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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 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 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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Episode Eighteen – On The Placebo Protest (Skepticism And Communication Part Three)

1 May 2010

UPDATE! Last minute additional guest!
Welcome to Episode Eighteen! This particular episode is another conversation with Michael McRae, about the #boobquake day, held on the 26th April, earlier this week. 
I also, thanks to the Virtual Drinking Skeptically chat which inspired me, have Desiree Schell of Skeptically Speaking included! As a community outreach worker, she brings her [...]

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Episode Seventeen – On How We Only Like You Because You’re Good In Blog – Blogging Skeptically

22 April 2010

Welcome to the special episode that celebrates SheThought.com!
Today, the 22nd of April, you can contribute and read a variety of blog entries at SheThought.com on the subject of ‘We Only Like You Because You’re Good in Blog‘:
How do you start a blog, pick a name, get and keep readers, and deal with trolls, cliques, and [...]

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Episode Eight – On Skepticism And Cosmetic Claims

19 April 2010

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 [...]

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Episode Fifteen – On Women’s Intuition And Myths In Psychology (Prof. Scott Lilienfeld Interview)

6 April 2010

Download episode #15 using the links on the left-hand column – includes iTunes, mp3 and Zune!
Women’s intuition? Is it just a myth? And if it is just a commonly held misconception – should we be more understanding? I interview Dr. Scott Lilienfeld, a Professor of Psychology at Emory University in Atlanta on this and [...]

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Episode Fourteen – On Science Fiction And Skepticism (#Swancon Scott Sigler Interview)

5 April 2010

Download episode #14 using the links on the left-hand column – includes iTunes, mp3 and Zune!
An exclusive! Scott Sigler – New York Times best-selling author, podcaster (and the man who shaved fellow presenter John Samuel’s hair to raise $300 for cancer charity) – was in my town for this weekend!
SwanCon is a science-fiction convention that [...]

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