The European Skeptics Podcast

This week we bring you some good news about Britt Hermes' crowd funding campaign run by the Australian Skeptics, a bit of an update on LSD and what a good trip is then move on to news from Hungary, Sweden, the Ukraine, Spain and Germany with a food supplement producer being fined for false advertisement, a major anti-vaxxer and flat-earther being prosecuted for letting his own child die, measles spreading wildly both in Sweden and in the Ukraine, the launch of a project called "Science in the Parliament" in Spain, the latest issue of Escepticos out now and the first major article on the website of the German Homeopathy Information Network (run by Natalie Grams) released in English.Well, the Pope has also become a record holder with getting our Really Wrong prize for the third time... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we bring you an interview with Britt Marie Hermes and Eran Segev regarding the lawsuit against Britt Marie. Britt Marie has been taken to court in Germany by US-based naturopath ‘Dr’ Colleen Huber, claiming that Britt has defamed her. This concerns statements Britt Marie made in a blog, in which she was critical of the medical and fundraising practices of the Naturopathic Cancer Society and the Nature Works Best Cancer Clinic (Huber is associated with both).Please also check out our event page at http://theesp.eu/events_in_europeSegments:Intro; Interview; Fundraiser promo; Farewell; Outro; Out-takes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we make predictions regarding upcoming books by Edzard Ernst, talk about the future of fact-checking, discuss the works of Peter Boghosian, remember the father of LSD Albert Hofmann, then go on to our news items including the wrong-doings of Paolo Macchiarini, the measles epidemic in Sweden, the latest Swedish Skeptic Awards, how Facebook could be used to prevent disease outbreaks, the ‘Turmeric story’, Psiram the German wiki of irrational believes turns 10, year review of Retraction Watch, a book review on Science Based Medicine, The Conservative Tribune spreading misinformation about migration and ‘aminal brothels’. We finish with an important quote from Galileo Galilei. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we are happy to bring you an interview with Brian Dunning, who's been the producer and host of the massively successful Skeptoid podcast and is currently busy with lots of different projects in skepticism, including a book in the making and the crowdfunded project of showing how media usually distorts the opinions of experts they ask and doing a documentary about that. Find out more on http://sciencefriction.tv and please consider contributing! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In our final episode for 2017 we look back at a skeptical year in Europe. We talk about smallpox, how measles continues to spread and how a prominent skeptic becomes head of the Swedish Royal Academy of Science. We also look into Facebook's new attempt to fight fake news, how peer review punishes poor research and how Christmas decorations being removed in Italy has nothing to do with muslims.Lastly the Taoiseach in Ireland failes to take a stand against Scientology, and for that he is Really Wrong.Segments:Intro; Greetings; The Week in Skepticism; News; Farewell; Outro; Outtakes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On our pre-holidays show we welcome Jelena back after a bit of a hiatus, then Pontus corrects himself before we turn our skeptical ears towards fellow skeptics Dr. Gleb Tsipursky and David Fitzgerald who talk about the Pro-Truth Pledge and why Jesus probably never existed, respectively. We then finish with possibly the most relevant song about Christmas, written and performed by George Hrab.Hope you'll enjoy the show. Happy holidays, everyone! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We start with some corrections this week before we turn towards things like Nostradamus, vaccination rates in Romania, Peter Boghossian touring Europe, German Minister of Agriculture getting threats over glyphosate, the John Maddox Prize going to HPV vaccine promoter and what happens if Portugal loses net neutrality.Unfortunately, this week's Really Wrong goes to Nobel laureate Luc Montagnier for turning antivax... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We could not possibly fit everything into epsiode #100, so here come some more interviews from those recordings: We talk to Andreas Kyriacou, Antonia de Oñate and João Monteiro! As always, make sure you check out our event page at http://theesp.eu/events_in_europe Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this episode:The brilliant Brian Eggo ("Eggman") joins us from Glasgow as guest host and tells all about the Skeptics in the Pub movement in the world.Then we dig into Belgian UFOs, dowsing in the UK, and how to combat fake news in Italian schools. Before we end, the "King of Germany" gets the Goldenes Bretts award, Macchiarini avoids prosecution and Italian anti-vaccers spread lies about a perfectly healthy child. Plus András goes all political.Check out Glasgow Skeptics at http://glasgowskeptics.com/ or send them an email at enquiries@glasgowskeptics.comAlso, make sure you check out our event page at http://theesp.eu/events_in_europe00:00:28 Greetings and comments00:10:12 This Week in Skepticism: The Belgian UFO wavehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgian_UFO_wavehttps://skeptoid.com/episodes/4538https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SOBEPS00:21:06 News ItemsUK: Water firms use water diving to find leakshttps://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/nov/21/uk-water-firms-admit-using-divining-rods-to-find-leaks-and-pipe

