ESC

– a carnival of Cardinals says it’s permitted

This week we are packing our bags for the ESC Vienna – hope to see you there! But we also have plans for QED – András and Pontus will both talk at Skepticamp, and BREAKING NEWS! – live recording of the ESP has now been announced! In TWISH we celebrate 200 years of “cardinal” permission of the heliocentric model and in more current Vatican news, Pope Frankie elevates a predecessor who is now on his way to full sainthood. Then there is the news:

• GERMANY: New book out – Science Matters!
• INTERNATIONAL: Cranky Uncle Game now available in Spanish and Portuguese, too (Swedish soon out as well)
• UK: New prime minister on the Horizon… Or not so much.
• RUSSIA: Die for the Motherland – Indoctrination in Russian schools
• FRANCE: Medical service Doctolib under attack for promoting SCAM
• UK: Kate Moss – yet another supermodel who turns to selling bogus products

A Really Wrong Award goes to an Irish transphobic teacher who doesn’t know when to quit.

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

• Vienna, here we come! Thanks to all our patrons who have helped us to go!
  • ECSO: https://www.ecso.org/esc2022/
• Book with András’ chapter in it available for pre-orders (in Hungarian)
  • lira.hu: https://www.lira.hu/hu/konyv/ismeretterjeszto-1/a-teridon-is-tul#
• Don’t miss Skepticamp at QED! Both András and Pontus will talk
  • QED: https://qedcon.org/schedule
• BREAKING NEWS!
  We will do a live recording at QED!
  (Not mentioned on the show, because the news was not out yet)
  • QED: https://qedcon.org/news/2022/announcing-european-skeptics-podcast-live

0:09:42 TWISH – THIS WEEK IN SKEPTICAL HISTORY

• 11 September 1822: College of Cardinals finally accepts heliocentrism
  • Wired: https://www.wired.com/2008/09/sept-11-1822-church-admits-its-not-all-about-us-2/

0:12:39 PONTUS POKES THE POPE

• Frankie wore the funny hat!
  • the Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/sep/04/pope-francis-beatifies-john-paul-i
  • Crux: https://cruxnow.com/vatican/2022/09/smiling-pope-embodied-joy-of-the-gospel-pope-francis-says

0:21:26 NEWS

• GERMANY: New book out – Science Matters!
  • GWUP: https://blog.gwup.net/2022/09/03/buch-science-matters-ein-plaedoyer-gegen-querdenkertum-und-verschwoerungstheorien/
• INTERNATIONAL: Cranky Uncle Game now available in Spanish and Portuguese, too (Swedish soon out as well)
  • Skeptical Science: https://skepticalscience.com/news.php?n=5447
• UK: New prime minister on the Horizon… Or not so much.
  • the Conversation: https://theconversation.com/liz-truss-who-is-the-uks-new-prime-minister-and-why-has-she-replaced-boris-johnson-189713
  • Science: https://www.science.org/content/article/new-uk-prime-minister-brings-worries-about-research-funding-and-climate-measures
• RUSSIA: Die for the Motherland – Indoctrination in Russian schools
  • El País: https://english.elpais.com/international/2022-09-02/russia-starts-school-year-with-new-lesson-theres-nothing-to-fear-in-dying-for-the-motherland.html
• FRANCE: Medical service Doctolib under attack for promoting SCAM
  • Edzard Ernst: https://edzardernst.com/2022/08/dispute-about-so-called-alternative-medicine-practitioners-in-france/
• UK: Kate Moss – yet another supermodel who turns to selling bogus products
  • the Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2022/sep/03/kate-moss-taps-into-wellness-boom-with-journey-into-cosmoss
  • iNews: https://inews.co.uk/inews-lifestyle/kate-moss-wellbeing-brand-thought-cooler-1827446

0:38:38 REALLY WRONG

• Really Wrong: Irish transphobic teacher Enoch Burke for keep showing up to work where nobody wants him
  • the Independent: https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/teacher-enoch-burke-spent-his-first-night-in-custody-isolated-from-general-prison-population-41960828.html

0:41:41 QUOTE AND FAREWELL

“Educate the masses, elevate their standard of intelligence, and you will certainly have a successful nation.”
/ Alexander Graham Bell, (3 March 1847 – 2 August 1922), Scottish-born inventor, scientist and engineer who is credited with patenting the first practical telephone. /

0:43:57 OUTRO

0:45:12 OUT-TAKES