TheESP – Ep. #278 – Whatever It Is, I’m Against It
The ESP - European Skeptics Podcast · TheESP – Ep. #278 – What Ever It Is, I'm Against It! This week we get a well deserved correction from listener Cyril on how to pronounce Marquis ...
TheESP – Ep. #277 – Climate Toddlers
The ESP - European Skeptics Podcast · TheESP – Ep. #277 – Climate Toddlers This week we find out what Pontus was up to last week, we honor the passing of the great skeptic Kees ...
TheESP – Ep. #276 – Magnetically drawn to vaccines
The ESP - European Skeptics Podcast · The ESP - Ep. #276 - Magnetically drawn to vaccines This week we first explore the magnetic properties of covid-19 vaccines and ponder the political meltdown of Alexander ...
TheESP – Ep. #275 – Edzard Ernst Strikes Again
The ESP - European Skeptics Podcast · TheESP – Ep. #275 – Edzard Ernst Strikes Again This week Swedish vaccinations are not too well organised, András has debated homeopaths and the Swedish Skeptics have some ...
TheESP – Ep. #274 – A Buffet of Vaccines
The ESP - European Skeptics Podcast · TheESP – Ep. #274 – A Buffet of Vaccines This week we wish Annika all the best in recovering from her first vaccine shot, we learn how to ...
TheESP – Ep. #273 – Monsters of the Sea
The ESP - European Skeptics Podcast · TheESP – Ep. #273 – Monsters of the Sea This week we get to hear Marie Curie's birthname properly pronounced, curtesy of listener Max (thanks!). One more of ...
TheESP – Ep. #272 – Flat Earth Award
The ESP - European Skeptics Podcast · TheESP – Ep. #272 – Flat Earth Award This week we first chat a bit and celebrate that we finally have new dates for QED, the fantastic skeptical ...
TheESP – Ep. #271 – The Harmful Episode
The ESP - European Skeptics Podcast · TheESP – Ep. #271 – The Harmful Episode This week we first celebrate the flight of Ingenuity on Mars, the first ever powered flight on another planet. In ...
TheESP – Ep. #270 – Ancient Astronauts
The ESP - European Skeptics Podcast · TheESP – Ep. #270 – Ancient Astronauts This week we start by reflecting on the death of Prince Philip and just can't help mention languages again since a ...
TheESP – Ep. #269 – Spiders from Mars
The ESP - European Skeptics Podcast · TheESP – Ep. #269 – Spiders from Mars This week we first continue to ponder the strange topic of language and we congratulate the Portuguese Skeptics on the ...
TheESP – Ep. #268 – Papal Pay-cuts and Cheap Wine
The ESP - European Skeptics Podcast · TheESP – Ep. #268 – Papal Pay-cuts and Cheap Wine This week Pontus is still mad at English spelling but we hope our listeners will forgive him. In ...
TheESP – Ep. #267½ – Short update
The ESP - European Skeptics Podcast · TheESP - Ep. #267½ - Short Update Just a quick update to give you three extra news items: Darwin was a misunderstood fantasy author The famous drop bears ...
TheESP – Ep. #267 – No rights for Turkish women
The ESP - European Skeptics Podcast · TheESP – Ep. #267 – No rights for Turkish women This week we we mention the Icelandic volcanic eruptions and then a bit randomly reflect upon languages and ...
TheESP – Ep. #266 – Is AstraZeneca safe?
The ESP - European Skeptics Podcast · TheESP – Ep. #266 – Is AstraZeneca safe? This week we we start by checking out some science: travel faster than speed of light(?) and the wonderful 3D-model ...
TheESP – Ep. #265 – Eva Fernandez
The ESP - European Skeptics Podcast · TheESP – Ep. #265 – Eva Fernandez This week we geek out some more about space, mention the demonstrations in Stockholm and the upcoming Cologne virtual skeptics in ...
TheESP – Ep. #255 – Happy New Year 2021!
