Thursday, November 24, 2011

Episode 033 is very very very thankful


This Week: hh:mm:ss
00:02:22 Utah Highway Patrol cross update
00:08:50 Atheist chaplains in the military
00:21:45 Skepticon IV and the gelato shop fiasco
00:35:22 IQ and drugs
00:59:04 Thanksgiving quiz (it's actually not pseudoSCIENCE..it's pseusoHISTORY)
01:19:24 Things to be thankful for

And the dogs, confused by this week's odd schedule take it easy, unsure of what their response should be.
And we at Skeptic Wire- you know David, Greg, Donna, and Gary- are all very thankful that you listen! Thank YOU!

LIVE SHOW Wednesday 30Nov2011 in San Antonio contact us via FB or meetup.com for details.

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Monday, November 21, 2011

LIVE Wire!!! November 30th, 2011

That's right, the Skeptic Wire team will be doing another "live" show in San Antonio next week.

Join Donna, David, Gary, & Greg for a behind the scenes look at the fun and madness that is a Skeptic Wire recording session.  We encourage our listeners to join in on the show!

Feel free to bring snacks, drinks, and any turkey-day leftovers.

Wednesday, November 30th, 2011.  7PM


RSVP & address details at the San Antonio Skeptics Meetup.com page:
http://www.meetup.com/San-Antonio-Skeptics/events/41594372/


 

Thursday, November 17, 2011

Episode 032 tries to fly but plummets and has an e-cigarette after despite not being a smoker


Special Guest Jordan Clipston sitting in for Donna this week!
This Week: hh:mm:ss
00:00:30 Intro: Reason Rally and AA Convention in Washington D.C.
March 16-18, 2012, Texas Freethought Convention wants to
get a Texas charter bus going up.
00:04:10 Evolution of Flight
00:18:00 Why religious services are good for us
00:34:56 e-cigarettes and the FDA (despite none of us are smokers)
00:52:30 Holistic Chamber of Commerce
01:06:15 Lightning Round

Jordan's youtube channel
And the dogs gradually calm down after they realize they won't soon be evolving wings. Because they can't climb cave walls or hang from cave

ceilings.
Plus a special, kindly shout-out to anyone who posts on our facebook page or blog who gets Gary's crappy joke at 00:17:30 (guess who does the show

notes, eh?).
Also, friend Texas Freethought Convention on Facebook

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Thursday, November 10, 2011

Episode 031 realizes someone is wrong on the internet (and it may be itself)!


This Week: hh:mm:ss
Please ignore the sniffling Gary who had a cold
00:01:00 Intro: Antivax Delta, Hitchens tribute vid, Alt Med Center update, Donna gets ordained, RIP Andy Rooney, Pete Stark birthday
00:13:50 Carl Sagan and skepticism discussion
00:42:00 Anatomy of arguing on the internet WOAI "In God We Trust" Edition
01:03:00 Lightning Round
01:24:30 A couple more White House petition things

And the dogs wrestle and growl and carry on in a vain attempt to draw attention to their new ideas on the intelligent falling food scraps, but it

turns out to be merely a warmed-over distance-squared proof, only with doggy treats.

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Thursday, November 3, 2011

Episode 30 petitions the king for a horse, but gets a mule instead


Episode 030 - 02Nov2011
This Week: hh:mm:ss
00:01:00 Halloween
00:03:55 Updates on James Webb Space Telescope, Matt Dillahunty and Beth Presswood's wedding, Fracking in England, Homosexuals still can not donate

blood in US, more on the FLDS, Interview with Mason Crumpacker, Australian Dateline segment,
00:14:45 Supreme Court Rejects Hearing Utah Public Cross Case
00:23:41 White House Petition Responses
00:34:28 Legalize Marijuana? No.
00:54:30 Lightning Round
01:07:50 A bad Mozart Effect study for endoscopy

And the dogs join in on Wolfgang Amadeeus Mozart's "Eine Kleine Nacht Music" as performed by die Wiener Philharmoniker.

Interview with Mason Crumpacker
http://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2011/10/30/interview-with-a-9-year-old-skeptic/

White House Petitions
http://www.whitehouse.gov/petitions
NORML's response
http://blog.norml.org/2011/10/29/white-house-response-to-normls-we-the-people-marijuana-legalization-petition/
Cycloptic Fish
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/10/pictures/111013-shark-albino-one-eyed-fetus/#

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