2025

The heat wave in Europe is back, and in TWISH we learn about the Russell-Einstein Manifesto which was published 70 years ago this week, and we wonder why we haven't come any further ...

Viktor Orbán got his behind handed to him when trying to ban Budapest Pride and that makes us very happy! In TWISH we learn about Attila Pataky who can not only sing but ...

Is the virus metaphor for spreading misinformation really as good as we have been led to think? Some psychologists disagree. We again ask everyone to show support their support for the Naked Scientists ...

URGENT! The great podcast the Naked Scientists is in great danger of being cancelled by Cambridge University and we urge everyone to protest this! Information about how to do that is here: https://www.thenakedscientists.com/sos ...

As Eggman sits in for András, we look forward to SkeptiCamp at QED and Mike Hall's Skeptics in the Pub Online talk and are happy to note that not only do we follow ...

We have some listener feedback about the name of 'Grok' and a tip to sign a very important petition regarding NASA. In TWISH we hear how a timely letter kicked Darwin into action ...

Deborah Hyde joins us this week, it's been far too long. We recommend her Youtube series 'The Green Children of Woolpit'! The Romanian presidential election is still contentious, and we congratulate Ian Dunt ...

Viktor Orbán is coming down hard on free speech and Romania seems to (maybe) avoid chaos after their second attempt on presidential elections. In TWISH we get into classical skepticism and have a ...

So, the conclave elected 'Papa Bob' a.k.a. Leo XIV - who is he, and will that bring back the 'Pontus Pokes the Pope' segment? Time will tell! In other news, If you catch ...

QED tickets are available everyone, so we start our count-down to October in Manchester! The papal conclave is currently on-going and we bring you the latest news. In TWISH we hear about John ...

We start out with a few things from the world of skepticism - in Belgium, SKEPP turns 35 next week with special appearance by Chris French (don't miss it!), and we link to ...

It's time for the last Poking of Francis but before we get into that and the other news, we go to TWISH to hear about this week's birthday boy, Guglielmo Marconi, the pioneer ...

Mixed feelings about news re QED - new dates announced but we hear this is the last one(!) and we have a hard time accepting it. At least we'll do our best to ...

We first rant a bit about Viktor Orbán and examine some psychic horsing around at the Grand National. In TWISH we hear about the Dead Sea Scrolls and then we dive into the ...

We explore the source of April Fool's day in this week's TWISH, before we get into the news: Another Nordic princess, Madeleine of Sweden, goes of the rails and announces that she will ...