International Skeptics United

Quackcast 114: Boundaries

Quackcast 113: Comprehending the Incomprehensible

Interview with Don McLeroy; This Day in Skepticism; News Items: Sylvia Browne Wrong Again, Cosmic Rays and Lightening, Cicada Return; Who's That Noisy; Science or Fiction

Emily Anthes is a science writer whose work has appeared in Discover, the Wall Street Journal, Scientific American, and many other publications. She is also the founder of the Wonderland blog, part of the Public Library of Science. Emily’s first book is Frankenstein’s Cat: Cuddling up to Biotech’s Brave New Beasts.

James Funston is helping get Portlanders on-side with an initiative to fluoridate the water. He's had to take on the whole range of anti-fluoridation arguments and conspiracies.

Under the microscope this week, where new flu viruses including influenza H7N9 come from, the threat from extensively resistant tuberculosis and how doctors keep tabs on how bugs are spreading and who they are infecting...

Scientific laws, concepts, and theories can be difficult to understand. Thanks to the duo at ASAP Science, you can watch short, bite-sized videos on YouTube and learn some pretty cool facts. This week on Skepticality, Derek talks with Mitchell Moffit, one of the co-creators and producers of ASAP Science.

The book and movie "Sybil" told the story of a woman purported to have Multiple Personality Syndrome. But how much of it, if any, was true?

Another episode of TRC is here and you can put that on your toast!  Elan explores detoxification, Adam responds to a listener's request to look into health at any size and Pat closes things out by asking: did his co-hosts repeat a myth about tattoos and burial in Jewish cemeteries?

Introduction Richard Saunders 0:07:25 A chat with Dr Colin Wright  Maths is more than numbers! Find out how you can take part in Maths Jam. 0:13:35 A Week in Science with Dr Paul Willis  The Royal Institution of Australia (RiAus) is a national scientific not-for-profit organisation with a mission to ‘bring science to people and people to science’. 0:17:20 Dr Rachie Reports with Dr Rachael Dunlop  This week Dr Rachie appeared on 774 ABC Melbourne Radio with Richard Stubbs. 0:37:45 Maynard's Spooky Action  Maynard heads back to Sydney Skeptics in the Pub and askes the big question. Should skeptics still investigate UFOs?

This is the fourth of a new strand of Little Atoms interviews in which Neil Denny talks to the hosts of some of his favorite podcasts. The Pod Delusion is a multi-award winning news and comment show about “interesting things”, Edited and produced by James O’Malley and Liz Lutgendorff, It covers everything politics, to science to [...]

Mystery Guest; SGU 8 year Anniversary; News Items: Funding Science, Curse Scam, Fusion Reactor, Einstein Still Correct; Oblivion Review; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: Is SETI Science; Science or Fiction

Passive aggressive cats, chia seeds, seaside towns and sex. Plus camouflage netting, Ricicles and Jeremy Clarkson. Not deliberately feeding you bullshit this time, honest… it’s Skeptics with a K.

The conservation and restoration of great art once relied on only a good eye and talent with a paintbrush. Now though, scientists and art conservationists are working together to develop new techniques to preserve our cultural heritage.

This episode takes me back to my childhood roots as an [...]