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Skeptical Inquirer Audio EditionAfter Decades of Skepticism, How Are We Doing? by Steven NovellaSteven Novella reflects on the evolution of the modern skeptical movement, particularly through the lens of his own decades-long involvement and the 20-year success of The Skeptics’ Guide to the Universe podcast, which recently celebrated its 1,000th episode. Read this article and find accompanying references at: https://skepticalinquirer.org/2025/06/after-decades-of-skepticism-how-are-we-doing/ About the Author: Steven Novella, MD, is an assistant professor of neurology at Yale University School of Medicine. He is the host of the Skeptics’ Guide to the Universe podcast, author of the NeuroLogica blog, executive editor of the Science-Based Medicine blog...2025-06-2505 min
The Proof with Simon HillDon’t Get Fooled: Thinking Clearly in the Wellness Era | Dr Steven Novella, PhDIn this episode of The Proof, I’m joined by Dr. Steven Novella, a clinical neurologist at Yale School of Medicine and host of The Skeptics’ Guide to the Universe. Steven has spent decades helping people think more clearly, spot misinformation, and navigate the increasingly noisy world of science, health, and media.
Together we explore what it really means to be a skeptic — not a cynic — and why scientific humility is more powerful than absolute certainty. We talk about how to have better conversations with people who believe in conspiracy theories, the psychology behind motivated reasoning, and why embrac...2025-05-121h 47The Proof with Simon HillDon’t Get Fooled: Thinking Clearly in the Wellness Era | Dr Steven Novella, PhDIn this episode of The Proof, I’m joined by Dr. Steven Novella, a clinical neurologist at Yale School of Medicine and host of The Skeptics’ Guide to the Universe. Steven has spent decades helping people think more clearly, spot misinformation, and navigate the increasingly noisy world of science, health, and media.
Together we explore what it really means to be a skeptic — not a cynic — and why scientific humility is more powerful than absolute certainty. We talk about how to have better conversations with people who believe in conspiracy theories, the psychology behind motivated reasoning, and why embrac...2025-05-121h 47
Isn't Life Curious?Steven Novella MD Provides a Skeptic’s Guide to the UniverseTo kick off the new show, I wanted to re-release my conversation with Dr. Steven Novella, most famously known as the producer and host of The Skeptic’s Guide to the Universe Podcast and author of The Skeptic’s Guide to the Universe book. Dr. Novella is a neurologist and professor at Yale School of Medicine and an advocate of the skepticism movement. In our conversation we talk about the concept of reality vs perception and how to evaluate whether we are in touch with reality or are lost in our own fictions and hallucinations that our brains produce for us...2024-08-301h 23Isn't Life Curious?Steven Novella MD Provides a Skeptic’s Guide to the Universe
To kick off the new show, I wanted to re-release my conversation with Dr. Steven Novella, most famously known as the producer and host of The Skeptic’s Guide to the Universe Podcast and author of The Skeptic’s Guide to the Universe book. Dr. Novella is a neurologist and professor at Yale School of Medicine and an advocate of the skepticism movement. In our conversation we talk about the concept of reality vs perception and how to evaluate whether we are in touch with reality or are lost in our own fictions and hallucinations that our brains produce for us...2024-08-301h 23
Murder SheetThe Skeptics' Guide to True Crime with Dr. Steven NovellaIn the true crime space, we have noticed the creep of misinformation and conspiratorial thinking. It's not always easy to spot, though. Critical thinking can help us all engage better with stories about law and crime. But how can we start engaging in critical thinking around our favorite genre? Today's guest, Dr. Steven Novella, can help. Dr. Novella is a clinical neurologist at Yale University School of Medicine. He's also one of the hosts of the podcast The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe. We'll talk to him about how to spot a con job, our adversarial criminal...2024-07-021h 04
Talks at GoogleEp300 - Steven Novella, Jay Novella & Bob Novella | The Skeptics' Guide to the Future From the bestselling authors and hosts of "The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe" podcast, Steven Novella, Jay Novella & Bob Novella visit Google to discuss their book "The Skeptics' Guide to the Future: What Yesterday's Science and Science Fiction Tell Us About the World of Tomorrow." The book is a high-tech roadmap of the future, cracking open the follies of futurists' past and how technology will profoundly change our world, redefining what it means to be human. Our predictions of the future are a wild fantasy, inextricably linked to our present hopes and fears, biases and ignorance. Whether...2022-12-061h 07Talks at GoogleSteven Novella, Jay Novella & Bob Novella | The Skeptics' Guide to the Future From the bestselling authors and hosts of "The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe" podcast, Steven Novella, Jay Novella & Bob Novella visit Google to discuss their book "The Skeptics' Guide to the Future: What Yesterday's Science and Science Fiction Tell Us About the World of Tomorrow." The book is a high-tech roadmap of the future, cracking open the follies of futurists' past and how technology will profoundly change our world, redefining what it means to be human. Our predictions of the future are a wild fantasy, inextricably linked to our present hopes and fears, biases and ignorance. Whether...2022-12-061h 07
Hodder BooksTHE SKEPTICS' GUIDE TO THE FUTURE by Steven Novella with Bob & Jay Novella, read by Steven NovellaFrom the bestselling authors and hosts of 'The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe' a high-tech roadmap of the future in their beloved voice, cracking open both the follies of futurists past and how technology will profoundly change our world moving forward.
