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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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TheESP - Ep. #080 - Diego Fontanive

The European Skeptics Podcast - The ESP ·

2017/07/03

On this episode our guest was Diego Fontanive, who's the founder of the EOF Project (End of Fear) that aims to understand our epistemic acceptances and apply meta-cognition in order to achieve a better understanding of our flaws, memetic choices and ways of getting it all wrong. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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TheESP - Ep. #079

The European Skeptics Podcast - The ESP ·

2017/06/25

This week we talk about Swedish Skeptics treating their members to 15 tickets to the European Skeptics Congress and how we were interviewed by Skeptical Inquiry before we talk about the famous Oxford Evolution debate. Then we dive into skeptical news around Europe talking about homeopathy being debunked (which does not impress the Homeopathic World Congress), The Good Thinking Society, antivax-sentiments in Italy and Switzerland, mistletoe therapy in Austria, Chinese medicine in Hungary, 30 years of

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1:03:26

TheESP - Ep. #078 - Luigi Garlaschelli

The European Skeptics Podcast - The ESP ·

2017/06/19

This week's episode is dedicated to our interview with Italian chemist, skeptic and paranormal investigator Luigi Garlaschelli.Andras also announces a road trip between the 17th European Skeptics Congress in Wroclaw, Poland and CICAPfest2017 in Cesena, Italy in September 2017. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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TheESP - Ep. #077

The European Skeptics Podcast - The ESP ·

2017/06/11

This week we are coming back with our regular segments featuring topics like the 17th European Skeptics Congress, CICAPfest2017, James Randi's appearances in Europe, the BMJ being infiltrated by quackery, the harm in using homeopathy (for encephalitis), the latest in the fight against the anti-vaccination movement in Germany and Italy, Spanish skeptics launching a course on how to tackle pseudoscience in the information age, Portuguese skeptics launching a book on how not to be fooled, parents

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TheESP - Ep. #076 - Susan Gerbic

The European Skeptics Podcast - The ESP ·

2017/06/04

This week's episode is dedicated to our latest interview with Susan Gerbic, the Wikipediatrician, who's the leader of the international project called Guerrilla Skepticism on Wikipedia. We talked about what's new, how people can join and help the movement and what public engagements Susan has in the coming months. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:09:06

TheESP - Ep. #075

The European Skeptics Podcast - The ESP ·

2017/05/27

This week's episode brings you a lot of news and interesting topics from the world of skepticism across Europe.Firstly, please, consider helping Hayley Stevens raise money to help others attend QED 2017. Then listen to what we have to say about the Charity Commissions consultations, Evidence Matters EU, Pontus being acquainted to someone with the potential to become pope one day, a fishy vaccine study that circulates widely, Wikipedia Founder Jimmy Wales fighting fake news in his own way, All Trials

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TheESP - Ep. #074 - Teddy Winroth

The European Skeptics Podcast - The ESP ·

2017/05/20

On Episode 74 we interview Teddy Winroth, Swedish psychologist and criminologist, concerning a legal scandal regarding several murder cases in Sweden. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:03:47

TheESP - Ep. #073

The European Skeptics Podcast - The ESP ·

2017/05/14

This week brings you a segment on Florence Nightingale, events across Europe and skeptical news including the latest success story of the Good Thinking Society with getting eBay to remove a dangerous product (Black Salve) from their listings, climate targets not being taken seriously, annual prizes awarded by ARP-SAPC in Spain, Spanish skeptical events mounting to 600 since 2010, the UK foreign secretary making false claims, German podcast award for Schlaulicht and a new skeptical podcast on the

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TheESP - Ep. #072 - Alan Henness

The European Skeptics Podcast - The ESP ·

2017/05/06

On Episode 72 we interview Alan Henness, co-director of The Nightingale Collaboration, a UK-based group focusing on questionable claims in healthcare. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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TheESP - Ep. #071

The European Skeptics Podcast - The ESP ·

2017/04/29

This week brings you March for Science, a correction from Bethania Palma regarding last week's interview, Catherine of Siena, more bad measles news in Europe, BBC and homeopathy and new fact checking tools on Google. On top of that you will also be shocked to find that The Daily Fail is spreading that deliberate tape worm infections can treat autism… Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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TheESP - Ep. #070 - Bethania Palma

