TheESP – Ep. #304 – There’s an octopus in my vaccine

Also, Santa is not real and Annika pokes Christmas treesThe Ockham Awards have been announced, ESA helps a Chinese rover and the Belgian Skeptics, SKEPP, finally wins against a SLAPP*) suit filed by a multimillionaire. In TWISH we hear of the gruesome death of a Scottish witch and then we dig into the news:INTERNATIONAL: Time magazine names vaccine scientists Heroes of the Year 2021FRANCE: Swedish artist Anna von Hausswolff harassed by Catholic fundamentalsINTERNATIONAL: Tackling COVID disinformation with empathy and conversationSIBERIA: WMO confirms highest temperature ever recorded in the Arctic: 38CITALY: Noto’s bishop tells children Santa doesn’t existINTERNATIONAL: Buying guide for christmas trees?The German “Corona Ausschuss” spreads dangerous nonsense about the vaccine and pandemic and gets today’s award for being Really Wrong.Enjoy!*)SLAPP = Strategic lawsuit against public participationSegments: Intro; Greetings; TWISH; News; Really Wrong; Quote And Farewell; Outro; Out-Takes; Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.