TheESP – Ep. #452 – Royal Woo

This is the first “regular episode” for a while and of course we cannot help to mourn the stupid results of the US elections. But since this is a European show we cannot let that stop us, so after a TWISH story of how Charles Darwin, 130 years after his death, gained over 4000 votes in the elections in the US state of Georgia, it’s time for the news: BULGARIA / NORTH MACEDONIA: Baba Vanga (баба Ванга), the Bulgarian psychic INTERNATIONAL: Wanna help out the Skeptical Science team? UK: King Charles and Queen Camilla on secret Bengaluru trip for woo treatment INTERNATIONAL: A little help to nurses in combatting vaccine misinformation NORWAY: Spouse of Norwegian princess, ‘shaman’ Durek Verrett, accused of sexual assault UK: Religious hate crimes at record high levels The NHS in the UK has all but done away with homeopathy, but still funds a number of unproven nonsense treatments and for that the receive this week award for being Really Wrong. And then before we sign off, we go to Turkey for a Word of the Week. Enjoy! https://theesp.eu/podcast_archive/theesp-ep-452.html Segments: 0:00:27 Intro 0:00:50 Greetings 0:06:01 TWISH 0:11:19 News 0:37:06 Really Wrong 0:39:58 Word of the Week 0:43:26 Quote 0:48:38 Outro 0:49:53 Outtakes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.