We are extremely happy to welcome the first ever ESP Skepti-baby! Annika and her newborn girl are doing very well and they send their regards to the listeners. Whoohoo! We spend the episode to look ...
TheESP – Ep. #254 – Council for Inclusive Capitalism
This week we start by recommending a German Podcast Christmas Special, we report that Sucharit Bhaktdi won the Goldene Brett award and talk about the Saturn / Jupiter planetary conjunction. Pontus reports the his book ...
TheESP – Ep. #253 – Big Dicks and Aliens
This week we talk about that alt-med and antivaxxers have been visible on TV and how a town in Austria had to change its rather unfortunate name. We celebrate the anniversary of the Hungarian Skeptics ...
TheESP – Ep. #252 – Philosophy and Ethics w. Nikil Mukerji
This week we talk to Nikil Mukerji, a German author, philosopher and skeptic. He has a position at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich and academic director of philosophy, politics and economy. He studied economy, ...
TheESP – Ep.#251 – 1st of the Next 250
This week we reflect a on the new vaccines that are coming. Annika sings(!) to celebrate the quiz performance of Pontus, Brian and Claire last week and then she tells us about a memorial for ...
TheESP – Ep.#250 – United Federation of Skeptical Podcasts
This week we celebrate 250 episodes and five years on the road with the ESP. We invited all guest hosts who ever have sat in for a show and they all joined us for our ...
Live Stream of Ep. #250 – Tonight!
UPDATE! The video stream is available on our Youtube-channel! Tonight 22 November 8:00 pm CET Live on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/theespeu/ Last week marked the 5th anniversary of releasing the first episode of the European Skeptics ...
TheESP – Ep. #249 – Homophobic Orbán
This week Pontus is a bit under the weather so András and Annika send him their "thoughts and prayers" (don't worry, he is fine). Then we mention an interesting documentary about SCAM practitioners and give ...
TheESP – Ep. #248 – Skepti-baby Alert!
This week we first chat a bit about Trump, having covid in your family and an opportunity to talk to Swedish MPs. We also mention the Vienna terror attacks and the Hay Winter Festival. Annika ...
TheESP – Ep. #247 – Stephan Lewandowsky
This week we talk to Stephan Lewandowsky, professor of cognitive psychology and one of the drivers behind the Debunking Handbook 2020, the recently published follow-up to the previous debunking handbook from 2011. A great resource ...
TheESP – Ep. #246 – RIP, James “the Amazing” Randi
This week we remember James "the Amazing" Randi, a great skeptic and generous person who like no one else influenced the skeptic movement. His legacy lives on. We also reflect a bit on daylight saving ...
TheESP – Ep. #245 – Lust for Blood
This week we notice the new I am Greta movie strangely so far is only in theaters and not online. Covid number are going up, especially in Germany where conspiracy theories are growing, but the ...
TheESP – Ep. #244 – Go Women in Science!
This week we start by celebrating that several women received the Nobel Prize this year. Well deserved and a good trend! We also look at the latest Global warming news delivered by Copernicus. We may ...
TheESP – Ep. #243 – Belgian Skeptics Sued!
This week we start by urging you to register nominations for the Ockham Awards, handled by The Skeptic. The deadline is 31 October. That's the same date that Skepsis in the Netherlands will hold their ...
TheESP – Ep. #242 – Stefanie Handl, the Skeptic Vet
This week we interview veterinarian Dr. Stefanie Handl from Vienna, Austria. Her special fields are nutrition and diets for pets. She is a member of the “Gesellschaft für kritisches Denken” (“Society for Critical Thinking”) which ...
TheESP – Ep. #202 – 2019 Wasn’t All Bad
This week we wrap up the year and wish all our listeners a Happy Holiday. We revisit something we got wrong about Das Goldene Brett last week and celebrate the birthday of Johannes Kepler. For ...
TheESP – Ep. #201 – HPV vaccines are safe!
This week we start our journey towards episode 300 and first reflect on climate change with Greta Thunberg as Time Magazine's person of the year and Australia heading for a sever heatwave just in time ...
