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June 17th, 2012 | Category: podcast
The Pseudo Scientists – Episode 48
In this episode of The Pseudo Scientists, the official podcast of the Young Australian Skeptics, Elliot, Richard, Belinda and I discuss the transit of Venus, electrical avalanche discharges and the intelligent design themes in “Prometheus” (spoiler free) and other sci-fi films. And like Jason last week, Elliot has some (slightly less sad) news…
This week’s “Houston, We Have A Problem” clip is ID proponent Jay Richards not being entirely persuasive about design detection. [...]
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February 27th, 2012 | Category: podcast
The Pseudo Scientists – Episode 41
In this episode of The Pseudo Scientists, the official podcast of the Young Australian Skeptics, Richard, Elliot, Belinda and I discuss a newly discovered “Super-Earth”, the implications of growing meat in vats instead of living organisms, and some leaked documents from the anti-climate change think tank, the Heartland Institute. Plus, I interview awesome Welsh skeptic Rhys Morgan, who – at the age of only 17 – has lead multiple campaigns against alternative medicine and has been [...]
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February 18th, 2012 | Category: podcast
The Pseudo Scientists – Episode 40
In this episode of The Pseudo Scientists, the official podcast of the Young Australian Skeptics, Elliot, Belinda, Richard and I discuss the oldest living thing in the world (seaweed), shrill/cute tarsiers and genomics revealing how our ancestors got it on with other human subspecies. Plus, I interview Eugenie Scott, of the National Center for Science Education, about climate change denial and evolution education (recorded at TAM 9 in Las Vegas, in July 2011).
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January 4th, 2012 | Category: podcast
The Pseudo Scientists – Episode 36
In this episode of The Pseudo Scientists, the official podcast of the Young Australian Skeptics, Elliot, James, Jason and yours truly discuss misogynistic atheists on Reddit, anti-vaccinationist Meryl Dorey’s appearance at the Woodford Folk Festival, and the Pope’s Christmas address; and Richard and Alastair interview Brian Dunning, from the well-known podcast Skeptoid, about his experiences in Australia, and the future and direction of the skeptical movement (recorded at TAM Australia in November 2010).
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October 28th, 2011 | Category: podcast
The Pseudo Scientists – Episode 34
In this episode of The Pseudo Scientists, the official podcast of the Young Australian Skeptics, Elliot, Belinda and Jason discuss the end of the Blackmores/Pharmacy Guild of Australia saga, as well as US Presidential nominee Rick Perry’s attempted censorship of an environmental report; and I talk to evolutionary biology grad student and author of the popular blog Blag Hag, Jen McCreight (recorded at TAM 9 in July 2011) about starting a blog in the skeptical [...]
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October 13th, 2011 | Category: podcast
The Pseudo Scientists – Episode 32
In this episode of The Pseudo Scientists, the official podcast of the Young Australian Skeptics, Belinda, Jason, James and Elliot discuss the Ig Nobel Prizes, the Christian version of the Australian National Anthem, and climate change in the media; and Richard and I interview the amazing skeptical podcaster and musician George Hrab (recorded at TAM Australia, back in November 2010).
This week’s “Houston, We Have A Problem” clip was “Creation Song” from [...]
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May 17th, 2010 | Category: skepticismIf you missed the live streaming of Saturday’s Skeptically Speaking episode featuring Jason Ball, Elliot Birch and myself from the Young Australian Skeptics, you can now download it as a podcast from either the Skeptically Speaking website or iTunes!
I’ve been told by a few people who listened live that apparently it was one of the best shows of the year so far, if not the best, so, er, yeah. You might want to listen to it. I mean, you don’t have to if you [...]
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May 14th, 2010 | Category: skepticism Along with Jason Ball and Elliot Birch (we’re all from the Young Australian Skeptics), I’m going to be interviewed live on the Canadian skeptical radio show and podcast Skeptically Speaking tomorrow at 10am EST (Australia), or Friday 6pm MST (North America).
We’ll be chatting with the lovely and wonderful Desiree Schell, the host of Skeptically Speaking, about young people in the skeptical movement – how they’re getting involved, what more can be done to engage them, how young people see skepticism, and a [...]
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Homologous Legs is the personal blog of Jack Scanlan, an Australian science communicator and biology student.
Topics of interest here include the intelligent design/evolution "war", biology, philosophy, religion, music, and mostly coherent thoughts from a scattered brain. Contact
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