This week’s show from Skepticality (Episode 79) features an interview with Dr. Harriet Hall. She was one of the very few (7%) female doctors in 1970, and the 2nd woman ever to do an Air Force internship, and the only woman at David Grant USAF Medical Center. Pilot, doctor, and skeptic; I can think of a couple people reading this who might enjoy Colonel Hall’s story.

This week on Skepticality, Swoopy talks with Skeptic magazine’s resident expert critic of alternative medicine, “SkepDoc” Dr. Harriet Hall. Dr. Hall talks about about her recent memoir Women Aren’t Supposed to Fly: The Memoirs of a Female Flight Surgeon, which details her life as a family practice specialist, flight surgeon, pilot, and career Air Force officer. (She retired in 1989 as a full Colonel.)

Dr. Hall also discusses her recent regular contributions to Skeptic magazine and “The Science-Based Medicine” blog, which is quickly becoming an invaluable source for in-depth, quality articles investigating questionable medical practices (not only in alternative medicine but within conventional medicine as well), illuminating the mysteries of medical science—and even insight into how doctors think.

Listen to the podcast or maybe buy the book from the handy Amazon link above, or visit skepticality’s show notes page for links to Dr. Hall’s other outlets including the Science Based Medicine blog and Skeptic Magazine.