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New Token Skeptic Episode – And The Australian Book Of Atheism!

by podblack on August 11, 2010

I have a cold and everything has just slowed down to a crawl because of it. :/ I spent most of the day quietly editing and taking notes on a documentary I hope to use in class on the topic of creationism and intelligent design – so this new episode really cheers me up (even [...]

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Little Kitten – Russell Blackford At Embiggen Books

by podblack on June 7, 2010

Russell Blackford at Embiggen Books from Embiggen Books on Vimeo.

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Letting ‘Desert Flowers’ Bloom – RANZCOG Does NOT Support Female Genital Mutilation

by podblack on May 28, 2010

I was sent a link earlier today to a news article, which claimed the following:  Australian doctors are considering a controversial form of genital mutilation on baby girls — News.com: The practice involving cutting a girl’s genitals, sometimes with razors or pieces of glass, could be allowed in a clinical setting to stem illegal backyard [...]

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Podblack Finds For 12th April 2010

by podblack on April 12, 2010

A quick-round up for the start of the week – then it’s back to work for me! Firstly – Jim Wallace is not happy about ethics classes being offered to students from NSW as an alternative to scripture… Opinion, The Age: You can’t teach ethics without referring to Christianity: With our nation having just played [...]

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Things I Get Up To (Book Recommendations For Intro To Philosophy)

by podblack on February 25, 2010

Dear X, Thanks so much for the interview this morning, I hope the photographs turn out fine and do let me know if it’s possible to purchase any of them once the article has run? [And if the picture runs anywhere, this is the statue on UWA campus that I posed next to - it [...]

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ALERT! Evolution Hits The Shelves At Skeptic.Com!

by podblack on January 19, 2010

UPDATE – Teachers & homeschoolers: Evolution has a free PDF Learning Resource Material booklet I consider myself to be very, very fortunate to know and be inspired by Junior Skeptic’s Daniel Loxton. Which is why I’ve been dithering and wiggling with impatience to tell you the news about his new book… and then today, an [...]

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I’m Getting Published!

by podblack on January 16, 2010

It’s an essay in a book! There’s an “Australian Book of Atheism” (don’t quote me on the title!) being compiled by Warren Bonnet of Embiggen Books! [If you're confused, I'm the 'Podblack' on Twitter that's next to the 'TimMinchin' who is also on the Twitter - wahhhhhhh!!! KristyVensson is a big part of the 'Rise [...]

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Buy Some Of The Best Skeptic Books Of 2009!

by podblack on December 18, 2009

As featured on the Skeptic Zone podcast – this year has been an excellent one for new books – some of my favorites published this year include: SuperSense: Why We Believe in the Unbelievable by Bruce M Hood. The Skeptic Zone interview is on episode thirty and you can also read the interview in the [...]

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