Episode 170 - Interlude, and Another Podcast Endeavor
After being gone for a bit of time, I return to discuss where I have been, what to expect for the future (when more episodes will air), and if you nee...
Exposing PseudoAstronomy
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Listen to learn the real state of science behind astronomy-, physics-, and geology-related creationist claims, hoaxes, conspiracy theories, misconceptions, and bad or incomplete media reporting.
Episode 169 - Modern Eclipse Lunacy, Part 3: Richard Hoagland's Claims
In the final regular episode in the three-part Solar Eclipse of August 2017 series, several of the claims made by Richard Hoagland are addressed. Thre...
Episode 168 - Common (and False) Fine-Tuned Universe Beliefs, Discussed
An exploration into four groups of fine-tuning arguments used by some to say that we are special: Solar outbursts, habitable zone, lunar origin and ef...
Episode 167 - Modern Eclipse Lunacy, Part 2: Flat Earth
The August 2017 total solar eclipse was seen by hundreds of millions of people, and yet some of them have tried to use it to promulgate pseudoscience....
Episode 166 - Stellar Evolution, Age of the Universe, and Young-Earth Creationism
The half-truth and misconception addressed in this episode is whether the age of a star with error bars that overlap with the age of the universe mean...
Episode 165 - Little Things in Space
Three separate topics all tied together by a commonality: A little bit of something that you tend to only experience in space. First up is microgravit...
Episode 164 - The World Didn't End on September 23, 2017
The world did not end, again, on September 23, 2017. However, the story behind this latest doomsday prognostication may surprise you -- it did me as I...
Episode 163 - Modern Eclipse Lunacy, Part 1
This past eclipse on August 21, 2017, was perhaps one of the most-hyped and most-viewed solar eclipses in human history. As with any such mass-sighted...
Episode 162 - Geocentrism, Take 2
Young-Earth creationists who are not geocentrists - those who accept the Copernican Revolution so far as Earth's place in the universe - have a vested...
Episode 161 - Water on Earth— Coriolis and Tides
Inspired by one of the longest-running primetime television shows in history, and frustration with late-night radio hosts pretending they can Science,...