The Skeptics’ Guide to the Universe is produced by SGU Productions, LLC – dedicated to promoting critical thinking, reason, and the public understanding of science through online and other media. The first episode of the SGU podcast went online on May 4th, 2005. It soon became a popular science/skeptical podcast, and remains one of the most popular science podcasts on iTunes.
SGU Podcasting Awards:
- 2015 People’s Choice Podcast Award in the Science category
- 2012 People’s Choice Podcast Award in the Science category
- 2011 People’s Choice Podcast Award in the Science category
- 2010 People’s Choice Podcast Award in the Science category
- 2010 Physics.org Best Podcast Nominee
- 2009 People’s Choice Podcast Award in the Education category
The Skeptics’ Guide to the Universe Episodes
- Download Episode #560 - April 2nd, 2016Special Guest: Kevin Folta; Forgotten Superheroes of Science: Dorothy Hodgkin; News Items: Ghosts in the Brain, Neuronal Feedback, Tribeca Pulls Anti-Vax Film, Minimal Genome, Vegetarians and Cancer; Who's That Noisy; What's the Word: Chemiosmosis; Science or Fiction
- Download Episode #559 - March 26th, 2016What's the Word: Equilux; News Items: Supernova Shock Wave, Desk Exercise, Angry Suns, Moderate Drinkers and Health; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: Shouting Fire; Science or Fiction
- Download Episode #558 - March 19th, 2016Interview with Bruce Hood; Forgotten Superheroes of Science: Sir Jagadish Chandra Bose; News Items: AI Assistant, Cryotherapy; Who's That Noisy; What's the Word: Sciolism; Your Questions and E-mails: Valsalva Revisited, Non-Newtonian Fluids; Science or Fiction
- Download Episode #557 - March 12th, 2016What's the Word: Thixotrophy; News Items: Overconfidence, AI vs Go Champion, Minority Report; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: Piloting and Valsava; Name That Logical Fallacy; Science or Fiction
- Download Episode #556 - March 5th, 2016Guest Rogue: George Hrab; Forgotten Superheroes of Science: Norman Borlaug; News Items: Uploading Memories, A Year in Space, Fast Radio Bursts, Imaging Alzheimer's Disease, Galaxy Symmetry; Who's That Noisy; Science or Fiction
- Download Episode #555 - February 27th, 2016Guest Rogue: Julia Galef; Forgotten Superheroes of Science: Dr. Moona Hanna-Attisha; News Items: Air Pollution and Public Health, Mystery Moon Music, Gender Bias Among Programmers; Who's That Noisy; Special Report: Free Speech vs Social Justice; Science or Fiction
- Download Episode #554 - February 20th, 2016Interview with Kevin Folta; Forgotten Superheroes of Science: Nikolai Vavilov; News Items: 14 Billion Year Memory, 3D Printing Body Parts, Eating Mammoth; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: David Suzuki; Science or Fiction
- Download Episode #553 - February 13th, 2016What's the Word: Pleochroism; News Items: Robotic Chef, Brain Electrodes, Diagnosing Cancer, Gravitational Waves; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: RFID; Science or Fiction
- Download Episode #552 - February 6th, 2016Forgotten Superheroes of Science: Lorna Wing; News Items: Concussions in the NFL, Zika Conspiracy, Planetary Defense System, Lab-Grown Meat; Who's That Noisy; What's the Word; Science or Fiction
- Download Episode #551 - January 30th, 2016Interview with SciBabe; What's the Word; News Items: The Viability of Conspiracies, The Aliens are Dead, Marvin Minsky, Probiotics Hype; Your Questions and E-mails: Fake Skeptic Scam; Science or Fiction
Older Skeptic's Guide Episodes
- DownloadEpisode #550 - January 23rd, 2016Interview with Craig Good; Forgotten Superheroes of Science: Stephanie Louise Kwolek; News Items: Motorcycle Helmet Laws, Charlie Sheen HIV, Arctic Humans, Geckos and Spiderman; What's the Word: Agnatology; Science or Fiction
- DownloadEpisode #549 - January 16th, 2016What's the Word: Algorithm; News Items: Bacterial vs Human Cells, GMO Labeling, Mites Run in the Family, Apple Car, Gravity Waves; Your Questions and E-mails: Corrections; Science or Fiction
- DownloadEpisode #548 - January 9th, 2016Forgotten Superheroes of Science: Dr. Hadiyah-Nicole Green; News Items: FTC Smacks Down Lumosity, Picky Eaters, New Elements; Who's That Noisy; What's the Word: Fugacity; Name That Logical Fallacy: Learning Styles; Science or Fiction
- DownloadEpisode #547 - January 2nd, 2016Psychic Prediction 2015; News Items: HIV Blood Donations, The Genetics of Intelligence, British Smiles; Who's That Noisy; What's the Word; Science or Fiction
- DownloadEpisode #546 - December 26th, 20152015 SGU Year in Review
- DownloadEpisode #545 - December 19th, 2015Guest Rogue: Phil Plait; Forgotten Superheroes of Science: James West; Special Report: This Year in Astronomy; News Items: Evil Robots, Hunting for Planet X, Antidepressants and Autism, More Problems for Supplements; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: Solar NIMBY; Science or Fiction
