Episode description
Episode description
0:00:00 IntroductionRichard Saunders 00:03:58 New Moon Superstitions
Lara Benham (and the Skeptic Zone cats) take a look at some of the myths and superstitions regarding the new moon. Included is a clip from our friend Kenny Biddle. 0:14:18 Flat Earthers fall flat in the Antarctic
A report of a group of hopeful flat earthers and globe earthers who travel to the Antarctic to view the 24 hour sun... or not!
24h Timelapse of Antactic Sun
https://youtu.be/in0B1OQG3-M 0:24:58 Australian Skeptics Newsletter
What skeptical news has caught the eye of Tim Mendham this week?
Read by Adrienne Hill.
http://www.skeptics.com.au 0:03:42 Richard Saunders' Skeptical Challenge
Over the past 25 years Saunders had the opportunity of being involved in numerous preliminary tests for the Australian Skeptics challenge, as well as the James Randi Educational Foundation's (JREF) US$1,000,000 prize in the 2010s, where he served on the committee that met annually in Las Vegas.
A reading from The Skeptic, Vol. 44 No. 4 (2024)
http://www.skeptics.com.au 0:43:36 The TROVE Archives
A wander through the decades of digitised Australian newspapers on a search for references to New Moon Superstitions.
1892.03.12 - The Queenbean Age
1943.09.29 - The Inverel Times
1908.11.21 - The Pastral Times
1834.03.25 - The Sunday Mail
1924.06.14 - The Queenbean Figero
http://www.trove.nla.gov.au Also Kenny Biddle with Kat McLeod and Lara Benham
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ytPtiuunFdc