The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

Interview with Andrea Jones Rooy on the Election; News Items: Red Flags for Bad Journals, Comets and the Origin of Life, Schooling and Dementia, Trapping Antimatter; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: CT Haunting; Science or Fiction

Guest Rogue: Alice Howarth; What's the Word: Centripetal-Centrifugal; News Items: Christina Applegate's MS Diagnosis, Ultraprocessed Food and Cancer Risk, Superworms Clean Skeletons, Goodbye Leap Second, Wellness and Hyperoptimization; Who's That Noisy; Science or Fiction

Flu Season; News Items: Future Forests, Carbon Nanotube Product, Rethinking Normal, Smart Clothing; Who's That Noisy; Name That Logical Fallacy; Your Questions and E-mails: Lab Leak Theory; Science or Fiction

AI Update; News Items: 2026 Nobel Prizes in Physiology or Medicine, Physics, and Chemistry, Reading Fiction;
Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: Sleep and Consciousness; Science or Fiction

Special Guests: Christian Hubicki and Julia Novella; Designing Your Dream Costume; Conspiracy Theories; News Items: Stellar Streams and Dark Matter, Possible Cause of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, IgNobels 2026, Pet Bird Research, Speedrunning Video Games; Science or Fiction