Australia

The Abortion Trial In Cairns – Not Guilty

by podblack on October 14, 2010

Just breaking my silence for this short piece of important news — I’ve been following this case on and off during its duration — if you’ve missed the main details, there’s been a few resources that are worth reading. Thanks to Leslie Cannold for this find of a basic summary via YouTube: Dr Cannold’s Twitter [...]

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Australia Taking Part In Ten23 – 2011

by podblack on October 13, 2010

Across the weekend of the 5th-6th February, 2011, activism to raise awareness of homeopathy and its ramifications will happen on a global scale. Here’s where Australia will play a part – Ten23 In Australia – the official page at the Token Skeptic website. Just head to http://tokenskeptic.org/ten23 Contact me via tokenskeptic @gmail if your Australian [...]

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George Hrab Australian Tour Dates Announced!

by podblack on October 10, 2010

The image is thanks to the Skeptics in the Pub NZ (and Catherine of Faster Pussycat Productions, the brains behind the brilliance of getting this together!): So – if you’re in Brisbane, Melbourne, Christchurch, Auckland, Adelaide or Canberra – come and catch this show. Will be not only very funny, but very clever, very pro-skeptical [...]

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This is a serious back-log that you’ll have to download if you’re not keeping up with the Token Skeptic podcast! Especially now I’ve got the hang of uploading via Dropbox – and yes, that is a tremendous sigh of relief you can hear, because I have so much to broadcast and I’m dying to have [...]

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Two interesting coincidences today – I got the latest mailout by Science WA about some new events and news, which included the following adults-only event at SciTech (Saturday, 9th October): Scitech is gearing up for a very sexy After Dark. Get ready as we spice up the next installment of After Dark with the science [...]

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A little while back I read the following by Chris Mooney, a post about what he considered to be a good example of science communication. My friend Michael McRae responded with his own post – Encouraging Scientists To Speak For Science. I’m intrigued by these kinds of discussions, as over the past year I have [...]

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Two Years Of The Skeptic Zone Podcast

by podblack on August 24, 2010

Two Years Of The Skeptic Zone

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Thanks to Rikki B for this find!

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