The Skeptic Zone #781 - 24.September.2023

0:00:00 Introduction Richard Saunders 0:03:24 Reiki on TikTok We look via TikTok at some of the "practitioners" of Reiki, the fictional enery claimed to actually heal or... something... What is Reiki, who does Reiki and do you need a rake to do it? We wrack our brains for Reiki. https://quackwatch.org/related/reiki/ https://www.reiki.org/faqs/what-reiki 0:24:40 Australian Skeptics Newsletter What skeptical news has caught the eye of Tim Mendham this week? Read by Adrienne Hill. http://www.skeptics.com.au 0:38:02 A Dive into a Trove A wander through the decades of digitised Australian newspapers on a search for references to prophecies. http://www.trove.nla.gov.au Also   10 Years Ago The Skeptic Zone #257 - 22.September.2013 Besh Saab off to Mars? Want to go to another planet on a one way ticket? Beah Saab tells us why he is just the man to do it! - A Week in Science - Maynard's Spooky Action... Maynard chats to Dr Pamela Gay and then to some of the people who came to hear her at Sydney Skeptics in the Pub - Your Stars? What do the stars have in store for you? Find out more... https://skepticzone.libsyn.com/the-skeptic-zone-257-22-sep-2013