2023

- don't use Reddit to find out...
Suddenly Poland emerges as a possible example against populism in Europe - strange times indeed. In TWISH we hear about Marconi's groundbreaking radio transmission over the ...

First we mention that the prestigious Heinz Oberhummer Award has just been given to Die Sendung mit der Maus which we recently called out for being Really Wrong. Annika puts that into perspective ...

In TWISH this week we hear about Claude Lévi-Strauss who put together a structuralist theory to analyze myths. We also hear that Pope Frankie is sick but still plans to attend the COP-28 ...

In this week's TWISH we hear about Trofim Lysenko before we look into the news:

• EU: Glyphosate update
• INTERNATIONAL: Nostalgia in politics
• UK: The Good Law Project supports the General Medical Council ...

- get over it!
Despite the numerology, this episode CAN be found wherever you get your podcasts. We will give you tips about The Conspiracy Test, the Humanist UK 2024 Convention, the latest ...

- with Norbert Aust
After the normal meet and greet, we have an interview with Norbert Aust - German skeptic and one of the initiators of INH, Information Network Homeopathy. He brings us ...

- with Paula Dahlberg
Full length episode, plus an interesting interview this week. We first note that science has discovered the "Pontus plate" (much to our liking) and also that if you are ...

Starting off our next 400 episodes, we interview the amazing Cara Santa Maria of Talk Nerdy and Skeptic Guide to the Universe fame. We get into things about her that you may not ...

The band is back together for episode 400! Watch out for Gerson therapy, confusing Synods and of course, this week's news:

• UK: Phones in schools
• POLAND: End of the PiS party reign(?)
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SkepKon 2024 is coming up in May 2024! It will be held in Augsburg and there is a call for papers out, see link in the show notes. This episode comes out on ...

This is the second part of our reporting from QED 2023. Before we get into the interviews we comment on the brand new Nobel Prizes in Medicine, Physics and Chemistry, all awarded for ...

Last week was QED, and boy did we enjoy it! Fantastic talks, great happenings and wonderful people! This episode is part 1 of our interviews with some of the people we met. Enjoy! ...

...science communicator extraordinaire!

This week we are talking to Florian Aigner, an Austrian physicist, science editor, author, science communicator and skeptic. He lives in Austria and works at the TU Vienna (Technical ...

Annika has been to the esoteric fair and gives a report and dowsing is apparently used by employees at Scottish Water. In TWISH we celebrate the International Day of Democracy, and boy do ...

Several awards and gatherings to be on the look-out for: the Ockham Award, the Rusty Razor, the Bent Spoon and Das Goldene Brett. The feast of Santa Rosalia is the topic for TWISH ...