Our predictions of the future are a wild fantasy, inextricably linked to our present hopes and fears, biases and ignorance. Whether they be the outlandish leaps predicted in the 1920s, like multi-purpose utility belts with climate control capabilities and planes the size of luxury cruise ships, or the forecasts of the '60s, which didn't anticipate the sexual revolution...2022-09-1606 min
The Department of Conversation with Pat Brittenden215 Neurologist Dr. Steven Novella on Joe Rogan and the Media AlgorithmDr Steven Novella is a neurologist, an author, part of the sceptic community, a podcast host and assistant professor at Yale University School of Medicine. Recently Dr Novella wrote on his Neurologica blog a post entitled "Joe Rogan and the Media Algorithm" talking about how algorithms are driving information with no "journalistic filter" and the dangers of that.2022-02-101h 17
Teaching Learning Leading K-12Luke Gherardi - Children of Violence: A Novella - 448
Luke Gherardi talks with me about his novella Children of Violence. This is episode 448 of Teaching Learning Leading K12.
Luke Gherardi is a writer of short stories. Children of Violence is his first novella. He writes what he knows, basing his fiction on real-life people and inspired by his observations or first-hand experience of actual events.
He is a fighter. And a survivor.
He overcame childhood cancer – lymphoma. That was the easy part. Being raised in dysfunction was not.
Growing up in a suburb of St. Louis, Luk...2022-01-1837 min
Isn't Life Curious?Steven Novella MD Provides a Skeptic’s Guide to the Universe | #01In our first episode to kick off the show, we are joined by Dr. Steven Novella, most famously known as the producer and host of The Skeptic’s Guide to the Universe Podcast and author of The Skeptic’s Guide to the Universe book. Dr. Novella is a neurologist and professor at Yale School of Medicine and an advocate of the skepticism movement. In our conversation we talk about the concept of reality vs perception and how to evaluate whether we are in touch with reality or are lost in our own fictions and hallucinations that our brains produce for...2021-07-011h 23
Sped up Rationally SpeakingRationally Speaking #22 - Steven Novella on Lies, Damned Lies, and Medical ScienceOur Guest, Dr. Steven Novella discusses a recent article in The Atlantic in which researcher John Ioannidis shows that 40% of papers published in top medical journals are either wrong or make exaggerated claims (and those are the top journals!). He also discusses the difference between Science and Evidence based medicine. Also, Zombies: are they epidemiologically possible? Steven Novella is an academic clinical neurologist at the Yale University School of Medicine. He is the host of the Skeptics Guide to the Universe podcast, author of the Neurologica blog, and co-editor of the Science Based Medicine blog.2020-10-2747 min
Dr. Matt and Dr. Mike's Medical PodcastMedical Conspiracies (feat. Dr Steven Novella)In this episode, Dr Matt and Dr Mike are joined by Clinical Neurologist and Fellow of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry, Dr Steven Novella. They discuss conspiracy thinking in medicine and explore what drives people away from science-based thinking. Dr Novella offers some insight from his clinical experience and explains how (or if) we can address people with incorrect views. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2020-07-101h 04
The Skeptics' Guide to the UniverseThe Skeptics Guide #781 - Jun 27 2020COVID-19 and Air Purifiers; News Items: Electrified Masks, Black Neutron Stars, Vaccine Nationalism, Tennis Star Gets COVID-19; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: Where Did the Towers Go; Science or Fiction2020-06-271h 38The Skeptics' Guide to the UniverseThe Skeptics Guide #780 - Jun 20 2020COVID-19 Update; News Items: Brain on a Chip, Twistronics, Drake Remix, Editing Human Embryos; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: Policing Use of Force; Science or Fiction2020-06-201h 42The Skeptics' Guide to the UniverseThe Skeptics Guide #779 - Jun 13 2020Interview with Angela Saini; COVID-19 Update; News Items: Seeing Color, fMRI Research, Fast Radio Burst Origin; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: ISS Update; Science or Fiction2020-06-131h 42
