by podblack on September 28, 2010
From the ABC site, the show of Maynard (who you’ve heard a few times on the Skeptic Zone show): “Skeptical Night At Bar On The Hill”. Download this mp3 file Richard Saunders and Dr Rachael Dunlop hosted a night of critical thinking at The University of Newcastle’s Bar On The Hill on Saturday night. It [...]
by podblack on November 3, 2008
Just got back from a meeting with the Perth Atheists, which I really should expand upon later; I think there’s some elements that are of interest nationally in regards to submissions that members of the group are going to make to a document about freedom of religion that appeal to both skeptics and atheists (or [...]
by podblack on September 27, 2008
Skeptics on skeptical thinking - Saturday 1pm – repeated Monday 1pm Presented by Natasha Mitchell. Listen Now – 27092008 Download Audio – 27092008 Nobody likes being told their most cherished beliefs are based on myth and misconception. But the global skeptics movement does just that. In the classroom and beyond, All in the Mind excavates the [...]
by podblack on September 15, 2008
Two items of great interest – first, a message from Ben ‘Bad Science’ Goldacre: “Just to let you know, I’ve today emerged rather victoriously from a million dollar libel case with a vitamin quack. He’s helped kill large numbers of people with aids in South Africa (6 million HIV positive) by taking out full page [...]
by gazza666 on July 19, 2008
Okay, right, it’s the weekend — and I’m blogging. Bleah. Never mind, I’ve got a lot of work on the horizon and I’ll zip off and complete it instead of writing much more on all of this. But I have to pop up some links and tidy up my blogroll first! First — an mp3 [...]
by podblack on April 16, 2008
A special edition of the TANK Vodcast! This was something I had in mind for a while and even used in unedited format at a Level 1 training course earlier this year — now here it is for everyone who wants to show anyone (for example, other parents, teachers, school administrations or interested stakeholders) about [...]
by podblack on March 23, 2008
From (Australian) ABC’s At The Movies: The year is 1926, and the world-famous illusionist, Harry Houdini, (GUY PEARCE), is on a world tour including Sydney, Australia, where the Harbour Bridge is nearing completion. Houdini offers a reward of $10,000 to any psychic who can tell him his mother’s last words, and by the time he [...]