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TheESP – Ep. #419 – London Eye is falling down

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Flying unicorns exist in Portugal and you can vote for your favorites on the Portuguese Skeptics’ web site (COMCEPT) before 1 April. By coincidence this is also the deadline for getting the Early Bird discount for the European Skeptics Congress in Lyon, so sign up in time! On a sadder note, Annika will have to take a few months off from the podcast, but she promises to return in June. But before that, we have a whole lot of news to go through:

  • INTERNATIONAL: AI will increase energy use and climate misinformation
  • INTERNATIONAL: Is rapamycin a cure for old age?
  • GERMANY: Arson attacks against Tesla Giga factory driven by misconceptions regarding electromobility
  • UK: Helpline for people leaving faith
  • INTERNATIONAL: Are there any benefits to the Wim Hof method?
  • UK: London Eye moving to Scotland?

For a change we have a Really Weird Award to hand out – the man who got hundreds of covid shots just to be on the safe side (we suppose). Luckily he seems to be OK.

Enjoy!

Segments: Intro; Greetings; TWISH; News; Really Weird; Quote and Farewell; Outro; Out-Takes
 
0:00:27 INTRO

0:00:52 GREETINGS

0:12:42 TWISH – THIS WEEK IN SKEPTICAL HISTORY

0:22:23 NEWS

0:49:49 REALLY WEIRD

0:56:34 QUOTE AND FAREWELL

    I never see what has been done; I only see what remains to be done.
    Marie Curie (7 November 1867 – 4 July 1934), Polish and naturalised-French physicist and chemist who conducted pioneering research on radioactivity. She was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, the first person to win a Nobel Prize twice, and the only person to win a Nobel Prize in two scientific fields. /

1:00:51 OUTRO

1:02:06 OUT-TAKES