Episode 034 is LIVE and adds mellifluous natural reverb to all the voices

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And get an exclusive interview with Atheist Alliance of America President Nick Lee HERE

(Because we ran out of time in this week's podcast BUT part of it will be in next week's episode...but not all). Right click and Save As you will!

This Week: (hh:mm:ss)

00:00:30 James Arther Ray sweatlodge update

00:07:00 Mark Twain quotes

00:10:00 Obama's Thanksgiving address

00:16:30 Burzynski and friends make a name for themselves (with guests Leick and Allison)

00:51:08 Emma Sullivan versus Sam Brownback and Freedom of Speech

01:02:00 Holistic Chamber of Commerce SITAreadings

01:11:00 Lightning Round

And the dogs get another night off, not knowing that there were cats at which they could bark and worry.But hey: check out that natural reverb on our voices!

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Episode 033 is very very very thankful

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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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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/

 

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

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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

http://www.youtube.com/user/GreenyAndBluey

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

See the blog for these links and more

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

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

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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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Episode 029 is nearly dressed for Halloween but keeps changing its costume

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This Week: hh:mm:ss

00:01:57 Lawsuit vs San Antonio mayor

00:03:30 FLDS update

00:05

00:10:15 "Natural" medicine drug interactions:19 Texas license plate offering not legal?

00:16:00 Fracking and earthquakes

00:26:13 Poe's Corner

00:36:02 Yoga versus stretching

00:45:00 Global warming study again shows it's real

00:59:45 Lightning Round

01:13:32 A scaaaaaary Halloween story!

And the dogs search for ghosts using high tech equipment like an ammeters and a MiniDisc recorder. And a hot dog. Did you kn

ow ghosts are attracted

to hot dogs? Go figure.

Brian Dunning's on fracking:

http://skeptoid.com/episodes/4275

Global warming speech referred to in the 'cast:

http://thinkprogress.org/green/2011/10/18/347070/video-senator-whitehouses-must-watch-speech-on-climate-change-and-the-senates-failure-of-duty/

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Look at all the spirit orbs. OooOOOOooooh!