Banachek's BrainSteven Novella Part 2: Episode #96In this episode of Banachek's Brain we continue our discussion with Steven Novella. Steven is an American clinical neurologist and assistant professor at Yale University School of Medicine. Novella is best known for his involvement in the skeptical movement. He is also a Fellow of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry and GWUP. He hosts the podcast [...]2020-06-0738 minThe Skeptics' Guide to the UniverseThe Skeptics Guide #778 - Jun 6 2020Update on COVID-19; News Items: More Accurate Time of Death, SpaceX and ISS, Police Brutality Breeds Distrust, Journalists and UFOs, Will Your Dog Rescue You; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: Talking and Breathing; Science or Fiction2020-06-061h 58Banachek's BrainSteven Novella Part 1: Episode #95In this episode of Banachek's Brain we talk with Steven Novella. Steven is an American clinical neurologist and assistant professor at Yale University School of Medicine. Novella is best known for his involvement in the skeptical movement. He is also a Fellow of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry and GWUP. He hosts the podcast 'The Skeptics [...]2020-05-3128 minThe Skeptics' Guide to the UniverseThe Skeptics Guide #777 - May 30 2020COVID-19 Update; News Items: Loners and Swarms, Dinosaur Asteroid Impact, Backward Time Universe, Why Beards, Solving Space Junk; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: Electrical Stimulation Treatment; Science or Fiction2020-05-301h 53The Skeptics' Guide to the UniverseThe Skeptics Guide #776 - May 23 2020Guest Rogue David Cheeseman; COVID-19 Update; News Items: Online Symptom Checkers, Crewed Dragon Final Test, Robot Boots, Small Modular Nuclear Reactors; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: Inventor of E-mail; Science or Fiction2020-05-231h 49
Point of InquiryThe Skeptics’ Guide to the Universe and Science-Based Medicine's Steven NovellaIn this episode of Point of Inquiry, cohost Leighann Lord talks with famous skeptic and Assistant Professor of Neurology, Steven Novella, MD. Novella is also the founder and current Executive Editor of Science-Based Medicine which explores issues and controversies between science and medicine and works to expose dangerous medical scams and practices. He is also the host of the popular weekly podcast, The Skeptics’ Guide to the Universe. Novella also has a series of insightful courses on critical thinking that he has published through Great Courses. In this week's interview, Lord and Novella speak about th...2020-05-2140 minPoint of InquiryThe Skeptics’ Guide to the Universe and Science-Based Medicine's Steven NovellaIn this episode of Point of Inquiry, cohost Leighann Lord talks with famous skeptic and Assistant Professor of Neurology, Steven Novella, MD. Novella is also the founder and current Executive Editor of Science-Based Medicine which explores issues and controversies between science and medicine and works to expose dangerous medical scams and practices. He is also the host of the popular weekly podcast, The Skeptics’ Guide to the Universe. Novella also has a series of insightful courses on critical thinking that he has published through Great Courses. In this week's interview, Lord and Novella speak about th...2020-05-2140 minThe Skeptics' Guide to the UniverseThe Skeptics Guide #775 - May 16 2020Interview with Gerald Posner; COVID-19 Update; News Items: Do Facemasks Work, Carbon Dioxide and the Pandemic, Distrust of Expertise Online, Closest Black Hole; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: R-Naught; Science or Fiction2020-05-161h 46The Skeptics' Guide to the UniverseThe Skeptics Guide #774 - May 9 2020Special Guest: Richard Saunders; COVID-19 Update; News Items: Wandering Magnetic Poles, Air Plasma Jet Propulsion, Hydrogen Breathers, Murder Hornets, Prayer for COVID-19; Premium Wine Cards; Who's That Noisy; Science or Fiction2020-05-091h 48The Skeptics' Guide to the UniverseThe Skeptics Guide #773 - May 2 2020COVID-19 Update; News Items: New Row of Periodic Table, Safest Coffee, Pentagon UFO Videos, Malaria Vaccine; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: Informed Consent; Science or Fiction2020-05-021h 42The Skeptics' Guide to the UniverseThe Skeptics Guide #772 - Apr 25 2020Covid-19 Update; News Items: The Science Frontier, Bizarre Bacteria, UV Light and Covid-19, Diamond Energy Storage, Reproducing Cactus Coral; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: False Negatives; Science or Fiction2020-04-251h 37The Skeptics' Guide to the UniverseThe Skeptics Guide #771 - Apr 18 2020Covid-19 Update; News Items: Coronavirus Deaths in New York, Sterilizing Masks, Oldest String, Demand Characteristics, Lunar Radio Telescope; Who's That Noisy; Name That Logical Fallacy; Your Questions and E-mails: Potent Venom; Science or Fiction2020-04-181h 43The Skeptics' Guide to the UniverseThe Skeptics Guide #770 - Apr 11 2020Interview with Kevin Peter Hand; COVID-19 Update; What's The Word: Fomite; News Items: 5G and COVID-19, The TP Hubbub, Mining Space, Comet Atlas; Who's That Noisy; Science or Fiction2020-04-111h 47The Skeptics' Guide to the UniverseThe Skeptics Guide #769 - Apr 4 2020COVID-19 Update; News Items: Don't Drink Poison, Decoding Speech from Brainwaves, Using Urine to Build a Moon Base, Evolution of Land Plants; Who's That Noisy; Science or Fiction2020-04-041h 31The Skeptics' Guide to the UniverseThe Skeptics Guide #768 - Mar 28 2020COVID-19 Update; News Items: COV-2 Has Natural Origin, Snake Oil Kills, Fake Dead Sea Scrolls Revealed, Cannabinoids