The Skeptic Zone #622 - 13.September.2020
Sep 12, 2020•52 min
Episode description
0:00:00 Introduction
Richard Saunders 0:04:20 A Dive into a Trove
A wander through the decades of digitised Australian newspapers on a search for references to the words "Yowie Hunt". Did anyone ever find the Australian Big Foot?
http://www.trove.nla.gov.au 0:21:08 CFI - We're Not Backing Down from Walmart
Snake oil profiteering has emerged as a genuine crisis during the COVID-19 pandemic, exemplifying what the Center for Inquiry has been saying for years: Pseudoscientific medicine is dangerous, and those who profit from it must be held accountable.
https://centerforinquiry.org 0:25:00 Skeptrack Repoert
An overview of the live online Skeptrack from Dragon*Con 2020.
http://www.skeptrack.com 0:32:18 A visit to a New, New Age Vet
Can Map-you-luncher, Ke-ring Dlistals, Flo-me-lapthy, Skyo-blaptic, Free-tex-lolagy and Snerbal Stoop-alments save Henrietta the cat?
With the voice talents of Dr Angie Mattke and Pontus Böckman. 0:38:57 Australian Skeptics Newsletter
What skeptical news has caught the eye of Tim Mendham this week?
http://www.skeptics.com.au Also Skeptics Cafe - Live Online Talk by Richard Saunders - 21 Sept. 8:30pm
https://www.facebook.com/theskepticscafe
Skepticon 2020
https://www.skepticon.org.au
Corona Conspiracy - Upload Your Images
https://coronaconspiracy.cloud
Richard Saunders 0:04:20 A Dive into a Trove
A wander through the decades of digitised Australian newspapers on a search for references to the words "Yowie Hunt". Did anyone ever find the Australian Big Foot?
http://www.trove.nla.gov.au 0:21:08 CFI - We're Not Backing Down from Walmart
Snake oil profiteering has emerged as a genuine crisis during the COVID-19 pandemic, exemplifying what the Center for Inquiry has been saying for years: Pseudoscientific medicine is dangerous, and those who profit from it must be held accountable.
https://centerforinquiry.org 0:25:00 Skeptrack Repoert
An overview of the live online Skeptrack from Dragon*Con 2020.
http://www.skeptrack.com 0:32:18 A visit to a New, New Age Vet
Can Map-you-luncher, Ke-ring Dlistals, Flo-me-lapthy, Skyo-blaptic, Free-tex-lolagy and Snerbal Stoop-alments save Henrietta the cat?
With the voice talents of Dr Angie Mattke and Pontus Böckman. 0:38:57 Australian Skeptics Newsletter
What skeptical news has caught the eye of Tim Mendham this week?
http://www.skeptics.com.au Also Skeptics Cafe - Live Online Talk by Richard Saunders - 21 Sept. 8:30pm
https://www.facebook.com/theskepticscafe
Skepticon 2020
https://www.skepticon.org.au
Corona Conspiracy - Upload Your Images
https://coronaconspiracy.cloud