Episode description
Episode description
0:00:00 IntroductionRichard Saunders 0:06:04 You Can Count on Adrienne. With Adrienne Hill
Psychic and Facilitated Communication, claiming to unlock unheard voices. Adrienne, Susan Gerbic, and Janyce Boynton delve into the parallels between Psychics and facilitated communicators after viewing videos that exemplify each as frustrating, and heartbreaking.
https://skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/an-artist-with-a-science-based-mission
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=fcisnotscience
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=psychics+explained 0:19:34 Uri Geller - X-Files Fan?
Did this "entertainer", really see the bodies of dead aliens? Or is this a case of watching too many science-fiction TV shows? When does X turn into the X-Files and who can tell the difference?
https://www.gamingbible.com/news/uri-geller-shares-proof-aliens-exist-fans-debunk-905157-20230815 0:30:24 CFI - Reject Pro-Homeopathy Amendment
CFI calls on their supporters to help defeat a pro-homeopathy amendment being proposed for the federal appropriations bill H.R. 4368. The homeopathy lobby is pushing hard for this amendment, and CFI needs their supporters to voice their opposition to their members of the U.S. Congress.
https://centerforinquiry.org/alerts/tell-your-representative-to-reject-pro-homeopathy-amendment 0:35:40 I Think We Need to Think! With Susan Gerbic
Skeptics on tour. Susan Gerbic and Kenny Biddle travel to Oregon where Kenny is to give lectures about critical thinking. Find out about how are you can benefit from the Center For Inquiry's information.
https://centerforinquiry.org/create-a-group/group-resources/ 0:39:46 A Dive into a Trove
A wander through the decades of digitised Australian newspapers on a search for references to chiropractic.
http://www.trove.nla.gov.au Also The Skeptical Box of Tricks - Bend, OR 29th Aug.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/bendnerds/permalink/2381214925419396/ 10 Years Ago
The Skeptic Zone #252 - 18.August.2013
Richard Saunders and Maynard at the Doctor Who exhibit, ABC centre in Sydney - Science Week at the Australian Museum. Interviews with science presenters doing outreach to students - A Week in Science - Another Big Psychic Show Rolls into Town. By Mal Vickers with assistance from Martin Hadley. Never has any psychic ever passed a rigorous scientific test of their claimed ability. While most skeptics are well aware of this, you'd think the media and society in general knew nothing of it.
https://skepticzone.libsyn.com/-the-skeptic-zone-252-18-aug-2013