The European Skeptics Podcast - The ESP ·

2017/04/21

This week’s episode is entirely dedicated to our interview with Snopes.com fact checker and journalist, Bethania Palma. We also talked about March for Science across Europe. Please, check out our calendar for more information on those and other events. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:07:28

TheESP - Ep. #069

The European Skeptics Podcast - The ESP ·

2017/04/13

This week we are bringing you an episode packed with news, important events and topics from all over Europe:- Autism Acceptance Month- World Homeopathy Awareness Week- Poppy seeds causing false positive drug tests- Public opinion and vaccination- The latest on the screenings of the movie Vaxxed in Germany and Ireland- ComCept’s Flying Unicorn Awards- Nominations open for the John Maddox Prize- QED - Question. Explore. Discover. announced- Nominations open for the British Podcast Awards- Call for

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TheESP - Ep. #068 - Sofie Vanthournout

The European Skeptics Podcast - The ESP ·

2017/04/04

The episode was almost entirely dedicated to our interview with the Director of Sense about Science EU, Sofie Vanthournout. We talked about their upcoming project, Evidence Matters EU, the expansion of the Ask For Evidence campaign to European countries, how to elevate public debate about scientific issues to influence legislation, building a European network and a lot more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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TheESP - Ep. #067

The European Skeptics Podcast - The ESP ·

2017/03/29

This week we talked about how fake news are a bit more complicated than that, Vaxxed still growing its audience, Rudolf Steiner and his anthroposophy and schools, Massimo Polidoro having a new book out, ComCept's Flying Unicorn Award, the Carl Sagan Journalism Prize offered by GWUP, the UK's Charity Commission's consultations about the charitable status of organisations promoting pseudoscience, the death of the last patient of Paolo Macchiarini's.Finally, the British Chiropractic Association wins

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TheESP - Ep. #066 - Hayley Stevens

The European Skeptics Podcast - The ESP ·

2017/03/21

This week we interviewed award-winning blogger and paranormal investigator Hayley Stevens. We talked about becoming a skeptic after believing, how applying the right way of thinking and the best methods can help us understand how people think, what she thinks of Guerrilla Skepticism on Wikipedia and what the nicest approach to debating people might be. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:00:59

TheESP - Ep. #065

The European Skeptics Podcast - The ESP ·

2017/03/15

This week we're back with the regular segments discussing lots of different topics ranging from Chickenpox, SpaceX, Newton and Fake News to what happened #LastNightInSweden after all, how Bild is fighting falsehoods, March for Science across the world, Global Warming denial, Paleo diet, Metro in Sweden, What Doctor's Don't Tell You and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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TheESP - Ep. #064 - Florent Martin

The European Skeptics Podcast - The ESP ·

2017/03/08

This week we interviewed Florent Martin, who's one of the founders of the French organisation Observatoire Zététique that investigates unusual claims in Grenoble and all over France. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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TheESP - Ep. #063

The European Skeptics Podcast - The ESP ·

2017/03/01

On this week's episode we talk about the antivax movement and what we can do about it, then move on to talking about Derren Brown's work, whether fortune tellers will be out of Hungarian mainstream TV any time soon, what the problem is with the simplification of science, how Natural News got removed from Google's indexes, what happened #LastNightInSweden, how some of the reportings of rape attacks in Germany turned out to be fake and a Hungarian quack that finally got convicted.Our logical fallacy

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TheESP - Ep. #062 - Michael Marshall and Fiona O'Leary

The European Skeptics Podcast - The ESP ·

2017/02/21

This episode is entirely dedicated to one topic, which is the latest wrongdoings of the antivaccination campaign, namely the screenings of the pseudo-documentary "Vaxxed - From Cover-up to Catastrophy".Our guests, with whom we discussed this issue were Michael Marshall, project director at the Good Thinking Society and activist Fiona O'Leary, founder of Autistic Rights Together. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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TheESP - Ep. #061

The European Skeptics Podcast - The ESP ·

2017/02/14

This week we are talking about Andrew Wakefield and his campaign promoting Vaxxed, a pseudo-documentary, Galileo Galilei and his achievements, Hungarian fitness guru talking rubbish again about nutrition, the a Swedish politician loosing his mind over carbon-dioxide, the 'pH Miracle' quack finally charged, the Russian Academy of Sciences denouncing Homeopathy, Wikipedia banning The Daily Mail from being used as source and how different countries fight against fake news.The posthumous Really Right

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