for Acute Pain, Why Do Females Live Longer; Who's That Noisy; Science or Fiction2020-03-281h 42The Skeptics' Guide to the UniverseThe Skeptics Guide #767 - Mar 21 20205-10 Years - Arsenic Based Life; News Items:Hoarders of the Pandemic, Evolution of Anxiety, Extreme Depth of Focus Lens, Predicting the Present; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: Neonatal Vitamin K; Science or Fiction2020-03-211h 37The Skeptics' Guide to the UniverseThe Skeptics Guide #766 - Mar 14 2020What's the Word: Moiety; News Items: Shorter Day in Past, Handwashing, CAM for Coronavirus, Lift Follow Up; Who's That Noisy; Science or Fiction2020-03-141h 37The Skeptics' Guide to the UniverseThe Skeptics Guide #765 - Mar 7 2020Interview with Ann Druyan; Swindler's List: Tax Scams; News Items: Dinosaur Proteins and DNA, Wetlands vs Levees, Largest Explosion; Who's That Noisy; Science or Fiction2020-03-071h 41The Skeptics' Guide to the UniverseThe Skeptics Guide #764 - Feb 29 2020Your Number's Up: The Speed of Light; News Items: How Planes Fly, Binaural Beats, Non-Breathing Animal, Rocketman Dies in Crash; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: Seahawks, SGU 2035; Science or Fiction2020-02-291h 32The Skeptics' Guide to the UniverseThe Skeptics Guide #763 - Feb 22 2020News Items: Oldest Crater and Snowball Earth, The Broomstick Challenge, Hypoallergenic Cats, Betelgeuse, Supernova, and Neutrinos, Genetics of Dating; Science or Fiction2020-02-221h 36The Skeptics' Guide to the UniverseThe Skeptics Guide #762 - Feb 15 2020Live from Melbourne; SGU 2035; Science or Fiction2020-02-101h 38The Skeptics' Guide to the UniverseThe Skeptics Guide #761 - Feb 8 2020News Items: Coronavirus Update, Proxima B Climate, Drug Development with AI, Frame Dragging System, Scream Therapy; George Hrab Asks the Rogues Questions; Science or Fiction2020-02-081h 52The Skeptics' Guide to the UniverseThe Skeptics Guide #760 - Feb 1 2020What's the Word: Ablation; News Items: Does Information have Mass, Fight Fat with Salt and Ice, Where Does Poop Go, Solar Scam; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: Kinesio Tape; Science or Fiction2020-01-301h 37The Skeptics' Guide to the UniverseThe Skeptics Guide #759 - Jan 25 2020News Items: New Coronavirus, Proxima C, Wulong bohaiensis, Cancer Discovery, Marshmallow test revisited, Stress and Gray Hair; Who's That Noisy; Science or Fiction2020-01-251h 39The Skeptics' Guide to the UniverseThe Skeptics Guide #758 - Jan 18 2020Interview with Joe Carvalko; News Items: Xenobots, Goop on Netflix, Oldest Material on Earth, UFOs and National Security, Goldilocks Stars; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: England and Wales; Science or Fiction2020-01-181h 34The Skeptics' Guide to the UniverseThe Skeptics Guide #757 - Jan 11 2020Psychic Predictions 2019 Review; News Items: Virtual Humans, GM Trees, Australian Fires, Engrams, Puffin Tool Use; Who's That Noisy; Science or Fiction2020-01-111h 42The Skeptics' Guide to the UniverseThe Skeptics Guide #756 - Jan 4 2020Live from LA with special guest, George Hrab; Talking to true believers; Science or Fiction2020-01-041h 43The Skeptics' Guide to the UniverseThe Skeptics Guide #755 - Dec 28 20192019 Year End Review; In Memoriam; Science or Fiction2019-12-281h 42The Skeptics' Guide to the UniverseThe Skeptics Guide #754 - Dec 21 2019Live from Melbourne Australia; Your Number's Up: Hubble's Constant; News Items: Does wearing a face mask prevent disease?, Perineum Sunbathing, Redacting Animal Sex, The SCAN Scam, Horizontal Gene Transfer and Plants, Measles Update, Tracking Meteors; Australian Pseudoscience: Chiropractors, Clean Coal, and Supplementation; Science or Fiction2019-12-211h 36The Skeptics' Guide to the UniverseThe Skeptics Guide #753 - Dec 14 2019Live from New Zealand Skeptics Conference; News Items: Place With No Life, Superhydrophobicity, Insect on Mars, Political Anti-science, Does Adversity Increase Resilience, Climate Tipping Points, Oldest Dog, Pathway to Conspiracy Theories; Science or Fiction2019-12-141h 30The Skeptics' Guide to the UniverseThe Skeptics Guide #750 - Nov 23 2019Special Guest - Fraser Cain of Universe Today; Open discussion with Fraser about all things astronomy; Science or Fiction2019-11-171h 43The Skeptics' Guide to the UniverseThe Skeptics Guide #751 - Nov 30 2019Special Guest - Richard Saunders; News Items: Sex Robots, Acupuncture Points Don't Exist, Nuclear Rockets, Fake News and False Memory; Psychic Detectives in Australia; Science or Fiction2019-11-171h 37The Skeptics' Guide to the UniverseThe Skeptics Guide #752 - Dec 7 2019Special Guests - Richard Wiseman and George Hrab; Wiseman Interviews the Rogues on Skepticism; Audience Q&A; Science or Fiction2019-11-171h 35The Skeptics' Guide to the UniverseThe Skeptics Guide #749 - Nov 16 2019What I Learned: Antimicrobial Copper; News Items: AI Will to Survive, First Cyborg, Confessions of an Astrologer, National Parks and Mental Health, Meat