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

Not The April Fool Token Skeptic Podcast Episode

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (13.8MB) | Embed In fact, the mere act of opening the box will determine the state of the cat, although in this case there were three determinate states the cat could be in: these being Alive, Dead, and Bloody Furious. Terry Pratchett, Lords and Ladies. With much love to my friends. Download here – This episode will exist for exactly 24 hours and then self-destruct.  Read More

Episode Fifty-Two – On Thinking Freely In Western Sydney – Interview With Alan Conradi

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (55.9MB) | Embed Direct download to episode (mp3) here! “My use of the term ‘Freethought’ is an attempt to join the various groups together. It does not come with the negative connotations of the various other labels that have been assigned to such groups before and is therefore more accessible to the wider community. Freethought seems to be less likely to shy away from any topics, which... Read More

Episode Thirty – On Science Communication, Hungry Beasts And Professor Funk – An Interview With Daniel Keogh

This is episode thirty! Work starts for me again this week, so to save some time, I’m putting this episode online a little earlier than usual. Since this interview focuses on a favourite topic of mine, Science Communication – I thought I’d plug an event by a fellow podcaster who will be doing something special for Australia’s Science Week. Here are the details! On August 15, 2010, starting from 11am, at the Monash Science Centre,... Read More

365 Days Of Astronomy Supporter!

Just to make a nod to the great podcast (which I contributed twice to last year and intend to do so again this year, on the 6th April!) – the 365 Days of Astronomy podcast was sponsored by me, for the first week of February. To subscribe, contribute and donate to the show yourself, head to their official site at http://365daysofastronomy.com.  Read More

On Santa – Token Skeptic Episode One

While listening to a great Skepticality podcast episode (www.skepticality.com), I found I had many unanswered questions. Delving into the research, I started checking out what research has been done into belief in Santa. Is it such a bad thing to believe in Santa… and how would you gather evidence about the pros and cons? Could belief in Santa, the Easter Bunny, the tooth fairy and so forth, be a natural part of childhood development…... Read More