TheESP – Ep. #491 – 2.5 million lives saved

Episode 491 of the The European Skeptics Podcast - The ESP podcast, hosted by TheESP.eu, titled "TheESP – Ep. #491 – 2.5 million lives saved" was published on August 8, 2025 and runs 64 minutes.

August 8, 2025 ·64m · The European Skeptics Podcast - The ESP

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Summary

We’ve got some listener feedback about the popularity of lie detectors in Ukraine, and in TWISH we hear about the man behind the number, Amedeo Avogadro. Of course, we then get into this week’s news:NORWAY: Russian disinformation regarding made up ecological catastropheRUSSIA / EU: Putin’s disinformation efforts are changing for the worseGLOBAL: COVID Vaccines saved 2.5 Million lives in the first 4 years of the pandemicUK: Has the government learned the lessons from the Southport riots?UK: Funding to promote anti-LGBT conversion practices surgesINTERNATIONAL: Happy 15th anniversary, Retraction Watch!The Really Wrong award goes to the Swedish fundamentalist evangelical Genesis organisation and the Really Right award to Prof. Dan Larhammar for his excellent take down of creationist nonsense.Enjoy!https://theesp.eu/podcast_archive/theesp-ep-491.htmlSegments:0:00:27 Intro0:00:50 Greetings0:08:06 TWISH0:24:29 News0:53:34 Really Wrong / Really Right0:59:19 Quote1:01:16 Outro1:02:39 Outtakes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode Description

We’ve got some listener feedback about the popularity of lie detectors in Ukraine, and in TWISH we hear about the man behind the number, Amedeo Avogadro. Of course, we then get into this week’s news:

NORWAY: Russian disinformation regarding made up ecological catastrophe
RUSSIA / EU: Putin’s disinformation efforts are changing for the worse
GLOBAL: COVID Vaccines saved 2.5 Million lives in the first 4 years of the pandemic
UK: Has the government learned the lessons from the Southport riots?
UK: Funding to promote anti-LGBT conversion practices surges
INTERNATIONAL: Happy 15th anniversary, Retraction Watch!

The Really Wrong award goes to the Swedish fundamentalist evangelical Genesis organisation and the Really Right award to Prof. Dan Larhammar for his excellent take down of creationist nonsense.

Enjoy!

https://theesp.eu/podcast_archive/theesp-ep-491.html

Segments:

0:00:27 Intro

0:00:50 Greetings

0:08:06 TWISH

0:24:29 News

0:53:34 Really Wrong / Really Right

0:59:19 Quote

1:01:16 Outro

1:02:39 Outtakes

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.