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Episode Fourteen – On Science Fiction And Skepticism (#Swancon Scott Sigler Interview)

5 April 2010

Download episode #14 using the links on the left-hand column – includes iTunes, mp3 and Zune!
An exclusive! Scott Sigler – New York Times best-selling author, podcaster (and the man who shaved fellow presenter John Samuel’s hair to raise $300 for cancer charity) – was in my town for this weekend!
SwanCon is a science-fiction convention that [...]

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Episode Twelve – On Science And Atheism

9 March 2010

Welcome to an interview on a topic that has been buzzing all over the blogosphere! Daniel Loxton’s posts on Skeptic Blog, called “The Standard Pablum” — Science and Atheism and Further Thoughts on Atheism discuss reviews and issues raised by his new book Evolution: How We and All Living Things Came to Be.
Since comments on [...]

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Episode Eleven – On Cognitive Dissonance and Hopeopathy – Interview With Bruce M. Hood

3 March 2010

ANNOUNCEMENT! The transcript of this interview features at Curiouser and Curiouser – at the CSI Website!

Hello to Token Skeptic listeners – right now, at this very minute, I am half-way through editing an article for a website, creating the slides for a presentation at a university lecture I’m presenting tomorrow, doing papers for my high [...]

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Episode Ten – On Skepticism And Communication Part Two

21 February 2010

Welcome to another special episode of the Token Skeptic – and thanks to everyone who keeps on subscribing to this show despite there being a gap between the episodes. Just when I think I’ve solved one technical hiccup, another appears – this time my recordings were apparently too soft to register and the quality had [...]

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Episode Two – On Examination Superstitions

28 December 2009

Episode Two – 28th December, 2009.
Although it is time for seasonal cheer, beer, what have you – the end of our school year for us in the southern hemisphere includes a fresh batch of abandoned lucky charms to clean out of my classroom. Here’s a short run-down on some of the reasons why!
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On Santa – Token Skeptic Episode One

25 December 2009

While listening to a great Skepticality podcast episode (www.skepticality.com), I found I had many unanswered questions.
Delving into the research, I started checking out what research has been done into belief in Santa. Is it such a bad thing to believe in Santa… and how would you gather evidence about the pros and cons?
Could belief in [...]

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