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Episode Thirty-Five – On Science At Home – An Interview With Deb Hodgkin

23 August 2010

I hope everyone enjoyed Australia’s Science Week! Hello to all the new subscribers and I hope you enjoy earlier episodes as well – all available at Token Skeptic and on iTunes!
This episode features Deb Hodgkin of Science-at-home.org!
Deb studied Human Biology and Archaeology in her Bachelor of Science, then did Honours in Anatomy.  With her Post-Graduate [...]

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Episode Thirty-Four – On Saving Your Breath For Running Ponies – An Interview With Bec Crew For Science Week

14 August 2010

It is a great honor to celebrate Australia’s National Science Week for 2010, by interviewing science blogger Bec Crew, who writes the informative and hilarious Save Your Breath For Running Ponies! She’s a twenty-six year old Archeology graduate and journalist, who won the Big Blog Theory Competition by popular vote, earning it the title of [...]

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Episode Thirty-Three – On Coral Reefs And Climate Change – An Interview With Craig Reid Conducted By Warren Bonett

11 August 2010

A very special episode for number thirty-three – this is thanks to Warren Bonett of the Embiggen Books bookstore!
Over the past ten years, Craig Reid has been working on coral reefs as a diver, educator, researcher and underwater photographer. Coral Reefs and Climate Change, his first publication as principle author, is the [...]

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Episode Twenty-Nine – On The Invisible Gorilla – An Interview With Daniel Simons And Christopher Chabris

17 July 2010

For many listening to this podcast – the phrase ‘Did you see the gorilla?’ might remind you of a group of people throwing a basketball to each other. For those who have no idea – before you go any further, check out the award-winning video that will feature in the show notes!

Finished watching it? What [...]

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Episode Twenty-Seven – On The Separation Between Scientific Truth And Belief – Interview With Dr Pamela Gay

29 June 2010

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 [...]

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Episode Twenty-Six – On Chronic Illness, Deaf Culture And Skepticism – Interview With Joey Haban

28 June 2010

Welcome to episode twenty six of the Token Skeptic!
This week I’m interviewing Joey Haban of the blog Newly Nerfed. Newly Nerfed is a blog about chronic illness and disability, science and skepticism, and geekery of all kinds, that you can find at http://newly-nerfed.net.
She describes herself on her site as ‘a 36-year-old geeky gal living in [...]

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Episode Twenty-Five – On Books – The Second Embiggen Book Review Show

22 June 2010

Welcome to episode twenty-five of the Token Skeptic!
This week I’m interviewing Warren Bonett of Embiggen Books, for the second book-review episode!
Warren’s bookstore, Embiggen Books, is in Noosaville on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland Australia. Their website is www.embiggenbooks.com.
The books reviewed for this episode are:

Thirty-Six Arguments for the Existence of God – A Novel, by Rebecca [...]

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

11 June 2010

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 [...]

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

6 May 2010

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 [...]

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Episode Nineteen – On Skepticism And Education (Interview With JREF’s Michael Blanford)

3 May 2010

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 [...]

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