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Why Does @Zoo_UK Magazine Advise Men To Cut Women’s Faces In Revenge? #DyerZoo

by podblack on May 5, 2010

This is due to the Twitters of Dr Petra Boynton, who you can hear interviewed on the Skeptic Zone podcast (episode #78) – The UK Mirror has also picked up on the story. The ‘Ask Danny’ column in Zoo Magazine gives advice to a ’23, not-bad-looking bloke’, who can’t get over a lost love. What’s [...]

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Hungry Beast – Catholic Church Sex Scandals In Perspective

by podblack on April 16, 2010

I know that there’s a few people overseas who couldn’t see this on the official site — and maybe a few people in Australia who missed the last show? So, here’s the YouTube screening of it. Contrary to Pope Benedict’s assertion that the immorality of modern society is to blame for sexual abuse of children [...]

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“Very Off Topic: Why I Won’t Be At My High School Reunion”

by podblack on July 17, 2009

One of the reasons I became a teacher? Because I don’t think anyone should go through this or the rest of the story he tells. From Good Math, Bad Math: Almost every geeky kid gets socially ostracized. Almost all get mocked. In fact, almost all face some physical abuse. The main determinant of just how [...]

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Science, Critical Thinking And Children In Need

by podblack on July 10, 2009

Firstly — here’s two films that I made for the Skeptic Zone podcast and only recently got uploaded. They were first filmed for the TANK vodcast; now they are edited for easier viewing. Thanks to Richard Saunders for getting me more time to show them in full. Interview with Professor Jeff Malpas — Dr Jeff [...]

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A Coffee Shop In My Town

by podblack on March 17, 2008

I don’t go to the coffee shop Gloria Jean’s often. Usually on a Saturday, I’ll go past it and if I have spare change, I get a cappuchino. Most of the time, I’ll do a drive-through on the way to work, if I feel like a coffee. They have a box, next to the till. [...]

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