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The European Skeptics Podcast - The ESP

The European Skeptics Podcast is an independent project run buy individuals from across Europe, to provide a forum for European skeptical activism. Hosts: András Pintér and Pontus Böckman Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:08:56

TheESP - Ep. #107 - Memories & predictions, LSD,...

The European Skeptics Podcast - The ESP ·

2018/01/12

This week we make predictions regarding upcoming books by Edzard Ernst, talk about the future of fact-checking, discuss the works of Peter Boghosian, remember the father of LSD Albert Hofmann, then go on to our news items including the wrong-doings of Paolo Macchiarini, the measles epidemic in Sweden, the latest Swedish Skeptic Awards, how Facebook could be used to prevent disease outbreaks, the ‘Turmeric story’, Psiram the German wiki of irrational believes turns 10, year review of Retraction

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49:24

TheESP - Ep. #106 - Brian Dunning & Science Friction

The European Skeptics Podcast - The ESP ·

2018/01/05

This week we are happy to bring you an interview with Brian Dunning, who's been the producer and host of the massively successful Skeptoid podcast and is currently busy with lots of different projects in skepticism, including a book in the making and the crowdfunded project of showing how media usually distorts the opinions of experts they ask and doing a documentary about that. Find out more on http://sciencefriction.tv and please consider contributing! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for

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49:19

theESP - Ep #105 - Smallpox, fake news and the...

The European Skeptics Podcast - The ESP ·

2017/12/29

In our final episode for 2017 we look back at a skeptical year in Europe. We talk about smallpox, how measles continues to spread and how a prominent skeptic becomes head of the Swedish Royal Academy of Science. We also look into Facebook's new attempt to fight fake news, how peer review punishes poor research and how Christmas decorations being removed in Italy has nothing to do with muslims.Lastly the Taoiseach in Ireland failes to take a stand against Scientology, and for that he is Really

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1:21:46

TheESP - Ep. #104 - Pre-Holidays show with Gleb...

The European Skeptics Podcast - The ESP ·

2017/12/22

On our pre-holidays show we welcome Jelena back after a bit of a hiatus, then Pontus corrects himself before we turn our skeptical ears towards fellow skeptics Dr. Gleb Tsipursky and David Fitzgerald who talk about the Pro-Truth Pledge and why Jesus probably never existed, respectively. We then finish with possibly the most relevant song about Christmas, written and performed by George Hrab.Hope you'll enjoy the show. Happy holidays, everyone! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more

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TheESP - Ep. #103 - Vaccinations, threats over...

The European Skeptics Podcast - The ESP ·

2017/12/14

We start with some corrections this week before we turn towards things like Nostradamus, vaccination rates in Romania, Peter Boghossian touring Europe, German Minister of Agriculture getting threats over glyphosate, the John Maddox Prize going to HPV vaccine promoter and what happens if Portugal loses net neutrality.Unfortunately, this week's Really Wrong goes to Nobel laureate Luc Montagnier for turning antivax... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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38:05

TheESP Ep. #102 - More Superheroes!

The European Skeptics Podcast - The ESP ·

2017/12/07

We could not possibly fit everything into epsiode #100, so here come some more interviews from those recordings: We talk to Andreas Kyriacou, Antonia de Oñate and João Monteiro! As always, make sure you check out our event page at http://theesp.eu/events_in_europe Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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TheESP Ep. #101 - Belgian UFOs, the King of Germany...

The European Skeptics Podcast - The ESP ·

2017/11/30

On this episode:The brilliant Brian Eggo ("Eggman") joins us from Glasgow as guest host and tells all about the Skeptics in the Pub movement in the world.Then we dig into Belgian UFOs, dowsing in the UK, and how to combat fake news in Italian schools. Before we end, the "King of Germany" gets the Goldenes Bretts award, Macchiarini avoids prosecution and Italian anti-vaccers spread lies about a perfectly healthy child. Plus András goes all political.Check out Glasgow Skeptics

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1:40:01

TheESP - Ep. #100 - Superheroes of Skepticism

The European Skeptics Podcast - The ESP ·

2017/11/23

This is our 100th episode!!!To celebrate, we interviewed some of the superheroes of skepticism who have already been on the show and could accept our invitation to come back for a quick update.Our guests were Gábor Hraskó, who was our guest on episode #001, Natalie Grams whose new book is out, Michael Marshall who talked about some new achievements of the Good Thinking Society, Liubomir Baburov and what's planned for the future of Ratio, Sean Slater and what to expect from Skeptics on the Fringe in

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50:44

TheESP - Ep. #099 - Prince Charles, homeopathy and...

The European Skeptics Podcast - The ESP ·

2017/11/16

This week we talk about Massimo Polidoro’s new book, the latest Heinz Oberhummer Award and the origins of the Spanish skeptic movement, then move on to discuss Prince Charles who celebrated his birthday this week. On our news segment you’ll hear about the Advertising Standards Authority and their list of claims that chiropractors can actually make, the statement by the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons condemning homeopathy while still leaving a few doors open for quackery, Spanish skeptics

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58:25

TheESP - Ep. #098 - Rigvir scam, Exploding heads and...

