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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. #404 – The world is really old

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2023/11/17

Despite the numerology, this episode CAN be found wherever you get your podcasts. We will give you tips aboutThe Conspiracy Test,the Humanist UK 2024 Convention, the latestSkeptical Inquirer interviewandSkepticon 2023 in Australia– all good things to check out! InTWISHwe hear about one of Darwin’s buddies, the groundbreaking (pun intended) geologistCharles Lyell, born this week in 1797.Pope Frankiehas been given a free pass for too long and therefore gets poked before we get to the news:GERMANY:

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59:33

TheESP – Ep. #403 – Retract homeopathy!

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2023/11/10

After the normal meet and greet, we have an interview withNorbert Aust– German skeptic and one of the initiators ofINH, Information Network Homeopathy. He brings us up to date on what’s going on and reports on the fight to getfraudulent and incorrect ‘scientific’ papersretracted. We later get a‘TWISH’about the‘Festival of Reason’, a failed and misguided attempt to get rid of religionduring the French revolution. Then, it’s time for the news:TURKEY: Did archeologists find Noah’s Ark?UK: ‘Conversion

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1:17:48

TheESP – Ep. #402 – Crime and Punishment

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2023/11/03

– with Paula Dahlberg Full length episode, plus an interesting interview this week. We first note that science has discovered the “Pontus plate” (much to our liking) and also that if you are quick you can still apply to give a talk at SkepKon in Augsburg in May. Then we hear about the sad passing of Peter Olausson, prominent skeptic and former president of VoF.After that we have our interview with Paula Dahlberg who takes us through the most common myths about the legal system. Then, we take a look

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1:07:26

TheESP – Ep. #401 – Dr. Cara Santa Maria

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2023/10/27

Starting off our next 400 episodes, we interview the amazing Cara Santa Maria of Talk Nerdy and Skeptic Guide to the Universe fame. We get into things about her that you may not be aware of – how she rebelled against her Mormon upbringing, her passion for social injustices, and why she cannot always be allowed to speak her mind on the Skeptics Guide.A brilliant science communicator with a background in television, podcasting, and more, Cara is also a clinical psychologist and recently received her

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1:01:21

TheESP – Ep. #400 – A Degree in Magic and the Occult

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2023/10/20

The band is back together for episode 400! Watch out for Gerson therapy, confusing Synods and of course, this week’s news:UK: Phones in schoolsPOLAND: End of the PiS party reign(?)BELGIUM: Catholic University of Leuven stops UFO ‘conference’SWITZERLAND: Another tumor ‘treated naturally’UK: ‘Relaxed’ climate change policies in the UK, but also elsewhereUK: University of Exeter offers degree in Magic and the occultThe Reichsbürger movement get (another!) Really Wrong Award for creating fake Jewish

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50:53

TheESP – Ep. #399 – Globuli mit der Maus

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2023/10/13

SkepKon 2024 is coming up in May 2024! It will be held in Augsburg and there is a call for papers out, see link in the show notes. This episode comes out on Friday the 13th, so in TWISH we explore where this superstition comes from. We have an interview with Dr Holm Hümmler who tells us what really went down at the presentation of Das Goldene Brett Award in Vienna last week, and then we take a look at the news:SWEDEN: Macchiarini found guilty of falsified research – again!GERMANY: Raids with

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TheESP – Ep. #398 – QED 2023, part 2

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2023/10/06

This is the second part of our reporting from QED 2023. Before we get into the interviews we comment on the brand new Nobel Prizes in Medicine, Physics and Chemistry, all awarded for fascinating progress in science! Then we have four new interviews to share from QED.Enjoy!Segments: Intro; Greetings; Interview; Additional Interviews; Farewell; Outro; Out-Takes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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38:07

TheESP – Ep. #397 – QED 2023, part 1

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2023/09/29

Last week was QED, and boy did we enjoy it! Fantastic talks, great happenings and wonderful people!This episode is part 1 of our interviews with some of the people we met.Enjoy!Segments: Intro; Greetings; Interview; About Qed; Additional Interviews; Farewell; Outro; Out-Takes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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50:38

TheESP – Ep. #396 – Florian Aigner

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2023/09/22

…science communicator extraordinaire! This week we are talking to Florian Aigner, an Austrian physicist, science editor, author, science communicator and skeptic. He lives in Austria and works at the TU Vienna (Technical University). He is also on the jury of Das goldene Brett. He has written three popular science books and held the keynote speech at the European Skeptics Congress in 2022 in Vienna titled “Why we can trust in science”. He is also a member of GWUP (the German Skeptics) where he was a

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46:59

TheESP – Ep. #395 – Correr es mi destino

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2023/09/15

Annika has been to the esoteric fair and gives a report and dowsing is apparently used by employees at Scottish Water. In TWISH we celebrate the International Day of Democracy, and boy do we need it. And then there is the news:INTERNATIONAL: Toddlers can reason!SWEDEN / UK: Believing in personal gut feelings and falling for conspiracy theoriesGERMANY: New developments regarding Satanic PanicSWEDEN: Pontus Pokes the Politicians: Thousands marching against mandatory reporting of paperless

