This week celebrates the launch of Dr Who way back in 1963, the longest running TV-show in history, and a special favourite for many skeptics. For the news we look into the following:

• INTERNATIONAL: Updated evidence for Covid-19, RSV, and influenza vaccines
• HUNGARY: Parliament votes to issue general ban on artificial meat products
• RUSSIA / UKRAINE: Every fifth Russian believes the sun revolves around the earth
• NETHERLANDS: Vaccine skepticism linked to trust in institutions and susceptibility to misinformation

We hand out a Really Right Award to the Swedish Government for removing state support for Jehovah’s Witnesses and in Who’s Quacking? we examine the pseudoscience of Spanish neuroscientist Álex Gómez Marín.

Enjoy!

https://theesp.eu/podcast_archive/theesp-ep-506.html

Segments:

0:00:27 Intro

0:00:51 Greetings

0:07:11 TWISH

0:22:28 News

0:44:01 Really Right

0:47:55 Who's Quacking?

0:55:37 Quote

0:57:05 Outro

0:58:28 Outtakes

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