary Clemons-Gibbon, John Clark, Kenneth Bower, John Griffin, Jeff Nichanen for joining the discussion and everyone else who joined us: and I apologize for mis-spelling your name (which I didn't do, because you all agreed to change your name to whatever spelling/ prnounciation I chose)! Freethought Forum Knoxville youtube channel: finitist Checkout the new podcast out of Austin "godless bitches" And the dogs enjoy themselves elsewhere, having no input to or at, the procedings. Follow the blog at: http://skepticwire.blogspot.com Follow on twitter: @theskepticwire Write us at: skepticwire@gmail.com Leave us a voice message through the iPhone PodPoster app (coming to Android soon?) Friend us on Facebook Subscribe on iTunes http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-skeptic-wire/id434251897 ...leave a review, if you are so inclined! | 10/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitThe Skeptic Wire Episode 026 | This Week: (hh:mm:ss) 2:15 Update on Atheist billboard on Church Property 06:39 Women given right to vote in Saudi Arabia 16:36 Poe's Corner: Cheese! 22:39 Online petition system in place at whitehouse.gov 38:00 Alt-Med in the military 54:41 Lightning Round And the dogs discuss if something walks like a duck, talks like a duck, and floats in water could it possibly be a shape-shifting alien replicator like the Thing. Follow the blog at: http://skepticwire.blogspot.com Follow on twitter: @theskepticwire Write us at: skepticwire@gmail.com Leave us a voice message through the iPhone PodPoster app (coming to Android soon?) Friend us on Facebook Subscribe on iTunes http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-skeptic-wire/id434251897 ...leave a review, if you are so inclined! | 10/4/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitThe Skeptic Wire Episode 025 | This Week: (hh:mm:ss) 01:30 Texas Freethought Convention Oct 7-9n 2011, Live recording at TFC, whitehouse.gov petition, shoutout to Donna's sister-in-law (ish), UARS update 7:58 Speedy neutrinos 23:33 Schroedinger's Cat redux 36:12 55%, 33%, 7% and Left and Right Brain training myths 46:38 Aborigine Genome Sequenced 91:05 Holistic Chamber of Commerce 96:18 Lightning Round EXTRA: Go to the blog (http://skepticwire.blogspot.com) for Poe's Corner, which was cut for time. It's worth your time. ...and Gary spends most of the podcast keeping/stopping Calliope from needfully greeting the Skepticwirians, pawing the mic stands, or licking...everything. For a very difficult drinking game: drink everytime you hear Gary snap, clap, or stage whisper "tshh!". [And Gary's long topic is what happens when he doesn't stinkin' prepare!] Follow the blog at: http://skepticwire.blogspot.com Follow on twitter: @theskepticwire Write us at: skepticwire@gmail.com Leave us a voice message through the iPhone PodPoster app (coming to Android soon?) Friend us on Facebook Subscribe on iTunes http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-skeptic-wire/id434251897 ...leave a review, if you are so inclined! | 9/29/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitThe Skeptic Wire Episode 024 | This Week: (mm:ss) 00:42 Stuff that has happened and shoutouts to listeners! 07:04 Domestic PArtner Benefits for San Antonio City Employees 16:05 US Military releases Religious Neutrality Memorandum 27:50 Poe's Corner 32:27 Pseudoscience Versus Science 46:30 Global Warming question 49:40 Crowd Sourcing Gamers solve AIDS enzyme 54:00 Scientists disarm AIDS virus 59:14 Lightning Round And the dogs agree with many things that are said (finally!) Follow the blog at: http://skepticwire.blogspot.com Follow on twitter: @theskepticwire Write us at: skepticwire@gmail.com Leave us a voice message through the iPhone PodPoster app (coming to Android soon?) Friend us on Facebook Subscribe on iTunes http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-skeptic-wire/id434251897 ...leave a review, if you are so inclined! | 9/22/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitThe Skeptic Wire Episode 023 | This week: 00:01 Intro: - Update on Soyuz - NASA gets