by podblack on September 23, 2010
Daniel Keogh strikes again! ‘Scientists have discovered that most of us can be fooled into believing we’ve experienced something when we really haven’t.’ If you missed seeing his tour for ‘The Stupid Species’ (done for Australia’s ScienceWeek), then you can catch the interview on Token Skeptic and get the recently released Hungry Beast best of [...]
by podblack on August 16, 2010
The Stupid Species: Why Everyone (Except You) Is An Idiot – by Daniel Keogh The Stupid Species is an over -18s science show involving hilarious experiments, films, animations and stories that show the science and psychology of why everyone is capable of incredible stupidity. “We all like to think we’re special. In fact on average [...]
by podblack on April 16, 2010
I know that there’s a few people overseas who couldn’t see this on the official site — and maybe a few people in Australia who missed the last show? So, here’s the YouTube screening of it. Contrary to Pope Benedict’s assertion that the immorality of modern society is to blame for sexual abuse of children [...]
by podblack on February 10, 2010
If you’re interested in my quasi-regular reviews of the Hungry Beast show from 2009, you can find them here! NickdMiller ~ Disliked Hungry Beast last year when I had high expectations. Expected crap this year and pleasantly surprised. It’s still BTN meets Chaser. #hungrybeast Bernietb I don’t know, tbh. It’s just odd. Informative, irreverent, occasionally [...]
by podblack on January 21, 2010
Just got an alert that ‘The One’ — a kind of Australian ‘Next Top Not-Really-Psychic-But-We-Had-To-Choose-Someone’ show is going to be repeated on Channel 7 next month. I’ll be reposting all my spoilers / analysis that I did from the first time around. Hat-tip to ProfessorFunk — and if you’re looking for more quality television fare, [...]
by podblack on November 25, 2009
brandist Hungry Beast was bloody brilliant!!! I’ve never seen such a poignant picture of Australia’s refugees. GREAT JOB GUYS!!! So, I’ve been lax in keeping up with my Hungry Beast round-ups. Simply put, I’ve been busy for a sequence of Wednesdays and that pretty much means that I’ve been stuck trying to catch the online [...]
by podblack on October 21, 2009
Earlier reviews of the show Hungry Beast can be found here. @lokified So #hungrybeast presents us info without making a point? Tanja offers “Maybe they’re giving us the info so we can make up our own minds.” I was going to write about this week’s Hungry Beast. Such as, a rather deft depiction of a [...]
by podblack on October 21, 2009
Those of you catching ABC’s Hungry Beast tonight? You may recognise this fellow’s contributions to the show… particularly the beginnings of a hairstyle that has joyously exploded outwards in proximity to prime time. Enjoy. Ever wondered what music tastes like? If you had a case of musical synesthesia then you might know. But for those [...]