0:00:00 Introduction Richard Saunders 0:05:40 Healing Touch at Queensland University Australia's first university-based (but not university endorsed) healing touch clinic has opened in Townsville at James Cook University (JCU). Healing touch is described as an energy-balancing therapy administered through gentle touching and manipulation of energy from a distance, similar to reiki or acupressure. Dr Steve Roberts and Richard Saunders comment on this sad state of affairs. Healing touch clinic ope...
Feb 16, 2017•59 min
0:00:00 Introduction Richard Saunders 0:06:50 The Diet Skeptic... with Mandy-Lee Noble A2 or not A2... that is the question. Is A2 milk better than A1? Should you be raiding your local supermarket for all the A2 milk you can carry? Will the cows go on strike? Find out this week as Mandy-Lee take a long slurp of A2 milk. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.2903/j.efsa.2009.231r/abstract https://www.healthkit.com/profile/-mandy-lee-noble/dietitian/342517 0:15:46 Brew Ha Ha: Science in less time ...
Feb 12, 2017•45 min
0:00:00 Introduction Richard Saunders 0:07:05 Fiona O'Leary and "VaXXed" at the European Parliament We chat to Fiona about the push to have the movie "Vaxxed" removed from a special screening in the European Parliament. Find out if forces of resaon prevail. http://www.todayfm.com http://vakcinainfo.org/2017/02/04/scandal-eu-parliament-banned-the-subject-of-unsafe-vaccines/ 0:35:00 Brew Ha Ha: Science in less time than it takes to order a coffee https://www.australiascience.tv/tags/brew-ha-ha Wit...
Feb 05, 2017•59 min
0:00:00 Introduction Richard Saunders 0:08:10 The Raw Skeptic Report... with Heidi Robertson An open letter to the Editor of the Tweed Daily News The Northern Rivers Vaccination Supports take action after a local newspaper published an uncritical story and interview with Anti-Vax conspiracy theorists.. With Heidi Robertson and Alison Gaylard https://www.facebook.com/150057145203234/posts/596209557254655 0:21:28 Wide condemnation of pro-acupuncture research paper on infant colic A controversial s...
Jan 28, 2017•53 min
0:00:00 Introduction Richard Saunders 0:05:15 Skeptics stand by Bent Spoon Nomination The National Institute of Complementary Medicine was less than pleased to be nominated for this award. Will Australian Skeptics back down? NO! http://www.skeptics.com 0:15:22 How Uri Geller convinced the CIA he was a 'psychic warrior' Thoughts on Spoon Bending and the CIA from over 40 years ago. http://www.telegraph.co.uk https://www.amazon.com/Truth-About-Uri-Geller/dp/0879751991 Experiments wiht Uri Geller 19...
Jan 22, 2017•47 min
0:00:00 Introduction Richard Saunders 0:05:55 Grain of Salt.... with Eran Segev More in the series of interviews from QED. This week Eran is joined from the Czech Skeptics Club Sisyfos, Claire Klingenberg who talks about the 17th European Skeptics Congress. 17TH EUROPEAN SKEPTICS CONGRESS - September 2017 http://euroscepticscon.org http://www.sysifos.cz 0:13:30 Four 'Psychics' put to a test, in 1993 Skeptic John Foley took on four of Adelaide's top mystics and seers in the 1990s on national TV t...
Jan 15, 2017•47 min
0:00:00 Introduction Richard Saunders 0:06:55 The Diet Skeptic... with Mandy-Lee Noble Health and Wellness Woo! - This week Mandy-Lee looks at MTHFR Gene Testing. Is it valid? Is it of use? Find out with the first report from 'The Diet Skeptic'. 0:16:25 Why the RCVS must prevent vets from prescribing homeopathy Homeopathic care for animals? The case against homeopathy has never been clearer, with every well-controlled study showing these remedies are no more effective than a placebo. This is to ...
Jan 08, 2017•58 min
0:00:00 Introduction Richard Saunders 0:04:44 New Zealand Skeptics 2016 Conference This week we chat to Mark Honeychurch, a Wellington based skeptic and consumer advocate. He is also the Chair of the NZ Skeptics. http://skeptics.nz 0:16:30 Brew Ha Ha: Science in less time than it takes to order a coffee https://www.australiascience.tv/tags/brew-ha-ha With Ben Lewis The Australian Federal Court has ordered internet companies to block five bittorrent websites in a big crackdown against internet pi...
