Episode #041
Fred Phelps vs Anonymous, Richard Wiseman vs Robert McLuhan, Attila the Hun vs gravity and Ernest Vincent Wright vs the letter ‘E’. Plus James Delingpole, Sultan Mustafa III, blankets from Russia and 582 baby boys.
Fred Phelps vs Anonymous, Richard Wiseman vs Robert McLuhan, Attila the Hun vs gravity and Ernest Vincent Wright vs the letter ‘E’. Plus James Delingpole, Sultan Mustafa III, blankets from Russia and 582 baby boys.
Musk sticks, the first ever doctor, rollercoasters and headless monks. Plus Chinese Restaurant Syndrome, Florence Nightinggale, QED and the return of the British Chiropractic Association. With man-bags weighing in at 6.3kg, it’s Skeptics with a K .
QED has been and gone, so we’re taking a week off to recover. But rather than leave you totally empty handed, we decided to put out this short interviewfrom BBC Radio Five, featuring Marsh and a homeopath. We’ll see you for a full episode next time!
The BFG, hot sweet tea, dog heart slices and Kirsty Wark. Also Edward “West End” Jenner, homeopaths in Europe,Betelgeuse, the Apocalypse, and £11 worth of bull semen.
Welcome to 2011! Featuring menstruating chickens, Richard E Grant, the Quacking Christ and scaring spiders. Plus, America, Vitamin “Sea”, psychic predictions, assassinations and donuts.
Merry Christmas! (Yeah, yeah we know). Marsh and Colin are on holiday, so Mike presents some snippets cut for time from previous shows. Featuring R2D2’s Dad, Homeopathy in Wavertree, Tatty Raoul and Liberal Jean. Plus, from the archives, our debunking of the Nativity, first published as part of Episode #011.
Extended bumper episode! This episode of Skeptics with a K was streamed live over the Internet on Monday 13 December 2010. Featuring cold fusion, Toys “R” Us, hassidic diets, the Emo Buzz Lightyear, urine injections and the heaviest man in the world. This episode was sponsored by the QED conference; for more information visit www.qedcon.org . Mike’s mysterious tweet can be found at: http://bit.ly/eh0z8G
Power Balance, retroactive memory and owning the Sun. Also uppity flamingos, partying mushrooms, crushed sprouts and Richard Saunders. With the ability to correctly locate porn 53.1% of the time, it’s Skeptics with a K. Tickets for QED are available from: http://qedcon.org/xawC More information about the 10:23 Challenge: http://www.1023.org.uk/
A blast from the past! In the beginning, there was no 10:23 Campaign. There was no Giant Book of Fantastic Facts. Only three guys who decided to give podcasting a try. This is the previously un-published pilot episode of Skeptics with a K , recorded in the early Summer of 2009. Featuring Mike, Marsh, Colin - and a few more ums and ers than usual!
Colin is back… for Bad PR, Zombie Nuns, Unrepentant Women and the Third Dimension. Plus bananas, babies, the Crystal Maze and a giant Rubik’s Cube.
Live from TAM London. Mike and Marsh record a show in the hotel bar at the Hilton Metropole during TAM London 2010.
The Ancient Order of Druids, the curse of the M25 and accidental quacks. Plus Tony Robinson, yellow shucks, Formula One, Professor Chris French and a Phillips C60.
The Skeptics with a K discuss the 14th European Skeptical Congress, the Pope’s Holyrood speech and evolution denial in Northern Ireland. Plus the tale of the Dealer of Death, 30,000 witches, a dead dog and a rodent.
Bananaman, Vodafone, the Man in the Moon and Dennis Quaid. Plus magnetic feet, deformed children and the three-legged football player. It’s the big 30 for Skeptics with a K!
Homeopathy! Again! The Skeptics with a K take a break from the regular show format to talk about theprevalenceof homeopathy in English Primary Care Trusts. Plus, the latest information on QED. http://www.qedcon.org/
Psychics, pets, infertility, vodka, caramel slices and Bisphenol A. Plus Vesuvius, Red Rum, swastikas and the world’s best ampersand joke. Featuring guest hosts Al and Harris! QED.
More homeopathy (!), treating impotence, victimising Bosnians and permanent gastric fistulas. Diagnosed by passages from the Koran, it’s Skeptics with a K.
Malaria condoms, Michael Jackson, Dastardly & Mutley and the Million Ghost March. Plus, psychics seeking privacy, the accidental serial killer and Rick Moranis. Ruining the case for the defence, it’s Skeptics with a K.
From the archives! Back in February, Marsh visited Radio 5 Live to talk about homeopathy shortly before the publication of Evidence Check 2: Homeopathy; and during the aftermath of our own 10:23 Campaign .
Extended episode! Blasphemy in Pakistan, Jenkins in the Guardian, and homeopathy in parliament. Plus, Schrödinger’s Christ, Nelson’s Column, Marilyn Manson and woo in the workplace.
“Don’t breathe on shit”; “I was addicted to pornography”; “He procured of the Devil a girdle”; “His head was given to a fish”; “The town of Cornwall, in England”; “He has to grow new feet”; “I’m angling for some free Pepsi”
Acupuncture in Vietnam, ghosts and homeopathy, psychic pet detectives and the Man with the Golden Nose. Plus the horrors of the Evian factory, Ice Cream Man Lawyers and the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Marsh from ‘Skeptics with a K’ calls into BBC Radio Oxford to talk about psychics and psychic healers - including an encounter with “Energy Worker” Adrian Pengelly.
Mice and the Mail; Voyager and Vista; Foxes and Fleas and; Homeopathy and Healing IBS.
Batman and the Health Ranger; Iron Man and Wheatgrass Juice; the Pope and the Civil Service; Scotland and Cannibals; and Fizzy Drinks and Old Age.
The Skeptics with a K discuss CRIMINON, skeptical limericks and speaking German aftera coma. Plus Pet Sematary, osteopaths and free falling from 18,000 ft.
Sausages, bacon, black pudding, pig’s blood, swine flu and Peppa Pig. Plus wanding what ails you, frozen sea captains and an uncle named Olaf… Of course it’s Skeptics with a K!
Mike, Marsh and Colin return to talk about arrogant Darwinists, the Moral Compass and green children. Plus dolphin chi, matter transmitters and contacting Jesus - what else but Skeptics with a C?
Abraham Lincoln, John F Kennedy, Ronald Reagan, Susan Miller, Patricia Martin, Peter Fisher, Edzard Ernst, Robert Mathie and Barabbas. All these people, plus Mike, Marsh, Colin and the British Hirsute Andrews - it’s Skeptics with a K!
Homéopathes Français, Flat Earthers and the Old, Old, Very Old Man. With testicles both large and sound, it is Skeptics with a K.