Episode Twenty-Eight – On Secular Ethics Classes – An Interview With Dr Philip Cam
‘Did you know that children whose parents make a conscientious decision to have them opt out of Special Religious Education (SRE) are prohibited from any form of instruction during this period? NSW Department of Education policy provides for the supervision of these children but specifies they are not to have access to ‘ethics, values, civics or general religious education.’ – St James Ethics Centre. Hello and welcome... Read More
Episode Twenty-Seven – On The Separation Between Scientific Truth And Belief – Interview With Dr Pamela Gay
Download the mp3 of this episode here! Dear listeners – firstly apologies for getting out two episodes out so soon after one another. Next week I’ll be traveling, so it is unlikely that I’ll get out an episode next week, so I hope you don’t mind that there’s a little space between this and episode twenty-eight. I’ll be attending a Philosophy and Education conference in Sydney, on the other side of Australia, and... Read More
Token Skeptic Twenty-Four – On Trebuchet – Interview Of George Hrab By Milton Mermikides
Dear George Hrab, You’re a very silly man and I’m not going to interview you. Milton Mermikides is going to do it instead. Regards, Kylie Sturgess. Trebuchet features 17 songs about skepticism, science, atheism, falling, flying, remnant evolutionary behavior, and the usefulness of one plastic lobster. This is the first thirty-minutes of an extended interview by Milton Mermikides with George Hrab; the rest of the interview may feature on... 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 Nineteen – On Skepticism And Education (Interview With JREF’s Michael Blanford)
Thanks to everyone who commented on the last episode, ‘On The Placebo Protest – Skepticism Communication Part Three’ - particularly the Digital Cuttlefish for writing in verse and Gold from the NZ Skeptics and Greg Laden. This is Episode 19 – On Skepticism and Education – and I’m getting back into the swing of things by working on today to release the final two missing episodes AND the required ‘one episode... 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
Token Skeptic – On 365 Days Of Astronomy Today!
As a part of the ongoing contributions that I’ve made to the 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast, here’s the episode details for April 6th, 2010! April 6th: Cosmology and Creation – Many Stories, Many Skies At Perth’s Gravity Discovery Centre Can art, astronomy, education and religion co-exist? This ideal has become reality, at the Cosmology Gallery at the Gravity Discovery Centre, found at the Australian International Gravitational Observatory... Read More
Episode Thirteen – On Skepticism And Comedy (Bonus Chaser Interview)
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (9.1MB) | Embed Thanks to everyone who picked up one of the Token Skeptic stickers at the Global Atheist convention last weekend – and here’s a little bonus just for you! I interviewed Julian Morrow of the Chaser, who featured at the Saturday night dinner. The Chaser is an Australian satirical comedian group, most famous for their television programmes on Australian Broadcasting Corporation. The... Read More
Episode Twelve – On Science And Atheism
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 those posts have numbered over two-hundred and the debate has raged onto other people’s sites – I took... 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
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