The Skeptic Zone

The Skeptic Zone #702 - 20.March.2022


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0:00:00 Introduction Richard Saunders 0:05:10 Arjun Nidigallu and Vulture Watch Vulture Watch is about creating awareness of exploitation, irrationality, discrimination or misinformation. It delves into the motives of such vulturous activities and looks at how it can hold such behaviour accountable. https://youtube.com/c/VultureWatch https://www.tga.gov.au/media-release/healy-world-australia-pty-ltd-fined-26640-alleged-unlawful-advertising-tens-device 0:23:52 Another Milestone for GSoW Susan Gerbic joins us to annouce a huge milestone for her team. If that is not enough, she also has information about her upcoming talk for the Gold Coast Skeptics in April. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/301133136317 0:29:38 From Russia with Sorrow We read a letter sent to Brian Dunning from the Skeptoid podcast from a listener in Russia. An interesting if melancholy look into the state of affairs in that country at the moment. 0:34:50 A Dive into a Trove A wander through the decades of digitised Australian newspapers... we find "The Extraordinary". The Extraordinary was an Australian television documentary series that featured stories of the paranormal and supernatural. It ran on the Seven Network from 1993 to 1996. The following year it moved to the Nine Network.
  • 1993, 10 May - Canberra Times
  • 1997, 29 June - Brownsville Herald (USA)
The Extraordinary on Youtube https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0qq-KpQB_dAj9fwZuWasDIEGIAo3iJ5K http://www.trove.nla.gov.au Also Richard Saunders at Vic Skeptics, 21 March 2022 https://vicskeptics.wordpress.com/events https://pintofscience.com.au/speaker-eoi
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