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TheESP – Ep. #317 – Doomscrolling

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Don’t lose yourself in the bad news

Lots of bad news out there at the moment but try to not let it get to you. A Ukrainian drone flies all over Hungary undetected, some European leaders take the train to Kyiv and even in space, tension is mounting. This week is the celebration of the Hungarian revolution of 1848 but there’s a lot of misconceptions about it. Francis tries to do good but fails to impress. After that, we take a look at the news:

  • INTERNATIONAL: Doomscrolling is becoming a serious concern
  • RUSSIA: The power of state-controlled media
  • RUSSIA: TV employee’s attempt to let people know the truth
  • RUSSIA: Family members go head to head over different views on war against Ukraine
  • RUSSIA: What do Russians think of the war?
  • INTERNATIONAL: Estimating excess mortality from COVID-19
  • UK: Homeopathy as protection from radioactivity?
  • INTERNATIONAL: The biggest increase in CO2 emissions ever
  • FRANCE: French skeptics’ questionnaire to presidential candidates answered

The Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill thinks “Ukrainian Nazis” deserve what they get because they do not discriminate enough, and for that he is Really Wrong.

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

0:00:52 GREETINGS

0:09:40 TWISH – THIS WEEK IN SKEPTICAL HISTORY

0:15:33 PONTUS POKES THE POPE

0:21:29 NEWS

0:53:08 REALLY WRONG

0:56:09 QUOTE AND FAREWELL

    “The eye sees only what the mind is prepared to comprehend.”
    Henri Bergson (18 October 1859 – 4 January 1941), French philosopher who was influential in the tradition of analytic philosophy and continental philosophy. /

0:57:31 OUTRO

0:58:46 OUT-TAKES

1 thought on “TheESP – Ep. #317 – Doomscrolling”

  1. Just a small correction, if you didn’t get it already: the drone that fell in Croatia didn’t fall ‘near’ our capital, Zagreb, but rather deep in the middle of it, like 50m from the university dormitory.

    Thx for a great show, I listen pretty regularly, just catching up w a few episodes I missed.

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