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International Skeptics United
An aggregation of skeptical podcasts
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Skeptoid #486: The Flying Saucer Menace
Flying saucers hold a special place in American folklore, and it's one that's more intimately interwoven than you knew.
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The Skeptic Zone #362- 27.Sep.2015
0:00:00 Introduction Heidi Robertson 0:03:12 Knowing Animals We chat to Dr Siobhan O'Sullivan from the 'Knowing Animals' podcast who gives us her perspective on animal politics and so-called animal communicators. 0:23:30 A Week in Science The Royal Institution of Australia (RiAus) is a national...
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The Skeptics Guide #533 - Sep 26 2015
Forgotten Superheroes of Science: Ruth Rogan Benerito; News Items: Predatory Pharmaceuticals, Ocean Populations Declining, Election Graphology, Conspiracy Thinking; Who's That Noisy; What's the Word: Efferent; Your Questions and E-mails: Proof of God; Science or Fiction
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TRC #368: Barcodes and 666 + Ahmed Mohamed’s Clock + Do Tax Cuts Cause Job Growth
TRC brings you a hella diverse show this week! First, Pat sidles up to the bar code to determine whether the 666 conspiracy theory holds any weight. Next, Adam takes a facts-based look at the recent controversy around 14 year old Ahmed Mohamed’s homemade clock. Finally, Darren points his…
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Shakespeare, Abiogenesis, and Exoplanets
Our episode this week begins with a correction. Back in episode 28 (Monkeys on Typewriters), Kyle made some bold claims about the probability that monkeys banging on typewriters might produce the entire works of Shakespeare by chance. The proof shown in the show notes turned out to be a bit…
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Skepticality #260 - More About James Randi
This episode features a live recording of Derek and James Randi on stage at Skeptrack 2015 this past Labor Day weekend at Dragon Con in Atlanta, GA. Derek and Randi discuss the origins of The Amazing Randi and his work exposing fakers and other harmful charlatans over the years.
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Skeptoid #485: Holocaust Denial
Incredibly, the number of people who deny the Holocaust never seems to diminish. We discuss why this is, and what to do about it.
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The Skeptic Zone #361- 20.Sep.2015
0:00:00 Introduction Richard Saunders 0:04:50 Fly me to the moon... or Pluto... or Mars! We chat to Dr Pamela Gay who gives us her perspective on the recent misson to Pluto. Also what's happening on Mars and what's all this about a blood moon? 0:29:00 A Week in Science The Royal Institution of...
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The Skeptics Guide #532 - Sep 19 2015
Dumbest Thing of the Week: Stone UFO; Forgotten Superheroes of Science: Hedy Lamar; News Items: Solar Hydrogen, Homo naledi, Terraforming Mars, Metallic Glass; What's the Word: Anosmia; Your Questions and E-mails: Fibromyalgia; Science or Fiction
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TRC #367: Susan Gerbic of GSoW + Industry Funded Studies + Deaths From Heat and Cold
An action packed show this week! Susan Gerbic joins the crew to discuss Guerrilla Skepticism on Wikipedia. Next, Cristina tells us about an industry funded study on butter with surprising results. Lastly, Darren looks into facts and stats about deaths from heat and cold.
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[MINI] Sample Sizes
There are several factors that are important to selecting an appropriate sample size and dealing with small samples. The most important questions are around representativeness - how well does your sample represent the total population and capture all it's variance? Linhda and Kyle talk through a...
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2.46 Founding Fathers III
Our series on the Founding Fathers of the world concludes with this episode on John MF Adams, Thomas MF Jefferson, and James MF Madison, all intellectuals and all to varying degrees heterodox or even (in the case of Jefferson) an outright heretic. Also we cover a few skunk dicks, including…
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Skeptoid #484: More Unsung Women of Science
History doesn't always record the accomplishments of women in science as thoroughly as it does for men. This episode helps straighten the record.
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The Skeptic Zone #360- 13.Sep.2015
0:00:00 Introduction Richard Saunders 0:04:10 Dragon*Con report We chat to Angie Mattke who reports on the Skeptrack at the recent Dragon*Con in Atlanta. 0:18:35 A Week in Science The Royal Institution of Australia (RiAus) is a national scientific not-for-profit organisation with a mission to…
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TRC #366: Accent Bias + Electroshock Therapy + Did A Cat Take A Bullet For A Kid?
Three interesting segments this week. First, Cristina addresses a listener email ‘aboot’ cultural stereotypes and subjective judgments based on people’s accents. Next, the gang is once again joined by Dina Tsirlin who looks into some shocking facts about electroconvulsive therapy. Lastly, Adam...
