Prague

…we also have a ‘defrogging’ for Pope Francis to look into
We have Claire Klingenberg onboard this week and it means a packed show! We talk about the new interview with Claudia Preis, European immunization week and the Hungarian Flat Earth Award. Claire gives us a report from the growing anti-abortions movement in Czechia and we hear about several upcoming skeptical events, among them that Pontus is going to give a talk in Prague next month. In TWISH we celebrate the birthday of Carl Friedrich Gauss and then we hear how pope John Paul II posthumously is in the news for possible misdeeds in the night. Then it’s time for the news:

• GERMANY: So-called alternative medicine in Bavarian hospitals
• INTERNATIONAL: Cranky Uncle wins award
• UKRAINE: Blinding flash over Kyiv was probably meteor, says Ukraine space agency
• HUNGARY: More than 1 on 4 Hungarians have seen a UFO at least once
• HUNGARY: UFOs – Investigating the Unknown to be released April 28
• POLAND: Special hospice for pregnancies with nonviable fetuses
• AUSTRIA / GERMANY: New book out by Florian Aigner
• AUSTRIA / GERMANY: What the Fact by ZDF

Enjoy!

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

0:00:54 GREETINGS

• Annika’s interview with Claudia Preis on Skeptical Inquirer
  • Skeptical Inquirer: https://skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/compared-to-science-fans-and-lovers-skeptics-are-science-hooligans-claudia-preis-on-getting-your-hands-dirty-when-cleaning-up-bullshit/
• It’s European Immunization Week
  • ECDC: https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/news-events/european-immunization-week-2023
  • Vaccines Today: https://www.vaccinestoday.eu/stories/european-immunization-week-the-big-catch-up/
• Flat Earth Award goes to Emőke Bagdy the homophobic psycho-guru of Hungarian conservatives
  • Szkeptikus Társaság: https://szkeptikus.hu/42-hirek1/929-a-kvantumhalandzsa-es-prof-dr-bagdy-emoke-kapta-az-idei-laposfoeld-dijat
• Prague’s abortion situation – Claire Klingenberg reports!
• Two presentations in Augsburg…
  • GWUP: https://blog.gwup.net/2023/04/23/zwei-wtf-vortraege-vorab-bei-den-augsburger-skeptikern/
• …and one in Cologne (SitP)
  • Facebook event: https://fb.me/e/3sYW2JaDa
• Pontus is giving a talk in Prague on 17 May
  • Club Sisyfos: https://www.sisyfos.cz/clanek/1569-svedsky-experiment-koronovirova-strategie-ktera-nemela-obdoby

0:29:39 TWISH – THIS WEEK IN SKEPTICAL HISTORY

• 30 April 1777: Carl Friedrich Gauss was born
  • Story of Mathematics: https://www.storyofmathematics.com/19th_gauss.html/

0:35:07 PONTUS POKES THE POPE

• John Paul II shenanigans
  • Crux: https://cruxnow.com/news-analysis/2023/04/yeah-john-paul-ii-used-to-leave-the-vatican-with-polish-monsignors-so

0:39:36 NEWS

• GERMANY: So-called alternative medicine in Bavarian hospitals
  • Edzard Ernst: https://edzardernst.com/2023/04/so-called-alternative-medicine-scam-in-bavarian-hospitals/
• INTERNATIONAL: Cranky Uncle wins award
  • Skeptical Science: https://skepticalscience.com/cranky_uncle_2023_IILP_award.html
• UKRAINE: Blinding flash over Kyiv was probably meteor, says Ukraine space agency
  • BBC: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-65331823
• HUNGARY: More than 1 on 4 Hungarians have seen a UFO at least once
  • Digital Hungary: https://www.digitalhungary.hu/media/A-magyarok-tobb-mint-negyede-latott-mar-UFO-t/20165/
• HUNGARY: UFOs – Investigating the Unknown to be released April 28
  • National Geographic (HU): https://www.natgeotv.com/hu/specialis/ufo-aktak
• POLAND: Special hospice for pregnancies with nonviable fetuses
  • DN: https://www.dn.se/varlden/hospice-for-nyfodda-tar-emot-polska-kvinnor-som-tvingas-bara-livsodugliga-foster/
• AUSTRIA / GERMANY: New book out by Florian Aigner
  • GWUP: https://blog.gwup.net/2023/04/23/interview-mit-florian-aigner-kein-grund-mehr-die-quantenphysik-zu-mystifizieren/
• AUSTRIA / GERMANY: What the Fact by ZDF
  • ZDF: https://www.zdf.de/dokumentation/zdfinfo-doku/wtf-what-the-fact-100.html

0:58:04 QUOTE AND FAREWELL

“I have had my results for a long time: but I do not yet know how I am to arrive at them.”
/ Carl_Friedrich Gauss (30 April 1777 – 23 February 1855), German mathematician and physicist who made significant contributions to many fields in mathematics and science. /

1:00:40 OUTRO

1:01:55 OUT-TAKES