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Skepticism, Scepticism And Climate Change ‘Skeptics’…

by podblack on February 22, 2010

Just on the heels of the most recent Token Skeptic podcast (where my opening question was : The media’s adoption of the word ’skeptic’ in conjunction with ‘climate change skeptics’ seems to be widespread and perhaps the public perception of the word will always link the two together. Is it possible this could change?) Adam [...]

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Little Kitten – Intelligence Squared Debate: Hitchens And Fry

by podblack on November 8, 2009

“Debate: The Catholic church is a force for good in the world” This is the first of a five-parter, which you can find in its entirity via AskEgg’s YouTube site and by clicking ‘more after jump’.

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Future Philosophy Cafe Dates For Perth And Fremantle

by podblack on July 15, 2009

This is just a quick plug for those who are in the area and are wondering about some of the activities going on that I help out with. The next Philosophy Cafe will be held on Tuesday, August 11th, from 7.30pm at the University of Notre Dame at the old Fremantle Hotel (now Fairweathers) in [...]

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Ben Goldacre – Will Not, Should Not, Be Silenced On Jeni Barnett Of LBC

by podblack on February 6, 2009

Firstly – listen to the latest Skeptic Zone Podcast interview with Dr Ben Goldacre of Bad Science. Then lend a bloggy hand: From the Bad Science Site: ‘Bad Science Bingo‘ and the resulting ‘Haha er “help”. Legal Chill from LBC 97.3 over Jeni Barnett’s MMR scaremongering’: Jeni Barnett is angry at the response to her [...]

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Hitchens Vs Hitchens

by podblack on April 7, 2008

Heading home soon – but worth seeing. Article thanks to the Mail On Sunday: “Standing his ground: Peter counters the atheist, pro-war views of his sibling” The ENTIRE series is featured here, thanks to YouTube! You may also like Stephen Fry vs Hitchens – it’s the first of nine:

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