The Skeptic Zone #828 - 18.August.2024
Aug 17, 2024•53 min•Ep. 828
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Episode description
0:00:00 Introduction
Richard Saunders 00:03:22 Beyond Belief
Bob Nixon tunes in and finds an old aquaintance up to his old tricks - very old tricks. "Like Deja vu all over again"
In this report from 'The Skeptic Magazine' in 2001, a former investigator of Australian Skeptics the late Bob Nixon, reviews a farcical TV special about the paranormal, starring among others, Uri Geller.
The TV Special, in 3 parts, can be found here.
https://vhistory.wordpress.com/2014/08/26/beyond-belief-tape-1956 0:25:16 Australian Skeptics Newsletter
What skeptical news has caught the eye of Tim Mendham this week?
Read by Kat McLeod.
http://www.skeptics.com.au 0:37:32 A Dive into a Trove
A wander through the decades of digitised Australian newspapers on a search for references to 'Letters to the Editor'.
1984.11.17 - Sydney Morning Herald
1984.12.12 - Sydney Morning Herald
1984.12.18 - Sydney Morning Herald
1984.11.27 - Sydney Morning Herald
http://www.trove.nla.gov.au
Richard Saunders 00:03:22 Beyond Belief
Bob Nixon tunes in and finds an old aquaintance up to his old tricks - very old tricks. "Like Deja vu all over again"
In this report from 'The Skeptic Magazine' in 2001, a former investigator of Australian Skeptics the late Bob Nixon, reviews a farcical TV special about the paranormal, starring among others, Uri Geller.
The TV Special, in 3 parts, can be found here.
https://vhistory.wordpress.com/2014/08/26/beyond-belief-tape-1956 0:25:16 Australian Skeptics Newsletter
What skeptical news has caught the eye of Tim Mendham this week?
Read by Kat McLeod.
http://www.skeptics.com.au 0:37:32 A Dive into a Trove
A wander through the decades of digitised Australian newspapers on a search for references to 'Letters to the Editor'.
1984.11.17 - Sydney Morning Herald
1984.12.12 - Sydney Morning Herald
1984.12.18 - Sydney Morning Herald
1984.11.27 - Sydney Morning Herald
http://www.trove.nla.gov.au
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