International Skeptics United
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All the world's greatest skeptical podcasts combined into a single RSS feed for your listening pleasure.
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The Skeptic Zone #188 - 27.May.2012 | 0:00:00 Introduction Richard Saunders and Maynard 0:01:40 An interveiw with Michael Marshall From the 'Sketpics with a K' podcast and the Merseyside Skeptics Society, Marsh is known for his investigations of so-called psychics in the UK. 0:27:50 Maynard's Spooky Action... Reports and interviews from Sketpicamp Sydney 2012 Including... Joel Pittman Shelley Stocken Joanne Benhamu Dr Rachie Dunlop Anja Cohen Belinda Bowditch Ruth Ellison | 5/26/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Skeptics Guide #358 - May 26 2012 | Guest Rogue: Joshie Berger; This Day in Skepticism: Animalcules; News Items: TAM Poker Tournament, Space X Launch, Studying the Universe, What is Consciousness; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: Speaking to Mediums; Swindler's List: Hearing Aids; Science or Fiction | 5/26/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Rally For Media Reform | On the 17th May, the Co-Ordinating Committee for Media Reform held the Rally For Media Reform at Methodist Central Hall in Westminster. We managed to grab a few interviews with a number of the speakers including Hugh Grant, Tom Watson, Jacqui Hames, Harriet Harman, Jacky Davis, Owen Jones and many others. | 5/25/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Skepticality #183 - Drop a Penny on the Gate | About Fifteen years ago the largest mass suicide on American soil was conducted by the Heaven's Gate cult in Rancho Santa Fe, California. While most were hearing, or watching the news coming out of California, not many heard there were other, connected, suicides which happened in cities around the country. This week Derek has a chat with Deborah Simpson, the sister of one of the Heavens Gate group, Jimmy, who was living in Atlanta, GA at the time. In his farewell letter he wrote, "It's past time for me to go", soon after he took his own life to join his Heaven's Gate brother in the 'next level'. This week Derek sits with Deb Simpson, author of the new book, "Closing The Gate", a deeply personal book about her brother, and the story about how he got involved with such a destructive, and manipulative group. A rare look into some of the inner workings and the effects that such groups can have on the families which they end up effecting. | 5/22/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 12.05.20 - From PC to Plane - Making New Metals | How do you make a new metal? This week, we follow a novel alloy from PC to plane, finding out how computer modelling and design can help us create new metals with exciting new properties. We also discover how these newly-designed metals are forged, treated and tested before they form the basis of a new generation of jet engines. In the news, deep-sea dwelling bacteria that are still digesting a meal dating from the time of the dinosaurs, a shot-in the arm for ageing satellites and a brain-interface device to permit paralysed patients to control robotic arms... | 5/22/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Skeptoid #311: The Rothschild Conspiracy | Some believe that world governments and economies are secretly controlled by the Rothschild banking family, which was quite powerful in the 1800s. Is their power truly still as strong today? | 5/21/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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TRC #193: Animal Pain + Energy Efficiency + Nicotine in Tim Hortons Coffee | Adam responds to a listener that wanted to know what sort of pain animals can experience. Darren talks about efficiencies, of the energy kind. Elan debunks the myth that Tim Hortons spikes their coffee with addictive chemical. | 5/20/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Quackcast 91. Cannibalism? | -- | 5/19/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Quackcast 90. Stop Making Sense | -- | 5/19/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Skeptics Guide #357 - May 19 2012 | Interview with Chris Lewicki; Guest Rogue: Phil Plait; This day in Skepticism: Head Cabinet; News Items: Ghost Box, Mayan Calendar, Electricity from Viruses, UK LIbel Law Update; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: Corrections, Supermoon; Science or Fiction | 5/19/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Skeptic Zone #187 - 19.May.2012 | 0:00:00 Introduction Richard Saunders 0:04:50 A Penny for your Thoughts with Penny Chan This week Penny brings us Ben Radford in conversation with Brian Dunning. Ben is deputy editor of the science magazine Skeptical Inquirer and a columnist for Skeptical Inquirer magazine Skeptical Briefs newsletter, Discovery News, LiveScience.com and MediaMythmakers.com. He examines the science behind cryptozoological (and legendary) creatures, such as Bigfoot, the Loch Ness Monster and werewolves. 0:22:00 Maynard's Spooky Action... Black panther sightings are reported from time to time in eastern Australia, notable in the Blue Moutains west of Sydney. Today Maynard talks to Lee Harvey who claims he saw one in the Hunter Valley, north-west of Sydney. Maynard then chats to Peter Bowditch from Ratbags.com for a more skeptical take on big cats in Australia. 