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 — [...]
by podblack on November 9, 2009
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”. [...]
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? [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]