TheESP – Ep. #200 – Two hundred!
This week we celebrate our 200th episode and that we continue our journey into our fifth year! We re-unite with our first ever guest, Gábor Hraskó (president of the Hungarian Skeptics) to philosophize a little ...
TheESP – Ep. #199 – Life’s too fun!
This week Claire Kroulik-Klingenberg joins Jelena and Pontus for the 199th episode – we’re into our fifth year, folks! In This week in Skepticism, Jelena tells the story of how a young pre-Sherlock-Holmes Arthur Conan ...
TheESP – Ep. #198 – Jehovah’s Witnesses w Lydia Finch
This week we have a very interesting interview with Lydia Finch, an ex-Jehovah’s Witness turned skeptic. As a sort of a follow-up from two weeks ago, we felt we wanted to dive a little more ...
TheESP – Ep. #197 – Deadly Chiro-Practices
This week we welcome Brian back for an unprecedented two-weeks-in-a-row appearance and then we dive into how the Piltdown Man hoax went undetected for many years, but was revealed this week 66 years ago. Then ...
TheESP – Ep. #196 – 99.9% of All Scientists
This week it’s the return of Brian(!) as we have sent András on a field trip to Malaysia. We celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Glasgow Skeptics and then explore signs that some bishops in ...
TheESP – Ep. #195 – EU rules on GMO are bananas
This week pope Francis is all talk and no show, there was a secret love affaire between a Cardinal and a Queen of Sweden in 1654 and Massimo Polidoro’s book Il Mondo Sottosopra is now ...
TheESP – Ep. #194 – Polio: Two Down, One to Go
First: A big shout-out to fellow skeptics Claire and Jakub who are getting married on the day of the release of this episode! This week we learn about William Benjamin Carpenter, an early skeptic and ...
TheESP – Ep. #193 – Global Vaccination Summit w Ovidiu Covaciu
This week we have a very interesting catch up with Ovidiu Covaciu who attended the International Global Vaccination Summit organised by the European Commission and the WHO. But before that we celebrate that Jelena singlehandedly ...
TheESP – Ep. #192 – Dark Side of the Moon
This week we first have a look to see if it was really the President of Finland who said he preferred reindeer to Trump before we congratulate the Spanish Skeptics for ceasing the opportunity of ...
TheESP – Ep. #191 – No dick, no vote
This week we declare that we’re fans of Brian Cox and we deliberate some more on the book ‘Shoot for the Moon’ by Richard Wiseman (see ep. 190) and how we can apply the lessons ...
TheESP – Ep. #190 – Richard Wiseman and Shoot for the Moon
This week we first have a brief follow-up on German Health Minister Jens Spahn’s failure do defund bogus homeopathy and how the IHN (Informationsnetzwerk Homöopathie) has published an open letter to the minister explaining why ...
TheESP – Ep. #189 – with Massimo Polidoro
This week we first hear from the fantastic Massimo Polidoro who tells all about CICAP Fest from two weeks ago. We then look forward to a new film which is a fictional tale about the ...
TheESP – Ep. #188 – European Skeptics Congress 2019, part 2
This week the team is all together at last! András us tells a bit about his adventures at the incredibly exiting CICAP Fest in Padua, more on this to follow next week. In the main ...
TheESP – Ep. #152 – Year End 2018
Become a Patron! A bit of a different episode this week, released on the last day of the year to remind our listeners (and ourselves) of the most important things that happened in 2018. Lots ...
TheESP – Ep. #151 – Newton’s birthday, the Pope’s promise, CICAP’s new chapter & Xmas in Sweden
Become a Patron! Segments:Intro; Greetings; This Week in Skepticism; Pontus Pokes the Pope; News; Skeptical Christmas Songs; Farewell and Quote; Outro; Out-takes Show Notes:00:00:00 Intro 00:00:28 Greetings 00:06:36 This Week in Skepticism Sir Isaac Newton ...
