The Skeptic Zone #497 - 29.April.2018

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Introduction

Richard Saunders

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Bob Connolly - Director of "James Randi in Australia"

An interview with the award winning Australian film maker and director who in 1980 was commissioned by Dick Smith to direct the documentary, "James Randi in Australia".

James Randi in Australia - video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqoYrSd94kA

THE 1980 DIVINING TESTS - by James Randi

https://tinyurl.com/ycur583e - (See page 2)

Bob Connolly - imbd

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0175264/

0:41:00

Skeptical movment needs your help

We have learnt that the Australian government will soon be taking down a website that holds a lot of information useful to skeptics and Friends of Science in Medicine members. If you have some spare time and you have skills in the automated copying of webpages, please get in contact.

fsmcomplaints at gmail dot com

0:43:16

The Diet Skeptic... with Mandy-Lee Noble

Health claims for Kefir

Kefir is a fermented milk drink that originated in the Caucasus Mountains made with kefir "grains", a yeast/bacterial fermentation starter.

http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-31802017000600578

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4401881/

Also...

Sydney Skeptics in the Pub

https://www.meetup.com/en-AU/AustSkeptics/events/248315106/

http://www.skeptiCalCon.com