The Skeptic Zone #801 - 11.February.2024
Feb 10, 2024•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 801
Episode description
0:00:00 Introduction
Richard Saunders 0:07:14 Swings and Roundabouts
Richard Saunders reports on the fortunes and pitfalls of that merry-go-round of wellness, Mind Body Spirit. - In October 2023, Tim Mendham, Dr Sue Ieraci and Saunders took the long and crooked road to the Festival of MindBodySpirit (MBS) held at the convention centre in Sydney's Darling Harbour. As long-time readers of the Skeptic magazine know full well, this was not their first trip through the gates of ignorance and empty claims.
http://www.skeptics.com.au 0:28:26 I Think We Need to Think
From Idea to Proclamation: Making 'Critical Thinking Awareness Day' a Reality. Susan interviews Daniel Reed from the West Virginia Skeptics Society.
http://www.westvirginiaskepticssociety.com
http://www.westvirginiaskepticssociety.com
http://www.danielareed.com
https://skepticalinquirer.org/authors/daniel-a-reed/
https://skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/from-idea-to-proclamation-making-critical-thinking-awareness-day-a-reality/
https://skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/no-psychics-and-mediums-are-not-the-new-therapists 0:42:36 A Dive into a Trove
A wander through the decades of digitised Australian newspapers on a search for references to so-called psychics.
http://www.trove.nla.gov.au Also Surf Coast Skepticamp 2024
Special Guests, via video hook up to Oregon, Brian Dunning and Richard Saunders
http://tinyurl.com/scsc2024
Richard Saunders 0:07:14 Swings and Roundabouts
Richard Saunders reports on the fortunes and pitfalls of that merry-go-round of wellness, Mind Body Spirit. - In October 2023, Tim Mendham, Dr Sue Ieraci and Saunders took the long and crooked road to the Festival of MindBodySpirit (MBS) held at the convention centre in Sydney's Darling Harbour. As long-time readers of the Skeptic magazine know full well, this was not their first trip through the gates of ignorance and empty claims.
http://www.skeptics.com.au 0:28:26 I Think We Need to Think
From Idea to Proclamation: Making 'Critical Thinking Awareness Day' a Reality. Susan interviews Daniel Reed from the West Virginia Skeptics Society.
http://www.westvirginiaskepticssociety.com
http://www.westvirginiaskepticssociety.com
http://www.danielareed.com
https://skepticalinquirer.org/authors/daniel-a-reed/
https://skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/from-idea-to-proclamation-making-critical-thinking-awareness-day-a-reality/
https://skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/no-psychics-and-mediums-are-not-the-new-therapists 0:42:36 A Dive into a Trove
A wander through the decades of digitised Australian newspapers on a search for references to so-called psychics.
http://www.trove.nla.gov.au Also Surf Coast Skepticamp 2024
Special Guests, via video hook up to Oregon, Brian Dunning and Richard Saunders
http://tinyurl.com/scsc2024