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Translating the works of Skeptical Science
Bärbel Winkler is the project coordinator for the translation projects at Skeptical Science and has been organising the translation of documents like the two consecutive versions of ...

Edzard Ernst joins us to tell all about his new book
Before we get into the interview with Edzard Ernst we are a bit nostalgic about hearing that the end of the ISS ...

We are all animals
Annika is back in Europe and for unclear reasons we may all move to an uninhabited island in Sweden (don't hold your breath). The German Informations­-Netzwerk Homöopathie (INH) is ...

Djokovic wrong again, and both popes get poked
We start with the fact that everyone and his uncle seems to have covid nowadays, and access to testing is hard. As mentioned last week, ...

No mercy for No-vaxx Djokovic
Sweden had some unusual northern lights last weekend (which Pontus missed) and the Tonga volcanic eruption had an impact on Annika's plans. Don't miss Pontus on next week's ...

Watch out researchers!
This week we have a special treat for you - we're joined by the one and only Elisabeth Bik! Our interview with her takes us into the wonders of how ...

Special report: Large Study Released by the Swedish Skeptics (VoF)
We start out welcoming the new year and chatting about the James Webb telescope, Omicron and that the Swedish King and Queen just ...

This week we geek out a bit about the landing of Perseverance on Mars, we (again) ponder the chances to become an ESA astronaut. Facebook stupidly believes Europe is a place in Australia ...

This week we are happy that the Covid-19 Communication Handbook have been translated into German. A Swedish translation is underway and hopefully many more. We then celebrate Copernicus birthday before we look at ...

This week we talk to Philipp Schmid about the COVID-19 Vaccine Communication Handbook. Philipp is a behavioural scientist at the Psychology and Infectious Diseases Lab at the University of Erfurt in Germany. He ...

This week we note that Martin Moder (see ep. #236) are making videos so well that anti-vaxxers want them taken down. The Swedish Skeptics has a great video up from their (English-speaking) Skeptics ...

This week we get nostalgic about the days when we could travel. We marvel over the fact that some people still thinks it is okay to do so, since the Swedish ski resorts ...

This week Annika has got some real nutty advice in the mail. She has also made a cameo on the Skeptic Zone, check it out!. Things are flying in the air, in Norway ...

This week Annika is back! We hear that Pontus apparently is the new Confounderer of the Year and that UK Skeptics in the Pub Online is back after the holidays. Check out the ...

This week we start the new year with an update on the Swedish pandemic laws and recommend you check out the speech that András gave at Monterrey Skepticamp 2021. In skeptical history we ...

This week we talk about the John Maddox Prize, the BBC’s new show series about Greta Thunberg and about Darren Brown, born on this day in 1971. Pontus Pokes the Pope and finally ...

On this episode we interview Australian cognitive scientist and founder of the Skeptical Science website John Cook about his upcoming book 'Cranky Uncle vs Climate Change' that showcases typical climate science denial situations ...

This week before we get into the meat of the show, we talk Corona, Greta Thunberg and look forward to Adam Rutherford’s new book, “How to Argue with a Racist”. We also have ...

This week we interview Finnish activist Iida Ruishalme to talk about nuclear power and green energy. Iida is a biologist specialised in biomedical research, an environmentalist, a writer and a science communicator. She ...

This week we first get the record straight and correct our position on Ocean Cleanup - while we appreciate the sentiment, the whole idea is both damaging and unscientific. Two great Skeptical events ...

This week we note that the Swedish Skeptics’ article from last week concerning Thomas Erikson’s nonsense personality book “Surrounded by Idiots” has gotten some attention from other skeptics, among other things Pontus was ...

This week we note that at the time of recording, American-Swedish astronaut Jessica Meir is busy preparing and conducting the second ever all-female spacewalk. In history this week in 1964, Italian philosopher, author ...

This week András is back and we start by philosophizing a bit about what a new decade really means and look forward to a few nice skeptics meetings coming up in the near ...

This week Brian is back again and we look forward to the new year. One thing to note about 2020 is the Ratio conference in Sofia in Bulgaria in June and that the ...

The band is back together for a new week of skeptical reports. On this week: Oliver Lodge did not manage to prove psychics right, Pope Francis still believes in in celibacy (although his ...

This week we bring you lots news and topics from across Europe including Annika Merkelbach's interview on Skeptical Inquirer's website with Natalie Grams, whose book has just been published in English, Edzard Ernst's ...

This week we're back to bring you news and info about a wide range of topics including Francis Bacon and his importance in the development of #science, how the 'good pope' John Paul ...

On this Episode: This time with a very interesting interview with Turi Munthe (@turi), founder of Parli.co. Parli is a new web resource aiming to (yes it’s ambitious!) document all opinions in the ...

Two weeks into the new year, our first episode of 2019 is finally hear and we can only hope it was worth the wait.
With the whole team together again, we are bringing ...

This week we make predictions regarding upcoming books by Edzard Ernst, talk about the future of fact-checking, discuss the works of Peter Boghosian, remember the father of LSD Albert Hofmann, then go on ...

On this episode: Segments Intro; Interview; Farewell; Science Friction promo; Outro; Out-takes Show notes: 00:00:00 INTRO music 00:00:35 Greetings 00:03:43 Interview with Brian Dunning

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On this episode we talk about the rise of the antivaccination movement in Europe and interview Polish psychologist, science writer and science educator, Tomasz Witkowski, who's the author of two very important skeptical books ...

This week we are talking about whether Nutella contains a known carcinogen, how the number of autism cases is not on the rise, vaccination against chicken pox called to be made mandatory in Hungary, ...

This week we interviewed Michael Motskin, who's the co-founder and Managing Director of the international science festival, Pint of Science. Segments Intro; Greetings & Feedback; Interview with Michael Motskin; Goodbye; Out-takes Show notes: ...

With minor changes having taken effect in the segments of our podcast, here we are with a new episode on which we talked about an Italian psychic, Facebook taking on fake news, Science Busters ...

This week we interview Richard Saunders, international podcaster and skeptical activist from Australia. We also present some changes to the format of the show based on the listener survey. Segments Intro; Greetings & Feedback; Interview ...

Jelena and Pontus take over while András is off to Italy for the week. We talk about a planet that was not there, access to scientific journals, religion in the Netherlands, the new Ebola ...

Featuring skeptic events in the coming week across Europe and an interview with Professor Edzard Ernst, researcher of complementary and alternative medicine, the first ever Professor of Complementary Medicine in the world, author of ...

Featuring a short interview with Leon Korteweg, Team Leader of the Dutch group of editors in the international Guerrilla Skepticism on Wikipedia project, co-organiser of Utrecht Freethinkers in the Pub and board member of ...

Featuring an interview with Jay Novella, co-host and producer of The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe, producer and director of SGU Video Productions, and director of Marketing and Technology for The New England Skeptical ...

Our first episode without a long, feature interview, yet we've had so many things to talk about. Lots of skeptical events across Europe and much more. Segments: Intro; Greetings; Listener feedback; On this day; ...

New page now available for tracking events! We introduced a new item on our menu bar that leads you to a page equipped with a calendar that shows events known to us from across Europe, ...

Featuring an interview with Michael Heap, clinical and forensic psychologist, chairman of the Association for Skeptical Enquiry (ASkE), board member of the European Council of Skeptical Organisations (ECSO) and co-organiser of the 16th European ...

Interview with Diana Barbosa, co-founder of ComCept, the Portuguese Skeptic Community and co-organiser of ComCeptCon as well as Skeptics in the Pub in Porto. Segments: Intro; Greetings; Listener feedback; On this day; What's on ...