This week we celebrate Britt Hermes’ lawsuit victory and that Annika got married (yay!) and urge everyone top make plans for ESC in Belgium – there’s still time to get your tickets!
We hear about celebrated scientist and skeptic David Colquhoun and we get into how the term ‘Religious Liberty’ is so misunderstood and misused by the church.
András gives us a special interview with Heather and Mark Pentler of the Edinburgh Skeptics who reveal all about the upcoming Skeptics in the Fringe in August.
In the news it is formally confirmed that France is stopping public funding for homeopathy and there are signs that Germany may go the same way. HPV vaccinations get included also for boys in the UK, same sex marriages and abortions get allowed in Northern Ireland (upon time). The WHO releases a report that shows that we have not improved global vaccination rates in the last 8 years, but we learn in other news at least that measles vaccinations will now become mandatory in Germany.
Finally, ‘psychic healer’ Jeanette Wilson gets a Really Wrong award for her current tour of the UK and for her stupid nonsense in general.
Segments:
Intro; Greetings; This Week in Skepticism; Pontus Pokes the Pope; Interview; News; Really Wrong; Quote; Outro; Out-takes
Events Calendar: https://theesp.eu/events_in_europe
00:00:27 Intro
00:00:50 Greetings
The lawsuit against Britt Hermes is over since Colleen Huber has chosen not to appeal. A big shout out to our collaborator Annika who got married! And don’t forget to make plans for the European Skeptics Congress in Ghent, Belgium, on 29 August – 1 September.
00:08:42 This Week in Skepticism
On 19 July In 1936, David Colquhoun, British Pharmacologist and prominent skeptic was born.
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Colquhoun
- https://www.theguardian.com/science/2013/apr/21/rational-heroes-david-colquhoun-pharmacologist
- https://www.badscience.net/2007/06/the-mighty-david-colquhoun/
00:16:02 Pontus Pokes the Pope – ‘Religion Liberty’?
You keep using that phrase – I do not think it means what you think it means…
- https://cruxnow.com/interviews/2019/07/11/defeat-of-californias-attempt-to-break-seal-of-confession-a-victory-for-religious-liberty/
- https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2019/07/01/british-man-i-shouldnt-have-to-pay-parking-ticket-since-i-was-going-to-church/
- https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/manchester-council-faithless-church-parking-16495992
00:21:04 Interview: Mark and Heather Pentler of the Edinburgh Skeptics
András caught up with our friends in Edinburgh how have prepared to fill the Skeptics in the Fringe calendar for 23 evenings straight in August! Be there if you can!
00:37:19 Skeptical News
FRANCE / GERMANY: French health minister confirms end of homeopathy funding – is Germany next?
- https://uk.reuters.com/article/us-france-health-homeopathy/france-will-end-healthcare-refunds-for-homeopathic-drugs-idUKKCN1U42B6
- https://www.tellerreport.com/news/2019-07-12—end-of-the-cost-assumption—-homeopathic-remedies–assumption-of-costs-remains-controversial-.SJLzzmLZH.html
UK: HPV vaccinations for boys
- https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/jul/09/hpv-vaccine-to-be-given-to-boys-in-effort-to-slash-cancer-rates
- https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/vaccinations/hpv-human-papillomavirus-vaccine/
- http://vk.ovg.ox.ac.uk/vk/hpv-vaccine-1
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HPV_vaccine
NORTHERN IRELAND: Same sex marriage and abortions allowed
WORLD: WHO global vaccination rates for 2018
GERMANY: Mandatory measles vaccinations from March next year
00:53:40 Really Wrong
‘Psychic healer’ Jeanette Wilson is touring the UK
- https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/concerns-over-psychic-healer-who-16508477.amp
- https://goodthinkingsociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/jeanette-wilson-antivax-handout.jpg
- https://www.jeanettewilson.co.uk/
00:58:57 Quote and Goodbye
“The great experimental principle, then, is doubt, that philosophic doubt which leaves to the mind its freedom and initiative, and from which the virtues most valuable to investigators in physiology and medicine are derived. ”
/ Claude Bernard, 12 July 1813 – 10 February 1878. French physiologist who helped establish the principles of experimentation in the life sciences. /
01:00:53 Outro
01:02:08 Out-takes