The Skeptic Zone #683 - 7.November.2021
Nov 07, 2021•59 min
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0:00:00 Introduction
Richard Saunders 0:03:47 Uri Geller, James Randi and the CIA
We find a document written by James Randi that was circulated in the CIA concerning so-called psychic Uri Geller. What did Geller's former manager have to say about the tricks and shenanigans in the 1970s? Find out with this review.
https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/weird-news/uri-geller-no-faker-really-25333616
https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP96-00791R000100450002-7.pdf 0:24:40 The Book of Tim
Tim Mendham reads from the pages of 'The Skeptic' magazine, from Australian Skeptics. Resistentialism.
Vol 40 No 1 - June 2020
http://www.skeptics.com.au 0:32:25 Australian Skeptics Newsletter
What skeptical news has caught the eye of Tim Mendham this week?
Read by Adrienne Hill.
http://www.skeptics.com.au 0:40:28 A Dive into a Trove
A wander through the decades of digitised Australian newspapers on a search for references to yet more UFOs.
http://www.trove.nla.gov.au Also Donation for Ovarian Cancer research
https://www.facebook.com/donate/4426098814149126
Corona Conspiracy - Upload Images
https://coronaconspiracy.cloud
https://www.skepticon.org.au
Richard Saunders 0:03:47 Uri Geller, James Randi and the CIA
We find a document written by James Randi that was circulated in the CIA concerning so-called psychic Uri Geller. What did Geller's former manager have to say about the tricks and shenanigans in the 1970s? Find out with this review.
https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/weird-news/uri-geller-no-faker-really-25333616
https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP96-00791R000100450002-7.pdf 0:24:40 The Book of Tim
Tim Mendham reads from the pages of 'The Skeptic' magazine, from Australian Skeptics. Resistentialism.
Vol 40 No 1 - June 2020
http://www.skeptics.com.au 0:32:25 Australian Skeptics Newsletter
What skeptical news has caught the eye of Tim Mendham this week?
Read by Adrienne Hill.
http://www.skeptics.com.au 0:40:28 A Dive into a Trove
A wander through the decades of digitised Australian newspapers on a search for references to yet more UFOs.
http://www.trove.nla.gov.au Also Donation for Ovarian Cancer research
https://www.facebook.com/donate/4426098814149126
Corona Conspiracy - Upload Images
https://coronaconspiracy.cloud
https://www.skepticon.org.au
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