The European Skeptics Podcast - The ESP ·

2017/11/08

We check out Skepticism in Latvia with an interview with Austra Muizniece who talks about the Rigvir scam. We xalso get two shorter interviews from the Ratio Conference in Bulgaria: One with Prof. Chris French who talks about his latest research on sleep paralysis and exploding head syndrom, and one with Dr Steven Goldfarb at the ATLAS Experiment at CERN and his part in the discovery of the Higgs Boson. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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TheESP - Ep. #097

The European Skeptics Podcast - The ESP ·

2017/11/03

This week, while DenkFest and Ratio are both on, we release two interviews that Andras recorded in Zürich when they stopped there during the About Time Tour 2017 with Susan Gerbic, Mark Edward and Liubomir Baburov.  But finally, we have a regular episode for you with Harry Houdini, who died on the nigth of Halloween, ComCeptCon being in the making, Norwegian TV selling prayers, deaths from chiropractic treatments miscommunicated, Natalie Grams’ new book out with the title “Gesundheit!”, a beauty

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55:50

TheESP - Ep. #096

The European Skeptics Podcast - The ESP ·

2017/10/25

First we give a massive shout-out to Richard Saunders for dedicating such a great chunk of the Skeptic Zone to us winning the Ockham Awards 2017. Then you can listen to some of the interviews András recorded at CICAPfest in Cesena, Italy, while on the 'About Time Tour' with Susan Gerbic and Mark Edward.Francesco Grassi is an expert on crop circles (actually makes them) and an author of a book on the topic, Francesco Paolo de Ceglia is a science historian talking about the 'blood miracle' of Saint

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TheESP - Ep. #095 - QED 2017 Edition

The European Skeptics Podcast - The ESP ·

2017/10/18

We go bonkers and enjoy QED 2017 in Manchester!www.theESP.euRüdiger Ludwig GWUP (German Skeptics) https://www.gwup.org/James Williams Email: james@talfuin.com Facebook: http://fb.me/talfuinNatalie Newell Science Moms movie: http://www.sciencemomsdoc.com/the-film.html Science Enthusiast podcast: https://www.facebook.com/ScienceEnthusiastPodcast/Geoff WhelanGreater Manchester Skeptics: http://www.gmss.uk/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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TheESP - Ep. #094 - Eran Segev, Martin Mahner

The European Skeptics Podcast - The ESP ·

2017/10/12

This episode is a post-congress show that features interviews with Eran Segev, president of Australian Skeptics Inc. and Martin Mahner, who runs the office of the German skeptical organisation, GWuP.If you want to have more information on Denkfest, please check it out here: https://denkfest.ch/de/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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49:19

TheESP - Ep. #093

The European Skeptics Podcast - The ESP ·

2017/10/07

We have a guest on this show, Claire Klingenberg, who was the chief organiser of ECS 2017 and is the newly elected chair of ECSO.Than we talk about Marie Stopes and eugenics, the UK eliminating measles, EASAC's statement on Homeopathy and a new cancer treatment from Latvia. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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TheESP - Ep. #092

The European Skeptics Podcast - The ESP ·

2017/09/27

We are checking in from Wroclaw, where we attended the 17th European Skeptics Congress and recorded a show sitting in a hotel room together.You can listen to a couple of our short interviews recorded during this wonderful international event with Lasek, Deborah and Daniella. More to be released with upcoming episodes.András is now on the road with Susan Gerbic, Mark Edward and Liubomir Baburov, networking across Europe with the "About Time Tour". Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more

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50:54

TheESP - Ep. #091

The European Skeptics Podcast - The ESP ·

2017/09/19

Before we head out to the 17th European Skeptics Congress, we bring you news from Germany, Denmark, Italy and the UK, talk about Sigmun Freud and his weird theories. We try to find out if the world is coming to an end (again) and how fact checking can prevent elections from going off track.Also, after the Congress, Andras is going on the About Time Tour with Susan Gerbic, Mark Edward and Liubo Baburov to do some skeptical networking in Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Slovenia and Hungary. Feel free to

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TheESP - Ep. #090 - Claire Klingenberg

The European Skeptics Podcast - The ESP ·

2017/09/11

On this episode:We tell you all about the fantastic 17th European Skeptics Congress coming up in Wroclaw in less than two weeks. Our guest is Claire Klingenberg, event manager extraordinaire from Sisyfos, the Czech Skeptics' Club.Please help funding the About Time Tour 2017 with Susan Gerbic and Mark Edward! https://fundly.com/about-time-tour-skeptical-networking-across-europeAlso, make sure you check out our event page at http://theesp.eu/events_in_europeSegmentsIntro; Greetings; Claire

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49:59

TheESP - Ep. #089

The European Skeptics Podcast - The ESP ·

2017/09/04

This week talk about the inspiration for Mel Gibson’s the Passion of the Christ, alternative treatments in Valencia, the Heilpraktiker system in Germany, whether Down’s syndrome has been eradicated in Iceland and the new Full Fact tool. Then we dive deep into the measles epidemic in Europe and the problem of crowdfunding for cancer trips to Mexico.Segments:Intro; Greetings & Feedback; This Week in Skepticism; Skeptical News; Analysis; Really Wrong; Quote Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for

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TheESP - Ep. #088 - Sue Blackmore

The European Skeptics Podcast - The ESP ·

2017/08/30

This week we start our episode with Editor-in-Chief of The Skeptic magazine, Deborah Hyde, who tells us about this year's Ockham Awards, the nominations for which are still open.https://www.skeptic.org.uk/ockham-awards-2017/vote/Then we have an interview with Prof. Susan Blackmore, who tells us about her fascinating journey from being a believer in paranormal explanations of out-of-body experiences and the like to becoming a skeptic and a popular author telling the world about the tricks of the mind

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