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The Skeptic Zone #581 - 1.December.2019

Nov 30, 201955 min
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0:00:00 Introduction
Richard Saunders 0:03:25 Skeptical Activism

We hit the street outside the State Theatre in Sydney to hand out skeptical information flyers to the crowd lining up to see the "talking to the dead" performer John Edward.

Thanks to Trish Hann and Lara Benham.

https://www.skeptics.com.au/psychics-questions-to-ask 0:21:13 The Book of Tim

Pint Sized Fun

Tim Mendham looks at the history of Skeptics in the Pub. From the pages of 'The Skeptic' magazine from Australian Skeptics.   Vol. 37 No. 4

https://www.skeptics.com.au/the-magazine

0:32:18

A Dive into a TROVE

The Bent Spoon Award through the years

A look back via online archives at the some of the press reports on the Australian Skeptics Bent Spoon Award over the decades.   1994, 12 March - The Canberra Times
1987, 19 April - The Canberra Times
1985, 31 August - The Canberra Times 1989, 26 March - The Canberra Times 2009, 3 December - Discovery Magazine
https://trove.nla.gov.au/

https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/australian-skeptics-jeer-meryl-dorey

https://www.skeptics.com.au/features/bent-spoon Also Skepticon 2019

https://skepticon.org.au
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