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Next week we’ll livestream our 500th episode (but stick around for this one first!), and also we remind all non-UK QED participants to get their ETAs before they go to Manchester later this month. In TWISH we learn about Alice Stewart and her work for awareness of the risks with radiation. Then we go to the news:

• INTERNATIONAL: No longer any question: alcohol is bad for your body
• EU: EU transition to electromobility is better than many make it out to be
• MOLDOVA / RUSSIA: Moldova election results subject to Russian disinformation
• GERMANY: New podcast of GWUP launched
• DENMARK: Drones over Denmark – what are they?

Dick Erixon of the Sweden Democrats wants to investigate George Soros only because that’s what daddy Trump wants, and for that he is Really Wrong.

Enjoy!

Segments: Intro; Greetings; TWISH; News; Really Wrong; Quote; Outro; Outtakes
 
0:00:27 INTRO

0:00:50 GREETINGS

• Ep 500 is coming up!!!
• Don’t forget your UK ETA for QED…
  • Gov.UK: https://www.gov.uk/eta

0:06:41 TWISH – THIS WEEK IN SKEPTICAL HISTORY

• 4 October 1906: Alice Mary Stewart was born
  • National Library of Medicine: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC1123602/

0:16:16 NEWS

• INTERNATIONAL: No longer any question: alcohol is bad for your body
  • BMJ: https://ebm.bmj.com/content/early/2025/09/16/bmjebm-2025-113913
• EU: EU transition to electromobility is better than many make it out to be
  • Eleport: https://eleport.com/ev-sales-in-europe-2025-the-first-half/
• MOLDOVA / RUSSIA: Moldova election results subject to Russian disinformation
  • the Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/29/pro-european-party-won-moldovas-election-but-obstacles-to-join-the-eu-remain
• GERMANY: New podcast of GWUP launched
  • GWUP: https://blog.gwup.net/2025/09/30/skeptitalk-der-neue-gwup-podcast-ist-da-erste-folge-mit-dem-vorsitzenden-andre-sebastiani/
• DENMARK: Drones over Denmark – what are they?
  • the Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/28/denmark-reports-more-drone-sightings-ahead-of-european-summits
  • Omni: https://omni.se/darfor-gar-det-inte-stoppa-dronarna-maste-forst-bevisa-att-de-finns/a/pP7vaR

0:45:26 REALLY WRONG

• Really Wrong: Sweden Democrat Dick Erixon wants to investigate George Soros due to Trump’s allegation
  • DN: https://www.dn.se/sverige/sd-topp-vill-utreda-soros-kritiseras-for-antisemitism/

0:50:45 QUOTE AND FAREWELL

“[Real scientist are delighted when they find out they are wrong. And to me that is one of the greatest gifts that a scientific education can bring.] There are too many people in this world who want to be right.
And too few who just want to know.”
/ Brian Cox (3 March 1968 – ), English physicist, science communicator and musician. The quote is from the TV show ‘Forces of Nature’. /

0:52:20 OUTRO

0:53:43 OUT-TAKES