Token Skeptic In Southwark And Shakespeare’s Globe

A short film from the early morning after QEDCon in London, February. This is one of my favorite parts of the city – listening to the bells at St Paul’s Cathedral, walking across the Millennium Bridge and then down the Bankside Jetty to visit Shakespeare’s Globe. Here you can see the wrought-iron gates, called the Bankside Gates. Each emblem is inspired by insects, animals and characters from Shakespeare’s plays and were created... Read More

Episode Six – On Trial By Ordeal – Witch-Hunting And Superstition

Here’s the FINAL missing episode – with the sound fixed and an addition from a recent news report! Professor Peter T. Leeson’s paper on ‘Ordeals’ looks at the medieval superstition ‘iudicium dei’ – or the judgment of God – the practice of judging a person’s innocence or guilt by ordeal. This could include putting your arm into boiling water, being dunked or even being burnt alive. “It was expected that God,... Read More