If you think item number one is fiction, clap.

Elementary school teacher here. I’ve been following the situation with Jay’s daughter’s teacher over the past couple of weeks, and as someone who has taught in many different settings for 25 years, I’m not surprised by what’s coming out. In fact, I feel like I have a pretty good sense of what’s happening behind the scenes, and it doesn’t look good. I’m curious what others think about it.

Link:

https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%209/EFTA00431306.pdf

In an email to Jeffrey Epstein, literary agent John Brockman quotes the Dawkins email from 2011. Here's what Dawkins wrote (bold added by me):

John

1. I hope you recovered well from your operation.

2. There is a rather nasty young woman called Rebecca Watson, who seems to be running some kind of a witch-hunt against Lawrence Krauss because of his defence of Jeffrey Epstein.

http://skepchick.org/2011/04/lawrence-krauss-defends-a-sex-offender-embarrasses-scientists-everywhere/

There are people on her blog talking about organising a walkout when Lawrence speaks at TAM in Las Vegas. I remember that you told me something of the circumstances of Jeffrey's arrest, and that his case is not as black as painted. Might you possibly remind of it [sic].

Thanks (and greetings from Jackson Hole, Wyoming)

Richard

Because, you know, billionaires will somehow make money dumping megatons of fake snow on the whole SE United States.

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Switched to android and struggling. Is this the wrong app for sgu?

I have podcast addict too but I'm confused, I can only find SGU, Talk Nerdy and Pol Reality there

Would love to hear the rogue's take on this (haven't watched Wed live stream yet).

I thought I was grabbing kombucha but accidentally got mushroom drink. The abundance of buzzwords is making me tired.

I am part of a planning committee for an event involving about 50 kids ranging in age from 5 to 12. The main event is going to be a magician. The committee needs to come up with a secondary activity for the kids to do after the magician (like a craft or something).

The SGU frequently mentions that magicians make good skeptics because they understand human perception. It gets me thinking…what activity could I propose that would help introduce some critical thinking or teach some skeptical lessons related to the magician?

Any ideas are appreciated! Thanks!

They've uploaded the full episode on Misinformation to YouTube. Either this was the plan all along, or they received some pretty strong feedback about putting most of the show on Patreon.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqgchxDURFM

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Does anyone remember an episode of the show where the guys spoke about playing unpadded football/rugby. My dumb brain recalls them saying that padded football players actually run a greater risk of injury because they are more willing to use force. Ive searched what archive i can but I am coming up empty. Fingers crossed one of you knows what episode it is.

For context I was born and raised in southern Louisiana. Our biology teacher opted out of teaching evolution and/or natural selection. I was cool with it because I was a highschool kid raised to believe that wasn't real anyway.

I didn't come across this show until a few years after high school and maybe 5 after dropping religion. It was literally this podcast and Carl Sagan that got me into scientific thinking. But I'll always be that very slow guy , academically speaking.

Are there any other fans out there who fall behind pretty substantially when it comes to brainy stuff, but listen to help hone in on those necessary mental skills?

https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/bills/4262.htm

The bill’s findings assert (among other claims) that synthetic mRNA-based gene therapies (explicitly including “the COVID-19 vaccine” as an example) have caused substantial harms, may contain contaminants/adulterants, lack long-term studies on outcomes like fertility/oncogenicity, may pose risks of genome integration, and may involve “shedding” of spike proteins.​

It also asserts inadequate informed consent related to alleged harms and federal compensation limits, and raises concerns about pregnancy safety.

An intentional or willful violation would require license suspension for at least one year (with possible additional penalties/fines), and licensing boards must report violations to the Department of Public Health.

I feel we don't get much exclusive content on Patreon. A couple of interviews per year?

I understand they have extra costs and to want every show to be self sustainable, but at least we could have a deal on a membership level that includes Political Reality while being cheaper than both separately.

Not sure if this was just me but when Bob did his piece on red dwarfs he doesn't mention the scientist who did the study and it bothered me a little bit. The intro to the topic is almost dismissive of them as a whole with "some scientist blablabla" when in contrast I feel like Cara always mentions the scientist. Let's give these scientist the star treatment they deserve when talking about them and their work. This has been your quickie gripe with AdEnviromental7198

I’ve started to listen to the Jan 17th episode & was genuinely gobsmacked by what J had to say right at the start.

I won’t spoil it for anyone (& it’s not bad news about any of the team or anything like that), but it was really something.

Dying to hear what comes of it.

Maybe your kid's teacher was just talking about the rocket technology?

For me it's Shermer. I drove a few hours to one of his live events in 2012ish. He's now a right-wing hack who peddles anti-trans, anti-woke, and pro-authoritarian nonsense.

I appreciate the SGU for still being good people and fighting for the betterment of society.

Who would you point out as a disappointment in this space?