- DownloadEpisode #544 - December 12th, 2015Interview with Michael Shermer; Forgotten Superheroes of Science-Caroline Herschel; News Items: More Free Energy, Storing Nuclear Waste, Gene Editing Ethics; Who's That Noisy; What's the Word: Consilience; Your Questions and E-mails: Frame Dragging; Dumbest Thing of the Week: Thimerosal Revisited; Science or Fiction
- DownloadEpisode #543 - December 5th, 2015What's The Word: Hysteresis; News Items: Male and Female Brains, Bird and Human Voices, Driverless Cars, Deep Nonsense, A Ring for Mars; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: Tardigrade Genome; Science or Fiction
- DownloadEpisode #542 - November 28th, 2015What's the Word: Homeostasis; News Items: Universe Resolution, Scientific Consensus, Hobbit Update, Gene Drive in Mosquitoes, A Century of General Relativity; Your Questions and E-mails: Political Questions; Science or Fiction
- DownloadEpisode #541 - November 21st, 2015Forgotten Superheroes of Science: Birute Mary Galdikas; News Items: DOJ and Supplements, Armadillos and Leprosy, Sun Stole Mars' Atmosphere, Meier's Paris Predictions; What's the Word: Albedo; Your Questions and E-mails: Skeptical Hoaxes, Microgravity; Science or Fiction
- DownloadEpisode #540 - November 14th, 2015Interview with Simon Singh; What's The Word: Formication; News items: Low Calories Sweeteners, Making Metals Stronger, JFK Hitman, Fossilized Brains; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: Anxiety in Space, How Much Meat; Science or Fiction
- DownloadEpisode #539 - November 7th, 2015Forgotten Superheroes of Science: Andrea Ghez; News Items: Poop Power, Parallel Universe, Universe Simulation, 3D Printed Rhino Horns; Special Report: Science and Faith; Who's That Noisy; What's the Word: Indolent; Swindler's List: Ransomware; Science or Fiction
- DownloadEpisode #538 - October 31st, 2015Interview with Dr. Dean Edell; Forgotten Superheroes of Science: Alice Hamilton; News Items: Red Meat and Cancer, Mega Poop, Tractor Beam, Whole Body Cryotherapy; Who's That Noisy; What's the Word: Canonical; Your Questions and E-mails: Tom Hanks and Cancer Quacks, Back to the Future Predicts 9/11; Science or Fiction
- DownloadEpisode #537 - October 24th, 2015Forgotten Superheroes of Science: Maria Sibylla Merian; News items: Placebos Getting Stronger, Danish Zoo Hubbub, Oswald Backyard Photo, Mars via the Moon; Special Report: Back to the Future Day; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: Consoling Atheists; Science or Fiction
- DownloadEpisode #536 - October 17th, 2015Forgotten Superheroes of Science: Alice Catherine Evans; News Items: Stellar Mystery, Hallucinations; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: Core Sci-Fi; Science or Fiction
- DownloadEpisode #535 - October 10th, 2015Lawsuit Update; Forgotten Supervillains of Science; News Items: Nobel Prizes in Physics, Medicine, and Chemistry, Peer-Reviewing The Martian; Movie Review: The Martian; Who's That Noisy; Science or Fiction
- DownloadEpisode #534 - October 3rd, 2015Interview with Andy Weir; Forgotten Superheroes of Science: Barbara McClintock; News Items: Water on Mars, Looking for Life on Mars, Brain Connections, Skeptic vs Denier; Who's That Noisy; What's the Word: Isograd; Science or Fiction
- DownloadEpisode #533 - September 26th, 2015Forgotten Superheroes of Science: Ruth Rogan Benerito; News Items: Predatory Pharmaceuticals, Ocean Populations Declining, Election Graphology, Conspiracy Thinking; Who's That Noisy; What's the Word: Efferent; Your Questions and E-mails: Proof of God; Science or Fiction
- DownloadEpisode #532 - September 19th, 2015Dumbest Thing of the Week: Stone UFO; Forgotten Superheroes of Science: Hedy Lamar; News Items: Solar Hydrogen, Homo naledi, Terraforming Mars, Metallic Glass; What's the Word: Anosmia; Your Questions and E-mails: Fibromyalgia; Science or Fiction
- DownloadEpisode #531 - September 12th, 2015Forgotten Superheroes of Science:Fritz Haber; News Items: Night Skies, Thinking Style and Paranormal Belief, Psychic Detectives; Special Report: Time Travel; What's the Word; Science or Fiction
- DownloadEpisode #530 - September 5th, 2015In Memoriam - Oliver Sacks; Forgotten Superheroes of Science: Granville Woods; News Items: Reproduction in Psychology, Brain Booster Drug, Defying the Standard Model, Rock Art Pterodactyl Debunked; Who's That Noisy; Science or Fiction
- DownloadEpisode #529 - August 29th, 2015Interview with Miles Greb; Forgotten Superheros of Science; News Items: Anti-Vax Nonsense, Group Think Lie Detection, WiFi Lawsuit, Universal Flu Vaccine; Who's That Noisy; Science or Fiction
- DownloadEpisode #528 - August 22nd, 2015Forgotten Superheroes of Science: Frances Kelsey; News Items: Mars Simulation, Robot Evolution, Naming Exoplanets, Fusion Reactors, Building the Death Star, Does Science Prove God, Sunspots; Science or Fiction
- DownloadEpisode #527 - August 15th, 2015Forgotten Superheroes of Science: Marie Tharp; News Items: Skin Cells into Brain Cells, Registering Studies, Search Engines Influence Elections, Earth and Moon, Scotland Bans GMOs, Whos That Noisy, Science or Fiction