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EP 928 19 July 2026 Featured in this episode are...

From Europe

Giggles!

Posters

Your Host

ESP - Quack Watch - Crime

00:00:00
Introduction
Richard Saunders

00:04:38
You Can Count on Adrienne. With Adrienne Hill
Adrienne catches up with András Pinter, co-host of the European Skeptics Podcast (ESP), in their annual meetup in Canmore, Alberta. The pair attempt to walk, talk, avoid traffic, and occasionally giggle about skeptical topics from Europe and Canada.

The ESP - European Skeptics Podcast
https://theesp.eu

00:20:25
Quack Watch - Barbara O’Neill
Be Wary of Barbara O’Neill’s Health Recommendations - by Ken McLeod

Wellness guru Barbara O’Neill has an enormous, devoted global audience for her many egregious, non-evidence-based claims about “natural” health. She has credited God for at least some of the advice she has offered. She has gained 4.7 million followers.

https://quackwatch.org/11ind/be-wary-of-barbara-oneills-health-recommendations/

00:34:34
Origami Posters
Michelle Bijkersma tells our Japanese listeners about free origami posters.

00:35:46
Australian Skeptics Newsletter
What news has caught the eye of news editor Dee this week? Read by Adrienne Hill.

http://www.skeptics.com.au

00:47:00
The TROVE Archives
A wander through the decades of digitised newspapers to look for references to Crime and Supernatural.

1924.08.24 - The Sun - Sydney

www.trove.nla.gov.au

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EP 927 12 July 2026 Featured in this episode are...

The Loons

Cupping

Human Headline

Your Host

EVP - Cupping - Hinch

00:00:00
Introduction
Richard Saunders

00:06:00
The Loons From Canada
This is part 2 of the Loons from Canada discussing the results of testing Rodney Schmaltz’s Psychology students and the participants of the Western Canadian Reason Conference to see if people hear the same audio pareidolia as purported to be heard on an EVP. Which will have clearer spirited voices? The spirit box from part 1, or the EVP in part 2? Listen to find out.

Adrienne’s WeCanReason talk:
Produced by Seth Andrews
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwFiu2-kYVU&t=133s

Mondegreens taken out of Seth’s production of Adrienne’s talk:
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Sa9sHyi__9s

00:24:28
Cupping Woo
We are joined by the secretary of Australian Skeptics, Lara Benham who recounts her frustration in trying to find an evidence based physiotherapist.

    00:40:52
The TROVE Archives
A wander through the decades of digitised newspapers to look for references to the late skeptical broadcaster Derryn Hinch.

    1984.05.13 - The Sun Herald
    1984.05.18 - The Age
    1984.05.20 - The Sun Herald

www.trove.nla.gov.au

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