TheESP – Ep. #393 – Frankie goes 50/50

…and Nessie goes ‘gloop’
 
We’re happy to announce that the ESP Shop is now available in the US, Canada and Australia. We also want you to know that nominations for Das Goldene Brett is still open. In TWISH we hear about an encounter of the third kind and Frankie insists India don’t look the congregation in the eye more than half of the time. Then we get into the news:

• SCOTLAND: Nessie hunters hear sounds but fail to record them
• UK: Full Fact study – Hundreds of hoax posts circulating in Facebook groups
• INTERNATIONAL: Scientific journal retracts article that claimed there is no evidence of climate crisis
• INTERNATIONAL: Study reveals connection between support for SCAM and vaccine hesitancy among physicians in four European countries

We award Swedish activist Ia Anstoot a Really Right for calling out the unscientific stance of Greenpeace when it comes to nuclear power.

Enjoy!

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

0:00:50 GREETINGS

• The ESP Shop update
  • The ESP Shop: https://theesp.eu/the-esp-shop
• Nominations still open for Das Goldene Brett
  • Goldene Brett: https://goldenesbrett.guru

0:07:02 TWISH – THIS WEEK IN SKEPTICAL HISTORY

• 29 August 1967: Close encounter of Cussac
  • Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/22/AR2007032202132.html

0:11:51 PONTUS POKES THE POPE

• Papal envoy acting like ‘inquisitor of the Middle Ages’
  • Crux: https://cruxnow.com/church-in-asia/2023/08/syro-malabar-priest-accuses-papal-envoy-of-acting-like-inquisitor-of-the-middle-ages

0:17:28 NEWS

• SCOTLAND: Nessie hunters hear sounds but fail to record them
  • BBC: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-66633215
• UK: Full Fact study – Hundreds of hoax posts circulating in Facebook groups
  • the Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/aug/24/local-facebook-groups-hoax-posts
• INTERNATIONAL: Scientific journal retracts article that claimed there is no evidence of climate crisis
  • the Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/aug/26/scientific-journal-retracts-article-that-claimed-no-evidence-of-climate-crisis
  • Retraction Watch: https://retractionwatch.com/2023/08/25/paper-that-found-climate-crisis-to-be-not-evident-yet-retracted-after-re-review/#more-127761
  • the Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/sep/22/sky-and-the-australian-find-no-evidence-of-a-climate-emergency-they-werent-looking-hard-enough
• INTERNATIONAL: Study reveals connection between support for SCAM and vaccine hesitancy among physicians in four European countries
  • T and F online: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/21645515.2023.2242748

0:36:54 REALLY RIGHT

• Really Right: Young climate activist Ia Anstoot for telling Greenpeace to drop ‘old-fashioned’ anti-nuclear stance
  • the Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/aug/29/young-climate-activist-tells-greenpeace-to-drop-old-fashioned-anti-nuclear-stance
  • Neurologica Blog: https://theness.com/neurologicablog/index.php/what-policies-affect-climate-change/

0:44:34 QUOTE AND FAREWELL

“‘Chinese medicine, oh, Chinese medicine! But there are billions of Chinese, Chinese medicine must be working.’
Here’s the skinny on Chinese medicine. A hundred years ago the average life expectancy in China was 30. The life expectancy in China at the moment is 73. And it’s not feckin’ tiger penis that turned it around for the Chinese. Didn’t do much for the tiger, if you don’t mind me pointing that out.”
/ Dara Ó Briain (7 February 1972 – ), Irish comedian and television presenter,
based in the UK. /

0:46:51 OUTRO

0:48:06 OUT-TAKES