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TheESP – Ep. #368 – How is this, really?

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… also, maybe “the Swedish Experiment” wasn’t such a bad idea after all
This week we start by acknowledging two skeptical initiatives: András is part of the new Hungarian podcast “Hogy is van ez?”, and SkepKon 2023 is coming up in Germany in May. Then we have two challenges for our listeners – please send in you contributions for the new segments “Word of the Week” and “Who’s Quacking?”. In TWISH we hear how “America” got its name via a cartographer born in 1451, and then Pontus wishes Pope Francis would put his money where his mouth is. After that, it’s time for the news:

  • AUSTRIA: Politician’s move to selling snake-oil
  • INTERNATIONAL: COVID-19 Origin still not known
  • UK: Prince Harry and Gábor Máté team up to promote weird shit together
  • SWEDEN / EUROPE: Sweden had the lowest excess mortality in Europe during the pandemic

Richard Wiseman gets this week’s Really Right Award for his new podcast “Richard Wiseman’s on your Mind”

Enjoy!

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

0:00:52 GREETINGS

0:10:21 TWISH – THIS WEEK IN SKEPTICAL HISTORY

0:17:07 PONTUS POKES THE POPE

0:21:45 NEWS

0:41:36 REALLY RIGHT

0:44:08 QUOTE AND FAREWELL

    Life constantly presents the greatest opportunity brilliantly disguised as the biggest disaster.
    David Icke (29 April 1952 – ), English conspiracy theorist and a former footballer and sports broadcaster. /

0:46:00 OUTRO

0:47:15 OUT-TAKES