This is our 100th episode!!!To celebrate, we interviewed some of the superheroes of skepticism who have already been on the show and could accept our invitation to come back for a quick update.Our guests were Gábor Hraskó, who was our guest on episode #001, Natalie Grams whose new book is out, Michael Marshall who talked about some new achievements of the Good Thinking Society, Liubomir Baburov and what's planned for the future of Ratio, Sean Slater and what to expect from Skeptics on the Fringe in 2018, Massimo Polidoro and his new book along with news from CICAP and Susan Gerbic checks in together with Richard Saunders to finish the show with what was definitely the largest span of time zones in the history of our podcast.Thanks for bearing with us and please keep listening to The ESP as we intend to stay. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we talk about Massimo Polidoro’s new book, the latest Heinz Oberhummer Award and the origins of the Spanish skeptic movement, then move on to discuss Prince Charles who celebrated his birthday this week. On our news segment you’ll hear about the Advertising Standards Authority and their list of claims that chiropractors can actually make, the statement by the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons condemning homeopathy while still leaving a few doors open for quackery, Spanish skeptics starting a new campaign based on consultations with the public, a new research indicating that homeopathy might be one of the most divisive pseudoscientific issues in Hungary theses days and how Hungarian authorities stopped the spreading of unregulated ragweed products and how glyphosate has been found not to be associated with cancer.All that while Anthroposophic Vidar Clinic gets this week’s Really Wrong price. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We check out Skepticism in Latvia with an interview with Austra Muizniece who talks about the Rigvir scam. We xalso get two shorter interviews from the Ratio Conference in Bulgaria: One with Prof. Chris French who talks about his latest research on sleep paralysis and exploding head syndrom, and one with Dr Steven Goldfarb at the ATLAS Experiment at CERN and his part in the discovery of the Higgs Boson. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, while DenkFest and Ratio are both on, we release two interviews that Andras recorded in Zürich when they stopped there during the About Time Tour 2017 with Susan Gerbic, Mark Edward and Liubomir Baburov.
 But finally, we have a regular episode for you with Harry Houdini, who died on the nigth of Halloween, ComCeptCon being in the making, Norwegian TV selling prayers, deaths from chiropractic treatments miscommunicated, Natalie Grams’ new book out with the title “Gesundheit!”, a beauty parlor in Sweden offering IV treatments, science denier Czech billionaire elected new leader of the country and Das Goldene Brett accepting nominations.
 We look into how the EU parliament can be really wrong about glyphosate and how badly we can interpret Kant’s thoughts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

First we give a massive shout-out to Richard Saunders for dedicating such a great chunk of the Skeptic Zone to us winning the Ockham Awards 2017. Then you can listen to some of the interviews András recorded at CICAPfest in Cesena, Italy, while on the 'About Time Tour' with Susan Gerbic and Mark Edward.Francesco Grassi is an expert on crop circles (actually makes them) and an author of a book on the topic, Francesco Paolo de Ceglia is a science historian talking about the 'blood miracle' of Saint Januarius and of course, Massimo Polidoro (chief executive of CICAP) talks about the festival and what it might become in the future.Please, don't forget to check out our events calendar, on which you'll find that Jelena and Pontus will soon be busy participating in a panel discussion at Ration in Sofia, Bulgaria. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We go bonkers and enjoy QED 2017 in Manchester!www.theESP.euRüdiger Ludwig GWUP (German Skeptics) https://www.gwup.org/James Williams Email: james@talfuin.com Facebook: http://fb.me/talfuinNatalie Newell Science Moms movie: http://www.sciencemomsdoc.com/the-film.html Science Enthusiast podcast: https://www.facebook.com/ScienceEnthusiastPodcast/Geoff WhelanGreater Manchester Skeptics: http://www.gmss.uk/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode is a post-congress show that features interviews with Eran Segev, president of Australian Skeptics Inc. and Martin Mahner, who runs the office of the German skeptical organisation, GWuP.If you want to have more information on Denkfest, please check it out here: https://denkfest.ch/de/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We have a guest on this show, Claire Klingenberg, who was the chief organiser of ECS 2017 and is the newly elected chair of ECSO.Than we talk about Marie Stopes and eugenics, the UK eliminating measles, EASAC's statement on Homeopathy and a new cancer treatment from Latvia. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We are checking in from Wroclaw, where we attended the 17th European Skeptics Congress and recorded a show sitting in a hotel room together.You can listen to a couple of our short interviews recorded during this wonderful international event with Lasek, Deborah and Daniella. More to be released with upcoming episodes.András is now on the road with Susan Gerbic, Mark Edward and Liubomir Baburov, networking across Europe with the "About Time Tour". Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Before we head out to the 17th European Skeptics Congress, we bring you news from Germany, Denmark, Italy and the UK, talk about Sigmun Freud and his weird theories. We try to find out if the world is coming to an end (again) and how fact checking can prevent elections from going off track.Also, after the Congress, Andras is going on the About Time Tour with Susan Gerbic, Mark Edward and Liubo Baburov to do some skeptical networking in Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Slovenia and Hungary. Feel free to donate to theri cause at https://fundly.com/about-time-tour-skeptical-networking-across-europe Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this episode:We tell you all about the fantastic 17th European Skeptics Congress coming up in Wroclaw in less than two weeks. Our guest is Claire Klingenberg, event manager extraordinaire from Sisyfos, the Czech Skeptics' Club.Please help funding the About Time Tour 2017 with Susan Gerbic and Mark Edward! https://fundly.com/about-time-tour-skeptical-networking-across-europeAlso, make sure you check out our event page at http://theesp.eu/events_in_europeSegmentsIntro; Greetings; Claire Kilngenberg; Outro; Outtakes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.