a new rocket plan - FFRF and Lindale, TX algebra teacher - Bachmann vs. Perry and the HPV vaccine 14:25 iPhone acne apps 21:10 Spongebob and brain function 31:30 Poe's Corner 39:30 Near Death Experiences 49:35 Contagion is pro-science 59:20 Lightning Round Go to the blog for this week's "Holistic Chamber of Commerce" newest member! Yeah: it got cut from this week's episode. I blame the dogs. Follow the blog at: http://skepticwire.blogspot.com Follow on twitter: @theskepticwire Write us at: skepticwire@gmail.com Leave us a voice message through the iPhone PodPoster app (coming to Android soon?) Friend us on Facebook Subscribe on iTunes http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-skeptic-wire/id434251897 ...leave a review, if you are so inclined! | 9/15/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitThe Skeptic Wire Episode 022 | This week: 01:00 Intro: - TX burns - Shoutout to Eric for his review, - Emily Davis- freethinking musician, - Updates TX Sonogram, Warren Jeffs 09:05 9-11 Remembered a wandering discussion 10:24 Truthers in the Pub 14:00 The buildings 18:21 Why the conspiracy? 24:40 WC 7 (building 7) 27:49 Pentagon 31:10 Who are the truthers 35:35 Religious effects 47:00 Memorial Service 53:49 Where were you? 60:29 Lightning Round for a good resource on 9-11 Myths, read Popular Mechanics' "Debunking 9-11 Myths" And the dogs feel inclined to chime in at least once, though they had yet to have been concieved in 2001. Follow the blog at: http://skepticwire.blogspot.com Follow on twitter: @theskepticwire Write us at: skepticwire@gmail.com Leave us a voice message through the iPhone PodPoster app (coming to Android soon?) Friend us on Facebook Subscribe on iTunes http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-skeptic-wire/id434251897 ...leave a review, if you are so inclined! | 9/8/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitThe Skeptic Wire Episode 021 LIVE | This week: Live recording in front a group of skeptics! Our first live recording, as our podcast hits #21 and has a beers [sic]. Oh, lawzzy it's a long'un! Intro: 1:36 - Homeopathy in the HEB (grocery store to you non-Southerners) plus a personal anecdote 00:06:12 - Greg's brother gets a PhD 00:07:23 - Hurricane Irene and a Bachmann self Poe 00:09:38 - Update on Warren Jeffs 00:12:55 - Update on Doctor James Corbett Long Topics: 00:18:40 - Indiana students, racy photos, and the right to have a life outside of school 00:25:46 - Vaccines and autism: no link. Again. 00:41:01 - Right to Die case 00:53:35 - Soyuz and ISS and NASA 01:00:20 SA Holistic Chamber of Commerce - Kagan Water 01:11:35 Lightning Round (ends with a rant by Greg on the new placenta-as-food fad from 1:27:00) 1:33:20 Q and A: Is bisexualilty the only sex, with other sexual identities being merely social constructs 1:47:35 Outtakes And because we were away from the studio: no dog inturruptions, but we did have a fallen cup incident. Bad cup! Follow the blog at: http://skepticwire.blogspot.com Follow on twitter: @theskepticwire Write us at: skepticwire@gmail.com Leave us a voice message through the iPhone PodPoster app (coming to Android soon?) Friend us on Facebook Subscribe on iTunes http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-skeptic-wire/id434251897 ...leave a review, if you are so inclined! | 9/1/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitThe Skeptic Wire Episode 020 | This Week: Quickies: - Earthquake in Virginia - Texas Freethought Convention (www.texasfreethoughtconvention.com) - We're doing a lkive show in San Antonio next week - David Mabus Bill Clinton goes Vegan West Memphis Three released Teacher acquitted of anti-creationism INteresting parasychology guy Helmut Schmidt dies Lightning Round And special silent treatment by the dogs (though they make a show of eatng at us at some point) Follow the blog at: http://skepticwire.blogspot.com Follow on twitter: @theskepticwire Write us at: skepticwire@gmail.com Leave us a voice message through the iPhone PodPoster app (coming to Android soon?) Friend us on Facebook Subscribe