Rebecca chats with Maria D’Souza, Jamie Bernstein, and Mary Brock about whether Thanksgiving is Christian, why it’s great, why it sucks, and why we should obviously all stay home this year.

My Nemesis the Lithosphere (About That Jade Amulet COVID Study)

Nov 19th, 2020 43m 35s

This week on the Skepchick podcast, Rebecca chats with Maria D’Souza and Bjørnar Tuftin about the study that claimed jade amulets can protect you from COVID-19 (since retracted). Links! Bjørnar’s previous post on the topic Retraction Watch’s co

The Skepchick Election Special!

Nov 9th, 2020 53m 22s

Joe Biden is going to be president, but why did the projections say it was going to be a blow out? Rebecca chats with Skepchick’s resident stats nerd (and former Obama campaign staffer) Jamie Bernstein about polls, algorithms, voter suppression

Fighting For Space and Exploding Chickens with Amy Shira Teitel

Nov 6th, 2020 39m 46s

This week on the Skepchick podcast, Rebecca and Dr. Nicole Gugliucci sit down with Amy Shira Teitel to discuss her book Fighting for Space: Two Pilots and Their Historic Battle for Female Spaceflight!

Saying Goodbye to James “The Amazing” Randi

Oct 23rd, 2020 1h 1m

This week on the Skepchick podcast, Rebecca chats with A Sigler and Maria D’Souza about how James Randi brought them all together, and the complicated legacy he leaves behind.

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