Psychics

Warming up for QED, we dive directly in to TWISH and talk about – QED(!) and how this weekend will be an historic event as the last one of them all. We’re going to make the most of it!
But before we pack our bags, we have some news to talk about:

• UK: The Conversation seems to endorse spiritual psychic meetings
• AUSTRIA: Finalists of the Golden Board in Front of the Head announced
• CZECHIA: Another European country goes populist
• EUROPE: Plug-in hybrids seems to be much worse polluters than previously thought

Not all influencers are bad, so this week’s Really Right Award goes to the Instagram account Kvinnokliniken that keeps fighting for good and science-based information regarding women’s health issues.

Enjoy!

Segments: Intro; Greetings; TWISH; News; Really Right; Quote; Outro; Outtakes
 
0:00:27 INTRO

0:00:51 GREETINGS

0:04:03 TWISH – THIS WEEK IN SKEPTICAL HISTORY

• 25-26 October 2025: The last ever QED conference
  • QEDcon: https://qedcon.org/

0:14:38 NEWS

• UK: The Conversation seems to endorse spiritual psychic meetings
  • the Conversation: https://theconversation.com/the-spiritual-and-emotional-world-of-pub-psychic-nights-264086
• AUSTRIA: Finalists of the Golden Board in Front of the Head announced
  • GWUP: https://blog.gwup.net/2025/10/17/das-goldene-brett-vorm-kopf-2025-die-finalisten-stehen-fest/
• CZECHIA: Another European country goes populist
  • the Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/oct/20/czech-republic-prague-populists-east-europe-west-eu
  • the Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/04/populist-billionaire-andrej-babis-wins-czech-parliamentary-election
• EUROPE: Plug-in hybrids seems to be much worse polluters than previously thought
  • the Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/16/plug-in-hybrids-pollute-almost-as-much-as-petrol-cars-report-finds

0:36:53 REALLY RIGHT

• Really Right: Swedish Instagram account Kvinnokliniken (‘the Women’s Clinic’) promotes evidence-based and science-based information re women’s health
  • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kvinnokliniken/
  • DN: https://www.dn.se/sverige/barnmorskan-stoppas-av-ivo-tanker-fortsatta-forlosa-hemma/”

0:41:37 QUOTE AND FAREWELL

“Science has this beauty: it unites generations, because its general rules do not change, like do fashions, from one generation to another.”
/ Piero Angela (22 December 1928 – 13 August 2022), Italian science journalist, television host, and essayist, with a brief early professional career also as a jazz musician and pianist. /

0:43:42 OUTRO

0:45:05 OUT-TAKES