Episode description
Episode description
0:00:00 IntroductionRichard Saunders 0:04:00 Skeptical Highlights of Dick Smith
As we send our birthday wishes to Dick Smith, who just turned 80 years old, we look back at his influence on the skeptical movement in Australia. We also cover his great friendship and productive cooperation with James Randi.
James Randi in Australia - With Dick Smith
https://youtu.be/gN-0FEqAkQM
This Is Your Life - Dick Smith 1997
https://youtu.be/FEXr2Wh4fPQ 0:17:32 The Skeptic Magazine, From Australian Skeptics - March 2024
A look through some of the features and stories of the current issue of this long-running magazine, including a closer look at a report by Richard Saunders into the so-called "power bands" of the last 15 years.
http://www.skeptics.com.au 0:26:04 The Book of Tim. With Tim Mendham
It's Behind You! By Adam van Langenberg
Do you ever get that feeling that you're being stared at? Then, when you turn around, you notice somebody looking right at you? Sometimes with a knife? Adam does, and he suspects that most other people do as well. There are lots of reasons why this could happen. It could be a case of confirmation bias.
A reading from The Skeptic, Vol. 32 No. 3
http://www.skeptics.com.au 0:34:28 A Dive into a Trove
A wander through the decades of digitised Australian newspapers on a search for references to UFOs.
1991.09.07 - The Sydney Morning Herald
1972.07.02 - The Sydney Morning Herald
1986.09.14 - The Sydney Morning Herald
http://www.trove.nla.gov.au Also
https://www.alantacolley.com/upcoming-gigs
https://wecanreason.com