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Tomorrow When The War Began – The Movie

by podblack on April 1, 2010

Just a quick alert — some of my writing features at SheThought! You can find ‘Critical Thinking Heroine Loretta Marron’ and article called “A Girl Called Ellie — Carl Sagan’s Ellie Arroway” mentions Ellie from Tomorrow When the War Began — which has been filmed and soon to appear at the movies! Don’t forget — [...]

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Retrospectacle posts on Podblack is what happens when I’m working and I revisit older posts. Enjoy the earlier profiled content and I’ll see you later in the week! **** Funnily enough, it was through the Australian writer John Marsden’s series Tomorrow, When the War Began that I was introduced to the notion of an “Ellie”. [...]

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Choose Your Own (2009 Eurovision) Blogpost!

by podblack on May 16, 2009

Skeptic Zone podcast — now out. Interview with the wonderful author of Supersense: Why We Believe The Unbelievable interview included. Get the show now on iTunes and get the book — and you better move fast because I think I got one of the last in stock for this week on the UK Amazon site? [...]

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Skeptical Movies? Three You Might Have Missed

by podblack on October 6, 2008

Flicking back through my records, I noticed a list that was first started by Daniel Loxton on Facebook, recommending some good films for skeptics. He suggested: Leap of Faith -  with Steve Martin, loosely based on the Peter Popoff faith healing scam. Fairy Tale: A True Story — which he pointed out has an excellent [...]

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DORE – Parents Speak Out To The Media

by podblack on May 29, 2008

Whilst Gimpy’s blog and Holford Watch continue the questioning about Wynford Dore’s recent statement on the Dore website (don’t forget to check out Translucent Science – our collective blog!) - a brand new article in The Guardian – “‘Miracle Dyslexia Cure’ Firm On The Ropes”:    A company that claimed to offer a “miracle cure” for dyslexia [...]

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