April 2011

Skeptically Speaking, LogiCon And NECSS

by podblack on April 10, 2011

I’m in the process of uploading my interview with Michael McRae — as soon as the bandwidth is fixed around here. Unfortunately that means waiting a little while longer, as it’s a substantially longer Token Skeptic podcast show than usual. However, one of the most recent episodes of Skeptically Speaking in Canada features an interview [...]

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New Information – it’s come to my attention that one member of the public (unrelated to the UWA Atheist and Skeptic society, as some people weren’t guild members) feels that they were somehow singled out due to being ‘racially profiled’ and they were prevented from attending the lecture on those grounds. I hope that this [...]

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Curiouser And Curiouser – About Tim Minchin!

by podblack on April 9, 2011

Now out – my  Curiouser and Curiouser column on the CSICOP website! Spreading the Skeptical Word through Music and Comedy - Interview with Tim Minchin: Tim Minchin: America is interesting to me because it is the next market for me. People are worried about it because of how much religiosity and conservatism there is over there. But [...]

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Little Kitten – Never Knew

by podblack on April 6, 2011

This one rates right up there with ‘most disgusting concept involving backwards filming for a music video’, particularly the regurgitation of hot dogs. For more examples of ‘music videos done backwards’, you might like to try the not-too-dissimilar to ‘Never Knew’ - God Lives Underwater with ‘From Your Mouth’ (again, ick): or The Pharcyde’s ‘Drop’ or [...]

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I’m about to start doing a sequence of talks across three countries throughout the year (well, it’d be four after the UK, but who’s counting?) and if you’re in any of the cities I’ll be at, I hope to see you there. There’s also some opportunities to do other events while I’m at some of [...]

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Token Skeptic survey results now out! Thanks everyone who took part, you were very kind. Today I had a few things to get finished – mostly because I had limited internet access, a limited amount of time before I end up in the classroom again (don’t ask, it’s a long and worrisome story) and my [...]

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Token Skeptic Merchandise Teaser!

by podblack on April 2, 2011

This is no April-fools trick – with many, many thanks to Gary Lyons, here is one of several designs that will be available on Token Skeptic podcast merchandise!

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About a week back, I got an email from my best friend, voicing their frustrations about issues online – since I’m currently dealing with access issues myself, I have a lot of sympathy for them. However, their issues slightly differ from mine. They have a far more popular site than this one, by a significant [...]

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