The Skeptic Wire Episode 038

This Week: 00:0030 Christmas Past 00:07:30 Skepchicks versus Anti-vaxers for New Years Eve http://skepchick.org/2011/12/times-squares-5000-sq-ft-anti-vaccine-party-extravaganza/ 00:14:35 Christopher Hitchens tribute http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/16/arts/christopher-hitchens-is-dead-at-62-obituary.html?pagewanted=all 00:27:50 All deaths come in threes 00:36:37 Chrisopther Hitchens quotes 00:42:50 Holiday myths debunked http://www.cnn.com/2011/12/22/health/holiday-health-myths/index.html?hpt=hp_t2 00:51:30 Lightning Round http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/12/21/9614175-perry-i-pray-a-lot-because-im-prone-to-make-a-lot-of-mistakes http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/12/20/9588670-boys-survival-from-flesh-eating-bacteria-deemed-a-miracle-by-his-family-and-the-pope http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2049948/Most-relaxing-song-UK-band-Boffins.html 01:07:45 Sense About Science http://www.senseaboutscience.org/pages/a4e_postcard.html (thank you, David Harcourt, for the link) And some advice about driving, because...y'know... And the dogs are far more glib than any of the hosts, but take their comments outside. ...in regards to the "African American Ice" comment, it's in reference to jokingly 'correcting' "racist language" by indiscriminantly replacing all uses of the word "black" with "African-American", "red" with "Native American", etc. :-) Follow the blog at: http://skepticwire.blogspot.com Follow on twitter: @theskepticwire Write us at: [email protected] Leave us a voice message through the iPhone PodPoster app (coming to Android soon?) Friend us on Facebook Subscribe on iTunes http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-skeptic-wire/id434251897 ...leave a review, if you are so inclined!