News:

Centre for Enquiry suing CVS

Pubtalk

Woo Zealand:

Dowsing

Friendly Athiest

Sensing Murder - Noreen Hegarty, Peter Boland

[Kelvin Cruickshank claiming success]

Auckland tarot reader denied eftpos machine

Siouxsie’s Suspicious Supplements:

Essential oils

WOTD:

narcomancy

Quote:

"Reality provides us with facts so romantic that imagination itself could add nothing to them."

In which Soiuxsie gets sooty, Nathan knows more than he thought he knew, and Craig doesn't talk about his car.

Noticeboard:

Conference:

Free Friday night

News:

Food supplement ruined my liver

Ireland votes to oust ‘medieval’ blasphemy law

Students missing out on science

Effects of exercise -

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2707428

Study finds that not only are vaginal jade eggs useless, they're not even an ancient remedy

Pubtalk - TV resolution:

https://www.rtings.com/tv/reviews/by-size/size-to-distance-relationship

Woo Zealand:

Jesus for NZ

Dentists warn of epidemic of tooth decay as more non-fluoride toothpastes launched

Siouxsie’s Suspicious Supplements:

Activated charcoal

[Bonus experiment video] [https://www.facebook.com/roger.feeles/videos/10217690533914289/](https://www.facebook.com/roger.feeles/videos/10217690533914289/)

Bonus experiment google sheet

Migration of the Skeptic - David Attenborough

WOTD:

macromancy

Quote:

“Science is not a boy's game, it's not a girl's game. It's everyone's game. It's about where we are and where we're going. Space travel benefits us here on Earth. And we ain't stopped yet. There's more exploration to come.” - Nichelle Nichols

In which, we talk about 1080, observe the end of Goop, and finally discuss Wellington Paranormal (Spoilers. Maybe).

http://conference.skeptics.nz

Crowdfunding Quackery

Goop

Measles Fatwa

1080 “controversy”

Book - Matter of Fact

Grief Vampires

Massive increase in advertising spend on vitamins and supplements

People behind Baa Baa amber teething beads are branching out

The Carterton Incident

Tru Niagen

Snake Oil Visualization

Wellington Paranormal Theme

WOTD:

Quote:

“Once intelligent design squeezes its way into our biology books, we might as well add astrology to our astrophysics lectures and toss in some alchemy education into the chemistry lab.”

Cara Santa Maria

In which Nathan gets Goopy, Craig gets charged up and Siouxsie gets supplementary.

Noticeboard:

NZ Skeptics Conf 2018

News:

Pubtalk

Woo Zealand:

Wellington Paranormal

Acupuncture Evidence

Siouxsie’s Suspicious Supplements:

WOTD:

kerasine - Horny, resembling horn, corneous

Quote:

--Linus Torvalds

Find out more on the The Completely Unnecessary Skeptical Podcast website.

Noticeboard:

NZ Skeptics Conf 2018: conference.skeptics.nz

Humanist conference

News:

Merka!

Science popularisation uses religion’s tools

Psychic pets

Woo Zealand:

Wellington Paranormal

Deliah’s dubious device:

The PIP!

WOTD:

janiform

Quote:

“When I was young I believed that ‘nonfiction’ meant ‘true.’ But you read a history written in, say, 1920 and a history of the same events written in 1995 and they’re very different. There may not be one Truth—there may be several truths—but saying that is not to say that reality doesn’t exist.”

Margaret Atwood

An Instance of the Fingerpost

Find out more on the The Completely Unnecessary Skeptical Podcast website.

In which Nathan gets a word worng, Siouxsie tries to find a correlation between homeopathy prescribers and antivaxers, and Craig makes a fart joke.

Links:

Day of Reckoning: https://www.pangburnphilosophy.com/dayofreckoning-auckland

Humanist conference: https://www.facebook.com/events/984072268412998/

Monkey selfie case: https://phys.org/news/2018-04-court-monkey-selfie-copyright.html

Obvious joke of the week - Uranus smells of farts: http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-43871497

David Silverman: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2018/04/16/american-atheists-answers-follow-up-questions-after-the-firing-of-its-president/

Israel folau / Briann Tamaki: http://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2018/04/destiny-church-brian-tamaki-says-cry-baby-gays-will-go-to-hell.html

Deliah’s dubious device: https://www.rebalance.co.nz/products/himalayan-crystal-salt-inhaler

WOTD: ichthyocoprolite

Quote:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tania_Lineham

Find out more on the The Completely Unnecessary Skeptical Podcast website.

In which Professor Steven Galbraith teaches us about bitcoin, Nathan gets a compliment, Craig tells us about electric car batteries and Siouxsie finds a totally legit, not a scam at all "bioscanner".

Email / feedback:
Mark Dawson:

"Re governments using dowsers. In my past life as an ACT Government employee, I came across an old file that mentioned the Australian Government employing a dowser in Canberra back in 1931. I gather from the file that the ACT Lands Officer, James Brackenreg, was less than impressed:

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In which Craig tells us about artificial people, Siouxsie doesn't Deliah, and Nathan interviews Street Epistemologist Anthony Magnabosco about Street Epistemology.

News:
Alex Jones and Mike Adams YT ban?
https://debunkingdenialism.com/2018/03/04/natural-news-banned-youtube/
https://gizmodo.com/as-advertisers-flee-alex-jones-claims-his-youtube-ba...

Lawrence Krauss
https://www.buzzfeed.com/peteraldhous/lawrence-krauss-sexual-harassment-...

Geoff posts again. This time about Cannabis Oil as a Cancer Cure!

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In which Craig argues with people who are wrong on the Internet; Siouxsie hasn't read the research; and, somehow, Nathan is the Voice of Reason.

https://www.facebook.com/Gardasil-Kills2-332186880241439/?hc_ref=ARRRmCg...

Rates of great earthquakes not affected by moon phases, day of year:
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/01/180116131319.htm

Satanic Temple religious freedom:
http://deadstate.org/satanic-temple-argues-that-missouris-extreme-aborti...

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In which Siouxsie & Graeme Hill ruin an ear candle experiment, and Craig & Nathan interview the amazing Cara Santa Maria...

News:
Conference report
Roy Moore - Kids commit drive-by shootings because they are taught evolution
http://reverepress.com/news/roy-moore-kids-commit-drive-shootings-taught...

Christians and fingerprints
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2017/12/01/christian-who-th...

First GMO person using CRISPR on their DNA

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