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The Skeptic Zone #445 - 30.April.2017
Manage episode 178093680 series 8144
0:00:00 Introduction Richard Saunders
0:06:16 Ben Radford A new skeptical podcast is in town! Squaring the Strange brings evidence-based analysis and commentary to a wide variety of topics, ranging from the paranormal to the political. Investigating ghosts. Debunking conspiracies. Dodging chupacabras. If a claim seems strange, Ben and Pascual will try to square it with the facts.
https://squaringthestrange.wordpress.com
0:27:35 Brew Ha Ha: Science in less time than it takes to order a coffee With Kelly Wong
https://www.australiascience.tv/vod/brew-ha-ha-new-hope-for-premmies/
Brew Ha Ha – New Hope for Premmies - An artificial womb has been successfully used to gestate premature lambs, and the next step could be to help premature human babies. But it does raise some questions.
0:29:20 James Randi in Australia - Press reviews from 1980 The archives of the Sydney Morning Herald newspaper prove to be a gold mine of information about the 1980 visit of James Randi. We read how Randi and Dick Smith ran water divining tests at the time. Also coverd is the infamous occasion Randi was kicked off the Don Lane TV chat show.
Sydney Morning Herald - 17 Aug 1980 https://tinyurl.com/klckzem
Sydney Morning Herald - 11 Oct 1980 http://tinyurl.com/kmt78w9
Sydney Morning Herald - 9 Novt 1980 http://tinyurl.com/mw5ho4n
Nine News - Don Lane Show (walkoff) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQp3rI6B9Z4
0:46:30 Maynard and Tim Ferguson What have Maynard and Tim been up to since winning their podcasting award? We head to Madame Frou Frou cafe in Glebe to crash their breakfast.
http://www.maynard.com.au
Also...
Sydney Skeptic in the Pub https://www.skeptics.com.au/2014/03/02/sydney-skeptics-in-the-pub-14/
Origami Pigasus to print https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a1/Origami_Pigasus.jpg
Mayanrd's FREE 2017 Calendar http://maynard.com.au/2017-maynard-calendar/
821 episodes
Manage episode 178093680 series 8144
0:00:00 Introduction Richard Saunders
0:06:16 Ben Radford A new skeptical podcast is in town! Squaring the Strange brings evidence-based analysis and commentary to a wide variety of topics, ranging from the paranormal to the political. Investigating ghosts. Debunking conspiracies. Dodging chupacabras. If a claim seems strange, Ben and Pascual will try to square it with the facts.
https://squaringthestrange.wordpress.com
0:27:35 Brew Ha Ha: Science in less time than it takes to order a coffee With Kelly Wong
https://www.australiascience.tv/vod/brew-ha-ha-new-hope-for-premmies/
Brew Ha Ha – New Hope for Premmies - An artificial womb has been successfully used to gestate premature lambs, and the next step could be to help premature human babies. But it does raise some questions.
0:29:20 James Randi in Australia - Press reviews from 1980 The archives of the Sydney Morning Herald newspaper prove to be a gold mine of information about the 1980 visit of James Randi. We read how Randi and Dick Smith ran water divining tests at the time. Also coverd is the infamous occasion Randi was kicked off the Don Lane TV chat show.
Sydney Morning Herald - 17 Aug 1980 https://tinyurl.com/klckzem
Sydney Morning Herald - 11 Oct 1980 http://tinyurl.com/kmt78w9
Sydney Morning Herald - 9 Novt 1980 http://tinyurl.com/mw5ho4n
Nine News - Don Lane Show (walkoff) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQp3rI6B9Z4
0:46:30 Maynard and Tim Ferguson What have Maynard and Tim been up to since winning their podcasting award? We head to Madame Frou Frou cafe in Glebe to crash their breakfast.
http://www.maynard.com.au
Also...
Sydney Skeptic in the Pub https://www.skeptics.com.au/2014/03/02/sydney-skeptics-in-the-pub-14/
Origami Pigasus to print https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a1/Origami_Pigasus.jpg
Mayanrd's FREE 2017 Calendar http://maynard.com.au/2017-maynard-calendar/
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