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Episode #066, feat. Hayley Stevens

Episode #066, feat. Hayley Stevens


This week we interviewed award-winning blogger and paranormal investigator Hayley Stevens. We talked about becoming a skeptic after believing, how applying the right way of thinking and the best methods can help us ...
Episode #065

Episode #065


This week we're back with the regular segments discussing lots of different topics ranging from Chickenpox, SpaceX, Newton and Fake News to what happened #LastNightInSweden after all, how Bild is fighting falsehoods, March for ...
Episode #064, feat. Florent Martin

Episode #064, feat. Florent Martin


This week we interviewed Florent Martin, who's one of the founders of the French organisation Observatoire Zététique that investigates unusual claims in Grenoble and all over France. Segments: Intro; Greetings & Feedback; Interview ...
Episode #063

Episode #063


On this week's episode we talk about the antivax movement and what we can do about it, then move on to talking about Derren Brown's work, whether fortune tellers will be out of Hungarian ...
Episode #062, feat. Michael Marshall and Fiona O'Leary

Episode #062, feat. Michael Marshall and Fiona O’Leary


This episode is entirely dedicated to one topic, which is the latest wrongdoings of the antivaccination campaign, namely the screenings of the pseudo-documentary "Vaxxed - From Cover-up to Catastrophy". Our guests, with whom we ...
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Episode #061


This week we are talking about well known quack and discredited doctor Andrew Wakefield and his campaign promoting 'Vaxxed: From Cover-Up to Catastrophe', a pseudo-documentary that promotes the false idea of vaccines causing autism ...
Episode #060, feat. Tomasz Witkowski

Episode #060, feat. Tomasz Witkowski


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 ...
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Episode #059


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, ...
Episode #058, feat. Michael Motskin (Pint of Science)

Episode #058, feat. Michael Motskin (Pint of Science)


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: ...
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Episode #057


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 ...
Episode #056, feat. Richard Saunders

Episode #056, feat. Richard Saunders


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 ...
Episode #055

Episode #055


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 ...
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Episode #054 – Christmas


This is a Christmas-themed episode with even a few events to talk about. Check it out! Segments: Intro; Greetings & Feedback; What’s On In Europe?; Really Wrong; True or False?; Quote: Outro; Out-takes Show ...
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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 & ...
Episode #052

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 ...