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  • TheESP – Ep. #405 – Political shenanigans

    In this week’s TWISH we hear about Trofim Lysenko before we look into the news:

    • EU: Glyphosate update
    • INTERNATIONAL: Nostalgia in politics
    • UK: The Good Law Project supports the General Medical Council taking action against harmful misinformation
    • NORTHERN IRELAND: ‘The Hum’ is back!

    Naturopaths selling Miracle Mineral Supplements (MMS) are promoting a life threatening substance with no possible benefit. This came to a class call recently when a toddler coudl have died as a result. We hand out a Really Wrong Award for this completely irresponsible action. In Word of the Week we looking into how to talk about scams and frauds in Finnish.

    Enjoy!

    Segments: Intro; Greetings; TWISH; News; Really Wrong; Word of the Week; Quote and Farewell; Outro; Out-Takes

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    51 min
  • TheESP – Ep. #404 – The world is really old

    Despite the numerology, this episode CAN be found wherever you get your podcasts. We will give you tips about The Conspiracy Test, the Humanist UK 2024 Convention, the latest Skeptical Inquirer interview and Skepticon 2023 in Australia – all good things to check out! In TWISH we hear about one of Darwin’s buddies, the groundbreaking (pun intended) geologist Charles Lyell, born this week in 1797. Pope Frankie has been given a free pass for too long and therefore gets poked before we get to the news:

    • GERMANY: Nutrition companies are preying on people and ignore health advice
    • UK: Humanists UK welcomes Private Member’s Bill to ban conversion therapy
    • HUNGARY: Team of debunkers and educators develops online educational material to help young people detect false information
    • UK: The British public largely supports strong climate policies

    The Antivaxx movement gets a Really Wrong award for trying to exploit the tragic death of Matthew Perry and in Who’s Quacking? we hear about Norbert Schobert, Hungarian spreader of disinformation.

    Enjoy!


    Segments: Intro; Greetings; TWISH; Pontus Pokes The Pope; News; Really Wrong; Who’s Quacking?; Quote And Farewell; Outro; Out-Takes


    Show notes here: https://theesp.eu/podcast_archive/theesp-ep-404.html


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    52 min
  • TheESP – Ep. #403 – Retract homeopathy!

    After the normal meet and greet, we have an interview with Norbert Aust – German skeptic and one of the initiators of INH, Information Network Homeopathy. He brings us up to date on what’s going on and reports on the fight to get fraudulent and incorrect ‘scientific’ papers retracted. We later get a ‘TWISH’ about the ‘Festival of Reason’, a failed and misguided attempt to get rid of religion during the French revolution. Then, it’s time for the news:

    • TURKEY: Did archeologists find Noah’s Ark?
    • UK: ‘Conversion therapy’: UK government kicks ban down the road?
    • GERMANY: Esoterics prey on people with fertility issues
    • INTERNATIONAL: Global survey finds 85% of people worried about online disinformation

    This week’s Really Wrong Award goes to the BBC and to Michael Mosely for spreading nonsense on the ‘Just One Thing’ podcast.

    Enjoy!

    Segments: Intro; Greetings; Interview; TWISH; News; Really Wrong; Quote And Farewell; Outro; Out-Takes

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    1 hr
  • TheESP – Ep. #402 – Crime and Punishment

    – 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 at the news:

    SWITZERLAND: SCAM doesn’t work against diabetes

    WALES: Cancer patient dead after taking herbal mixture containing mistletoe

    FRANCE: Negative correlations between conspiracy beliefs and the use of conventional medicine


    To round off we present Apple TV (of all services) with this week’s Really Right Award for putting out a factual documentary about the Enfield Poltergeist. We also have a tongue twisting Word of the week from the Netherlands.


    Enjoy!


    Segments: Intro; Greetings; Interview; TWISH; Pontus Pokes The Pope; News; Really Right; Word Of The Week; Quote And Farewell; Outro; Out-Takes

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    1 hr 18 min
  • TheESP – Ep. #401 – Dr. Cara Santa Maria
    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 Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology with a concentration in Social Justice and Diversity.Enjoy!Segments: Intro; Greetings; Interview; Farewell; Outro; Out-Takes

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    1 hr 8 min
  • TheESP – Ep. #400 – A Degree in Magic and the Occult
    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 communities to get government funding and hide their terrible agenda. Then we have the Word of the Week, in which we try to take the confusion out of the word ‘Synod’.Enjoy!Segments: Intro; Greetings; TWISH; Pontus Pokes The Pope; News; Really Wrong; Word Of The Week; Quote And Farewell; Outro; Out-Takes

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    1 hr 2 min
  • TheESP – Ep. #399 – Globuli mit der Maus
    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 ReichsbürgerSWEDEN / ESTONIA: Estonia disaster – renewed interest in conspiracy theories due to new documentary and coming TV dramaGERMANY: New video by Janos Hegedüs about Sucharit BhakdiUKRAINE: Does Ukraine supply Hamas with American weapons? – New conspiracy theory from US RepublicansThe German children’s TV-show ‘Sendung mit der Maus’ gets this week s Really Wrong Award for promoting homeopathy and anthroposophy to kids.Enjoy!Segments: Intro; Greetings; Interview; TWISH; News; Really Wrong; Quote And Farewell; Outro; Out-Takes

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    51 min
  • TheESP – Ep. #398 – QED 2023, part 2
    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

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    38 min
  • TheESP – Ep. #397 – QED 2023, part 1
    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

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    39 min
  • TheESP – Ep. #396 – Florian Aigner
    …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 board member from 2012 to 2016.Enjoy!Segments: Intro; Greetings; Interview; Outro; Out-Takes

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    51 min

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