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Pseudo

Two researchers take the harsh blade of scientific rigour to ambit claims of wellness charlatans, conspiracy theorists and Pete Evans

health fitness & nutrition

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Ep 31: Can masks protect us from the virus??

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2020/04/24

In the very last Jeremy's Iron (before a long overdue name change), we discuss the effectiveness of facemasks in protecting us from the virus.We also discuss: * Should "the arts" be prioritised in the economic rescue? * How do we value a 75-year old's life? * What is David Icke's malfunction? Next episode will be the first under our new podcast name: Pseudo. Where pseudoscience be, Pseudo go.

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Ep 30: Should I drink my own urine?

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2020/04/23

It's more common than you think. From Rome to Russia, Africa and India.... no culture appears immune to the appeal of the golden elixir. We follow the stream from ancient ritual to instagram craze.

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Ep 29: Healing crystals

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2020/04/20

What are crystals and why are we obsessed with them? Perhaps more importantly, where do they come from and which poor child dug them out of a dusty mine in Madagascar? We investigate the science behind crystals, how they are being marketed and the dark side of the mining industry that produces them. Also in this episode: * Six degrees of Hungarian mathematician Paul Erdos. * Megxit * Shakira's lyricism

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Ep 28: What is the gut-brain axis? Also: what happens...

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2020/04/20

The "gut-brain axis" is making its way from kooky alternative theory to routine medical treatments. We go exploring! We also discuss how drumming re-wires your brain. Also in this episode: How can we quantify how smoky Sydney is? Will Justin Z accept Justin B's kind offer of a poop transplant? Would you allow your child to learn the drums with the knowledge that it necessarily increases the chance of them drumming in a cover band?

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Ep 27: Mercury in Retrograde! Jeremy's Iron FREAKOUT!

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2020/04/20

For three weeks in November, the planet Mercury started moving backwards and alot of people went batsh%t crazy. Jeremy's Iron investigates! Also: Can bacteria talk to each other?? PLUS: Justin B obsesses over horoscopes while Justin Z wonders why he can't sing inside a church and why single people don't get to have singledom ceremonies. It's a water-tight show, really. REFERENCES: Julia C. van Kessel. PQS Signaling for More than a Quorum: the Collective Stress Response Protects Healthy Pseudomonas

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HALLOWEEN SPECIAL! Jeremy's Iron are.... (Very Bad)...

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2020/04/20

In the Halloween tradition, we take on the personae of Tamler and Dave from Very Bad Wizards and do our own version of their Epsiode 174: More Chiang for Your Buck. It's like a cover version. For podcasts. In this episode we discuss: * The Joker (film) * Are morally virtuous people less funny (scientific paper) * The multiverse and "Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom" (short story) Very Bad Wizards is a podcast about science and research and ethics. It's also about Peez's beats. We do all these

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Ep 25: Genetically engineered killer mosquitos!

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2020/04/19

Justin B's article: genetic engineering of self-destructive mosquitos aiming to reduce mozzie populations! Justin Z's article(s): how translatable are animal studies to human medicine?? We also lock-in a Jeremy's Iron excursion to Shen Yun, 2020.

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Ep 24: Water Fluoridation II (with Dr. Lewis Ehrlich)

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2020/04/10

People are scared of fluoride. From rat poison to calcified third-eyes, negative associations of fluoride are rife. SO! We enlist the help of Sydney's hottest dentist Dr. Lewis Ehrlich to separate fiction from the tooth. We ask Dr. Lewis about: * His invitation to become the Bachelor * What is holistic dentistry? * Do we really need fluoride in our toothpaste? * What's the deal with charcoal toothpaste?

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Ep 23: Water Fluoridation I - Are we poisoning...

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2020/04/10

Australia is one of the few countries that still fluoridates it's water. This is despite minimal conclusive evidence that it assists regular fluoride toothpaste use in the prevention of tooth decay or gum disease. Forget the fact that ingested fluoride is the ONLY medical intervention delivered en masse with no dosage controls! This is a spicy one so we've devoted two episodes to it. Part one features a break-down of the history of fluoridation, which is WILDLY FASCINATING, and a look at the

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Ep 22: Vape crisis! Is vaping more dangerous than we...

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2020/04/09

We also look into the health benefits of being religious and discuss whether mathematics is a natural phenomenon or wholly man-made. PLUS!! Can you find our in-podcast references to the following songs: Black Eyed Peas - The Weekend, A Perfect Circle - Judith, The Vapors - Turning Japanese, Ritchie Valens - La Bamba. No prizes for finding all four - but seriously, at this point we could float the podcast as a music digest for your dad.

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Ep 21: Vegan diets for toddlers: are they safe?

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2020/04/09

Justin B's article: Blue light and effects on sleepJustin Z's article: Vegan Babies. This week we put the vegan diet squarely in the spotlight where it relates to the physical health and neurodevelopment of toddlers. We try to take a balanced reading of the research keeping in mind we (a) don't have babies (b) are reasonably unlikely to have them in the near future and (c) are not vegan or vegetarian.We also take a hard look at the science behind blue light and it's affects on our circadian rhythms

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Ep 20: Anti-biotic resistance: viruses to the rescue!

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2019/09/06

Our friend’s wife got the flu. Conveniently, they found an old half-used antibiotics packet in their cupboard. So they agreed she should take a couple of anti-biotic tablets for a few days just to be on the safe side. Yep. This actually happened. And we’re sure it happens all the time.No wonder antibiotic resistance is a problem. Ignorance around antibiotic resistance is rife and bugs are slowly winning the war against the old guard of traditional antibiotics. This is bad. But! There is hope! And it

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