TheESP – Ep. #501 – Of Swans and Carp

To begin with with remember Jane Goodall and we mark that the Dutch Master Kackadoris Award has been awarded to the VU University of Amsterdam – serves them right! In TWISH we hear about the adoption of the Gregorian calendar in 1582 (in some places much later!) and then, we dig into the news: INTERNATIONAL: Shingles vaccination associated with lower risk of dementia VATICAN: Pope Leo stands up for science and humanity GERMANY / DENMARK / SWEDEN / EU: Drones, drones, drones UK: Nigel F Farage spreads nonsense as hardcore as his American counterpart UK: Cut your energy bills by a third with a gadget? INTERNATIONAL: Here’s the Snopes app! The Really Wrong Award goes to Meta and the EU for their inability to handle political ads. Enjoy! https://theesp.eu/podcast_archive/theesp-ep-501.html Segments: 0:00:26 Intro 0:00:53 Greetings 0:11:23 TWISH 0:20:12 News 0:48:39 Really Wrong 0:53:26 Quote 0:54:31 Outro 0:55:53 Outtakes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.