from Air; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: Craniometry Follow Up; Science or Fiction2019-11-161h 41The Skeptics' Guide to the UniverseThe Skeptics Guide #748 - Nov 9 20195-10 Years: Growing Livers; News Items: Bacterial Colonies, Does Music Make You Smarter, Measles and Immunity, Bill Maher Anti-Vaxxer; Who's That Noisy; Science or Fiction2019-11-091h 38The Skeptics' Guide to the UniverseThe Skeptics Guide #747 - Nov 2 2019News Items: Starship, New Kind of Black Hole, Organic Farming and Golden Rice, Craniometry; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: Hydrogen Scam, Solar Minimum; Science or Fiction2019-11-021h 25The Skeptics' Guide to the UniverseThe Skeptics Guide #746 - Oct 26 2019Special Segment: Are We All Hypocrites; News Items: Prime Editing, Aluminum Air Batteries, The Blob, Holotropic Breathwork; Who's That Noisy; Dumbest Thing of the Week; Science or Fiction2019-10-261h 27The Skeptics' Guide to the UniverseThe Skeptics Guide #745 - Oct 19 2019What's the Word: Leucism; News Item: New NASA Spacesuits, Recycling Nuclear Fuel, Galactic Eruption, Searching for Earhart's Plane; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: More on Meat; Science or Fiction2019-10-191h 44The Skeptics' Guide to the UniverseThe Skeptics Guide #744 - Oct 12 2019Interview with Bruce Hood; 5-10 Year Follow Up: Fairy Circles; News Items: Nobel Prizes in Chemistry, Physics, and Medicine; Electric Jet Engines; Who's That Noisy; Science or Fiction2019-10-121h 29The Skeptics' Guide to the UniverseThe Skeptics Guide #743 - Oct 5 2019Your Numbers Up: 666; News Items: Red Meat Controversy, Reusing Batteries, Bronze Age Baby Bottles, Planet Nine Black Hole; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: Flu Vaccine and Herd Immunity; Science or Fiction2019-10-051h 36The Skeptics' Guide to the UniverseThe Skeptics Guide #742 - Sep 28 20195-10 Year: Dinochicken; News Items: Fat Shaming, Warp Drive, TVs and Phones Communicating, Second Interstellar Object; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: Survivorship Bias; Science or Fiction2019-09-281h 36The Skeptics' Guide to the UniverseThe Skeptics Guide #741 - Sep 21 2019News Items: 42, Eradicating Polio, Reverse Aging, Red Mercury, Crystal Healing, Biggest Neutron Star; Who's That Noisy; Science or Fiction2019-09-211h 29The Skeptics' Guide to the UniverseThe Skeptics Guide #740 - Sep 14 2019News Items: Super Lightening, 20-Year Battery, NDE Study, CRISPR Trials, Holy Water Trial; Quickie: Loch Ness DNA; Who's That Noisy; Science or Fiction2019-09-141h 35The Skeptics' Guide to the UniverseThe Skeptics Guide #739 - Sep 7 2019News Items: Carrington Event 160 Year Anniversary, Storm Area 51, Hurricane Dorian, Australopithecus anamensis, Human Effects on Environment, Genome Wide Association Study of Same Sex Behavior, Pluto Is Still Not a Planet; Who's That Noisy; Science or Fiction2019-09-071h 21The Skeptics' Guide to the UniverseThe Skeptics Guide #738 - Aug 31 2019News Items: Extragalactic Exoplanets, Denisovan Teeth, Climate Change and Clouds, Planting Trees; What Do You Want For Your Funeral; Dumbest Thing of the Week; Science or Fiction2019-08-311h 35The Skeptics' Guide to the UniverseThe Skeptics Guide #737 - Aug 24 20195-10 Years: Solar Roads; News Items: Wind Turbines, Bleach for Autism, Grain-Free Dog Food, Terraforming Mars; Who's That Noisy; Name That Logical Fallacy; Science or Fiction2019-08-241h 41The Skeptics' Guide to the UniverseThe Skeptics Guide #736 - Aug 17 2019Your Numbers Up, News Items: Banana Fungus, Epstein Conspiracy, Weber's Law; Who's That Noisy; Changing the Calendar; Name That Logical Fallacy; Science or Fiction2019-08-171h 34The Skeptics' Guide to the UniverseThe Skeptics Guide #735 - Aug 10 2019News Items: Video Game Violence, Public Trusts in Scientists, Robot Workers, New Type of Star, Detecting Planet Cores; Who's That Noisy, Your Questions and E-mails: TMT Follow Up; Science or Fiction2019-08-101h 36The Skeptics' Guide to the UniverseThe Skeptics Guide #734 - Aug 3 2019What's the Word: Buffering; News Items: Signals from Earth, Acupuncture for Angina, Asteroid Near Miss, Rainmakers, Lyme Conspiracy; Who's That Noisy; Name That Logical Fallacy: Law of Truly Large Numbers; Science or Fiction2019-08-031h 35
The ORION Open Science PodcastA Skeptic's Guide to Open Science: Steven Novella on tackling biases, publication noise, and pseudoscienceEpisode Summary:
Our guest this week is the influential skeptic Professor Steven Novella who is the producer and co-host of the very successful podcast A Skeptic's Guide to the Universe and author of a book by the same name. Novella is also an American clinical neurologist and assistant professor at Yale University School of Medicine. In this episode he talks to us about his views on how best to promote Open Science in medicine, the challenges of creating a new publication method, and the importance of communicating science to the public.
