General elections in Hungary are coming up and it’s going to be nasty. We get some listener feedback and we were on an video interview for Skeptical Inquirer. TWISH looks to Tesla’s famous “free energy” patent which was filed 126 years ago, and finds that in doesn’t promise free energy at all (chocker!). Then we look to the news:
- UK: Survivors of Ireland’s mother and baby homes face benefit cuts in UK after accepting compensation
- GERMANY: Campaign against fluoride in toothpaste seems to be a marketing strategy rather than citizen initiative
- INTERNATIONAL: AIDS denialism on the rise
- GERMANY: Germanic New Medicine seems dangerously popular
Who’s Quacking? this week looks to Norway and finds Anders Haakenstad, a clinical exercise physiologist and health expert who spreads unproven doubts about chemo therapy for cancer and vaccines.
Enjoy!
Segments: Intro; Greetings; TWISH; News; Who’s Quacking?; Quote; Outro; Outtakes
0:00:27 INTRO
0:00:51 GREETINGS
- Hungary’s upcoming elections set to be dirty
- Listener feedback: correction on collection of religious fees in Sweden
- Skeptical Inquirer: A Conversation with The ESP
0:13:49 TWISH – THIS WEEK IN SKEPTICAL HISTORY
- 20 March 1900: Nikola Tesla’s patent no 645,576 (Wireless Transfer of Energy) was approved 126 years ago
- Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z97iOZQd-B4
- State Library Victoria: https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/our-stories/nikola-tesla-the-man-who-gave-electricity-to-the-world/
- Google Patents: https://patents.google.com/patent/US645576
0:25:06 NEWS
- UK: Survivors of Ireland’s mother and baby homes face benefit cuts in UK after accepting compensation
- GERMANY: Campaign against fluoride in toothpaste seems to be a marketing strategy rather than citizen initiative
- INTERNATIONAL: AIDS denialism on the rise
- GERMANY: Germanic New Medicine seems dangerously popular
0:50:10 WHO’S QUACKING?
- Norway: Anders Haakenstad is a Norwegian clinical exercise physiologist and health expert who spreads unproven doubts about chemo therapy for cancer and vaccines
0:55:11 QUOTE AND FAREWELL
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For years mankind has been told what to think and what to believe by shamans, priests and ideologues. There is an alternative: free thought, trusting our ability to find out, investigate, question and test according to repeatable, reliable evidence.”
/ Stephen Fry (24 August 1957 – ), British actor, broadcaster, comedian, and writer. /
0:56:56 OUTRO
0:58:19 OUT-TAKES