TheESP – Ep. #280 – No Gays, Please! We’re Catholic

This week we chat a bit about Madeira, covid scares and rainbow flags in Germany. In this week we highlight Karl Landsteiner who discovered the human blood groups and Pope Francis asks Italy if his schools could please be allowed to bully anyone who does not fit in to the binary man – woman template. We then head for the news:

• Attacks against journalists calls for special measures
• Did the WHO tell women to not drink alcohol?
• Homeopathy update, France
• Healing practitioner in court
• Information portal to tackle vaccine misinformation launched
• Heatwave with surface temperatures of 48°C
• Sense About Science comes out with new tool to help communication about COVID conspiracies

Enjoy!

Segments: Intro; Greetings; This Week In Skepticism; Pontus Pokes the Pope; News; Quote & Farewell; Outro; Out-takes

The Events Calendar: https://theesp.eu/events_in_europe

0:00:27 INTRO

0:00:52 GREETINGS

• András is back from Maderia, Pontus son dodged the covid bullet and Germany is a sea of rainbows, thanks to Victor Orbán.

0:08:32 THIS WEEK IN SKEPTICISM

• Karl Landsteiner died on 26 June 1943
  • Wikipedia (English): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Landsteiner
  • Wikipedia (German): https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Landsteiner
  • Wikipedia on Bloodletting: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloodletting

0:13:15 PONTUS POKES THE POPE

• Vatican wants to stop Italian anti-homophobia law
  • Crux: https://cruxnow.com/vatican/2021/06/vatican-invokes-sovereign-status-to-protest-anti-homophobia-bill/

0:20:06 NEWS

• UK: Attacks against journalists calls for special measures
  • the Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/media/2021/jun/20/bbc-tightens-security-after-anti-vaxxer-death-threats-to-staff
• INTERNATIONAL: Did the WHO tell women to not drink alcohol?
  • Snopes: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/who-ban-women-childbearing-alcohol/
• FRANCE: Homeopathy update, France
  • Edzard Ernst: https://edzardernst.com/2021/06/the-situation-of-homeopathy-in-france-an-update/
• GERMANY: Healing practicioner in court
  • GWUP: https://blog.gwup.net/2021/06/19/heilpraktikerprozess-in-ingolstadt-not-der-menschen-ausgenutzt/
• SPAIN: Information portal to tackle vaccine misinformation launched
  • ARP-SAPC: https://www.escepticos.es/node/8258
• SIBERIA: Heatwave with surface temperatures of 48°C
  • CNET: https://www.cnet.com/news/surface-temperatures-in-siberia-heat-up-to-a-mind-boggling-118-degrees/
• UK: Sense About Science comes out with new tool to help communication about COVID conspiracies
  • Sence About Science: https://senseaboutscience.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Talking-about-Covid-Conspiracy.pdf

0:43:03 QUOTE AND FAREWELL

“Skepticism is the first step toward truth. It must be applied generally, because it is the touchstone.”
/ Denis Diderot (5 October 1713 – 31 July 1784), French philosopher, art critic, and writer. /

0:43:58 OUTRO

0:45:13 OUT-TAKES