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A Sk...2019-08-0150 minThe Skeptics' Guide to the UniverseThe Skeptics Guide #733 - Jul 27 2019Whaddya Know: Beryllium; News Items: Telescope Protests, LightSail 2, Free Speech vs Professional Licensing, Autism Genetic, Bird Conspiracy; Who's That Noisy; Science or Fiction2019-07-271h 43The Skeptics' Guide to the UniverseThe Skeptics Guide #732 - Jul 20 2019Live from NECSS; News Items: Apollo Video, Moon Strategy, Artificial Gravity, High Resolution MRI of the Brain, Gorilla Society; SGU Taste Test; Science or Fiction2019-07-201h 24The Skeptics' Guide to the UniverseThe Skeptics Guide #731 - Jul 13 20195-10 Years: Recorded Future; News Items: Eating Jellies, Rebutting Denialism, Cancer Quackery on YouTube, Detecting Earthquakes; Who's That Noisy; Science or Fiction2019-07-131h 24The Skeptics' Guide to the UniverseThe Skeptics Guide #730 - Jul 6 2019Forgotten Superheroes of Science; News Items: The Bystander Effect, Drones on Titan, Simulating the Universe; Your Questions and E-mails: Lactic Acid, Climate Change; Science or Fiction2019-07-061h 26
Cognitive DissonanceEpisode 473: Opioid Crisis Part 2 (with Dr. Steven Novella)Thank you to Dr. Steven Novella from The Skeptics’ Guide to the Universe for joining us. Check out their website, podcast, and book of the same name. If you want to hear the emails Cecil sent the SGU back in the day they are Episode 39, 40, and 45. Also Tom knows Dr. Novella is a neurologist, he was just joking saying neurosurgeon.... 👀 2019-06-101h 14Cognitive DissonanceEpisode 473: Opioid Crisis Part 2 (with Dr. Steven Novella)Thank you to Dr. Steven Novella from The Skeptics’ Guide to the Universe for joining us. Check out their website, podcast, and book of the same name. If you want to hear the emails Cecil sent the SGU back in the day they are Episode 39, 40, and 45. Also Tom knows Dr. Novella is a neurologist, he was just joking saying neurosurgeon.... 👀 2019-06-101h 14Cognitive DissonanceEpisode 473: Opioid Crisis Part 2 (with Dr. Steven Novella)Thank you to Dr. Steven Novella from The Skeptics’ Guide to the Universe for joining us. Check out their website, podcast, and book of the same name. If you want to hear the emails Cecil sent the SGU back in the day they are Episode 39, 40, and 45. Also Tom knows Dr. Novella is a neurologist, he was just joking saying neurosurgeon.... 👀 2019-06-101h 14
StarTalk All-StarsThink Like a Skeptic, with Cara Santa Maria and Dr. Steven NovellaTrust no one! StarTalk All-Stars host neuroscientist Heather Berlin investigates skeptical thinking with Cara Santa Maria and Dr. Steven Novella of "The Skeptics Guide to the Universe" and new comic co-host and skeptic Ari Shaffir.Don’t miss an episode of StarTalk All-Stars. Subscribe on: TuneIn: http://tunein.com/radio/StarTalk-All-Stars-p949405/ SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/startalk_all-stars Apple Podcasts: https://itun.es/us/P9kphb.c Stitcher: http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/startalk-allstars Google Play Music: https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/I2nz...2018-11-0647 min
The Body of Evidence035 - Chemotherapy and Stents (and Steven Novella!)A Christmas-themed delivery and Stanley-Kubrick-directed opening skit lead Chris and Jonathan to discuss the worth of chemotherapy. Do doctors themselves refuse chemo, and is chemotherapy only effective in 2% of cases? You may be surprised to find out the origin of the latter myth in the Worst Paper Ever (possibly). Also, Jonathan makes Chris cry; will doctors stop stenting stable angina; and Jonathan’s interview with Dr. Steven Novella on the importance of the narrative when debunking false beliefs and on how being an outspoken skeptic has changed Dr. Novella’s social life for the better. The W...2017-12-0755 min
Thinking Clearly#11-Evidence-Based Practices and Policies with guest Dr. Steven NovellaTopics, with guest Dr. Steven Novella, range from the importance of critical thinking in general, to a discussion of the importance of developing practices in healthcare and other professions as well as policies in the political arena, that are guided by good evidence and scientific research. Dr. Novella is executive editor of the blog "Science-Based Medicine", host of the podcast "Skeptics Guide to the Universe", and Master Teacher of "Your Deceptive Mind: A Scientific Guide to Critical Thinking Skills".2017-08-1358 minThe Skeptics' Guide to the UniverseThe Skeptics Guide #629 - Jul 29 2017In Memorium: Joe Novella; News Items: NFL Brains, Supersonic Flight, Soft Engines, Measles Vaccination, Moon Express; What's the Word: Parsimony; Science or Fiction2017-07-291h 35
Talk Nerdy with Cara Santa MariaScience-Based Medicine w/ Steven NovellaDr. Steven Novella (The Skeptic's Guide to the Universe, NeuroLogica) joins Cara to talk about the history of the SGU and his 20+ year involvement in the skeptic movement. Also discussed: the importance of science-based medicine and the impact universal healthcare would have on the US.2015-07-271h 12
You Are Not So Smart046 - Inbetweenisode 11 - Steven NovellaIn this inbetweenisode you will hear an excerpt from a lecture I gave at DragonCon2014 and an interview with neurologist and host of The Skeptic's Guide to the Universe Steven Novella who discusses the psychology and neuroscience behind conspiracy theories and conspiracy theorists.2015-03-261h 01
