Episode Sixty-Four – On Tribal Science – Interview With Michael McRae

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (45.9MB) | Embed Download the mp3 of this episode here! FINALLY! You have no idea how frustrating it can be with internet issues… well, maybe you do know. What’s worse is thinking that people will not like having several podcast episodes hit them in a row, because they’ve added up over three weeks! :/ Thanks for remaining as listeners, it’s really appreciated and I hope the updates... Read More

Episodes 5 And 9 – Sports Superstitions And On Skepticism And Communication

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (8.6MB) | Embed Here’s the reworked, remastered episodes that have improved sound – and thanks again to all of my listeners for their patience! For each of these episodes, either download the direct mp3 link featured, or refresh your iTunes/Zune to get the new episode that will replace the former one. Episode 5  – On Sports Superstitions – Direct mp3 here. Sport is an integral part... Read More

Episode Twenty-Three – On Big Pharma – Interview With Dr Leslie Cannold and Michael McRae

Welcome to Token Skeptic #23 – a discussion between Dr Leslie Cannold and Michael McRae on perceptions of pharmaceutical companies! Firstly – my apologies about the sound quality for this particular episode, I have tried to improve the sound but unfortunately it’s as best as it can get. After reading ‘The Immortal Cells of Henrietta Lacks’ by Rebecca Skloot and talking to my students about medical ethics, and more recently, the... Read More

Episode Seven – On Critical Thinking (Interview Kylie Sturgess And Michael McRae – Expanding Horizons)

It’s a missing episode! This is an interview that is thanks to Expanding Horizons. Expanding Horizons is a Unitarian church radio show from South Australia, featured on Radio Adelaide 101.5 and hosted by Brian Menzies. With a wide range of topics and investigations, Brian was kind enough last year to call upon both Michael McRae and I to talk about our experiences as teachers and to address that tricky question: ‘What is critical thinking’? I... Read More

Episode Eighteen – On The Placebo Protest (Skepticism And Communication Part Three)

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (64.9MB) The direct Mp3 download of this episode is here. Welcome to Episode Eighteen! This particular episode is another conversation with Michael McRae, about the #boobquake day, held on the 26th April, earlier this week.  I also, thanks to the Virtual Drinking Skeptically chat which inspired me, have Desiree Schell of Skeptically Speaking included! As a community outreach worker, she brings her own experiences... Read More

Episode Ten – On Skepticism And Communication Part Two

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 even me straining to figure out what I said! So, I’ll be rerecording the missing episodes and I really am very... Read More

Episode Nine – On Skepticism And Communication

*sigh….* I know. Three episodes still to be posted, one which was redone. Thankfully, the weekend is here after my first week of back-to-work and the world will be set right again! Thanks to everyone who has listened to the ‘365 Days of Astronomy‘ podcast and heard my sponsorship plug and came to check this out! When I was at the recently held 10:23 Event at the Perth Skeptics, plenty of new people came to ask questions about what... Read More