on iTunes http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-skeptic-wire/id434251897 ...leave a review, if you are so inclined! | 8/25/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitThe Skeptic Wire Episode 019 | This week: Arkansas Coalition of Reason bus campaign update Health stories: - Perry OKs vaccination for universities - Breakthrough leukemia drug trial - DRACO kills all viruses? - first Vampire bat bite death in US - Ultra thin electronic medical device Poe's Corner Conservative versus liberal thinking study DNA material found in a meteorite Lightning Round Everybody go to the Texas Freethought Convention Aug 7-9, 2011 in Houston, TX! www.texasfreethoughconvention.com With a special interjection or two by Dog the Younger. Follow the blog at: http://skepticwire.blogspot.com Follow on twitter: @theskepticwire Write us at: skepticwire@gmail.com Leave us a voice message through the iPhone PodPoster app (coming to Android soon?) Friend us on Facebook Subscribe on iTunes http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-skeptic-wire/id434251897 ...leave a review, if you are so inclined! | 8/18/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitThe Skeptic Wire Episode 018 | This Week: Quickies: - Live from Rick Perry's "The Response" protest - School supplies rally (thank you Carol Chesser) - Kurt Vonnegut book ban update - Perseid Meteor Shower this coming 12-13Aug2011 - Shout out to Phil Ferguson at Skepticmoney.com "The Response" Warren Jeffs' trial and conviction Holistic Chamber og Commerce Poe's Corner Lightning Round And the dogs, quietly play "Godzilla" in the background. Follow the blog at: http://skepticwire.blogspot.com Follow on twitter: @theskepticwire Write us at: skepticwire@gmail.com Leave us a voice message through the iPhone PodPoster app (coming to Android soon?) Friend us on Facebook Subscribe on iTunes http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-skeptic-wire/id434251897 ...leave a review, if you are so inclined! | 8/11/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitThe Skeptic Wire Episode 017 | This Week: Juston Griffith's "Rock Beyond Belief" is on (31Mar2012), JUNO Probe to launch this week, The Response (grrrr) - Just a discussion and a brief go-over of some of the people involved, - such as: The American Family Association, John Hagee, David Barton, C. Peter Wagner, etc UFO's in the News: Ft. Worth and Europe - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Xv87pFTgmk - http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2021174/Have-scientists-crashed-flying-saucer-seabed.html David Servan-Schreiber cancer treatment opponent dies of cancer Poe's Corner: Real Presidential quote or Fake Presidential quote? Lightning Round And the dogs realize that staying out of the way is the best way to handle the recording process. Follow the blog at: http://skepticwire.blogspot.com Follow on twitter: @theskepticwire Write us at: skepticwire@gmail.com Leave us a voice message through the iPhone PodPoster app (coming to Android soon?) Friend us on Facebook Subscribe on iTunes http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-skeptic-wire/id434251897 ...leave a review, if you are so inclined! | 8/4/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitThe Skeptic Wire Episode 016 | This Week: Texas' SBOE passes a good curriculum and supplements Thoughts go out to Norway Alaska's Cryptozoological Cadborosaurus Chupacabra killed in Texas? Poe's Corner: Church Sign or Simpsign? Study: 10% Tipping for ideas to become accepted in the mainstream Holistic Chamber of Commerce Lightning Round Brought to you by Awkward, Elongated Seques and Dogs Who Don't Like Them Follow the blog at: http://skepticwire.blogspot.com Follow on twitter: @theskepticwire Write us at: skepticwire@gmail.com Leave us a voice message through the iPhone PodPoster app (coming to Android soon?) Friend us on Facebook Subscribe on iTunes http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-skeptic-wire/id434251897 ...leave a review, if you are so inclined! | 