Hair loss pills, Sovereign Nations, and business acumen. Plus broken cars, conceptual penises, and roaring in the mirror. Using the wrong microphone, it’s Skeptics with a K. Find the all-new website the The Skeptic at skeptic.org.uk Mixed and edited by Morgan Clarke
Missing breakfast, Eric Pickles, Mother-die, and giant hogweed. Plus telling lies, conferred legitimacy, and disguised advertorial. Cheating at dice, it’s Skeptics with a K. Note this episode contains discussion of fatphobic language and attitudes. Mixed and edited by Morgan Clarke .
Making babies, genius orphans, and milliamp-hours. Plus red days, swamp coolers, and tracking ovulation. Taking your temperature, it’s Skeptics with a K. Mixed and edited by Morgan Clarke .
In this episode of Skeptics with a K, Marsh and Alice talk about the recent BBC documentary on ‘alternative’ cancer treatments. This episode deals with a difficult subject matter throughout and some listeners may find the conversation distressing. Mixed and edited by Morgan Clarke .
Web privacy, affiliate marketing, micro-targeting, and copy-and-paste. Plus spam comments, missing audiences and cookie banners. A round of applause for Skeptics with a K. Mixed and edited by Morgan Clarke .
Homeopathic standards, blood groups, cod latin, and CEASE therapy. Plus web browser bugs, spike proteins, and ice cream. Like the boat scene in Willy Wonka, it’s Skeptics with a K. Mixed and edited by Morgan Clarke .
Contact tracing, television scams, lockdown sceptics, and race in the UK. “Stay Sceptical, End the Lockdown, Save Lives!” If you’re interested in more resources on racism, white privilege, and protesting, check out these links: Books for understanding racism and white privilege (Instagram) Anti-racism resources (Google Docs) Scaffolded anti-racist resources (Google Docs) Podcasts About The Black British Experience (Bustle) Black Trans Protesters Emergency Fund (Instagram) A Safety Guide for Prot...
The Black Death, plasmic support, revitalisation fields, and naming disease. Plus losing balance, sunbathing with social distance, and growing a beard. Effective at an eight metre radius, it’s Skeptics with a K. Mixed and edited by Morgan Clarke . Note: this episode contains descriptions of race-based and other abuse.
Bill Gates, Black Seed Oil, and global depopulation. Plus thymoquinone, unusable kitchens, and Nigella Lawson. Not virologists, it’s Skeptics with a K. Mixed and edited by Morgan Clarke
Treatment compliance, vitamin deficiency, immune support, and unpublished research. Plus Alice’s birthday, green protection, and pretentious breakfasts. Still not winning awards, it’s Skeptics with a K. Mixed and edited by Morgan Clarke
Coronavirus pseudoscience, confirmation bias, fake news, and 5G telephony. Plus the Rocky Horror Picture Show, dancing nurses, and the school disco. Still in lockdown, it’s Skeptics with a K. Mixed and edited by Morgan Clarke .
COVID-19, astrologers, chloroquine, and chiropractic. Plus immune boosting meals, tidying up, and missing Doctor Who. Sitting at home, it’s Skeptics with a K. Mixed and edited by Morgan Clarke .
Dowsing for cancer, German graffiti, and the bloody Illuminati. Plus caesium salts, type II pneumocytes, and 1970s Doctor Who. Stay calm! Remain indoors! It’s Skeptics with a K. Mixed and edited by Morgan Clarke .
Australian Bushfires, COVID-19, and the comeback of astrology. Plus pigs legs, dingle-dangle scarecrows, and Mercury Communications. Governing the Anthropocene, it’s Skeptics with a K. Mixed and edited by Morgan Clarke .
Mistletoe in the papers, auricular acupuncture, splitting your jeans, and a giant cock and balls. Plus travelling by train, talking to teenagers, and David Mitchell. Sitting on a toilet floor, it’s Skeptics with a K. Note: This episode contains a brief reference to self-harm. Mixed and edited by Morgan Clarke .
In this special extended episode, Alice, Mike, and Marsh talk about what happened when they watched every episode of the Netflix series The Goop Lab with Gwyneth Paltrow back-to-back. Note: This episode includes conversations about eating disorders and suicide. Which is more warning about that than Netflix gives you. Mixed and edited by Morgan Clarke .
Placebo creams, reviving drips, and magical contagion. Plus chewing gum, stray heads, and trampolines. Tossing in a Berocca, it’s Skeptics with a K. Mixed and edited by Morgan Clarke .
Golden tickets, talking to the press, butt-chugging, and skeptical investigations. Plus Star Wars, cardboard crowns, and crashing into a lake. It’s a new year, and a new you, from Skeptics with a K. Mixed and edited by Morgan Clarke .
V-care, spiritual insight, reusable applicators, and Diana Spencer’s boyfriends. Plus mistaken identity, ringers in the audience, and lurching to the right. Merry Christmas from Skeptics with a K. Mixed and edited by Morgan Clarke .
Yoga cults, walking in Utrecht, attitudes to homeopathy, and what happened in Brazil. Plus perineum sunning, duck offal, aggressive emails, and rinsing beakers. Keeping in touch with our sexual energy, it’s Skeptics with a K. Mixed and edited by Morgan Clarke .
Family trees, Tobey Maguire, eight million pixels, and a dog show. Plus centimorgans, attempted burglary, and the reverse Darth Vader. Featuring special guest presenter, Andy Wilson. Mixed and edited by Morgan Clarke .
Weather forecasts, analysing homeopathy, and healthy DNA. Plus fast Internet, speed running acid rain, and getting drunk in Oxford. Sitting in the dark, it’s Skeptics with a K. Mixed and edited by Morgan Clarke .
Hydrogen water, homeoprophylaxis, trusted sources, and vaccine ignorance. Plus retro gaming, dodgy Daleks, and what happened in Italy. It’s a squeaky pop from Skeptics with a K. Mixed and edited by Morgan Clarke .
Snowflake advertising executives, Perkin’s Tractors, Churchill the Dog, and Thatcher the Unfriendly Ghost. Plus placebo arms, old age, and learning Italian. Pricing Alice’s blood for Skeptics with a K. Mixed and edited by Morgan Clarke .
Songs of Praise, overselling cannabidiol, Lourdes Water and Berwick Upon Tweed. Plus climbing shoes, watching Friends, genodermatosis, and Scottish Universities. Make a channel in your peas for Skeptics with a K. Mixed and edited by Morgan Clarke .
Vitamin E acetate, avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder, skincare, and sex toys. Plus God’s wife, salt and vinegar crisps, THC, and little hairy grapes. Have some Boza in the Boozer with Skeptics with a K. Mixed and Edited by Morgan Clarke .
Loot boxes, Eurosceptics, New Zealand bees, and acyclovir. Plus left kidneys, Yellow Fever, the Social Attitudes Survey, and plastic scousers. Less funny than a Shakespearean comedy, it’s Skeptics with a K. Mixed and Edited by Morgan Clarke .
Bylined authors, missed diagnoses, syndicated news wires, and Post-Treatment Lyme Disease Syndrome Plus erythema multiforme, Scottish Jails, and drinking rum with expats. Surviving the reformation, it’s Skeptics with a K. Mixed and Edited by Morgan Clarke .
Ear seeds, DOOM clones, Prince Harry, and acupressure. Plus Fortnite, accidental piercings, and Tim Roth. All your base are belong to Skeptics with a K.
European homeopathy, browsing YouTube, flat earth posters, and oversized boxes. Plus auto-flushing toilets, robot shelves, and wearing a suit to the park. Rehearsing at 4am, it’s Skeptics with a K.