TheESP – Ep. #150 – Antivax Italian politicians, Russian homeopathy and baby acupuncture
Become a Patron! Segments:Intro; Greetings; This Week in Skepticism; Pontus Pokes the Pope; News; Really Right; Farewell and Quote; Outro; Out-takes Show Notes:00:00:27 Intro 00:00:55 Greetings Event page for ESC 2019 Announcement of CICAP Fest ...
TheESP – Ep #149 – Julia Offe
Become a Patron! On this Episode: This week Pontus and Jelena talks to German Science Communicator and Skeptic Julia Offe. Julia Offe has a PhD in molecular biology and is active within GWUP, the German ...
TheESP – Ep #148 – Antonia de Oñate, Psuedoscience and Brexit fake news
Become a Patron! Segments: Intro; Greetings; This Week in Skepticism; Pontus Pokes the Pope; Interview with Antonia de Oñate; News; Really Wrong; Farewell and Quote; Outro; Out-takes Show Notes: 00:00:55 Greetings This week we first ...
TheESP – Ep. #147 – Frankie eats lasagna, heroes of science comm & Spanish government fighting CAM
Become a Patron! This week our three hosts discuss a great number of things including how a delusional German physician got away with killing people, and how Pope Francis thinks right to tackle poverty. Loads ...
TheESP – Ep. #146 – Pixie Turner
Become a Patron! On this Episode: On this week's episode Jelena and Andras interviews British biochemist, nutritionist, blogger, author and public speaker Pixie Turner, to talk about the science-based approach to healthy eating, dietary and ...
TheESP – Ep. #145 – Elsevier monopoly?
Become a Patron! András and Pontus join ranks to talk about Massimo Polidoro, Elsevier vs. open access and a film that drives Polish disapproval of the Catholic Church. Plus why people don't trust science and ...
TheESP – Ep. #144 – No Zero Tolerance for Abuse
Become a Patron! Join us to hear about Pope Francis' failing October synod, Galileo and how homeopathy is getting a really hard beating in Spain. In other news the Good Thinking Society fights Goop, EU ...
Ep. #143 – QED Live Recording with Claire Klingenberg, Brian Eggo and Jay Novella
Become a Patron! Segments: Intro; Greetings; Clash of the Candies; This Week in Skepticism; News; Pontus Pokes the Pope; Really Wrong; Quote and Farewell; Outro; Out-takes This episode is the first of its kind as ...
TheESP – Ep. #142 – Aron Ra
Become a Patron! On this Episode: On this week's episode Jelena interviews Aron Ra - atheist activist, former president of Atheist Alliance of America, host of Ra-Men podcast. He is a current regional director of ...
TheESP – Ep. #141 – Ig Nobel Prize, Rosaries, Factfulness and the WHO making a big mistake
Become a Patron! Segments: Intro; Greetings; This Week in Skepticism; Pontus Pokes the Pope; News; Really Wrong; Quote and Farewell; Outro; Out-takes This week we look at the history of the Ig Nobel Prize, try ...
TheESP – Ep. #140 – Massimo Polidoro and CICAP Fest 2018
Become a Patron! On this Episode: This week we welcome Massimo Polidoro back to our show. This time he tells us about how the latest edition of CICAPFest went (it was a great success in ...
TheESP – Ep. #139 – Fake Cancer Cures in Trouble and the Discoverer of Pulsars Gets Revenge
Become a Patron! Segments: Intro; Greetings; Pontus Pokes the Pope; This Week in Skepticism; News; Really Right; Quote and Farewell; Outro; Out-takes Claire Klingenberg sits in for András on this episode where the Pope blames ...
TheESP – Ep #138 – Darren McKee and Effective altruism
Become a Patron! On this Episode: This week's episode features an interview that Andras recorded in Budapest with Canadian skeptic and host of The Reality Check podcast Darren McKee, who talks about Effective altruism and ...
Episode #105 – Smallpox, fake news and the Taoiseach is a coward
Become a Patron! In our final episode for 2017 we look back at a skeptical year in Europe. We talk about smallpox, how measles continues to spread and how a prominent skeptic becomes head of ...