You Are Not So Smart046 - Inbetweenisode 11 - Steven NovellaIn this inbetweenisode you will hear an excerpt from a lecture I gave at DragonCon2014 and an interview with neurologist and host of The Skeptic's Guide to the Universe Steven Novella who discusses the psychology and neuroscience behind conspiracy theories and conspiracy theorists.2015-03-261h 01
You Are Not So Smart046 - Inbetweenisode 11 - Steven NovellaIn this inbetweenisode you will hear an excerpt from a lecture I gave at DragonCon2014 and an interview with neurologist and host of The Skeptic's Guide to the Universe Steven Novella who discusses the psychology and neuroscience behind conspiracy theories and conspiracy theorists.Patreon: http://patreon.com/youarenotsosmart
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Teachers Education ReviewTER #035 - Dr Steven Novella on Teaching Critical Thinking - 16 Nov 2014Main Feature: Dr. Steven Novella speaks about Critical Thinking. What it is, how to teach it, and the potential benefits to individuals and societies that value critical thinking.Regular Features: Off Campus, Dan Haesler talks about 5 ways to Wellbeing; Education in the news, Cameron and Corinne talk about the Victorian State Election and the University cheating scandal; AITSL's Teacher Feature, teachers talk about the Australian teaching Standards; Mystery Educator, new puzzle!Support TER Podcast at Patreon.com/TERPodcastTER Podcast on TwitterFollow TER Podcast on Facebook2014-11-161h 38
Food and FarmSteven Novella - Ag Fear MongeringFear Mongering and "Big Ag Shills" are just a few of the things Dr. Steven Novella and I discuss on this edition of Food and Farm2014-02-2113 min
Inquiring Minds21 Steven Novella - No, GMOs Won't Harm Your HealthWith historic drought battering California's produce and climate change expected to jeopardize the global food supply, there are few questions more important than what our agriculture system should look like in the future. And few agricultural issues are more politically charged than the debate over genetically modified organisms. Even as companies like Monsanto are genetically engineering plants to use less water and resist crop-destroying pests, activists are challenging the safety and sustainability of GM foods.On this week’s episode, we speak with Steven Novella, a neurologist at Yale University. Novella is a prominent voice in the skeptical mo...2014-02-1451 min
You Are Not So Smart016 - Conspiracy Theories - Steven Novella and Jesse WalkerWho is pulling the strings? Who is behind the coverup? Who holds the real power, and what do they want? How deep does the conspiracy to control your mind go?
In this episode we discuss the history, social impact, neuroscience, and psychology behind conspiracy theories and paranoid thinking.
Our guests are Steven Novella and Jesse Walker. Steven is a leader in the skeptic community, host of The Skeptic's Guide to the Universe, and a neurologist at Yale University's School of Medicine. Walker is the books editor for Reason Magazine and author of the new book, The United States of Paranoia...2014-01-1758 min
You Are Not So Smart016 - Conspiracy Theories - Steven Novella and Jesse WalkerWho is pulling the strings? Who is behind the coverup? Who holds the real power, and what do they want? How deep does the conspiracy to control your mind go?
In this episode we discuss the history, social impact, neuroscience, and psychology behind conspiracy theories and paranoid thinking.
Our guests are Steven Novella and Jesse Walker. Steven is a leader in the skeptic community, host of The Skeptic's Guide to the Universe, and a neurologist at Yale University's School of Medicine. Walker is the books editor for Reason Magazine and author of the new book, The United States of Paranoia...2014-01-1758 min
You Are Not So Smart016 - Conspiracy Theories - Steven Novella and Jesse WalkerWho is pulling the strings? Who is behind the coverup? Who holds the real power, and what do they want? How deep does the conspiracy to control your mind go?
In this episode we discuss the history, social impact, neuroscience, and psychology behind conspiracy theories and paranoid thinking.
Our guests are Steven Novella and Jesse Walker. Steven is a leader in the skeptic community, host of The Skeptic's Guide to the Universe, and a neurologist at Yale University's School of Medicine. Walker is the books editor for Reason Magazine and author...2014-01-1758 min
Point of InquirySteven Novella - Exposing Medical NonsenseHost: Chris Mooney
One of the first people I ever got to know in skepticism was Steven Novella.
He was a professor at Yale, just starting out as an organized skeptic—I was a student, just getting fired up about the same stuff.
Since then, Steve has become hugely successful as a skeptic leader and as a communicator of skeptical ideas, particularly when it comes to his area of specialty, alternative medicine.
And one thing I've always noticed about him over the years is his unending capacity to consider what really wo...2012-11-2740 minPoint of InquirySteven Novella - Exposing Medical NonsenseHost: Chris Mooney
One of the first people I ever got to know in skepticism was Steven Novella.