Jan 01, 2017•49 min
0:00:00 Introduction Richard Saunders 0:04:38 New Zealand Skeptics 2016 Conference This week we chat to Loretta Marron and find out the latest news from the 'Friends of Science in Medicine'. http://www.scienceinmedicine.org.au 0:16:07 Grain of Salt.... with Eran Segev More in the series of interviews from QED. This week Eran talks with Michael Marshall, Nicola Throp and Geoff Whelan. What does it take these days to host a skeptical convention? 0:35:24 Maynard's Spooky Action... A very Maynard Ch...
Dec 25, 2016•48 min
0:00:00 Introduction Richard Saunders 0:04:45 Grain of Salt.... with Eran Segev More in the series of interviews from QED. This week Eran talks with Britt Hermes, a former naturopathic 'doctor' who shares the hard truths about naturopathic medicine to protect patients. Her message is "Please don't be fooled by natural and alternative medicine." https://www.naturopathicdiaries.com 0:14:09 New Zealand Skeptics 2016 Conference This week we chat to Susan Gerbic and find out the latest on Guerrilla S...
Dec 18, 2016•44 min
0:00:00 Introduction Richard Saunders 0:06:40 New Zealand Skeptics 2016 Conference We head to Queenstown, then to Wanaka to visit Puzzling World for the NZ Skeptics Dinner and Awards. Joining in is Susan Gerbic. Also an interview with Stuart Landsborough to find out about his $100,000 Psychic Prize. Live music by Brad MacClure http://www.puzzlingworld.co.nz http://www.psychicchallenge.co.nz 0:34:18 Take Stock - With Shelley Stocken Twins! Are you a twin? Are you psychic? Shelley Stocken asks her...
Dec 11, 2016•1 hr 1 min
0:00:00 Introduction Richard Saunders 0:05:50 "Psychic" predictions for 2016 We mark the homework of the top mystics and seers. Did they see the sucess of Donald Trump or the Brexit? Find out and be not so amazed. 0:22:10 Skeptics in the Pub in Sydney We chat to Michael Marshall about his Australian trip. http://goodthinkingsociety.org/ 0:29:05 Homeopaths cashing in on vulnerable parents A report from the Sunday World newspaper in Ireland. 0:35:40 Brew Ha Ha: Science in less time than it takes t...
Dec 01, 2016•59 min
0:00:00 Introduction Richard Saunders 0:05:26 Grain of Salt.... with Eran Segev More in the series of interviews from QED. This week Eran chats to Myles Power, a youtuber who fights misinformation on GMOs, Black Salve and MMS or Miracle Mineral Supplement (Bleech!) https://www.youtube.com/user/powerm1985 http://www.mylespower.co.uk 0:15:25 Brew Ha Ha: Science in less time than it takes to order a coffee With Tania Meyer Book your next holiday to China! They've just opened up their 500m Aperture ...
Nov 27, 2016•52 min
0:00:00 Introduction Richard Saunders 0:04:46 Grain of Salt.... with Eran Segev More in the series of interviews from QED. This week Eran chats to Alice Howarth and Mike Hall from the popular 'Skeptics with a K' podcast from the UK. http://www.merseysideskeptics.org.uk/podcasts 0:16:36 Skeptical letters to the editor, from 1986 Skeptics have a long history of offering cash prizes for proof of the paranormal. We look back to over 30 years ago when members of Canberra Skeptics turned up at a New A...
Nov 20, 2016•59 min
0:00:00 Introduction Richard Saunders 0:06:23 An American View.... with Evan Bernstein What might a Trump presidency mean for the future of science and education in the USA? We ask Evan Bernstein, cast member of the Skeptics' Guide to the Universe podcast. http://www.theskepticsguide.org 0:17:17 Government issues health warning over useless newage pendant The Australian Government has confirmed the presence of radioactive material in "Scalar Energy" pendants. We take a look at some of the amazin...
