December 2009

Let’s see how many ideas there are for you! Firstly – songs! Yes, Tim Minchin‘s song ‘White Wine in the Sun‘ is available as a single on iTunes from … gah, appears it’s available from 13th December according to ‘people in the know’. Darn Tim Minchin’s over-eager Twitter! If you don’t know the lyrics for [...]

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BBC News – Comic Dara O’Briain says libel laws ‘quash dissent’ Libel laws in England and Wales are being used to bully people into silence and quash dissent, campaigners including comic Dara O’Briain claim. O’Briain told the Law Society he backed calls to reform the “ridiculous system” that was attracting “libel tourists”. The Mock the [...]

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Hitler On Chiropractic Evidence Mashup (adult content) — this one is for Dr Rachael Dunlop. (BTW — this appears to have been hosted on Dr Richard Wiseman’s YouTube channel…)

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Choice Radio: A Skeptic’s View

by podblack on December 9, 2009

CHOICE Radio: A Skeptic’s view “As the leading consumer advocacy group in Australia, CHOICE campaigns to protect and assist consumers through changes to laws and industry practices.” Richard Saunders from The Australian Skeptics gives us his view on ‘New Age’ business, and the Mind, Body, Spirit festival (Download podcast here)!

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More Dr Richard Wiseman merriment.

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On the heels of my mentioning my own pro-questioning and inclusive attitude towards religious people being skeptics on the Skeptically Speaking radio show this week, I read in the NY Skeptics blog about how people are indeed speaking how the ‘atheist = skeptic’ attitude really does need to be questioned. Well done to the NY [...]

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Congratulations DJ Grothe – President Of JREF!

by podblack on December 8, 2009

I look forward to congratulating DJ in person at a future Dragon*Con – or even a TAM Australia! This is taken from the panel we did at D*C on ‘Skepticism And Psychology in the Classroom‘ – podcasters for the win! From the Press Release: D. J. Grothe, 36, is incoming President of the James Randi [...]

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Richard Saunders Talks Astrology On Sunrise TV

by podblack on December 7, 2009

Isn’t he brilliant? Write into SkepticZone.tv and tell him so.

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