Wolife6020 joined us this week to chat flying and flat Earthers. What a legend! You can find his channel here: https://www.youtube.com/c/Wolfie6020 Have a great Xmas and we'll see you again in January
Author Marcus Chown joined me this week to discuss his brilliant books and the plight of the misinformation pandemic. The Ascent of Gravity: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ascent-Gravity-Understand-Explains-Everything-ebook/dp/B01JM9PR52/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=ascent+of+gravity&qid=1637135735&qsid=262-1729873-0057205&sr=8-1&sres=147460188X%2CB005BMN446%2C0141984961%2CB08ZXSFZB2%2C0571366716%2C0241985617%2C0241957354%2CB00DWLK8LA%2CB06W9KBZ2Z%2CB007KMP4JI%2CB09GJS7RX2%2CB08DDF8878%2CB00ADN...
Volcanologist and science communicator extraordinaire Dr Janine Krippner joined us this week on the podcast as we discuss the wonderful science that is volcanology as well as some of the conspiracy theories surrounding it. She also faces off against Catz in Guess the Scientist. Here is Janine's Twitter: https://twitter.com/janinekrippner Here is her blog: http://inthecompanyofvolcanoes.blogspot.com/ And her website: http://janinekrippner.weebly.com/ Thank you all for listening...
Conspiracy theory psychological expert Alex Olshansky joined us this week to chat about the psychology of conspiracy theories and how he got on chatting with those pesky flat Earthers at their own conference! You can find Alex on twitter here: https://twitter.com/AlexOlshansky Thank you all for listening!
Spanners & Matt join us once again in our "Science of" series, this time chatting Back to the Future. It became less of a science thing and more of a nostalgia thing as we went on. You can find Spanners & Matt over at www.missedapex.net And on Twitter as @spannersready and @ mattpt55 Thanks for listening everyone
Just a quick one this week as I discuss the current state of Flat Earth and a new video project. As always thanks for listening!
The wonderful Jim Browning joined me this week to talk about his very admirable cause of trying to stop those awful telephone scammers in their tracks. We chat about how he does it, and some of the more popular scams to watch out for as well as his experiences with those pesky conspiracy theorists. Jim's channel can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/c/JimBrowning Watch him expose these scammers, it really is brilliant!
Gav from the brilliant Slow Mo Guys joined us this week to talk about his fantastic channel and of course THAT video of the spinning ball with water on, which the flat Earthers always use. He also faces off against Catz in The Scientist Game. You can find the Slow Mo Guys here: https://www.youtube.com/user/theslowmoguys Thank you all for listening!
TikTok debunker Alexander Steward joined us this week on the podcast to talk about his rise on the short video platform, as well as all the conspiracies he's come across. And he faces off against Catz in the scientist game! You can find him here on TokTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@awrstewart?lang=en And here on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/awrstewart/ And here is his YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/AWRStewart Thanks for listening everyone!...
Cody from Cody's Lab joined us this week to talk about how he got his start on YouTube and all of the epic things he does on his channel. You can find his channel here: https://www.youtube.com/user/theCodyReeder And Twitter here: https://twitter.com/CodysLab Thanks for listening everyone
Astronomer Phil Plait joined us this week to talk Bad Astronomy, his work on the Hubble space telescope and he participates in a very close game of The Scientist game with Catz. Here is Phil's website: https://www.syfy.com/tags/bad-astronomy And the crash course astronomy playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8dPuuaLjXtPAJr1ysd5yGIyiSFuh0mIL And Phil on Twitter: https://twitter.com/BadAstronomer Thank you all for listening, and please do give us a review if you have time. Thanks....
Robin Ince joined us this week to tell us all about how he got his interest in science, the birth of the Infinite Monkey Cage Podcast AND he faces off against Catz in a fake flat Earth debate! It really is epic! You can find the infinite monkey cage podcast here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00snr0w/episodes/downloads And you can find all the Cosmic Shambles stuff here: https://cosmicshambles.com/ And here is Robin's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robinince1969/ Thank you all for list...
The wonderful Cara Santa Maria joined us this week to chat all things skeptical, how she got her start in science and of course she faces off against Catz in the Scientist game. You can find Cara here on twitter: @CaraSantaMaria And of course on The Skeptics Guide to the Universe too: https://www.theskepticsguide.org/ And here is her Talk Nerdy Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/talk-nerdy-with-cara-santa-maria/id832350989 Thank you all so much for listening and we'll see you next we...
The brilliant Dr Shini Somara joined us this week to talk science, her TV work and those pesky conspiracy theorists! You can find her here: http://www.drshinisomara.com/ And here are the brilliant Crash Course Physics videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoO5d5P0Jn4&list=PL58rKAc12lkJZ_AEYekzyKqFtiFXPD2g8 Thanks for listening and we'll see you next week!
Catz and I take your questions this week and we do our best to get through as many as possible. Thanks to those who posted a question, and thank you as always for listening!
This week we are joined by prolific Flat Earth and 5G deabter and debunker MCToon and his colleague Raynard, who is a conspiracy theory researcher. They tell us all about the current 5G conspiracy world, and how they infiltrated the 5G conspiracy ranks to break them from within. Here is MCToon's channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCf0loVAqbGflAY959UKq9gA MCToon on Anti 5G Court case: https://youtu.be/hxGqPE0pxyo https://youtu.be/C2OfaWne0-w https://youtu.be/QGJiC_M-rcE MCToon and Raynard's...