0:34:50 The Think Tank In the tank this week are Dr Rachael Dunlop, Bastard Sheep and Richard Saunders. | 5/18/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Pod Delusion - Episode 136 | Episode 136 of The Pod Delusion. This is the OLD FEED - please UPDATE YOUR PODCAST FEED to the following URL: http://feeds.feedburner.com/thepoddelusion | 5/18/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Skeptics with a K – Episode #072 | Blood types, abseiling, Switzerland and more Marvel Avengers. Plus spiritualists, mammoths, trains and cinnamon crêpes. Suffering from a fever, it’s Skeptics with a K. Read more about the Swiss Homeopathy report at Zeno’s Blog. | 5/17/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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SGU 5x5 #113 - May 9 2012 | What's the Harm? | 5/16/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Cosmic Boondocks- Episode #8, May 15, 2012 | This week we interview Bill lauritzen,author of The Invention of God ,who explains how several features of religion reveal themselves to be invention of man and an outcome of attempts at understanding natural events. Related posts: The Cosmic Boondocks- Episode #7, Feb 18, 2012 The Cosmic Boondocks- Episode #6, Nov 1, 2011 The Cosmic Boondocks – Episode #2, May 22, 2011 The Cosmic Boondocks- Episode #1, May 15, 2011 The Cosmic Boondocks – Episode #3, May 29, 2011 The Cosmic Boondocks – Episode #5, June 21, 2011 | 5/16/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Westminster Skeptics - Mark Henderson on the Geek Manifesto (May 2012) | Mark Henderson, author of the Geek Manifesto, talks about the book and takes questions from the audience. Also featuring Evan Harris and Lord Taverne. | 5/15/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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David Feldman and Edwina Rogers | -- | 5/14/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Skeptoid #310: Left Handed Myths and Facts | There are many popular anecdotes about how and why some people are left-handed. The true facts are even more interesting: differences in aptitudes, health, and even longevity. | 5/14/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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TRC #192: Geocentrism + Sky Mall Redux + Blackle | Adam explores the world of modern geocentrism. Elan reads from a Sky Mall catalogue, again. Darren examines that claims behind blackle.com | 5/13/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Tour of Rothamsted Research | Sense About Science's trip to the GM wheat experiment at Rothamsted Research. | 5/13/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Full Jocelyn Bell Burnell Interview | Full interview from episode 135. | 5/13/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 12.05.13 - Cracking Chronic Fatigue | Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) sufferers describe symptoms of severe exhaustion, weakness, muscle pain and fatigue. But why, and what is science revealing about the underlying causes of the condition? We talk to a researcher who is probing the genetic links to the syndrome, a clinician with evidence that the muscles of patients accumulate acid when they exercise and a pathologist with post-mortem evidence of inflammation in the nervous systems of CFS sufferers. Also, in the news this week, the ants that help a pitcher plant to catch its lunch, the missile-hurling zoo chimp who plans his attacks in advance, and does non-coding DNA hold the key to how chromosomes recognise their opposite number? Plus, the cause of cheesy feet goes under the microscope in our Question of the Week... | 5/12/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Skeptics Guide #356 - May 12 2012 | This Day in Skepticism; News Items: Dinosaur Farts, Aura Reading, 48 Frames per Second, Baby Powder, Killing Bigfoot, TAM2012; Who's That Noisy ; Science or Fiction | 5/12/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Skeptic Zone #186 - 12.May.2012 | 0:00:00 Some thoughts on Homeopathic Vaccination by Dr Karl Kruszelnicki 0:01:08 Introduction Richard Saunders 0:05:00 HM Queen Elizabeth II opens the UK Parliament Dr Simon Singh comments on hopeful libel reform 0:10:30 An interview with Julie Lada - Quackery at the Vet From her blog we discover that.... "I am a Purdue University Animal Science graduate embarking on an adventure to obtain my DVM at Ross University on the tropical island of St. Kitts in the Caribbean." Julie tells us that ducks are not the only quacks in the vet business! 0:27:40 Reality Bites... with Joanne Benhamu Jo comments on International Nurses Day, Saturday, 12 May 2012 0:31:40 Festival of Mind Body Spirit in Sydney Our small but merry band of reporters head for the Mind Body Spirit to sniff out quackery. Will Richard Saunders, Dr Rachael Dunlop and Maynard make it out in one piece? 