7/28/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitThe Skeptic Wire Episode 015_XTRA TAM Special | Special Episode for those who really really really really really want to know about TAM 9. If you're wondering why David sounds weird, it's because he was wandering around the studio. TAM videos can be found at vimeo.com The TAM 9 Program can be found at: http://www.amazingmeeting.com/program We started the podcast as a regular recording, but then it got..a little...sidetracked INTRO: 1:20 Mormons on the Doorstep 5:07 TAM INtro 7:40 How to find and meet skeptics at TAM 9:00 Setting the scene Wednesday: 12:15 Penn and Teller's Show Thursday: 14:30 Workshop: Medical Myths 19:01 Workshop: Grassroots Campaign, 23:00 Advancing Skepticism online 27:58 Rebecca Watson's Comedy Hour Friday: 30:50 Quick List: Michael Shermer, Skeptical TV, Eugenie Scott, Lawrence Krauss, Jamy Ian Swiss and the Project Alpha, 34:15 Jennifer Michael Hecht, 35:58 PZ Myers 36:10 Pamela Gay, Neil de Grasse Tyson, Bill Nye, Lawrence Krauss panel (moderated by Phil Plait) 38:50 Neil de Grass Tyson 39:48 Paul Provenza's Comedy show and Penn Jillette's Rock'N'Roll Donut and Bacon Party Saturday: 42:00 Women Thinking Free Foundation vaccine clinic 43:20 Panel Ethics of Paranormal Investigation...with nearly everybody. 44:30 Sadie Crabtree 45:00 Getting Things Done 46:15 Placebo Panel 48:47 Elizabeth Loftis Manufacturing Memories 51:13 Richard Wiseman Magic and Psychology 56:42 An elevator aside by Greg and friends 1:02:40 SGU Live 1 Carol Tavris Dissent and Dissonance 1:04:29 Bill Nye 1:06:18 Richard Dawkins new book preview, brief aside on the size of TAM 1:13:48 Dinner with friends 1:14:20 Max Maven's "Thinking in Person" 1:15:30 Late night bar, Norway! Sunday: 1:17:55 TAM paper presentations 1:20:42 Suzanna Martinez Conde and Stephan Macknik Sleights of Mind 1:22:24 Sara Mayhew Secular Storytelling 1:24:00 Panel on Communicating skepticism 1:28:19 Desiree Shell Learning from other social movements 1:28:45 Steven Novella on Mental Illness Denial 1:31:30 Diversity Panel 1:36:18 Jennifer Ouelette How Views on Space and Science have changed and Sean Faircloth and The Attack of the Theocrats and Randi's Closing Follow the blog at: http://skepticwire.blogspot.com Follow on twitter: @theskepticwire Write us at: skepticwire@gmail.com Leave us a voice message through the iPhone PodPoster app (coming to Android soon?) Friend us on Facebook Subscribe on iTunes http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-skeptic-wire/id434251897 ...leave a review, if you are so inclined! | 7/27/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitThe Skeptic Wire Episode 015 | This Week: Donna is elsewhere so it's just David, Greg, and Gary Quick topic: Greg at TAM 9 to be uploaded in the very near future Placebo Study More TAM Poe's Corner (at the end of which Gary and Greg miss a high five despite sitting fairly close to each other) Ionic Power Bands at the Big Box Store RNA and life's origins Lightning Round And we learn Calli does not like Scooby Doo, nor ethernet cables. Follow the blog at: http://skepticwire.blogspot.com Follow on twitter: @theskepticwire Write us at: skepticwire@gmail.com Leave us a voice message through the iPhone PodPoster app (coming to Android soon?) Friend us on Facebook Subscribe on iTunes http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-skeptic-wire/id434251897 ...leave a review, if you are so inclined! | 7/21/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitThe Skeptic Wire Episode 014 | This Week: Intro - Greg at TAM9 - Texas teen Shree Bose wins Google's Science competition - Kate Hudson's baby prediction failed - Texas Marine Sgt Scott Moore gets a date with Milka Kuniz - James Webb Space Telescope may be defunded - New member of SA Holiste4ic Chamber of Commerce: Subtle Energy Scientologist Squirrel Hunters(tm) come to small Texas retirement community Graphoanalysis story in local paper The FAMiLY Leader's Marriage Vow pledge Question Evolution Campaign comes to Texas Federal Government says marijuana has no medicinal value Psychic