Science, Superstitions and Skeptical Life
New Point of Inquiry podcast episode! This one features one of the great writers for the Australian Book of Atheism, Dr Karen Stollznow, and Warren Bonnett, who you can hear regularly featured on the Token Skeptic podcast Embiggen Books episodes. He’s also featured in a print interview, on the Curiouser and Curiouser column over at [...]
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FANTASTIC interview, go check it out over at the Point of Inquiry Podcast! In this conversation with host Karen Stollznow, Rowland explains the history and meaning of cold reading, and how and why it works. He demonstrates how cold reading is a “Win-Win Game” and psychics are “right” even when they’re wrong. He claims that [...]
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In what I hope will be a forthcoming Geologic Fancast podcast episode, you may hear me list some of the major accomplishments of Dr Karen Stollznow. What I couldn’t add, as it wasn’t announced formally at the time, was her new position as the co-host of the Point of Inquiry podcast! As DJ Grothe just [...]
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I’m very very busy at the moment – but as I sit here on the couch downloading podcasts as I watch The Mentalist (and I have sooo much to say about the episode on hypnotism and neurolinguistic programming… in the future) I though I should give you some podcast links and why I recommend them! [...]
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First, you’ll have to check out what Jennifer Michael Hecht says on the most recent episode of the podcast Point of Inquiry. You can find that here and subscribe via iTunes: “She talks about the importance of art, poetry and psychoanalysis for doubting, and how such forms of introspection and expression increase the benefits of [...]
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Three reviews in one! Enough to make you break out in unholy ditty to the glory of texts that question the power of religion… I first learned of the Hillsong Church via two sources: one was Peter Bowditch’s Millenium Project site and an interview with Tanya Levin by Andrew Denton on Enough Rope – which [...]
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Downloadable from the POI site and iTunes! February 15, 2008 Lynne Kelly is a writer and science educator in Australia, and a founding member of Australian Skeptics. An expert on the paranormal who uses aspects of the magician’s art to advance skepticism, she holds degrees in education and engineering and is the author over a [...]
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