We start with some reflections on COP29 and then we send our big congratulations to Richard Saunders on receiving his Lifetime Achievement Award from the Australian Skeptics. Well deserved indeed! Another well deserved but shameful award goes to King Charles who received the New Zealand Skeptics’ Bent Spoon Award. In TWISH we look back at the founding of the Royal Society all the way back in 1660. Then, it’s time for the news:

• INTERNATIONAL: Measles cases at a massive surge
• GERMANY: Court ruling states that informed consent is important when using SCAM
• NORWAY: Update: true con artists – the Princess and the Shaman have not paid the suppliers for their wedding
• AUSTRIA: Finalists of the Golden Board announced
• SWITZERLAND: Deus in machina: Swiss church installs AI-powered Jesus

This week’s Really Wrong Award goes to the Dutch minister of Education Eppo Bruins for his plans to slash education funding.

Enjoy!

Segments:

0:00:27 Intro

0:00:50 Greetings

0:11:56 TWISH

0:17:01 News

0:43:00 Really Wrong

0:46:48 Quote

0:48:32 Outro

0:49:47 Outtakes

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