Mick West joined me this week to chat his rise to the top of the debunking world, his book Escaping the Rabbit Hole and pretty much all things conspiracy! Here is Micks website: https://www.metabunk.org/home/ Here is his YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/mickword And of course his book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Escaping-Rabbit-Hole-Conspiracy-Theories/dp/1510755772/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1626249208&sr=8-1 Thanks for listening everyone and I'll see you next we...
Catz and I discuss the COVID vaccines, how they work, how they were produced so quickly, and the potential side effects. Hopefully this can go at least someway to alleviate any concerns people may have? Thanks for listening. See you next week.
WE ARE BACK! Thank you all for your patience but Catz and I are finally back where today we chat with prolific flat Earth debater Craig from the channel FTFE. We chat with him about his debates, those pesky flat earthers in general and he goes up against Catz in the first ever Scientist game! Here is FTFE's channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrwpQai5rQkhd2EckS9VaFA Thanks for listening everyone!
Two fantastic atheist YouTubers joined us this week to discuss all things atheism, and how they deal with other conspiracy theories. Catz gives us the science behind golf balls and everyone tries to roast me. You can find Paulogia on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIS4cWaXgWpznjwovFYQBJQ Paulogia Twitter: https://twitter.com/paulogia0 And Shannon Q here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0qhPJh8DeoR-3JhMrIvw0g Shannon Twitter: https://twitter.com/Shann_Q0 That's it for a while. W...
Ranty is the biggest flat Earther to have ever flipped back to team globe, and this week he joins us to tell us his story and he leaves EVERYTHING out there! You can find Ranty & Catz' Almost Unbelievable Paranormal Podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/almost-unbelievable-paranormal-podcast/id1552711399 And their YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7Ydxochu4p804WJoxF_Y_A Thank you all for listening and we'll see you next week!
This week we are joined once again by Spanners and Matt as we go through the science of Star Trek and just how plausible it is. They also try their hand again at Guess the Conspiracy. Last time they were on they guessed correctly. How would they do this time? You can find Spanners and Matt at https://missedapexpodcast.com/ See you next week!
Matt (previously known as The Casual Spaceman) joins us to dissect last weeks Moon Landing denier and his 5 "proofs" as well as his plans for a rebranding of his channel. Catz gives us some interesting news about the knuckleball effect and Guess the Conspiracy is back! Here is Matt's channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCm5zHzscOwz8tetuWP6HWxg You can find him on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/CasualSpaceman Thanks for listening everyone!
This we week we had a really enjoyable chat with Karl from lightsurfers.me who had 5 photos, and a few other points, that he thinks proves we didn't go to the moon. Catz and I listen and react to these proofs. If you want to see the visuals for this one then the FULL podcast will be released on the SciManDan Podcast YouTube channel on Monday. You can subscribe to that here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcnmdAX1OZdebVjadOlYbUA If you want to see the photo's now here are some links: 1) https:/...
Join myself and Catz as we look back at the guests we've interviewed so far, those that are coming and I inform Catz of our new game! Thank you all for listening!
Professor Dave joins me this week to chat about his prolific rise in YouTube, how he smashed the Globebusters to bits and his new book that helps us all spot misleading science online. And of course he has a crack at the world famous guess the conspiracy game! Here is a link to Dave's book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/This-Wi-Fi-Organic-Spotting-Misleading/dp/1642504157/ref=asc_df_1642504157/?tag=googshopuk-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=500886415192&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=4128197393193...
TV & Radio science presenter Greg Foot joined myself and Catz this week as we chatted about his TV and Radio work, as well as science communication in general and how important it is!! And of course he has a bash at the famous guess the conspiracy! You can find the YouTube channel here where Greg and Maddie live stream their science experiments: https://www.youtube.com/user/maddiemoate Here is Greg's own channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/gregfoot08 And Greg's Twitter: https://twitter.com...
Spanners Ready and Matt Trumpets join me this week as we dissect the science from the much loved UK cult sci-fi show, Red Dwarf. How plausible could it actually be?? We discuss and have fun at the same time! Plus, they try out the legendary Guess the Conspiracy game! The episodes we discuss today are as follows: Series 1 Ep 1 - The End Series 3 Ep 1 - Backwards Series 4 Ep 4 - White Hole Series 6 Ep 3 - Gunmen of the Apocalypse Series 5 Ep 6 - Back to Reality Series 6 Ep 2 - Legion You can find ...
This week we spoke with Tom Kerr who is the Director of Operations at an observatory in Hawaii. Tom also dabbled in Astrology as a way to try and debunk it, making some predictions for his friends, much like Paul the Octopus who predicted World Cup matches back in 2010! Here is the Observatory where Tom works: http://about.ifa.hawaii.edu/ukirt/ Tom's old blog: http://apacificview.blogspot.com/ The Star that Tom mentioned in the podcast: https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/trappist1/ And a list of UK Ast...
Coral Reef Scientist Emma Kennedy joined me this week on the podcast to chat coral reefs and the damage that climate change is causing, as well as climate change as a whole. She also has a crack at the now legendary game, Guess the Conspiracy! You can find Emma on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/reef_scientist And you can read more about her work here: https://www.kennedymarine.org/ Thanks for listening everyone!
