Viktor Orbán got his behind handed to him when trying to ban Budapest Pride and that makes us very happy! In TWISH we learn about Attila Pataky who can not only sing but has also repeatedly been abducted by aliens – maybe they just like his music? Then, it’s time for the news:
- EUROPE: Current heat wave in Europe set to ‘kill 4500 people in the next three days’
- SLOVAKIA: Government official and antivaxxer Peter Kotlár’s paper condemned by Slovakian Academy of Sciences
- DENMARK: Denmark to tackle deepfakes by giving people copyright to their own features
- UK: Weight-loss jabs potentially harmful?
- FRANCE: ‘A supermarket for sexual predators’: abuse scandal at French Catholic boarding school
- US / EUROPE: Are people being denied entry to US for contents critical towards Trump administration?
For Who’s Quacking? this week we have UK spreader of deadly nonsens, Kate Shemirani.
Enjoy!
Segments: Intro; Greetings; TWISH; News; Who’s Quacking?; Quote; Outro; Outtakes
0:00:27 INTRO
0:00:51 GREETINGS
- Both of us were on the Skeptic Zone – not knowing the other one would be!
- The Skeptic Zone #873: https://skepticzone.libsyn.com/the-skeptic-zone-873-29june2025
- Orbánned! Hungarian PM’s worst nightmare: biggest turnout ever at 30th Budapest Pride!
0:07:15 TWISH – THIS WEEK IN SKEPTICAL HISTORY
- 2 July 1951: Hungarian singer and self-proclaimed alien abductee Attila Pataky was born
0:14:56 NEWS
- EUROPE: Curent heat wave in Europe set to ‘kill 4500 people in the next three days’
- Politico: https://www.politico.eu/article/lethal-heat-europe-climate-reality-temperature-heatwave-who-pollution-wildfires/
- Le Monde: https://www.lemonde.fr/planete/live/2025/06/30/en-direct-canicule-16-departements-basculent-en-vigilance-rouge-mardi-84-en-orange-lundi_6616968_3244.html
- BBC: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9dgqnndx9xo
- the Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jun/28/europe-on-alert-as-first-major-heatwave-of-2025-pushes-temperatures-to-42c
- AP (Omni): https://ap.omni.se/severe-heat-wave-hits-southern-europe-and-raises-wildfire-risks/a/wgo494
- AFP (Omni): https://afp.omni.se/fires-break-out-as-southern-europe-heatwave-intensifies/a/3MaXMP
- SLOVAKIA: Government official and antivaxxer Peter Kotlár’s paper condemned by Slovakian Academy of Sciences
- DENMARK: Denmark to tackle deepfakes by giving people copyright to their own features
- UK: Weight-loss jabs potentially harmful?
- FRANCE: ‘A supermarket for sexual predators’: abuse scandal at French Catholic boarding school
- US / EUROPE: Are people being denied entry to US for contents critical towards Trump administration?
0:46:27 WHO’S QUACKING?
- UK: Conspiracy Theorist Kate Shemirani accused of pushing daughter (now deceased) to skip chemo
0:51:39 QUOTE AND FAREWELL
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The scientific method is about trying to remove our own bias and subjectivity, and be as objective as possible. But then you can put it back into context and you’re allowed to be emotional and human about the way you engage with it.”
/ Alice Roberts (19 May 1973 – ), English academic, TV presenter and author. /
0:53:18 OUTRO
0:54:41 OUT-TAKES