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TheESP – Ep. #359 – The Death of Senator Palpatine

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– also, never think with your royal penis!
This week start with some listener feedback regarding the new Swedish Spaceport Esrange, look at the value of New Year’s resolutions and discuss the crazy weather situation. In this week in Skepticism we celebrate the birth of Isaac Asimov who was born on 2 January 1920 (or was he?) and then Pontus reflects on the life and death of Joseph Ratzinger, aka. Pope Benedict XVI, aka, Senator Palpatine. Then we go through the news:

  • INTERNATIONAL: European Humanist Federation merges into Humanists International
  • SWEDEN: The spread of rumors of Swedish authorities kidnapping babies from all over the world
  • RUSSIA: Russia is afraid of western psychic attacks
  • DENMARK / RUSSIA: Danish military intelligence suggests drug-induced megalomania may have influenced Putin to invade Ukraine

The Swedish King, Gustav XVI Gustaf, gets a well earned Really Wrong Award for thinking that monarchs shall have a penis.

Enjoy!

Segments: Intro; Greetings; TWISH; Pontus Pokes The Pope; News; Really Wrong; Quote And Farewell; Outro; Out-Takes;
 
0:00:27 INTRO

0:00:52 GREETINGS

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

0:18:49 PONTUS POKES THE POPE

0:30:20 NEWS

0:45:30 REALLY WRONG

0:49:23 QUOTE AND FAREWELL

    Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.
    George Bernard Shaw, (26 July 1856 – 2 November 1950), Irish playwright, critic, polemicist and political activist. /

0:51:22 OUTRO

0:52:37 OUT-TAKES