0:42:30 Maynard's Spooky Action... Tubas.... need we say more? | 5/12/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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College of Curiosity - May 26, 2012 | Don\'t miss this incredible 1-day event. | 5/10/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Pod Delusion - Episode 135 | This week we discover what genetic modification experiments they're actually doing in Rothamsted - the place that anti-GM campaigners have announced they intend to trash in a few weeks time. We also speak to Jocelyn Bell Burnell, the woman who discovered pulsars - and discover the intriguing ethical dilemma behind "do not resusitate". And more! | 5/10/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Skepticality #182 - Laugh, It's Science! - Interview: Dr. Pete Ludovice | It has become quite obvious to many skeptics and promoters and lovers of science that in our current world where it seems that all too many in the world get convinced to turn their eyes blind to the mountains of evidence and rational thought of the past few hundred years, one of the few bright candles in modern times tends to be that of comedy. In this episode Derek has a special in-studio guest, Dr. Peter Ludovice. Peter is a Associate Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at Georgia Tech. Dr. Pete is also a popular stand up comedian who performs science, and rational based comedy at events around the United States. Derek discusses with Dr. Ludovice how he uses his interesting mix of professions to reach out to his students, and the people who come to see him perform at any of his events. | 5/8/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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SGU 5x5 #112 - May 2 2012 | Anecdotal Evidence | 5/8/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dissecting D'Souza | -- | 5/7/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Skeptoid #309: The Science and Politics of Global Warming | Global warming is the poster boy for failed science communication. What went wrong? It was presented to the public as a political issue, and not as a science. | 5/7/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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TRC #191: Science Retractions + Expiry Dates + Oil Changes | Darren looks into the sticky issue of science paper retractions. Adam exposes the true nature behind the expiry and "best before" dates you see on food packaging. Elan dips into the myths and facts behind your car's oil changes. | 5/6/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Skeptic Zone #185 - 6.May.2012 | 0:00:00 Some thoughts on Astrology from Sydney Radio 0:01:18 Introduction Richard Saunders, Dr Rachael Dunlop and Maynard 0:06:00 ACCC tackles Homeopathy Plus! Whooping Cough claims Press Release read by Richard Saunders 0:08:30 An interview with Dr Ken Harvey - Whooping Cough and Homeopathy At last a government department, the ACCC, has taken action against a web site that promotes nonsense and magic over real medicine. Dr Ken Harvey tells us more about Homeopathy Plus! and the ongoing fight to bring them to account. 0:25:50 Dr Rachie Reports News on moves by the government to cut CAM from rebates and save the taxpayer millions. 0:35:00 Maynard's Spooky Action... An interview with Ian Bryce with his update on the Rossi "E-Cat" cold fusion machine. Maynard asks attendees Sydney Skeptics in the Pub what woo they believed in when they were kids. | 5/6/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 12.05.06 - Naked in Norway | This week we get Naked in Norway as we visit the University of Oslo to reveal the remains of ancient plesiosaurs and investigate their migration into water, discuss a new concept for more efficient solar cells and discover the fatal effects of climate change on lemming population cycles. We then scour more Scandinavian science to unearth the causes of mass extinction, find out a new way to overcome resistance to radiotherapy, tool around with chimps in the Savannah and round up with a scientific climax in bird m**********n! | 5/5/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Skeptics Guide #355 - May 5 2012 | Guest Rogues: Seth Shostak and James Randi; This Day in Skepticism: First American in Space, SGU 7 Year Anniversary; News Items: Rogue Planets, Machine Monkey Interface, Finding ET with Robots, God Spot in the Brain; SETI Update; Audience Q&A: The Coming Singularity; Science or Fiction | 5/5/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Jules Evans – Philosophy for Life and Other Dangerous Situations | Jules Evans is Policy Director at the Centre for the History of the Emotions at Queen Mary, University of London, where he runs the Well-Being Project. He has worked with organisations including the new economics foundation, the RSA, the School of Life and the Rockefeller Foundation on philosophy and well-being. He also writes for publications [...] | 5/4/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Pod Delusion - Episode 134 | This the 4th of May 2012 and you're listening to the Pod(?) Solution a podcast about interesting thing. I'm James Omally(?) coming up this week we answer the questions if Picks(?) take control the means of production well let me to ask ___ appraise the machinery for them. On the government new software piping guideline patiently(?) ___ new book on ___ explain how's recent Murdock's(?) ___ runs the company | 5/3/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Skeptics with a K – Episode #071 | The Hobbit, Captain America, the Incredible Hulk, Iron Man and Thor. Plus ghosts, power bracelets, frame rates and hot pink bollocks. In a special north-south configuration, it’s Skeptics with a K. | 5/3/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Qu'est Que C'est? | Remorseless killers are the stuff of countless films. Sadly, the real world has even more of them. Jack the Ripper, Ted Bundy, H. H. Holmes, John Wayne Gacy—these remorseless psychopaths filled graveyards with corpses and sleeping minds with nightmares. But these aren’t monsters—they’re real people who have a brain that developed differently than most peoples. Author