Episode Sixty-Six – On SwanCon 2011 – Interview With Sean Williams And SciFi Meets Education

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (25.2MB) | Embed Download the mp3 of Episode #66 here! SwanCon is a science fiction convention held in Perth, Western Australia. It is Australia’s longest running science fiction convention, and probably the longest running in the southern hemisphere. Resources from the EduStream feature at: http://fablecroft.com.au/swancon-edustream Questions about the relevance of Science Fiction and Fantasy to education... Read More

AstroFest At Curtin Uni 2011 – Token Skeptic Vodcast

With an estimated 3250 people attending, I was in the crowd on the Saturday 12 March at Curtin Stadium, Curtin University campus in Bentley – for AstroFest 2011! As you can see here, activities, displays and telescopes of all shapes and sizes, with people of all ages and backgrounds switched on to astronomy and science. With a lot of kids getting into bubbles too, funnily enough.  Read More

Episode Fifty-Nine – On Tim Minchin – Review And Interview Of Tim Minchin vs WASO Performance

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (29.9MB) | Embed Sorry to everyone who got the messed-up audio – it’s now fixed! Link to mp3 of episode #59 here. A short additional-bonus episode for this week, adding to the previous one on Simon Taylor!This episode features a review of Tim Minchin’s show from the Saturday, 5th March ‘Tim Minchin vs the West Australian Orchestra‘ performance in King’s Park. If you’re... Read More

Episode Fifty-Seven – On Miracle Cures And Changes To The ASA In The UK – Interview With Rhys Morgan

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (22.9MB) | Embed Direct mp3 download of Episode Fifty-Seven here! During my time at QEDCon, many people were talking about the changes that were pending with the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA). During an interview I conducted with Alan Henness of the Nightingale Collaboration (which will feature on Skepticality), their website countdown until the 1st of March was referenced. How much hope do skeptics... Read More

Live-Blogged – Vaccination, The Facts – At Podblack.Com!

This is for the few people who got my ‘sticker’ for the Token Skeptic podcast tonight, who attended the Perth Telethon Institution Lecture ‘Vaccination. The Experts. The Facts.’ The entire event was live-blogged by me during the time it was happening, so the notes I took feature over at my blog-site www.podblack.com: Live-Blogging The Telethon Institution Lecture On ‘Vaccination. The Experts. The Facts.’ Thank you very much to... Read More