Episode #104 – Pre-Holidays show with Gleb Tsipursky and David Fitzgerald
Become a Patron! On this episode: On our pre-holidays show we welcome Jelena back after a bit of a hiatus, then Pontus corrects himself before we turn our skeptical ears towards fellow skeptics Dr. Gleb ...
Episode #103 – Vaccinations, threats over glyphosate, the John Maddox Prize & the Nobel-disease
Become a Patron! On this episode: We start with some corrections this week before we turn towards things like Nostradamus, vaccination rates in Romania, Peter Boghossian touring Europe, German Minister of Agriculture getting threats over ...
Episode #102 – More Superheroes!
Become a Patron! On this episode: We could not possibly fit everything into epsiode #100, so here come some more interviews from those recordings: We talk to Andreas Kyriacou, Antonia de Oñate and João Monteiro! ...
Episode #101 – Belgian UFOs, the King of Germany and András goes into politics
Become a Patron! On this episode: The brilliant Brian Eggo ("Eggman") joins us from Glasgow as guest host and tells all about the Skeptics in the Pub movement in the world. Then we dig into ...
Episode #100 – Superheroes of Skepticism
Become a Patron! On this episode: This is our 100th episode!!! To celebrate, we interviewed some of the superheroes of skepticism who have already been on the show and could accept our invitation to come ...
Episode #099 – Prince Charles, homeopathy and onions in your ears
Become a Patron! On this episode: This week we talk about Massimo Polidoro’s new book, the latest Heinz Oberhummer Award and the origins of the Spanish skeptic movement, then move on to discuss Prince Charles ...
Episode #098, feat. Austra Muizniece – Rigvir scam, Exploding heads and the Higgs Boson
Become a Patron! On this episode: We check out Skepticism in Latvia with an interview with Austra Muizniece who talks about the Rigvir scam. We also get two shorter interviews from the Ratio Conference in ...
Episode #097
Become a Patron! On this episode: This week, while DenkFest and Ratio are both on, we release two interviews that Andras recorded in Zürich when they stopped there during the About Time Tour 2017 with ...
Episode #096
Become a Patron! A massive shout-out to Richard Saunders for dedicating such a great chunk of the latest episode of The Skeptic Zone Podcast to us winning the Ockham Awards 2017. Then you can listen ...
Episode #095 – QED 2017 Edition
This episode is a post QED show that features interviews with Rüdiger Ludwig from GWUP (German Skeptics), James Williams, Natalie Newell and Geoff Whelan. Segments Intro; Greetings & Feedback; Interviews from QED Show notes: 00:00:00 ...
Episode #094
This episode is a post European Skeptics Congress show that features interviews with Eran Segev, president of Australian Skeptics Inc. andMartin Mahner, who runs the office of the German skeptical organisation,gwup | die skeptiker. We ...
Episode #093
On this episode: On this episode we have a guest: Claire Klingenberg, who was the chief organiser of ECS 2017 and is the newly elected chair of ECSO. Than we talk about Marie Stopes and ...
Episode #092
We are checking in from Wroclaw, where we attended the 17th European Skeptics Congress and recorded a show sitting in a hotel room together. You can listen to a couple of our short interviews recorded ...
Episode #091
On this episode: Before we head out to the 17th European Skeptics Congress, we bring you news from Germany, Denmark, Italy and the UK, talk about Sigmun Freud and his weird theories. We try to ...
Episode #053
This time we talk events, quacks, Christmas, the PISA test, how skeptics sometimes get it wrong, how widespread the belief in alternative medicine is in Hungary and so much more. Segments Intro; Greetings & Feedback; ...
Episode #052
This is a shorter episode with no long interview, but 3 shorter ones, along with the usual run-through of feedback and events across Europe in the coming week. The last run of QED reports is ...
