The Episodes Archive

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 ...

...and Nessie goes 'gloop'

We're happy to announce that the ESP Shop is now available in the US, Canada and Australia. We also want you to know that nominations for Das Goldene ...

...sleep restriction for insomnia?

A lot of great talks are coming up for Skepticamp at QED in September - with András, Pontus and Claire among the speakers! In TWISH we hear about ...

...Uri Geller strikes again...

There are now streaming tickets for QED! In TWISH we hear about the three wise guys, sorry, the three wise men, and how they ended up in ...

...and the deep fakes grows deeper

We start with listener feedback regarding burning the Quran and the best ways to boil a frog... We also announce our newly created merch store ...

...might get you pregnant?
Another record with July being the hottest month ever. It may not matter since AI is here to finish us off before the climate crisis does... But the ...

...BTW, a 'rutgängare' uses a 'slagruta' in their profession
This week in TWISH we hear about Rosalind Franklin and Pope Frankie is on a diplomatic mission from God. In the news, we ...

This week, as we are finally all back together to record, we start by lamenting on the latest heatwaves and why we might be doomed, especially when we consider the current political stage ...

...holiday on Crimea? This war is no vacation
Sweden seems clear for NATO, but there is still time for Erdogan to trip things up. Two Skeptical awards are coming up, das Goldene ...

...plus Nicola Throp tells all about QED!
This week we're saved once again by Brian Eggo, as we suddenly find ourselves very short on staff. What a guy! Some initial info is ...

...and someone is quacking in Latvia
This week we start by commenting on the strange developments in Russia and the Titan submersible. We call for speaker at QED SkeptiCamp recommend the work ...

...be mindful of Māņticība
We see signs of climate change all over the place and it's worrying. Taking bus 666 to 'Hel' is not even an option anymore, but thankfully going to ...