Skeptics' Guide - Episode #38
Recording Date: April 12th, 2006
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Panelists (in order of appearance)
- Steven Novella
- Bob Novella
- Rebecca Watson
- Perry DeAngelis
- Jay Novella
Interesting Facts
- theskepticsguide.org was announced on this episode
- Perry sounds like he's got some bad hardware or something on this episode. His voice is not on the same audio quality level as the others'
- First voice-recorded question for the podcast sent in by Rich Ludwig
- Steve honed his evolution debate skills by talking "for hours" with religious-types that would come knock at his door to peddle their religion.
- Steve challenged Rebecca to find a reference in the bible to a cheesy Japanese monster like Mothra.
- Rebecca finally answers which came first, the chicken or the egg. The egg did.
- Theme for Science or Fiction this week is Biology
- Jay is younger than Steve
Science or Fiction**
- Perry (8/26)
- Jay (2/7)
- Rebecca* (2/4)
- Bob (13/25)
Funny Quotes
1. Perry (about Tom Cruise and him saying that people should not take psychiatric drugs): "Let's lock Tom up in a room with a thousand people on these drugs, take their drugs away, and leave them there for a couple of months."
Jay: "Perry you're glib, you know that you're glib."
2. Jay (about Tom Cruise): "Steve, Bob and I were talking about this. Alright maybe I'll be more accurate, I was TRIPPING OUT about this, like you know everytime I hear anything about this guy I lose my mind." Download
3. Rebecca (about the Chiropractor that heals people by going back in time): "I think he has a DeLorean."
4. Rebecca: "And when are you eating all that bacon Jay?"
Jay: "I'll eat it, you find, if you can get your hands on that specific bacon if it doesn't taste like fish, I will eat it."
Rebecca: "I am going to track down the healthy bacon pig, and I am gonna kill it myself just so you can have your 10 pounds of bacon."
Jay: "Rebecca listen, what person in their right mind wouldn't eat 10 pounds of healthy bacon?"		 Download
5. Rebecca: "Well me cuz I'm a vegetarian"
Steve: "Ugh, don't get me started."
Perry: "You're a VEGETARIAN?!?! Wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait, you're a VEGETARIAN?!?!!"
Rebecca: "Oh I knew that would get one of you."
Perry: "You're a VEGETARIAN?!?!?!"
Rebecca: "I'm the worse kind."
Perry: "You're a VEGAN!?!?!"
Rebecca: "No no no, I'm the worse kind in that I could, you know see a piece of fish and say 'Oh that looks kinda good' that's basically a vegetable and I'll eat it."
Jay: "But Rebecca... Rebecca... STEAK!!! STEAK!!!"
Steve: "It's good."
Perry: "Wait a minute, wait a minute, wait a minute, wait a minute now. You're a VEGETARIAN?!?!!"		 Download
6. Rebecca (about face on Mars proponents): "Do we really NEED to make fun of them? Does NASA need to do that officially? Aren't they pretty much making fun of themselves at this point?"
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* - won this week's game