He was a professor at Yale, just starting out as an organized skeptic—I was a student, just getting fired up about the same stuff.
Since then, Steve has become hugely successful as a skeptic leader and as a communicator of skeptical ideas, particularly when it comes to his area of specialty, alternative medicine.
And one thing I've always noticed about him over the years is his unending capacity to consider what really wo...2012-11-2740 min
Discover the Top 100 Audiobooks in Nonfiction and Unexplained PhenomenaScience and the Supernatural Audiobook by Steven NovellaListen to the full audiobook free with a 30-day trial. Go tohttps://hotaudiobook.com/freeTitle: Science and the Supernatural
Author: Steven Novella
Narrator: Steven Novella
Format: Unabridged
Length: 30 mins
Language: English
Release date: 03-02-12
Publisher: The Great Courses
Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 6 votes
Genres: Nonfiction, Unexplained Phenomena
Publisher's Summary:
What are we to make of supernatural issues such as the existence of ghosts and the possibility of miracles? Approach these and other topics from a critical thinkers perspective. Along the way, examine the deeper issue at work here: what is - and what should be - the relationship between...2012-03-0230 min
Discover Popular Titles Full Audiobooks in Nonfiction, Unexplained PhenomenaScience and the Supernatural Audiobook by Steven NovellaPlease visit https://fashabooks.com/aff/fashabooks/161 to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Science and the Supernatural Author: Steven Novella Narrator: Steven Novella Format: Unabridged Length: 30 mins Language: English Release date: 03-02-12 Publisher: The Great Courses Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 6 votes Genres: Nonfiction, Unexplained Phenomena Publisher's Summary: What are we to make of supernatural issues such as the existence of ghosts and the possibility of miracles? Approach these and other topics from a critical thinkers perspective. Along the way, examine the deeper issue at work here: what is - and what should be - the...2012-03-0205 min
Rationally Speaking PodcastRationally Speaking #22 - Steven Novella on Lies, Damned Lies, and Medical ScienceOur Guest, Dr. Steven Novella discusses a recent article in The Atlantic in which researcher John Ioannidis shows that 40% of papers published in top medical journals are either wrong or make exaggerated claims (and those are the top journals!). He also discusses the difference between Science and Evidence based medicine. Also, Zombies: are they epidemiologically possible? Steven Novella is an academic clinical neurologist at the Yale University School of Medicine. He is the host of the Skeptics Guide to the Universe podcast, author of the Neurologica blog, and co-editor of the Science Based Medicine blog.2010-11-2147 min
Reasonable Doubts Podcastrd67 Creationism vs Psychology Part 2 with guest Steven NovellaNot content with attacking evolution, the Discovery Institute and its cultural allies are taking aim at psychology. Believing that any naturalistic approach to psychology is inherently biased against religion they seek to overturn the "materialist paradigm" in neuroscience and replace it with their own version of mind-body dualism. For the second part of a two part series, the doubtcasters are joined by Dr. Steven Novella, author of the Neurologica Blog and host of the Skeptic's Guide to the Universe. Novella refutes ID nonsense by showing how successful the naturalistic approach in neuroscience has been.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner...2010-05-1000 minThe Skeptics' Guide to the UniverseSkeptics Guide #228 - Dec 2 2009Interview with Steven Thoms; News Items: Age of Autism Scandal, Porkenstein, Fat Murder Hoax; Your Questions and E-mails: ClimateGate Feedback; Science or Fiction; Who's That Noisy2009-12-051h 21The Skeptics' Guide to the UniverseSkeptics Guide Special Report: H1N1 Update - Nov 15 2009Special Report: H1N1 Flu Pandemic Update - With Steven Novella, David Gorski, Mark Crislip and Joe Albietz2009-11-1547 minThe Skeptics' Guide to the UniverseThe Skeptics Guide #175 - Nov 20 2008Interview with Steven Schafersman; News Items: Kevin Trudeau Smackdown, Placebo Acupuncture, NASA Recycles Urine, Reflexology in UK Schools; Your Questions and E-mail: Flu Vaccine, NESS in Video Game; Science or Fiction2008-11-221h 20
Books and Ideas with Dr. Ginger Campbell#16 Books and Ideas: Interview with Dr. Steven NovellaEpisode 16 of Books and Ideas is an interview with Dr. Steven Novella from the popular podcast The Skeptics Guide to the Universe. This is a personal interview in which Dr. Novella talks about choosing to become a physician and a neurologist. As a practicing physician at Yale, Dr. Novella is in a good position to reflect on how advances in neuroscience are influencing patient care. We also talk about the challenge of helping patients get accurate information and the importance of skeptical thinking when evaluating healthcare claims.For show notes and additional links go to http://booksandideas.com.2008-01-1838 minThe Skeptics' Guide to the UniverseThe Skeptics Guide #108 - Aug 11 2007Opening Remarks by Steven Novella and Steve Mirsky; MC Todd Robbins; Live Questions: Autism Groups, Girls and Science, Nice Skepticism, Science Education; Science or Fiction2007-08-181h 18The Skeptics' Guide to the UniverseThe Skeptics Guide #8 - Aug 2 2005Interview with Steven Salerno: author of SHAM, Science or Fiction2005-08-021h 11