With minor changes having taken effect in the segments of our podcast, here we are with a new episode on which we talked about an Italian psychic, Facebook taking on fake news, Science Busters releasing the video featuring James Randi, Wikipedia vs Acupuncturist, Swedish skeptical awards announced and Retraction Watch having had a great year!If you're interested in the events happening across Europe, please visit our calendar page at http://theesp.eu/Events_in_EuropeThis week's logical fallacy is Tokenism and it was the Swedish Democrats who've been really wrong this time.

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This week we interview Richard Saunders, international podcaster and skeptical activist from Australia. We also present some changes to the format of the show based on the listener survey.SegmentsIntro; Greetings & Feedback; Interview with Richard Saunders; Goodbye; Outtakes

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Jelena and Pontus take over while András is off to Italy for the week. We talk about a planet that was not there, access to scientific journals, religion in the Netherlands, the new Ebola vaccine, IT power consumption and how it is the season for detox scams. Plus the Sunk-cost fallacy and why Greenpeace is really wrong about GMO.SegmentsIntro; Greetings & Feedback; On this day; What’s on in Europe?; What’s hot in Europe?;Logical Fallacy; Really Wrong; Quote

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This is a Christmas-themed episode with even a few events to talk about. Check it out!

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This time we talk events, quacks, Christmas, the PISA test, how skeptics sometimes get it wrong, how widespread the belief in alternative medicine is in Hungary and so much more.SegmentsIntro; Greetings & Feedback; On this day; What's on in Europe?; What's hot in Europe?; Really Wrong; Quote

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This is a shorter episode with no long interview, but 3 shorter ones, along with the usual run-through of feedback and events across Europe in the coming week.The last run of QED reports is featured on this episode (with Lukasz Sobala, Catherine de Jong and Ralf Neugebauer) and Pontus recorded a short interview with Louise Hansare at Malmö Skeptics in the Pub, talking about sniffer dogs and how much their abilities are exaggerated.Segments:Introduction and greetings; Events in Europe; Short interviews from QED; Short interview with Louise Hansare; Outro

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This time our team is joined by foreign liaison of the Czech Skeptics Club Sisyfos, Claire Klingenberg who talks about the 17th European Skeptics Congress. Then we talk events, quacks, UFOs, OpenTrialsFDA, Santa and much more. Also, our next QED-report features science educator and host of Talk Nerdy and the SGU, Cara Santa Maria.SegmentsIntro; Greetings & Feedback; On this day; What's on in Europe?; What's hot in Europe?; QED report; Really Wrong; Quote

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Along with a usual run-through of feedback and events across Europe in the coming week, this episode is dedicated to our interview with former naturopath Britt Hermes who recently received the 2016 Ockham's Award in the best blog category. You can also listen to two short interviews (with Bruno Van de Casteele from Belgium and two guys from Finland) recorded at QED - Question. Explore. Discover. in the middle of October.Segments:Introduction and greetings; Events in Europe; Short interviews from QED; Interview with Britt Hermes; Outro

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On this episode, you'll find news, events and interesting topics, including Skepsis, the Norwegian skeptical organisation revitalised, the status of homeopathy in the Czech Republic, AllTrials starts TrialsTracker, an automated tool to find unpublished trials, a German university to offer a homeopathy course, James Randi receives the first Oberhummer Prize in Vienna, CICAP launches the next Mystery Investigator Course in Padova and El Esceptico Nr. 45 is out of the print. Also featuring a report from QED 2016 with Eran Segev from the Australian Skeptics as well as Diana Barbosa and Joao Monteiro from ComCept, the Portugese Skeptic Community.SegmentsIntro; Greetings & Feedback; On this day; What's on in Europe?; What's hot in Europe?; QED report; Really Wrong; Quote

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Along with a usual run-through of feedback and events across Europe in the coming week, this episode is dedicated to our interview with parapsychology professor Chris French. You can also listen to three short interviews (with Kash Farooq from the UK, Claire Klingenberg & Jakub Kroulik from the Czech Republic and Frauke from Germany) recorded at QED - Question. Explore. Discover. in the middle of October.Segments:Introduction and greetings; Events in Europe; Short interviews from QED; Interview with Chris French; Outro

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