Ireland

…holiday on Crimea? This war is no vacation
Sweden seems clear for NATO, but there is still time for Erdogan to trip things up. Two Skeptical awards are coming up, das Goldene Brett and the Ockham Awards. We have a special interview with international skeptic extraordinaire, Adrienne Hill! After that, we hear how Pope Frankie is packing the papal court, and then we take a look at the news:

• SWEDEN: Millions of views for fake videos concerning Sweden
• UK: British GP-homeopath’s statements on vaccines amounted to misconduct – so, she was struck off the register
• RUSSIA: Russia still advertizes holidays on Crimea.
• SWEDEN: Major criticism against homes for the elderly.

Irish psychic Debbie Paget gets a jail sentence as well as this week’s Really Wrong Award, and then we have two Australian Words of the Week: Furfy and Fairdkinum.

Enjoy!

Segments: Intro; Greetings; Interview; Pontus Pokes The Pope; News; Really Wrong; Word Of The Week; Quote And Farewell; Outro; Out-Takes
 
0:00:26 INTRO

0:00:52 GREETINGS

• Sweden confirmed(?) for NATO
  • the Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/10/turkey-sweden-nato-application-proceed-erdogan
• Das Goldene Brett 2023 in Vienna
  • GWUP: https://www.gwup.org/infos/nachrichten/1643-goldenes-brett-2023
• The Ockham Awards 2023: recognising the best in skepticism, and the worst in pseudoscience
  • Skeptic UK: https://www.skeptic.org.uk/2023/07/the-ockham-awards-2023-recognising-the-best-in-skepticism-and-the-worst-in-pseudoscience/

0:07:19 INTERVIEW

• Adrienne Hill: Wikipedia, psychics, and Canadian ghosts

0:19:09 PONTUS POKES THE POPE

• Packing the papal court
  • Crux: https://cruxnow.com/vatican/2023/07/pope-names-21-new-cardinals-including-an-american-and-his-envoy-to-the-u-s
  • Reuters: https://www.reuters.com/world/pope-francis-says-permitting-burning-koran-is-rejected-uae-newspaper-2023-07-03/

0:24:02 NEWS

• SWEDEN: Millions of views for fake videos concerning Sweden
  • DN: https://www.dn.se/sverige/fejkfilmer-om-sverige-har-fatt-miljontals-visningar/
• UK: British GP-homeopath’s statements on vaccines amounted to misconduct – so, she was struck off the register
  • Edzard Ernst: https://edzardernst.com/2023/07/british-gp-homeopaths-statements-on-vaccines-amounted-to-misconduct-so-she-was-struck-off-the-register/
• RUSSIA: Russia still advertizes holidays on Crimea.
  • Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/07/03/crimea-tourism-ukraine-russia/
• SWEDEN: Major criticism against homes for the elderly
  • SvD: https://www.svd.se/a/69MJwQ/brister-pa-aldreboenden-i-alla-kommuner

0:39:26 REALLY WRONG

• Really Wrong: Irish medium Debbie Paget gets jail sentence for fraud
  • RTE: https://www.rte.ie/news/courts/2023/0710/1393814-debbie-paget-psychic-medium/

0:43:01 WORD OF THE WEEK

• Australia:
  Furfy – an untruth or outlandish comment or story, so fantastical as to be beyond belief
• Fairdinkum – Are you serious? Are you telling the truth?

0:45:07 QUOTE AND FAREWELL

“Wonder is the seed of knowledge.”
/ Sir Francis Bacon (22 January 1561 – 9 April 1626), English philosopher and statesman who served as Attorney General and Lord Chancellor of England under King James I. Bacon led the advancement of both natural philosophy and the scientific method and his works remained influential even in the late stages of the Scientific Revolution. /

0:46:57 OUTRO

0:48:12 OUT-TAKES