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Rebecca Watson
  • 4.8 (12)
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Rebecca Watson hosts the audio companion to Skepchick.org! Science, critical thinking, feminism, current events, and a lot of snark.

Episodes

  1. 12/12/2020

    COVID-19, mRNA, FDA and Other Important Initialisms

    Rebecca chats with Mary Brock and Topher Hunter about the intricacies of the new COVID vaccines, plus what the FDA is doing during approvals.

    48 min

  2. 11/26/2020

    A Very Skepchick Thanksgiving

    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.

    58 min

  3. 11/19/2020

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

    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 coverage of this debacle The European Space Agency’s map of the lithosphere What is serpentinization? Bjørnar’s website

    44 min

  4. 11/09/2020

    The Skepchick Election Special!

    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, and the most effective email subject line a campaign can use.

    53 min

  5. 11/06/2020

    Fighting For Space and Exploding Chickens with Amy Shira Teitel

    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!

    40 min

  6. 10/23/2020

    Saying Goodbye to James “The Amazing” Randi

    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.

    1h 1m
  • 6 Episodes

Ratings & Reviews

4.8
out of 5
12 Ratings

About

Rebecca Watson hosts the audio companion to Skepchick.org! Science, critical thinking, feminism, current events, and a lot of snark.

Information

  • Creator
    Rebecca Watson
  • Years Active
    2K
  • Episodes
    6
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Show Website
    Skepchick