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The Skeptics Guide #531 - Sep 12 2015
Forgotten Superheroes of Science:Fritz Haber; News Items: Night Skies, Thinking Style and Paranormal Belief, Psychic Detectives; Special Report: Time Travel; What's the Word; Science or Fiction
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The Model Complexity Myth
There's an old adage which says you cannot fit a model which has more parameters than you have data. While this is often the case, it's not a universal truth. Today's guest Jake VanderPlas explains this topic in detail and provides some excellent examples of when it holds and doesn't. Some...
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Skeptoid #483: Unsung Women of Science
These important scientists are virtually unknown, even though their accomplishments are among the greatest in science. Let's see if we can fix that.
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The Skeptic Zone #359 - 6.Sep.2015
0:00:00 Introduction Richard Saunders 0:05:40 Maynard's Spooky Action.. Maynard chats to pubbers at Sydney Skeptics in the pub including Ken McLeod and Dr Elena Kupriyanova. 0:32:20 A Week in Science The Royal Institution of Australia (RiAus) is a national scientific not-for-profit organisation...
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TRC #365: Reproducibility of Psychological Science + Are Octopuses Aliens? + Happy Birthday TRC!
The Reality Check celebrates its 7th birthday! This week we’re bringin’ the science and the sci-fi with two fact-filled segments. First, Darren kicks things off with an analysis of the Reproducibility Project which looks at experimental and correlational studies published in the field of...
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The Skeptics Guide #530 - Sep 5 2015
In Memoriam - Oliver Sacks; Forgotten Superheroes of Science: Granville Woods; News Items: Reproduction in Psychology, Brain Booster Drug, Defying the Standard Model, Rock Art Pterodactyl Debunked; Who's That Noisy; Science or Fiction
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[MINI] Distance Measures
There are many occasions in which one might want to know the distance or similarity between two things, for which the means of calculating that distance is not necessarily clear. The distance between two points in Euclidean space is generally straightforward, but what about the distance between…
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2.45: Kentucky County Clerks
Or specifically, one clerk in particular named Kim Davis, who refuses to perform the basic duty of issuing marriage licenses because she’s a bigot. Bereft of any legal grounds, out of appeals, and in direct violation of the specific court order of a federal judge, she continues to refuse, citing...
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Skepticality #259 - Future Climate Thoughts
This episode Derek digs into a recording which he conducted out in California at the Skeptic Society "I The Year 2525" conference. It is a recording Derek did with Dr. Donald Prothero not long after he finished his talk which was about the current state of the climate, how we know that humans are...
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Skeptoid #482: Sir Franklin's Cannibals
The fate of Franklin's Lost Expedition provides a unique lesson in the value of different types of evidence.
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Conspiracy Skeptic Episode 53 - Pluto and beyond?
Dr. Stu is back to talk about participating in the New Horizons mission to Pluto and various conspiracies.
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The Skeptic Zone #358 - 30.Aug.2015
0:00:00 Science reports from Oscar and Daph Alabaster... then... Introduction Richard Saunders and Fred the cat. 0:08:30 North to Brisbane! We chat to Ross Balch about the upcoming Australian Skeptics National Convention. 0:22:10 Evidence Please... with Jo Alabaster Jo looks at the case of the...
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TRC #364: Can You Catch Up On Sleep? + Trickle-down Economics + Is An Asteroid Coming?
On this week’s show, Cristina rouses the panel with some research that addresses whether we can ever really catch up on lost sleep. Guest Lars Péloquin explains the concept of Trickle-down Economics. Finally, Pat looks into why NASA recently had to address rumours which suggested an impending...
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The Skeptics Guide #529 - Aug 29 2015
Interview with Miles Greb; Forgotten Superheros of Science; News Items: Anti-Vax Nonsense, Group Think Lie Detection, WiFi Lawsuit, Universal Flu Vaccine; Who's That Noisy; Science or Fiction
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ContentMine
ContentMine is a project which provides the tools and workflow to convert scientific literature into machine readable and machine interpretable data in order to facilitate better and more effective access to the accumulated knowledge of human kind. The program's founder Peter Murray-Rust joins us...
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Skeptoid #481: Captain Kidd's Treasure
Many stories tell of Captain Kidd's buried treasure. But is there any reason to believe it exists, or is it more hyping of a character from history for the purpose of sensationalism?
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2.44: Do You Believe?
Every once in a while, we post a podcast here. This one is about the movie “Do You Believe?” from the same Pureflix guys who brought us “God’s Not Dead.” Is it amazing? Why yes. Yes it is.
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