Token Skeptic At SkeptiCamp 2011 – The Unseen Dr Oz/Novella Analysis

Here it is! This is a draft analysis that I began working on just a day or so before Sydney SkeptiCamp 2011. Due to uploading issues, it wasn’t shown, but I thought that it still might be of interest. I’ll be looking into seeing if I can do more of this kind of video in the future (when I have more time!).  Read More

Episode Sixty-Five – On Starsuckers And Taking Liberties – QEDCon Lecture By Chris Atkins

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (63.0MB) | Embed Download the mp3 of this episode here! With many, many thanks to the organisers of QEDCon – here’s a special episode from a lecture at the convention, that has to be heard to be believed. Chris Atkins is the director of both BAFTA nominated Taking Liberties and the 2009 tour-de-force Starsuckers. The documentary Starsuckers involved the production team planting fake celebrity-related... 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

#QEDCon – Short Video Of Token Skeptic Adventures

The full version is available via iTunes or on RSS through Libsyn on the Token Skeptic podcast (as per previous post!) Many thanks again to QEDCon, the Greater Manchester and Mersyside Skeptics! Featured briefly in this film and with many, many thanks — the fantastic backstage crew of QEDCon (including Janis, Marsh, Mike, Rick and Andy). Presenters and acts include: George Hrab, Bruce Hood, Milton Mermikides, the Dalek, Chris French, Hayley... Read More

#ten23 Films – Little Sugar Pills And The Strange Powers of the Placebo Effect

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (45.8MB) Many thanks to Matt Rodgers for his BRILLIANT visuals and Milton Mermikides for his music in this project – ‘Little Sugar Pills – Why Choose Homeopathy?‘ This will also feature on the Token Skeptic podcast later, so people can use it if they like. Their wonderful creative powers have made this just beautiful and it’s been getting some great comments both online - e.g:... Read More

Some Forthcoming Films On Token Skeptic – #QEDCon And Superstitions In Singapore

This will also feature on the Token Skeptic podcast later, when I have better Libsyn access to have them uploaded as vodcasts! Many, many thanks to everyone who took part in Australia! I’ll blog later on the significance of the items, colours, superstitions – and a few other things I noticed while in Singapore!  Read More

Token Skeptic Podcast – Videos Of Dragon*Con

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (24.3MB) | Embed This was the third year that I worked at the ‘SkepTrack’ at Dragon*Con – lectures / panels I presented included: Skeptically Speaking: Skeptically Speaking, the talk radio show that asks you to call in and question everything, will be airing live from the SkepTrack stage. This is now online as Episode #76, The Women of Skepticism. Podcasting Beyond Belief: The official... Read More

Last Chance – To Vote For Best Australian Science Blog!

Daniel Keogh, who was interviewed in Token Skeptic episode #30, gives some suggestions as to what makes a good science blogger! Oh – and vote vote vote – head to Science Week’s The Big Blog Theory, found at this link – notice that there’s a microblogging category as well as science blogging (which is where you can find mine and others)! Do read all the entries in the running, there’s wonderful writers... 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