Nov 13, 2016•57 min
0:00:00 Introduction Richard Saunders 0:06:05 Grain of Salt.... with Eran Segev More in the series of interviews from QED. This week Eran chats to Dr Karl Kruszelnicki the Australian science communicator and populariser, who is known as an author and science commentator on Australian radio and television. http://drkarl.com/ 0:15:26 Maynard's Spooky Action... Blast from the past! In 1991 Dr Karl Kruszelnicki appeared with Maynard on radio to take listeners' questions. 0:20:40 The Raw Skeptic Repo...
Nov 06, 2016•54 min
0:00:00 Introduction Richard Saunders 0:05:30 The Raw Skeptic Report.... with Heidi Robertson Every year thousands of Australians are unnecessarily suffering and dying prematurely because of alternative cancer treatments according to a special investigation by Dr Paul Willis, director of The Royal Institution of Australia. Heidi interviews Dr Willis followed by the audio from the special report. http://www.australiascience.tv/videos/no-alternative-cancer 0:40:06 Grain of Salt.... with Eran Segev...
Oct 29, 2016•1 hr 1 min
0:00:00 Introduction Richard Saunders 0:09:00 Grain of Salt.... with Eran Segev In this, the first of a series of interviews from QED, Eran chats to the crew from the ESP podcast. András G Pintér, Hungary Jelena Levin, Latvia Pontus Böckman, Sweden http://theesp.eu https://qedcon.org 0:22:56 Natural cancer treatment: Patient turned down chemotherapy but ‘nearly killed himself’ GREG Melhuish turned to natural therapies to cure his cancer and it nearly killed him. That’s the message he now wants t...
Oct 23, 2016•57 min
0:00:00 Introduction Richard Saunders 0:04:33 More Good Thinking... with Michael Marshall The Good Thinking Society welcomed the decision by NHS Wirral CCG to decommission homeopathy and Iscador services. The decision comes after months of consultation which showed overwhelming support from the public for an end to funding. At QED 2016, in the Ockham Awards event/campaign shortlist, readers of the British version of 'The Skeptic Magazine' voted for The Good Thinking Society for their homeopathy ...
Oct 15, 2016•55 min
0:00:00 Introduction Maynard - Richard Saunders - Stefan Sojka 0:06:27 A Grain of Salt - With Eran Segev This week Eran looks at the increasingly bizarre chain of emails being send from anti-vaccine activist Judy Wilyman PhD. 0:28:37 The Cass Files - With Dr Cassandra Perryman What is Hypnosis? Does it work as claimed? You uses it? Find out with Dr Cassandra. 0:34:25 Prize Time The Memory Code by Lynne Kelly. Thanks to Allen & Unwin https://www.allenandunwin.com/browse/books/general-books/po...
Oct 08, 2016•1 hr 25 min
0:00:00 Introduction Richard Saunders Also an update to the Vaxxed, Castlemaine Local and International Film Festival story. https://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/tag/william-thompson 0:10:14 Dr Lynne Kelly The traditional Aboriginal memory technique that unlocks the secrets of Stonehenge, Easter Island and ancient monuments the world over. Lynne Kelly has discovered that a powerful memory technique used by the ancients can unlock the secrets of the Neolithic stone circles of Britain and Europe, ...
Oct 02, 2016•59 min
0:00:00 Introduction Richard Saunders 0:07:00 Ben Goldacre Homeopathic hucksters. Nonsensical naturopaths. Anti-intellectual anti-vaxxers. Slippery statisticians. The ‘journalists’ daring to declare meats as critically carcinogenic. And let’s not forget – let’s not forget – fraudulent pharmaceutical firms. - We chat to Ben on the eve of his Australian and New Zealand tour. https://www.thinkinc.org.au/events/ben-goldacre 0:26:35 Take Stock with Shelley Stocken Doctor Google is at it again with mi...
Sep 22, 2016•54 min
0:00:00 Introduction Richard Saunders 0:05:35 Sharon Hill We talk to Sharon Hill about her web site 'Doubtful News' and look into the merits (or not) of Ghost Tours. Also... Bad Clowns? http://doubtfulnews.com 0:26:42 Anti-vaccine nurses and midwives A visit to the 'reasonable hank' blog and the reading of a list of anti-vax memes posted by the very people who should know better. https://reasonablehank.com/?s=Anti-vaccine+nurses 0:36:06 Bad Clowns and Loch Ness with Ben Radford Ben tells us more...
