Skeptics' Guide - Episode #87
Recording Date: March 21st, 2007
Link to the Official Episode Notes
Official Episode #87 thread on the forums
Episode #87 Skeptical Puzzle thread on the forums
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Panelists (in order of appearance)
- Steven Novella
- Bob Novella
- Rebecca Watson
- Perry DeAngelis
- Jay Novella
- Evan Bernstein
Interesting Facts
- Steve gives his views on herbal remedies in this episode, very interesting listen
- The Skeptical Quote of the Week was taken directly from the forums this week, submitted by Dez
- Smuel L was announced as the winner of last episode's Skeptical Puzzle
- 15,000 listeners as of this episode
Science or Fiction**
- Perry (19/59)
- Rebecca* (30/47)
- Jay (13/42)
- Bob (35/65)
- Evan (22/56)
Funny Quotes
1. Jay (about agriculture day): "Rebecca you're the resident vegetable kook, what do you do? You must be all over this, what do you got the t-shirts and the mug, what do you got?"
2. Rebecca: "You can celebrate the first day of spring by staying inside and balancing an egg on its end."
Evan: "I balanced an egg on it's SIDE today. Oh yeah it was perfect."
Steve: "Did you? How long did that take you Evan?"
Evan: "An hour."
Jay: "I had chicken salad for lunch."
3. Jay (about the 'agriculture cause'): "Rebecca as a vegetarian do you have to donate like money to the cause? What do you gotta do?"
4. Evan: "I worshipped a cow once. Then I divorced her."
5. Rebecca: "Now when I see the word metanalysis, even if it supports something that I know is a fact, I vomit a little in my mouth."
6. Perry (about a polar bear cub): "Let's face it. I've always been kind of animal-neutral in my life. But even I can see obvious mega cuteness of this creature."
Rebecca: "Animal neutral? You gladly will eat any animal that has the misfortune of stumbling across your path. You LOVE animals, with a little sauce."
7. Perry: "If you want to protect animals, join the Humane Society. Stay away from these fringe insane groups."
Steve: "Who want to kill this CUTE little bear!"
8. Evan (about polar bears): "They need seal vending machines."
9. Steve (reading a listener email): "Gentle People. First let me say that I thoroughly enjoy your podcast and I have turned my wife onto it also."
Perry: "Did he just call us gentle?"
Evan: "Did he say turn my wife on to it?"
10. Perry: "Yeah I even had my St John's wort frozen off."
11. Perry (to Steve): "You are, after all, an accredited medical doctor. You are the poster child of the conspiracy. Why are they gonna believe you?"
Steve: "I go to all the meetings. I get my weekly cheque."
12. Perry (about medical doctors being in the pocket of big pharma): "Steve what do you say when they pull out the conspiracy?"
Jay: "The answer is Steve drives a shitty car."
13. Rebecca (about Sylvia Browne): "It's a big conference of pseudoscientific crap, I think she's gonna be there with a couple of others."
Steve: "That the Crap-Con 2007?"
Jay: "They don't have to send out emails cuz all the psychics know when it is."
14. Jay (about people at pseudoscientific conventions): "I can poop on myself!"
15. Steve: "I challenge my challenged panel of skeptics to tell me which one is the fake."
16. Jay: "I think I remember touching or reading the breast implant situation over here, I'm not sure which of the two."
Perry: "How are yours working out Jay?"
Jay: "Pretty good. I got bologna tits."
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17. Bob: "Where the hell do we even get our uranium?"
Evan: "Uranium R Us."
18. Steve: "Actually the study shows that women experience increased self-esteem and increased sexual pleasure and desire following breast augmentation surgery."
Perry: "Cuz there's more guys bangin' em."
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* - won this week's game