The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

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[clapping] [cheering] Today is Saturday, September 5th, 2026, and this is your host, Steven Novella.

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Thank you, Christian.

Thanks you all for joining us.

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Skeptics Guide to the Universe is produced by SGU Productions, dedicated to promoting science and critical thinking.

She is a science communicator.

She is the host of the podcast Talk Nerdy and co-host The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe, and we were talking about America's culture of science and anti-science.

Why is science so freaking political? I, I, I just don't get it.

If something, a piece of science, a piece of data comes forward that says, "This will help make us safer," it seems like the United States immediately makes it a referendum on freedom.

Welcome once again into the Radiopedia Reading Room, a podcast that is unconcerned with books or poetry, tea leaves or palmistry.

This is a radiology podcast.

My name is Andrew Dixon and joining me, some call it Primavist, others call it Eovist, but no one calls him Francovist.

It's my co-host Frank Cahillard.

I'd still give it like, I don't know, two, two and a half, maybe even three stars.

I

don't think anyone is listening to our podcast for movie scores and

recommendations.

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Hello, and welcome to The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe.

Today is Thursday, August 27th, 2026, and this is your host, Steven Novella.

Joining me this week are Bob Novella.

I don't know if what, if we're gonna use one of the episodes from Dragon Con or not.

Uh, we'll see, but we w- we'll be back with a regular show in two weeks probably.

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Is a bit more... like history, like, uh, and a bit less of, like, the movies and games and TV and books and other such things, because, uh, yeah, so a bunch, yeah, a bunch of the, the podcasts that I listen to, they have the, the stop-releasing episodes, or they, um, have taken a break or have done other stuff that's like yeah like it was like okay so there's a bit of a last reason for me to uh they keep listening or interacting or having that kind of thing with those.

And also, I'm not fully sure if I did mention that, but I also listened to this podcast called The Skeptic's Guide to the Universe, in which every week they talk about science and skeptics and skepticism and the news around that stuff and then also the stuff that they cover sometimes is the stuff that is covered by the biblical podcast I listen to in the sense that they are mentioning how this one person in the government has his views and he's using his views to make a policy, which is doing this thing, which results in that thing happening, which is having that kind of effect.

And when they are talking about it, or mentioning it, or whatnot, and one or... one or more of the political ones that I do watch, that I listen to, would mention it, like on or between Monday to Friday.

They would be like, hey, this person is doing this thing, and this is what it kind of means.

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Today is Thursday, August 20th, 2026, and this is your host, Steven Novella.

Joining me this week are Bob Novella-

Sure thing, Steve.

Thank you.

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