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  • The Skeptic Wire Episode 085
    00:04:40 Birthdays
    00:16:05 MS treatment uses nanoparticles and other medical news
    http://phys.org/news/2012-11-nanoparticle-halts-multiple-sclerosis-diabetes.html
    00:26:00 Anti-science thinking
    http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2012/11/did-jesus-die-klingons-too-and-other-pentagon-projects
    http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2012/11/19/florida_senator_marco_rubio_the_age_of_the_earth_is_a_great_mystery.html
    00:59:34 Correctional letter
    And Harpo wants the toy...gotta get the toy...gimme the toy..TOY
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    1 hr 7 min
  • The Skeptic Wire Episode 084b Gerg Interviews Zachary Moore at Skepticon 2012
    Zachary Moore INterview at Skepticon
    And Gary apologises for missing the file on the original upload.
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    9 min
  • The Skeptic Wire Episode 084a Gerg Interviews People at Skepticon 2012
    00:01:07 Micah Weiss Skepticon Program Director
    00:05:07 Ken and Maria Myrbach Skeptical Entrepeneurs
    http://foliumoils.com/
    and
    http://www.apopheniacandies.com/
    00:11:20 Phil Ferguson Skepticmoney.com
    00:17:08 Teresa McBain American Atheists PR Director
    00:21:08 Darrel Ray Author Sex and God and The God Virus
    00:21:39 Lauren Lane MC and Founder of Skepticon
    00:27:49 Jeffrey Markus Executive Director of Skepticon
    00:33:55 Keith Lowell Jensen Comedian
    httP://rockass.net
    00:44:10 George Hrab Musician and Podcaster
    http://about.me/georgehrab
    And noises in the background make for an interesting listening experience. Bonus points for identifying people and inanimate objects.
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    1 hr 1 min
  • The Skeptic Wire Episode 084 Donnaless
    00:03:45 Greg on Skepticon briefly
    including a story about Springfield, MO telecomm,
    celebrity within the Skeptic and Atheist community,
    list of interviews available on a soon to be released bonus Skeptic Wire
    00:25:30 What to do if you lose your expensive phone
    00:29:10 Birthday
    00:40:00 Unintended consequences 1: Savita Halappanavar
    00:47:45 2: General David Patraeus
    00:57:40 3: Global warming and satellites
    And the dogs reamin complacent in their snoring, happy dog way.
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    1 hr 12 min
  • The Skeptic Wire Episode 083 Gergless
    00:00:00 unimportant blather over intro music
    00:01:00 What are we talking about
    00:06:30 Birthdays: Jack Kilby and Bram Stoker
    00:11:30 Vampires rant
    00:15:00 Dikikas Baby Salaam and some anatomy lessons
    00:31:00 Action comics and Neil de Grasse Tyson
    00:32:50 Another Bigfoot search this one trying to get a dirigible
    00:42:45 Vigilantes in Cairo protect women
    00:50:55 Former NASA employee loses religious discrimination lawsuit
    Greg is at Skepticon follow him on twitter at mandogerg
    And Calli and Maese enjoy having someone over after weeks of wondering what they did to chase everyone away....so they chase each other.
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    1 hr 3 min
  • The Skeptic Wire Episode 082 Song Challenge
    00:01:00 Coffee Chat
    00:06:45 Birthdays Jenny McCarthy, Larry Flyntt
    00:18:00 Ballot issues and referendum
    00:23:40 California and the Death Penalty
    00:37:35 Physician Assisted Suicide in Massachussettes
    00:47:45 Gay Marriage Initiatives
    01:10:40 Song Challenge
    Use the words: splanchnocranium, United Nations Day, Alfred Hitchcock
    1:13:15 Gregs Song: Holding On
    1:22:07 Garys Song: Donnaween
    Both songs and Gregs extra song Happy Sloth can be found at
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    And Harpo is upset that we cannot remember her name plus tries to explain her stance on gay marriage.
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    1 hr 34 min
  • The Skeptic Wire Episode 081 TFC Interviews
    00:01:31 Kathleen Johnson, Vice President, American Atheists
    http://www.atheists.org/
    00:05:25 Steven Joseph Arauza, Founder "Godless Patriots"
    http://godlesspatriots.com/
    http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/godlesspatriots/godless-patriots-american-atheist-shirts
    00:14:00 Kevin Butler, Regional Campus Organizer For Texas, Secular Student Alliance
    https://www.secularstudents.org/
    00:20:15 Emily Davis - freethinking musician
    http://emilydavis.bandcamp.com/
    http://www.youtube.com/2hamsters1couple
    00:28:00 Darrel Ray
    http://ipcpress.com/index.php?id=1
    http://thegodvirus.net/
    00:34:45 Weekend Recap
    Special thanks to State Legislators who supported us being on the Capitol steps
    00:39:10 Magic Sandwich Show
    00:41:10 The big Debate
    First version of abortion debate with Matt Dillahunty and Kristine Kruszelnicki (give it a few days and a better version with clean audio and video will be available):
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCg8Kb2qpg0
    00:50:10 Atheism+
    And no dogs at the convention, on the Capitol grounds, or in the car so who the hell knows what they were doing. Probably barking at something.
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    1 hr 9 min
  • The Skeptic Wire Episode 080
    00:02:00 Birthday
    00:12:00 WOT infowars.com
    00:16:15 Court rulings
    DOMA unconstitutional
    Kountz TX cheer leaders allowed to have Bible versus on their football sign things
    00:28:00 Free Speech
    00:33:00 Help Greta Christina
    http://freethoughtblogs.com/greta/2012/10/18/bad-news-good-news-and-asking-for-help/
    00:34:20 A leap from the edge of space and binders full of women
    00:38:00 Child Abuse and perpetuation of behavior
    01:05:30 Donna's Dinesh D'Souza Divorce Discussion snark
    http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/big-love-king-s-college-dsouzas-mistress-was-also-married
    01:11:45 Lightning Round
    And Harpo barks at the pizza guy, ignoring the pizza placed on an easily accessible table: good girl!
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    1 hr 27 min
  • The Skeptic Wire Episode 079
    00:04:45 Corrections updates
    Vitamin D, Sputnik
    00:05:45 Listener Mail exclamation mark
    But very rambling replies
    Daniel: Liberals and anti-science
    and
    Jack:
    1: veganism,
    2: trying to convince others their woo is bad
    3: feminism
    00:53:00 Birthday
    01:01:13 Lightning Round
    And Harpo dictates a sternly growled letter to the editor about...something.
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    1 hr 21 min
  • The Skeptic Wire Episode 078
    00:04:30 Birthday Christian Sorensen Longomontanus
    and Geo Helio Centricism yes I know that is spelled wrong
    00:15:30 How do politicians avoid the question
    http://www.npr.org/2012/10/03/162103368/how-politicians-get-away-with-dodging-the-question
    00:37:10 New York Times on Retracted papers and fraud
    http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/02/science/study-finds-fraud-is-widespread-in-retracted-scientific-papers.html
    00:57:00 Lightning Round
    And Harpo gets her digs in on Greg for ignoring her for a couple of hours.
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    1 hr 10 min

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