Skeptics' Guide to the Universe #215 with guest Adam Savage

Interview with Adam Savage, co-host of the hit science television series, MythBusters. Along with co-special effects expert Jamie Hyneman, they tackle myths, movie scenes and rumors with science to test the validity of each claim. The show also features Tory Belleci, Kari Byron, and Grant Imahara, also known as the "Build Team".

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The Non-Prophets episode 8.13

An intense discussion about Francis Collins' nomination to NIH, misquoting the founders, Irish blasphemy laws, atheist organizations and sub-groups.

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The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe #210

Interview with Jennifer Ouellette, director of the Science and Entertainment Exchange. She is the author of two popular science books for the general public: The Physics of the Buffyverse (2007) and Black Bodies and Quantum Cats: Tales from the Annals of Physics (2006). Ouellette has also worked extensively in education and outreach efforts with nonprofit science organizations, including the American Physical Society and the American Institute of Physics. She holds a black belt in jujitsu, and has been known to draw upon that expertise from time to time to demonstrate the fundamentals of Newtonian mechanics to the general public.

News Items:

• Oldest Animal Fossils


• New State of Matter


• FDA Say Mercury Amalgam Safe


• Past Life Hypnotism


• Stressful Sweat

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