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SGU Episode 1000
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SGU 999                      SGU 1001
Skeptical Rogues
S: Steven Novella
Quote of the Week
QUOTE
AUTHOR, _short_description_
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Show Notes
[ https://sguforums.org/index.php?BOARD=1.0 Forum Discussion]

Introduction

Voice-over: You're listening to the Skeptics' Guide to the Universe, your escape to reality.

This Day in Skepticism (m:ss)

• _Event_

Forgotten Superheroes of Science (m:ss)

• _Person_People_Group_

"5 to 10 Years" (m:ss)

• [url_from_show_notes _article_title_] 

What's the Word? (m:ss)

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Your Number's Up (m:ss)

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Quickie with _ROGUE_ (m:ss)

• [url_from_show_notes _article_title_] 

News Items

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News_Item_1 (m:ss)

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News_Item_2 ()

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News_Item_3 ()

• [url_from_show_notes _article_title_] 

News_Item_4 ()

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News_Item_5 ()

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Interview with ___ ()

• _Interviewee_Topic_Event_

Skeptical Puzzle ()

• Answer to last week's Puzzle: _brief_description_ _perhaps_with_a_link_

Who's That Noisy? ()

Answer to previous Noisy:

_brief_description_of_answer_ _perhaps_with_a_link_

New Noisy ()

[_short_vague_description_of_Noisy]

short_text_from_transcript

Dumbest Thing of the Week ()

• [url_from_show_notes _article_title_] 

Name That Logical Fallacy ()

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Questions/Emails/Corrections/Follow-ups ()

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Question_Email_Correction #2: _brief_description_ ()

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Science or Fiction (h:mm:ss)

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Answer	Item
Fiction
Science

Host	Result
Steve

Rogue	Guess

Voice-over: It's time for Science or Fiction.

Skeptical Quote of the Week ()

(quoted text)  – (author of quote), (description of author)

Signoff/Announcements ()

S: —and until next week, this is your Skeptics' Guide to the Universe.

S: Skeptics' Guide to the Universe is produced by SGU Productions, dedicated to promoting science and critical thinking. For more information, visit us at theskepticsguide.org. Send your questions to info@theskepticsguide.org. And, if you would like to support the show and all the work that we do, go to patreon.com/SkepticsGuide and consider becoming a patron and becoming part of the SGU community. Our listeners and supporters are what make SGU possible.

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Today I Learned

• Fact/Description, possibly with an article reference
• Fact/Description
• Fact/Description

References

Vocabulary