Sep 18, 2016•1 hr 5 min
0:00:00 Introduction Richard Saunders 0:07:30 Bad Science Watch in Canada We chat to Michael Kruse about so called Naturopathic Doctors in Canada thumbing their nose at the law. http://www.badsciencewatch.ca 0:29:30 Mind Body Wallet over the years Step back in time to 2002 and 1986 as we look at the Festival of Mind Body Spirit. The New Age never looked so old. 0:43:05 The Raw Skeptic Report This week Heidi Robertson has another report from the recent Brisbane Skepticamp. She chats to Mandy Nobl...
Sep 11, 2016•57 min
0:00:00 Introduction Richard Saunders 0:05:57 Dr Angie at Dragon Con We catch up with Dr Angie Mattke and ask her about the talk on alternative medicine she gave at the Skeptrack at Dragon Con in Atlanta. http://skeptics.dragoncon.org 0:19:12 Maynard's Spooky Action.. Maynard and Richard head for the Australian Museum and chat to Rachel Robertson about teaching science via robots. http://australianmuseum.net.au/science-festival 0:25:32 The Raw Skeptic Report This week Heidi Robertson has another...
Sep 04, 2016•57 min
0:00:00 Introduction Richard Saunders (and the skeptical cats) 0:05:20 Mother who posted video of her baby is bullied by anti-vaxxers online The mother who posted a heartbreaking video of her five-week-old baby choking for air after catching whooping cough has been bullied online by trolls who say “vaccination is what caused her baby to get sick”. http://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/parenting/babies/mother-who-posted-heartbreaking-video-of-her-baby-choking-is-bullied-by-antivaxxers-online/news-stor...
Aug 28, 2016•40 min
0:00:00 Introduction Heidi Robertson 0:02:07 The Raw Skeptic Report This week Heidi Robertson has another report from the recent Brisbane Skepticamp. She chats to Enrique Bustamante and learns about the real Dunning Kruger effect. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/dunning-kruger-effect-importance-self-awareness-enrique-rubio http://www.brisbaneskeptics.org 0:13:21 Maynard's Spooky Action.. Maynard and Richard head for the Australian Museum to perfrom the Mystery Investigators show as part in Sceinc...
Aug 21, 2016•33 min
0:00:00 Introduction Richard Saunders 0:08:50 Cupping and Wiki with Susan Gerbic We chat to Susan who tells us of her efforts to bring the Wiki page on the quackery of Cupping up-to-date. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cupping_therapy guerrillaskepticismonwikipedia.blogspot.com 0:19:45 Why Team USA’s use of cupping therapy really sucks LIke all Australians, Dr Brad can get a bit carried away while cheering for the green and gold at the Olympics. But lately it hasn’t been the Aussie team causing h...
Aug 14, 2016•59 min
0:00:00 Introduction Richard Saunders 0:05:44 Australia's Science Channel We chat to Dr Paul Willis, director of the Royal Institution of Australia (RiAus) who tells of the new Science Channel and about his many trips to the Antarctic looking for fossils. http://riaus.tv 10:23 Campaign Against Homeopathy - Antarctic 2011 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQzOidQKafA Aurora Expeditions http://www.auroraexpeditions.com.au/ship/polar-pioneer 0:22:12 Chiropractor charged with breaching advertising req...
Aug 07, 2016•45 min
0:00:00 Introduction Richard Saunders 0:07:11 Fiona O'Leary and her VAXXing Issue We chat to Fiona about her work promoting autism issues in Ireland and the recent letter she received telling her to more or less hold her tongue! Why? Find out in this interview. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqSIfRTGC3XQ34mHUNICVLw http://ascienceenthusiast.com/vaxxed-makers-threaten-lawsuit-for-valid-criticism/ http://www.eveningecho.ie/cork-news/us-film-studio-threatens-to-sue-autism-rights-advocate/2500229/...
Jul 31, 2016•53 min
