2024

Meeting up with fellow skeptics is always a blast. We recommend reading the recent article in Skeptic UK about the history of European skepticism and ECSO - the ESC (European Skeptics Congress) is ...

Tickets for QED in Manchester (19-20 October) are now on sale and don't forget Skepticamp on the day before! If all goes to plan, both András and Pontus may be among the speakers ...

Every Swede has celebrated Valborg (Walpurgis / Walpurga) this week although no one really knows why, and András reports from Sicily on volcanic activities. In TWISH we hear about Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, ...

It is European Immunization Week! Get your boosters and jabs folks, and make you and the people around you are safe! In TWISH this week we hear about John Oliver, British comedian who ...

The report on DISC analysis and Thomas Erikson from last week generated some good feedback, it's time for the John Maddox prize again and Susan Gerbic has a new YouTube channel that you ...

A bit of a correction first, regarding earthquakes. Then we get some Vatican news with speculation about a Swedish 'papabile', plus idiotic statements about genders. In TWISH we hear about Paolo Frisi, an ...

There are two great European skeptical events to sign up for this year - European Skeptics Congress in Lyon (30 May- 2 June) and QED in Manchester (18 - 20 October) - there ...

Who knew that Hungarian intellectuals were numerologists - András reveals all! We have a correction from last week and also reflect over the illness of Princess Kate, naturally we wish her well. In ...

Flying unicorns exist in Portugal and you can vote for your favorites on the Portuguese Skeptics' web site (COMCEPT) before 1 April. By coincidence this is also the deadline for getting the Early ...

Brian Eggo is certainly bo no stranger to this podcast. Relentless in his quest to spread the skeptical word, he is known as the main force behind the Glasgow Skeptics, one of the ...

We start with some listener feedback and corrections regarding Tridentinosaurus Antiquus - the origin of its name was wrong and despite what we said, it wasn't a a dinosaur. In TWISH we hear ...

- with Prof. Chris French! This week we have the great pleasure to interview our friend Prof. Chris French! We hear a lot about his research into the paranormal - or Anomalistic Psychology ...

This week we've had some feedback regarding AI - always glad to hear from our listeners! In TWISH we hear about Charles Clermont-Ganneau, famous French archeologist with a flare for spotting fake artifacts ...

Luna sits in for András(!) and we talk about conspiracy theories regarding the earthquake in Turkey last year, a new study about peoples worldview and in TWISH we get into the curse of ...

King Charles III is ill and although we seldom agrees with him we still whish him a speedy recovery. Marcus Wandt, the Swedish astronaut, took time off his busy schedule and gave a ...