Fair And the dogs stay relatively quiet, preparing their plans to wreak havoc upon unsuspecting greenery. Follow the blog at: http://skepticwire.blogspot.com Follow on twitter: @theskepticwire Write us at: skepticwire@gmail.com Leave us a voice message through the iPhone PodPoster app (coming to Android soon?) Friend us on Facebook Subscribe on iTunes http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-skeptic-wire/id434251897 ...leave a review, if you are so inclined! | 7/14/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitThe Skeptic Wire Episode 013 | This Week: Intro - A few of us discuss church this weekend passed - We saw Tim Minchin in concert - Richard Wiseman releases "Paranormality" on Amazon Elevatorgate US Military promotes accupuncture Heartmath Poe's Corner Holistic Chamber of Commerce Lightning Round And the dogs dine like Kings...well: Queens. And attend to their human by presenting dead critters mid 'cast. (Check out the very end of the podcast) Follow the blog at: http://skepticwire.blogspot.com Follow on twitter: @theskepticwire Write us at: skepticwire@gmail.com Leave us a voice message through the iPhone PodPoster app (coming to Android soon?) Friend us on Facebook Subscribe on iTunes http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-skeptic-wire/id434251897 ...leave a review, if you are so inclined! | 7/7/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitThe Skeptic Wire Episode 012 | This Week: - Kudos to Granite State Skeptics http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/news/923692-196/skeptics-psychics-show-no-salve-for-grief.html - Alt-Med debate on The Atlantic http://www.theatlantic.com/debates/alternative-medicine/ - Zombie Bugs http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-06-real-life-zombie-story-life-bugs.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1386717/Why-zombie-ants-infected-mind-controlling-fungus-kill-high-noon.html - Poe's Corner: Magnetic Therapy by Donna (see blog for the text) - Gay Marriage passed in New York - Brief digression to furries/ plushies - New members of San Antonio Holistic Chamber of Commerce http://www.spa2ucafe.organogold.com/ http://www.ogmedia.com - Lightning Round - A challenge to the Atheist Experience http://www.timminchin.com/ http://www.atheist-experience.com And the dogs do a moving re-enactment of "Let me in! I won't spill any more beverages: honest!" Follow the blog at: http://skepticwire.blogspot.com Follow on twitter: @theskepticwire Write us at: skepticwire@gmail.com Leave us a voice message through the iPhone podcaster app (coming to Android soon?) Friend us on Facebook Subscribe on iTunes http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-skeptic-wire/id434251897 ...leave a review, if you are so inclined! | 6/30/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitThe Skeptic Wire Episode 011 | This week: Intro things - Greg's return rant - Happy post Summer Solstice - Lightning Round - Netherland Study shows IT employees have more children with autism - Inattentional Blindness - Poe's Corner - James Arthur Ray Trial - NBC Removes key words from it's Pledge of Allegience television spot And the dogs are fairly well behaved. Follow the blog at: http://skepticwire.blogspot.com Follow on twitter: @theskepticwire Write us at: skepticwire@gmail.com Leave us a voice message through the iPhone podcaster app (coming to Android soon?) Friend us on Facebook Subscribe on iTunes http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-skeptic-wire/id434251897 ...leave a review, if you are so inclined! | 6/23/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitThe Skeptic Wire Episode 010 | This week: Intro things - Mass grave psychic isn't even apsychic - Wayne Christian nearly halts passing of legislation Lightning Round Terry Pratchett and Alzheimer's Atheist Bus Ads cause consternation Poe's Corner - This week: energy and healing items And the dogs make splashy drinky noises because that's the way they roll...drink. Follow the blog at: http://skepticwire.blogspot.com Follow on twitter: @theskepticwire Write us at: skepticwire@gmail.com Leave us a voice message through the iPhone podcaster app (coming to Android soon?) Friend us on Facebook Subscribe on iTunes http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-skeptic-wire/id434251897 ...leave a review, if you are so inclined! | 6/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitThe Skeptic Wire Episode 009 | This week: Intro things - Dan Savage vs. Jen McCreight - R.I.P. Jack Kevorkian Lightning Round - KKK vs Westboro Baptist - Autism App - Mike Adams - Dr. Sears' anti-vax removed - Catholic church and homopathy - Dolphins kill porpoises - Photons created from nothing Greg's surprise segment: Poe's Corner Texas things: - Medina Prayer - Perry exhorts other Governors to pray - "Psychic" gets it wrong - No low pants on Ft Worth Buses And the dogs execute a well-orchestrated performance art where-in they eat food at us and bark. Follow the blog at: http://skepticwire.blogspot.com Follow on twitter: @theskepticwire Write us at: skepticwire@gmail.com Leave us a voice message through the iPhone podcaster app (coming to Android soon?) Friend us on Facebook Subscribe on iTunes http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-skeptic-wire/id434251897 ...leave a review, if you are so inclined! | 6/9/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitThe Skeptic Wire Episode 008 | This week: - Briefly: Update on Wayne Christian, Castroville TX Graduation Prayer kerfuffle, update on WOAI ghostses, Gail Lowe unconfirmed on the TX SBoE -Lightning round (please go to the blog [below] for links to discussed articles) - Cell phones cause cancer? - Autism One Conference and The Woo of "The Work"...you decide - Junk DNA and the new Intelligent Design book offering - And the dogs do their favorite "I'm outside barking at something I'm inside with no clue why I'm barking" and "please let me in why would you lock me out?!" routines Follow the blog at: http://skepticwire.blogspot.com Follow on twitter: @theskepticwire Write us at: skepticwire@gmail.com Leave us a voice message through the iPhone podcaster app (coming to Android soon?) Friend us on Facebook Subscribe on iTunes http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-skeptic-wire/id434251897 ...leave a review, if you are so inclined! | 6/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitThe Skeptic Wire Episode 007 | This week: - Everyone seems to have allergies - Rover Spirit shuts down - Corrections - New Regular Feature: Lightning Round of Topics - UPdate to Young Conservatives of Texas and LGBT - Oregon Passes a "No Faith Healing" Law - Cognitive Dissonance and the Rapture - Oprah's 25 years is over - A discussion of the Conservative Right's anti-woman actions and sexism in general - The dogs try their hand at building a dark energy intensifier to vreate better dog treats. Follow the blog at: http://skepticwire.blogspot.com Follow on twitter: @theskepticwire Write us at: skepticwire@gmail.com Leave us a voice message through the iPhone podcaster app (coming to Android soon?) Friend us on Facebook Subscribe on iTunes...leave a review, if you are so inclined! | 5/26/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitThe Skeptic Wire Episode 006 | This week: - Theta Healing - John Hagee's church inundated with protesters - San Antonio playhouse has a gay Jesus play - Florida bans sex with all animals - More creationists considering science on the Texas State Board of Education - Coffee is good for you! - Morgellens Disease isn't one - Sirhan Sirhan, Dr. Daniel Brown, and repressed memory therapy - Tim Minchin is coming to Austin And: the dogs warm up for an unrecorded aria. Follow the blog at: http://skepticwire.blogspot.com Follow on twitter: @theskepticwire Write us at: skepticwire@gmail.com Leave us a voice message through the iPhone podcaster app (coming to Android soon?) Friend us on Facebook Subscribe on iTunes...leave a review, if you are so inclined! | 5/19/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitThe Skeptic Wire Episode 005 | This Week: - National