Skeptics with a K

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Episode #364a - Fantastic Fact Cutaway Oct 12, 2023

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With QED behind them, the team take a well deserved rest. Instead, we have this rare archive segment originally recorded for episode 200, when Mike, Marsh and Alice were joined by Colin to tackle a new Fantastic Fact.

Episode #364 - Live at QED 2023 Sep 28, 2023

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Live from QED 2023, Marsh looks at what Gematria says about QED and Skeptics with a K, Alice pokes fun at supplement pedlars Black Forest, and Mike reads savage podcast reviews.

Episode #363 Sep 14, 2023

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With QED looming, Alice looks at the burgeoning Kardashian wellness empire 'Poosh', and Marsh asks if there is more to recent calls to ban nitrates and nitrites from school dinners than there may first appear.

This is your final call for QED tickets, with only the last couple of dozen remaining! Tickets are £149, £129 for students or under-18s, or just £39 to watch the live stream of the main stage. Pick up yours today at qedcon.org/tickets

Mixed and edited by Morgan Clarke.

Episode #362 Aug 31, 2023

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This week, Mike talks about software piracy and copy protection, and the risk of a video game black hole, and Marsh looks at recent messaging from the World Health Organisation which seems to promote 'traditional medicine'.

Meanwhile, Alice and Marsh watch the birds of prey display at a music festival.

Mixed and edited by Morgan Clarke.

The final few tickets for QED are available now - grab yours before it's too late!

Episode #361 Aug 17, 2023

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In this extended episode, Mike looks at the recent 82 minute video from the YouTuber Medlife Crisis about the amazing power of the placebo effect. Meanwhile, Alice and Marsh stumble upon an injured man and step in to help.

Mixed and edited by Morgan Clarke.

Episode #360 Aug 03, 2023

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Alice looks into the supposed health benefits of mouth taping, and Marsh dives into the career of the controversial cardiologist, and critic of mRNA vaccines, Aseem Malhotra.

Mixed and edited by Morgan Clarke.

For more information about the petition demanding action from the General Medical Council against Dr Malhotra, visit https://goodlawproject.org/petition/the-gmc-must-take-a-stand-against-doctors-who-spread-false-and-misleading-information-about-vaccines/

To help support the judicial review, you can donate at https://actions.goodlawproject.org/gmc_crowdfunder

Episode #359 Jul 20, 2023

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Marsh reports more on the Better Way conference, including the attendance of the MP for North West Leicestershire, Andrew Bridgen. Meanwhile, Mike returns from London to look at viral maths problems and why BODMAS isn't necessarily the answer.

Tickets for QED are still available, and Skeptics with a K will be appearing live! If you want to see the show recorded live, or the live InKredulous, you can pick up your tickets now from the QED website.

Episode #358 Jul 06, 2023

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This week, Alice looks at media reports around the IARC classification of aspartame as carcinogenic and Mike asks 'why did the chicken cross the road?' Meanwhile, Marsh faces off against crypto scammers and Mike takes a holiday.

Tickets for QED are available now. Get yours today!

If you want to sign up to speak at SkeptiCamp, you can do that at sitp.online/skepticamp

To support Emma running to QED for the Prison Reform Trust, you can do that justgiving.com/page/emmarunstoqed

Episode #357 Jun 22, 2023

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The regular team are joined again by Kat to talk about the recent Panorama documentary on the use of private clinics for ADHD diagnosis. Meanwhile, Mike finds out that his bathtub is incredibly tiny.

Tickets for QED are available now, pick up yours at qedcon.org

Episode #356 Jun 08, 2023

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Mike, Marsh and Alice are joined by Kat, to talk about the opening session of the Better Way Conference, a three-day anti-vaccine event which promises to unveil a 'better way for health, freedom & sovereignty'.

If you want to donate to the Skeptics in the Pub Online QED attendance fund, or apply to the fund, you can do so at sitp.online/qed.

If you want to donate to Emma's efforts to run from Liverpool to Manchester for QED, in support of prison reform, you can do that at justgiving.com/page/emmarunstoqed

If you'd like to apply to speak at SkeptiCamp 2023, you can do that at sitp.online/skepticamp

And, of course, if you want to meet Mike, Marsh, Kat - and especially Alice - at QED 2023, tickets are available now from qedcon.org.

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