Jon Ronson joins us on this episode of MonsterTalk to discuss the condition of psychopathy—and to share with us his journey into the world of these dangerous people. READ episode notes | 5/1/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Escapee From Westboro Baptist Church | -- | 4/30/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Skeptoid #308: Picnic at Hanging Rock | The classic book and movie is believed by some to be fact, others to be fiction, and still others a combination. What's the truth behind the tale? | 4/30/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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SGU 5x5 #111 - Apr 25 2012 | Facilitated Communication | 4/30/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Conspiracy Skeptic Episode 34 - Abbie Smith on the case of XMRV | Abbie Smith, HIV/retrovirus researcher, returns to talk about a bizarre conspiracy involving scientists that should know better. Or why Big Pharma this time around DOESN'T want to sell you expensive drugs. | 4/30/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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TRC #190: Internet Piracy + Weird Pepsi Ingredients + Blue Moon | Adam examines the bold claims of the movie and music industry regarding online piracy. Elan debunks the outrageous claim that Pepsi uses human fetuses to add flavouring. Darren figures out WTF a blue moon actually means. | 4/29/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naked Scientists 12.04.29 - Is there such a thing as a "girls' throw"? | Does exercise lead to a more muscular heart? Why can an unfit cyclist cycle faster than an olympic runner runs? How do kinetic watches work? We answer your questions in this week's Naked Scientists Podcast, and find out why so many dead bugs end up on their backs, how salmonella gets into an egg, and if it's more efficient to fill your freezer than run it half empty? In the news we hear how farming migrated across Europe, why distant stars might have influenced life on Earth, and why rogue DNA can cause heart failure. Plus, we home in on the parts of the pigeon brain that respond to magnetic fields... | 4/28/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Skeptics Guide #354 - Apr 28 2012 | Live from NECSS 2012 with special guest James Randi; This Day in Skepticism; News Items: Pedantic Words, Sports Pseudoscience, Nuking Asteroids, Loch Ness Monster Spotted, Cosmic Rays, Space Shuttle Enterprise; SGU Video; Science or Fiction; Remembering Perry | 4/28/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Skeptic Zone #184 - 28.Apr.2012 | 00:00:00 Introduction Richard Saunders 00:02:00 Interview wtih Tim Farley What's the harm? Well you may ask. What's the harm in Acupuncture, Alphabiotics, Alternative dentistry, Alternative medicine, Applied kinesiology, Autism denial, Ayurvedic medicine, Chelation therapy, Chiropractic, Colloidal silver, Colon cleansing and on and on and on? TimFarley has been investigating the real harm caused by these modalities. 00:22:22 The Think Tank with Dr Rachie Reports In the tank this week are Dr Rachael Dunlop, Maynard, Eran Segev and Richard Saunders. During the tank, Dr Rachie reports on the latest news regarding the Austraian (Anti)Vacccination Network and American Airlines. We also have great news for Maynard! | 4/27/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Jonah Lehrer – Imagine: How Creativity Works | Jonah Lehrer is a contributing editor at Wired and a frequent contributor to The New Yorker. He writes the Head Case column for the Wall Street Journal and regularly appears on WNYC’s Radiolab. His writing has also appeared in Nature, the New York Times Magazine and Scientific American. Jonah graduated from Columbia University and attended Oxford [...] | 4/27/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Pod Delusion - Episode 133 | This week we speak to Robin Ince about the Voltaire Lecture, Senal Edamaruku about his debunking of a Catholic 'miracle', find out why elected mayors are a good idea and much more! | 4/26/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Onan the Jar Burying | In modern science the homunculus refers to various models of the human mind, but in medieval times it was something quite different. Join us for a fascinating interview with professor William R. Newman, of Indiana University’s Department of History and Philosophy of Science. He is the author of seven books, including Promethean Ambitions: Alchemy and the Quest to Perfect Nature—a book which provides much insight into the seedy back-story of this strange creature. This episode contains adult material and may be unsuitable for junior skeptics. READ episode notes | 4/25/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Skepticality #181 - Unnatural Evolution Is A Funny Thing - Interviews: Bob Carroll and Ian Harris | In this weeks installment of Skepticality, Derek talks to Ian Harris, a science based comedian who is part of a troupe of comedians who all center their work on topics that science loving folks will really enjoy, the tour is called "The Evolution of Comedy Tour". Ian and Derek discuss how comedy seems to be a great fit for skeptical and scientific issues. Then Derek checks in with Bob Carroll to discuss his new e-book, "Unnatural Acts" which he produced as part his ongoing efforts over at skepdic.com. | 4/24/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 50 Episodes |
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