Day of Prayer - San Antonio has ghosts and ghost hunters! - The coming apocalypse(s)/ Rapture(s) - Mike Adams' The Gullible Mind Explained - The unpronouncable Koch brothers hire some faculty in Florida - Unskeptical local paper pushes ghost kids, bigfoot, nostril breathing And a lesser- but not unentertaining- shadow show by The resident canines. Follow the blog at: http://skepticwire.blogspot.com Follow on twitter: @theskepticwire Write us at: skepticwire@gmail.com Friend us on Facebook Subscribe on iTunes...leave a review, if you are so inclined! | 5/12/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitThe Skeptic Wire Episode 004 | This Week: - New member of the Holistic Chamber of Commerce - Update on the Young Conservatives and Wayne Christian - Texas Political Redistricting - Ear Candle lawsuit - Power Bands changes it's tune - Osama Bin Laden is killed or not, says Alex Jones - Interview with Berry Lynn from the 1st Amendment Rally in San Antonio And a regular vaudeville act by dogs in the background. Follow the blog at: http://skepticwire.blogspot.com Follow on twitter: @theskepticwire Write us at: skepticwire@gmail.com Friend us on Facebook Subscribe on iTunes | 5/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitThe Skeptic Wire Episode 003 | This week: Skeptic Wire Theater in Rep. Christian vs. Western Civilization Real Water Vaccinations Pray for Rain Dodgers and Healers More on Birthers Dr. Novella versus the Wizzard of Oz and the continuation of the Dogs Barking in the Background Concerto Leave comments at: http://skepticwire.blogspot.com or contact at us at: skepticwire@gmail.com | 4/27/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitThe Skeptic Wire Episode 002 | This week: Charles Manson on Global Warming Kate Hudson is a WITCH! Non-Fiction books lie Psychic gets a hit Technology hurts our BRAAAINNSSS! Sex phone lines get 800 numbers Exorcism gone bad Atheists die first? Birthers Anti-religion (Sharia) Law in Texas Holistic Chamber of Commerce and, of course, dogs barking in the background | 4/21/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitThe Skeptic Wire Episode 001 | This week: - the FBI putting up a searchable database at http://vault.fbi.gov/ where they have a section labelled "Unexplained Phenomenon" for UFO things - a UFO-caused Crop circle in Texas...and other UFO-y quickies - the Templeton Prize being given to Martin J. Rees - JREF Pigasus Awards - Texas Legislature bills | 4/14/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Customer Reviews
FINALLY LISTENED TO ALL 21 EPISODES
I have finally listened to all 21 episodes....and I am addicted. I am really a fan of the fast moving, humor infused banter shared by everyone on the podcast. I find the mixture of science, religion, and logis refreshing and a bit liberating. I must admit that I live vicariously through the cast (since I am a science teacher in the bible belt that has to watch what I say and surpress many of my true feelings for fear of losing my job - although I always make sure to teach EVOLUTION and never mention creation theory). Keep up the great work.
eric
I love hearing Skeptical Texans.
I no longer live in TX, but when I did I was a dyed-in-the-wool bible thumper. It's a great resource to hear about skeptical activism in the heart of TX. However, I have 2 complaints: 1) They could use better mics & post-production, but I don't mind too much given that they're still new to the game. 2) THEY NEED TO QUIT TALKING OVER EACH OTHER. All the people on the show are smart & relatively funny, but you can't understand them because they never learned how to take turns talking. Keep up the quality discussions, just quit talking all at once.
Great to finally hear some skeptcism out of Texas!
These guys mix humor with some healthy critical thinking & are fun to listen to ...
I'm glad to finally hear some skepticism out of Texas, this state is such a red state with religion so very ingrained.
I am glad to know I am not alone as a critical thinker in the South.
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