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2017

Episode #090 - feat. Claire Klingenberg

Episode #090 – feat. Claire Klingenberg


On this episode: We tell you all about the fantastic 17th European Skeptics Congress coming up in Wroclaw in less than two weeks. Our guest is Claire Klingenberg, event manager extraordinaire from Sisyfos, the Czech ...
Episode #089

Episode #089


On this episode: The inspiration for Mel Gibson’s the Passion of the Christ, alternative treatments in Valencia, the Heilpraktiker system in Germany, whether Down’s syndrome has been eradicated in Iceland and the new Full ...
Episode #088, feat. Dr Susan Blackmore

Episode #088, feat. Dr Susan Blackmore


We start our episode with Editor-in-Chief of The Skeptic magazine, Deborah Hyde, who tells us about this year's Ockham Awards that will be happening at, the nominations for which are still open. Our main ...
Episode #087

Episode #087


This week we're back with a regular episode and joined by Chris Higgins, who talks about SkeptiCamp Manchester. Charles Richet is our special mention on 'This Week in Skepticism'. Then we go on talking ...
Episode #086, feat. Konrad Talmont-Kaminski

Episode #086, feat. Konrad Talmont-Kaminski


Our guest on this episode was Konrad Talmont-Kaminski, philosopher and cognitive scientist, who will be among the speakers at the European Skpetics Congress in Wroclaw in September 2018 Segments Intro; Greetings & Feedback; Interview ...
Episode #085, feat. Leo Igwe

Episode #085, feat. Leo Igwe


This week Pontus and Jelena talks about news and have an interview with the humanist Leo Igwe, speaker at the upcoming European Skeptcis Congress in Poland. Nicola Throp of the Measeyside Skeptics also comes ...
Episode #084, feat. Holm Gero Hümmler

Episode #084, feat. Holm Gero Hümmler


Our guest on this episode was Holm Gero Hümmler, nuclear physicist, management consultant and author of the book ‘Relativer Quantenquark’. He blogs at quantenquark.com and he is one of the speakers on the ...
Episode #083

Episode #083


This week Pontus and András are joined by Brian Eggo who sits in for Jelena while she's on a European motorbike trip. We talked about Karl Popper's philosophical system of scientific discovery, how much ...
Episode #082

Episode #082


Unfortunately, due to all three of us hosts being otherwise engaged, we could not provide you with a show this week. But there are a few things we had to mention. Sorry and hope ...
Episode #081

Episode #081


This week Jelena and Andras explore the world of skeptical conferences like CICAPFest, the European Skeptics Congress and Skeptics on the Fringe in Edinburgh. The Loch Ness Monster, the death of Ryke Geerd Hamer ...
Episode #080, feat. Diego Fontanive

Episode #080, feat. Diego Fontanive


On this episode our guest was Diego Fontanive, who's the founder of the EOF Project (End of Fear) that aims to understand our epistemic acceptances and apply meta-cognition in order to achieve a ...
Episode #079

Episode #079


This week we talk about Swedish Skeptics treating their members to 15 tickets to the European Skeptics Congress and how we were interviewed by Skeptical Inquiry before we talk about the famous Oxford Evolution ...
Episode #078, feat. Luigi Garlaschelli

Episode #078, feat. Luigi Garlaschelli


This week's episode is dedicated to our interview with Italian chemist, skeptic and paranormal investigator Luigi Garlaschelli, who has investigated and debunked many miraculous claims, including weeping Madonnas, stigmata, the blood of San ...
Episode #077

Episode #077


This week we are coming back with our regular segments featuring topics like the 17th European Skeptics Congress, CICAPfest2017, James Randi's appearances in Europe, the BMJ being infiltrated by quackery, the harm in using ...
Episode #076, feat. Susan Gerbic

Episode #076, feat. Susan Gerbic


This week's episode is dedicated to our latest interview with Susan Gerbic, the Wikipediatrician, who's the leader of the international project called Guerrilla Skepticism on Wikipedia. We talked about what's new, how people can ...