The Skeptic Zone #422 - 20.November.2016
Episode description
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 Age festival to seek any takers. Reports and letters to the editor from the Canberra Times newspaper.
0:33:26 Brew Ha Ha: Science in less time than it takes to order a coffee New findings claim to "explain" the mysteries of the Bermuda Triangle. But the story isn't so simple. - With Tania Meyer Further reading about this Bermuda Triangle mystery:
http://www.australiascience.tv/blogs/bermuda-triangle-mystery-explained
0:35:00 The Think Tank Join Richard Sanders, Dr Steve Roberts and Maynard as they chat about secret codes, UFOs, warp bubbles in clouds and much more!
http://www.ghostsofoz.com/goo-magazine/richard-saunders-the-skeptic-zone-podcast
https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4208
Also...
NZ Skeptics Conference
Dr. Angie Mattke from USA - 'Medical Nonsense'
https://www.meetup.com/Mordi-Skeptics-in-the-Pub/
Michael Marshall - Sydney Skeptics in the Pub - 29 Nov.
https://www.meetup.com/austskeptics/
The Sydney Freecon - December 9, 10 &11, 2016 - 188 William St. Earlwood Contact Gary on Twitter - @SydneyFuturian