Token Skeptic Lecture At UWA And Critical Thinking And Philosophy In Schools Conference

I recently got back from some fantastic lectures in Melbourne earlier this month – at RMIT, Melbourne University, Monash University and for the newly-launched Melbourne Skeptics and Melbourne Eastern Hills Skeptics Skeptics in the Pub with Warren Bonett of Embiggen Bookstore (which will soon open in Melbourne). Now I’m doing more presentations this week – on philosophy, critical thinking in schools and podcasting! Read More  Read More

Episode Sixty-Five – On Starsuckers And Taking Liberties – QEDCon Lecture By Chris Atkins

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (63.0MB) | Embed Download the mp3 of this episode here! With many, many thanks to the organisers of QEDCon – here’s a special episode from a lecture at the convention, that has to be heard to be believed. Chris Atkins is the director of both BAFTA nominated Taking Liberties and the 2009 tour-de-force Starsuckers. The documentary Starsuckers involved the production team planting fake celebrity-related... Read More

Episode Fifty-Six – On Skeptics In The Pub – QEDCon Workshop

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (61.4MB) Direct download of Token Skeptic 56 mp3 here! Firstly – Token Skeptic on Facebook with updates and news can be found here! http://tinyurl.com/tokenskepticfacebook The fantastic photo used with kind permission in the show notes for the episode and on this page is from the Hampshire Skeptics Society, whose blog-entries on QEDCon are a must-read! With lots of thanks to the organisers of the incredibly... Read More

Episode Forty-Six – On The Australian Book Of Atheism – Perth Launch

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (39.9MB) | Embed Link to the mp3 of this episode – here! First and foremost and absolutely before anything – thanks to Jane and Beaufort Street Books in Mt Lawley, Warren Bonett and Peter Cartledge.We had a live-Skype crossover Q&A with Warren in front of a packed bookstore to talk about The Australian Book of Atheism. This episode features how the book started, the contributors and how it was... Read More

Episode Forty-One – On Being Naturally Skeptical – The Psychology Behind Being A Skeptic

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (61.7MB) | Embed Direct link to the Mp3 here! Welcome to a catch-up episode of the Token Skeptic! Many apologies for the delays on the last episode and many thanks to Michael Marshall and all the people of QEDCon for their patience! This episode was recorded at Dragon*Con and it is thanks again to Derek and Swoopy of SkepTrack and Skepticality podcast. Naturally Skeptical? The Psychology Behind Being A Skeptic.... Read More

Episode Twenty-Two – On Rights (Lecture By A.C Grayling)

This is the second half of the Professor AC Grayling lecture recorded on the second of March at ChristChurch Grammar school – this is on the concept of rights. Anthony Grayling MA, DPhil (Oxon) FRSL, FRSA is Professor of Philosophy at Birkbeck College, University of London, and a Supernumerary Fellow of St Anne’s College, Oxford. He has written and edited over twenty books on philosophy and other subjects; among his most recent are “Ideas That... Read More

Episode Twenty-One – On Truth, Realism And Non-Realism (Lecture By A.C Grayling)

This is episode twenty-one and a slight deviation from the usual fare! This is a recorded lecture from A.C Grayling, taken at a presentation he did in Perth earlier this year, suitable for high-school students. Anthony Grayling MA, DPhil (Oxon) FRSL, FRSA is Professor of Philosophy at Birkbeck College, University of London, and a Supernumerary Fellow of St Anne’s College, Oxford. He has written and edited over twenty books on philosophy and... Read More

Episode Eight – On Skepticism And Cosmetic Claims

Here’s the first of my ‘filling in the missing episodes’ – and many thanks to those who continue to subscribe and support the show, I really appreciate it! This is an edited version of a presentation done at The Australian Skeptics convention held in Melbourne, in 2006. It was the first Australian skeptical convention I’d ever attended, and it really made an impact upon me, because I’d heard of people talking about... Read More