The Skeptic Zone

By: Richard Saunders
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  • The Podcast from Australia for Science and Reason. Join Richard Saunders and his team of reporters for your weekly dose of skeptical news and interviews, reports and comments. Past guests have included, James Randi, Stephen Fry, Tim Minchin, Eugenie Scott, Dr Phil Plait, Michael Marshall, Dr Steve Novella, Dr Pamela Gay, Jon Ronson, Dr Ben Goldacre, Simon Singh, Prof. Richard Wiseman, Dick Smith, Banachek, Prof. Chris French, George Hrab, Tim Ferguson, Dr Paul Willis and many, many more. Featuring Australian radio legend Maynard with his Spooky Action, Jo Alabaster from the 'Evidence Please' blog, Eran Segev's Grain of Salt, Dr Rachael Dunlop with 'Dr Rachie Reports' and Heidi Robertson aka 'The Raw Skeptic'.
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  • The Skeptic Zone #825 - 28.July.2024

    The Skeptic Zone #825 - 28.July.2024
    Jul 27 2024
    0:00:00 Introduction
    Richard Saunders

    Also a look at the current nominations and past winners of the Australian Skeptics Bent Spoon Award.

    https://www.skeptics.com.au/about/activities/bent-spoon 00:09:24 For Crying Out Loud! It's Kat McLeod

    This week Kat gives us an overview of the first ever 'Global Skeptics in the Pub', held as part of the SkeptiCal Conferance of the Bay Area Skeptics. Included are the thoughts of the some of those who joined in. 0:18:16 Maynard's Spooky Action

    In this segement from a much longer interview, George Hrab from the Geologic Podcast chats to Maynard about his views on skeptical and critical thinking.

    George Hrab is a dancin' fool - The full interivew via Planet Maynard.
    https://maynard.com.au/george-hrab-terpsichore 0:00:00 A Dive into a Trove

    A wander through the decades of digitised Australian newspapers on a search for references to Fire Walking.

    1994.02.07 - The Courier - Ballarat, Victoria
    1994.02.20 - Herald Sun Sunday


    http://www.trove.nla.gov.au

    Dr. Karl Firewalking with Richard Saunders
    https://youtu.be/0oLNoqwPiKc

    Myth Busters Firewalking
    https://youtu.be/JibIlisE9uA Also Australian Skeptics on the hunt for the DROP BEAR!
    https://youtu.be/ij5DM-vyBBk
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    53 mins
  • The Skeptic Zone #824 - 21.July.2024

    The Skeptic Zone #824 - 21.July.2024
    Jul 20 2024
    0:00:00 Introduction
    Richard Saunders 0:03:42 The Book of Tim. With Tim Mendham

    Challenging Times By Barry Williams

    Over 20 years ago, one Victor Zammit, a retired Sydney solicitor, apparently decided to take the skeptics on at their own game and has issued a challenge of his own. "$1 Million Challenge to Disprove Evidence of Life After Death." -
    A reward of one million US dollars is offered to any skeptic anywhere in the world who can rebut and refute, beyond absolute, all the evidence for the existence of the afterlife.

    Tim is joined by Richard Saunders to discuss this bizarre challenge from almost 2 decades ago.

    A reading from The Skeptic, Vol. 21 No. 4 (2001)

    http://www.skeptics.com.au

    Media Watch TV, Astrology Story
    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8FKJ9pcWCvw&t=796 0:37:06 Australian Skeptics Newsletter

    What skeptical news has caught the eye of Tim Mendham this week?
    Read by Adrienne Hill.

    http://www.skeptics.com.au 0:47:38 A Dive into a Trove

    A wander through the decades of digitised Australian newspapers on a search for references to 'Media Astrologers'.

    1986.08.18 - The Sun Herald


    http://www.trove.nla.gov.au Also Nominations for the Australian Skeptics Bent Spoon Awardhttps://www.skeptics.com.au/about/activities/bent-spoon
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    1 hr and 10 mins
  • The Skeptic Zone #823 - 14.July.2024

    The Skeptic Zone #823 - 14.July.2024
    Jul 13 2024
    0:00:00 Introduction
    Richard Saunders 00:04:00 Astrology Trash is Bad News

    We report on a bizarre situation in Australia where it is proposed to run a regular astrology segment in the evening TV news bulletin. Is this an act of desperation to gain more viewers? What has been the reaction from other media?

    https://www.skynews.com.au/business/media/channel-7-defends-stupid-new-astrology-segment-following-scathing-criticism-over-addition-to-evening-news-bulletin/news-story/c42a2558c156dc5a7432ecfbd4faed2c

    https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/tv/current-affairs/channel-7-defends-controversial-news-segment-after-radio-hosts-takedown/news-story/5ae7fe3e1c5dd95117463d75f0f523ad 0:15:50 The Loons From Canada

    Kate and Allie get together to talk about some North American and Australian relationship slang as they explore the hypothesis of Love Languages. 0:28:08 Maynard's Spooky Action

    Maynard and Richard catch up to talk about the upcoming global event, Skeptics in the pub, held all around the world on 19th of July at 7 pm.

    https://www.skepticalcon.com/global-skeptics-in-the-pub 0:34:46 A Dive into a Trove

    A wander through the decades of digitised Australian newspapers on a search for references to James Randi and his expose of the Rev. Peter Popoff.

    1988.02.20 - Sydney Morning Herald


    http://www.trove.nla.gov.au

    The Secrets of the Psychics. Video
    https://youtu.be/Pc3uHqtH8bg&=677
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    1 hr and 8 mins
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