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59:27

TheESP – Ep. #394 – Pax Mongolica

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2023/09/08

Several awards and gatherings to be on the look-out for: the Ockham Award, the Rusty Razor, the Bent Spoon and Das Goldene Brett. The feast of Santa Rosalia is the topic for TWISH and Pope Frankie is nostalgic about the Mongolian invasion (wtf?). Then, we have this week’s news:GERMANY: Follow-up on the Reichsbürger movementINTERNATIONAL: Prediction of 1 billion+ deaths related to climate change by 2100SCOTLAND: Issues with science publishing – Researcher finds his name on editorial boards of

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48:27

TheESP – Ep. #393 – Frankie goes 50/50

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2023/09/01

…and Nessie goes ‘gloop’ We’re happy to announce that the ESP Shop is now available in the US, Canada and Australia. We also want you to know that nominations for Das Goldene Brett is still open. In TWISH we hear about an encounter of the third kind and Frankie insists India don’t look the congregation in the eye more than half of the time. Then we get into the news:SCOTLAND: Nessie hunters hear sounds but fail to record themUK: Full Fact study – Hundreds of hoax posts circulating in Facebook

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47:12

TheESP – Ep. #392 – Flying Bat-people on the Moon

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2023/08/25

…sleep restriction for insomnia? A lot of great talks are coming up for Skepticamp at QED in September – with András, Pontus and Claire among the speakers! In TWISH we hear about an almost 200 year old fake news about the moon and then we take a look at the news:UK: Asparagus fails to predict the futureSCOTLAND: Loch Ness might be ‘home to spirit entity’ that can be disturbed by searchUK: Meghan Markle wears ‘miracle antistress patch’INTERNATIONAL: WHO promotes alternative medicine

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TheESP – Ep. #391 – Proof of Aliens!

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2023/08/18

…Uri Geller strikes again… There are now streaming tickets for QED! In TWISH we hear about the three wise guys, sorry, the three wise men, and how they ended up in Cologne in Germany. No pope this week, so we head right in for the news:UK: Voter databank hacked and according to experts can potentially be used to target voters with disinformationINTERNATIONAL: YouTube starts mass takedowns of videos promoting ‘harmful or ineffective’ cancer curesUK: Classroom environmental education doesn’t seem to

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48:59

TheESP – Ep. #390 – No need for Nessie Nonsense

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2023/08/11

…and the deep fakes grows deeper We start with listener feedback regarding burning the Quran and the best ways to boil a frog… We also announce our newly created merch store and there is still time to get your ESP t-shirt before QED. 15% off if you hurry!. In TWISH we hear about Sea Org day celebrated by scientologists and the pope gets poked for his “excluded but-not-excluded policy” towards women and the LGBTQ+ community.Then, it’s time for the news:INTERNATIONAL: Happy birthday, Retraction

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TheESP – Ep. #389 – Playing footsie with the King

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2023/08/04

…might get you pregnant?Another record with July being the hottest month ever. It may not matter since AI is here to finish us off before the climate crisis does… But the show must go on and in TWISH we hear about Alexander Fleming who was born this week in 1881, Pope Frankie is in Portugal for his own Woodstock, hoping that no one talks too much about sex. Then it’s time for then news:RUSSIA / GERMANY: ‘Heil Zelenskiy’: Russian actors identified in purported German video against Ukraine aidDENMARK

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TheESP – Ep. #388 – It’s climate ‘crisis’, not ‘change’

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2023/07/28

…BTW, a ‘rutgängare’ uses a ‘slagruta’ in their professionThis week in TWISH we hear about Rosalind Franklin and Pope Frankie is on a diplomatic mission from God. In the news, we hear about:SWEDEN: Greta Thunberg gets fined for disobeying police, goes back to protest and confront police the same dayAUSTRIA: Wanted holocaust denier gets stopped by the police – with the body of his wife in the trunkSWEDEN: Estonia sinking: Ramp from ferry recovered raised after 29 yearsITALY: Climate Crisis: Italy

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The ESP - Ep. #387 - The Board in front of the Head

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2023/07/22

This week, as we are finally all back together to record, we start by lamenting on the latest heatwaves and why we might be doomed, especially when we consider the current political stage in countries like Germany.We then interview Stefan Uttenthaler about the yearly 'Das Goldenes Brett' satirical award, before moving on to TWISH, in which we commemorate the birthday of Hungarian engineer and promoter of all things UFO and weird energies György Egely...After Pontus Pokes the Pope for trusting the

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48:48

TheESP – Ep. #386 – Furfy and Fairdinkum

The European Skeptics Podcast - The ESP ·

2023/07/14

…holiday on Crimea? This war is no vacationSweden seems clear for NATO, but there is still time for Erdogan to trip things up. Two Skeptical awards are coming up, das Goldene Brett and the Ockham Awards. We have a special interview with international skeptic extraordinaire, Adrienne Hill! After that, we hear how Pope Frankie is packing the papal court, and then we take a look at the news:SWEDEN: Millions of views for fake videos concerning SwedenUK: British GP-homeopath’s statements on vaccines

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59:53

TheESP – Ep. #385 – It's getting hot out there

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2023/07/07

…plus Nicola Throp tells all about QED!This week we’re saved once again by Brian Eggo, as we suddenly find ourselves very short on staff. What a guy!Some initial info is followed by an interview with Nicola Throp, one of the brilliant members of the QED organizing team. In TWISH we hear about Carl Vogt, the German scientist, philosopher and, not least, politician who was born this week in 1817. In Pontus absence, Brian Bashes the Bishop (luckily, not exactly what it sounds like), after which we turn

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