Episode #051
This time our team is joined by foreign liaison of the Czech Skeptics Club Sisyfos, Claire Klingenberg who talks about the 17th European Skeptics Congress. Then we talk events, quacks, UFOs, OpenTrialsFDA, Santa and much ...
Episode #050, feat. Britt Hermes
Along with a usual run-through of feedback and events across Europe in the coming week, this episode is dedicated to our interview with former naturopath Britt Hermes who recently received the 2016 Ockham's Award in ...
Episode #049
On this episode, you'll find news, events and interesting topics, including Skepsis, the Norwegian skeptical organisation revitalised, the status of homeopathy in the Czech Republic, AllTrials starts TrialsTracker, an automated tool to find unpublished ...
Episode #048, feat. Prof. Chris French
Along with a usual run-through of feedback and events across Europe in the coming week, this episode is dedicated to our interview with parapsychology professor Chris French. You can also listen to three short interviews (with ...
Episode #047, feat. Edinburgh Skeptics & QED
On this episode, you'll find news, events and interesting topics, including 1023 in Slovakia, Czech Republic, Austria and Germany, Edzard Ernst's new book, The Golden Board 2016 Awards in Germany, unlicensed blood drug for ...
Episode #046, feat. Simon Singh
Along with a usual run-through of feedback and events across Europe in the coming week, this episode is dedicated to our interview with science educator, author, journalist and founder of the Good Thinking Society, Simon ...
Episode 045 – QED special
This show is a special QED & Skepticamp report combined with some of the usual segments featured on odd-numbered episodes. We talked about the highlights of this wonderful festival of rationalism in Manchester, as ...
Episode #044, feat. Claus Larsen
We recorded this show at QED - Question. Explore. Discover. in Manchester, UK. Along with a usual run-through of feedback and events across Europe in the coming week, this episode is dedicated to our interview ...
Episode #042+1
On this episode, you'll find news, events and interesting topics, including QED, Rosetta, ComCept officially instituted, ECSO website launched, The Good Thinking Society winning another battle, Spanish pharmacists taking action against selling homeopathy, Swedish people ...
Episode #042, feat. Natalie Grams
Along with a usual run-through of feedback and events across Europe in the coming week, this episode is dedicated to our interview with ex homeopath Dr Natalie Grams, who's the founder and leader of the ...
Episode #041
On this episode, you'll find news, events and interesting topics, including Nessie, Bayer buying Monsanto, the European Skeptics Congress Facebook page launched, as well as Paul VI’s legacy, the Good Thinking Society pushing the Charity ...
Episode #040, feat. Isil Arican
Along with a usual run-through of feedback and events across Europe in the coming week, this episode is dedicated to our interview with skeptical blogger, podcaster and science educator Isil Arican, who's the founder of ...
Episode #039
On this episode, you'll find news, events and interesting topics, including Mother Theresa, Susan Gerbic and GSoW, John Needham and the theory of spontaneous generation, the European Congress for Homeopathy, a new 10:23 international campaign, ...
Episode #004, feat. Kirill Alferov
Interview with Kirill Alferov, founder of the Russian Skeptic Society, host of the Skeptic podcast and chief organiser of the first Skeptic Society Conference in Moscow in 2014. Segments: Intro; Listener feedback; On this day; ...
Episode #003, feat. Michael Marshall
Interview with Michael Marshall, project director at the Good Thinking Society, co-founder of the Merseyside Skeptics Society and co-host of its official podcast, 'Skeptics with a K'. Segments: Intro; Listener feedback; What's on in Europe?; ...
Episode #002, feat. Catherine de Jong
Interview with the Chair of the Dutch Association Against Quackery and board member of the European Council of Skeptical Organisations (ECSO) Segments: Intro; Listener feedback; On this day; What's new in Europe?; Interview with Catherine ...
Episode #001, feat. Gábor Hraskó
Interview with the Chairman of The European Council of Skeptical Organisations (ECSO) Segments: Intro; On this day; What's new in Europe; Interview with Gábor Hraskó; FAQ to Skeptics; Logical Fallacies; Really Wrong; True or False; ...