Episode description
0:00:00 IntroductionRichard Saunders 0:04:10 Bob Swanson's Critical Thinking Videos
Bob Swanson, Instructor / Lab Coordinator from the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Mississippi State University, tells us of his videos about critical thinking, inspired by the claims of Power Balance wrist bands.
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4znmeoL66Lkpaae5DYMHQWqQQl4jkG23 0:23:04 Australian Skeptics Newsletter
What skeptical news has caught the eye of Tim Mendham this week?
Read by Adrienne Hill.
http://www.skeptics.com.au 0:30:40 An Eye to the Sky By Tim Harding
A look at the history of Astrology and Astronomy.
A reading from The Skeptic, Vol. 33 No. 4
http://www.skeptics.com.au 0:47:53 A Dive into a Trove
A wander through the decades of digitised Australian newspapers on a search for references to "Astrology".
http://www.trove.nla.gov.au
- 1950, 27 March - South Coast Times
- 1941, 17 May - Smith's Weekly
https://www.meetup.com/en-AU/AustSkeptics