TheESP – Ep. #333 – Burnout, depression and death threats

– how was your day, fellow Skeptic?

We’re half-way to hell (666), but not only is Pontus back, but we also have that lovely Queen of European Skeptics Claire Klingenberg with us, so what’s to complain about? Pontus explains why he has been absent lately and Claire talks about a very disconcerting incidence at a recent science fair. In TWISH we celebrate Newton’s ‘Principia’ which lay the ground for much of modern science, over three hundred years ago. The Pope gets a poking for not knowing his DNA from his ABC and then we have a look at the news:

• UK: One in six adults doubt human link to climate change
• GERMANY: Thousands could have died because of heat waves in Germany
• UK: Legislation aims to shield UK internet users from state-backed online disinformation
• NORWAY: Steep decline in the trust towards alternative medicine
• SWEDEN: Macchiarini gets off scot-free. Prosecution has appealed
• INTERNATIONAL: ECDC and WHO team up to tackle the public communication and engagement tasks related to monkeypox for health authorities

Three cosmonauts get the Really Wrong Award for waving the Donetsk flag on the ISS, which should be about science and not about stupid and bloody human conflicts.

Enjoy!

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

0:00:55 GREETINGS

• Re: Ricky Gervais – humour is humour, but we want to make sure that we do respect all of our listeners. Trans women are women, trans men are men, non binary people are non binary.
   
• ESC – the European Skeptics Congress
  • ECSO: https://www.ecso.org/esc2022/
  • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/europeanskepticscongress/
• The ESP is on Instagram
  • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/europeanskepticspodcast/

0:22:43 TWISH – THIS WEEK IN SKEPTICAL HISTORY

• 5 July 1687: First publication of Isaac Newton’s Principia, the Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica
  • Stanford: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/newton-principia/

0:27:21 PONTUS POKES THE POPE

• Frankie is happy about US supreme court abortion ruling “because science” – wait, what?
  • Snopes: https://www.snopes.com/ap/2022/06/23/pope-orders-online-release-of-wwii-era-pius-xii-jewish-files/
  • Crux: https://cruxnow.com/church-in-europe/2022/06/belgian-bishop-asks-pope-not-to-make-him-a-cardinal
  • Crux: https://cruxnow.com/last-week-in-the-church/2022/06/pope-cancels-trips-to-congo-south-sudan-last-week-in-the-church-with-john-allen-jr
  • Angelus News: https://angelusnews.com/news/vatican/vatican-releases-suggestions-for-lengthier-revamped-marriage-preparation/
  • Vatican News: https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2022-07/pope-francis-condemns-abortion-like-hiring-a-hit-man.html

0:33:51 NEWS

• UK: One in six adults doubt human link to climate change
  • BBS: https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-61965581
• GERMANY: Thousands could have died because of heat waves in Germany
  • The Local (DE): https://www.thelocal.de/20220701/how-heatwaves-in-germany-have-led-to-thousands-of-deaths/
• UK: Legislation aims to shield UK internet users from state-backed online disinformation
  • the Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/jul/04/legislation-aims-to-shield-uk-internet-users-from-state-backed-disinformation
• NORWAY: Steep decline in the trust towards alternative medicine
  • Edzard Ernst: https://edzardernst.com/2022/07/steep-decline-in-public-confidence-for-alternative-medicine-in-norway/
• SWEDEN: Macchiarini gets off scot-free. Prosecution has appealed
  • TT: https://via.tt.se/pressmeddelande/overklagande-till-hovratten-i-uppmarksammat-mal-om-syntetiska-luftstrupar?publisherId=3235540&releaseId=3326508
  • Omni: https://omni.se/macchiariniskandalen-i-elva-punkter-detta-har-hant/a/Kz4pK7
• INTERNATIONAL: ECDC and WHO team up to tackle the public communication and engagement tasks related to monkeypox for health authorities
  • ECDC: https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/news-events/ecdc-and-who-produce-risk-communication-and-community-engagement-advice-toolkit-public

0:58:10 REALLY WRONG

• Really Wrong: Russian cosmonauts (Oleg Artemyev, Denis Matveyev and Sergey Korsakov) for waving flag of Russian (“self-“) proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic
  • the Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jul/04/russian-cosmonauts-display-flag-of-occupied-luhansk-region-on-iss-ukraine

1:01:38 QUOTE AND FAREWELL

“If liberty means anything at all it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.”
/ George Orwell, (25 June 1903 – 21 January 1950), born Eric Arthur Blair. English novelist, essayist, journalist and critic. /

1:03:27 OUTRO

1:04:42 OUT-TAKES

CHARITIES FOR UKRAINE

• Ukraine Humanitarian Fund
  • Ukraine Humanitarian Fund: https://crisisrelief.un.org/t/ukraine
• Razom For Ukraine
  • Razom For Ukraine: https://razomforukraine.humanitru.com/donate
• The Kyiv Independent
  • The Kyiv Independent : https://kyivindependent.com/
• UNICEF
  • UNICEF: https://www.unicef.org/emergencies/conflict-ukraine-pose-immediate-threat-children
• Migration Aid
  • Migration Aid: https://migrationaid.org/