The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

Yes you get science and facts and clear thinking and sanity. But as you get to know them you also get a new family, with all the interplay of personalities and points of view, gentle Mickey taking and running jokes.

I've listened to the SGU for more years than I care to count. In recent years, it's become a fascinating case study in how scientific skepticism often ends where political beliefs begin. On the hoary traditional targets of skeptics, creationism, homeopathy, perpetual motion devices, etc., you'll get good skeptical discussion centered on scientific method, logical fallacies, the blindness created by motivated reasoning. When it comes to topics where the political leanings of the crew (one of them often proudly talks about being an "activist") clearly dictate their preferred conclusions, all of these tools of skepticism almost comically go out the window. Convenient skepticism - the problem is that if you don't know the topics well, you won't know when their discussion of the science is trustworthy or untrustworthy.

My favourite thing to listen to whilst working in the lab. This podcast has really helped me to think critically about the world around me. Couldn’t recommend more!

This podcast is always there on time since the beginning of podcast time almost. Does what it says on tin and some.