The SciManDan Podcast

Latest Episodes:

Phil Plait & The Bad Astronomer Sep 01, 2021

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Astronomer Phil Plait joined us this week to talk Bad Astronomy, his work on the Hubble space telescope and he participates in a very close game of The Scientist game with Catz.

Here is Phil's website: https://www.syfy.com/tags/bad-astronomy

And the crash course astronomy playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8dPuuaLjXtPAJr1ysd5yGIyiSFuh0mIL

And Phil on Twitter: https://twitter.com/BadAstronomer

Thank you all for listening, and please do give us a review if you have time. Thanks.

Robin Ince & The Infinite Number 33 in a Cage Aug 18, 2021

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Robin Ince joined us this week to tell us all about how he got his interest in science, the birth of the Infinite Monkey Cage Podcast AND he faces off against Catz in a fake flat Earth debate! It really is epic!

You can find the infinite monkey cage podcast here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00snr0w/episodes/downloads

And you can find all the Cosmic Shambles stuff here: https://cosmicshambles.com/

And here is Robin's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robinince1969/

Thank you all for listening!

Cara Santa Maria & The Skeptics Guide Aug 12, 2021

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The wonderful Cara Santa Maria joined us this week to chat all things skeptical, how she got her start in science and of course she faces off against Catz in the Scientist game.

You can find Cara here on twitter: @CaraSantaMaria

And of course on The Skeptics Guide to the Universe too: https://www.theskepticsguide.org/

And here is her Talk Nerdy Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/talk-nerdy-with-cara-santa-maria/id832350989

Thank you all so much for listening and we'll see you next week.

Dr Shini Somara & Some Great But Bad Predictions Aug 04, 2021

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The brilliant Dr Shini Somara joined us this week to talk science, her TV work and those pesky conspiracy theorists!

You can find her here: http://www.drshinisomara.com/

And here are the brilliant Crash Course Physics videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoO5d5P0Jn4&list=PL58rKAc12lkJZ_AEYekzyKqFtiFXPD2g8

Thanks for listening and we'll see you next week!

The Questions From You & The Answers From Us Jul 28, 2021

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Catz and I take your questions this week and we do our best to get through as many as possible. Thanks to those who posted a question, and thank you as always for listening!

The 5G Infiltrators & The Chatting Bats Jul 21, 2021

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This week we are joined by prolific Flat Earth and 5G deabter and debunker MCToon and his colleague Raynard, who is a conspiracy theory researcher.

They tell us all about the current 5G conspiracy world, and how they infiltrated the 5G conspiracy ranks to break them from within.

Here is MCToon's channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCf0loVAqbGflAY959UKq9gA

MCToon on Anti 5G Court case: https://youtu.be/hxGqPE0pxyo https://youtu.be/C2OfaWne0-w https://youtu.be/QGJiC_M-rcE

MCToon and Raynard's undercover Mark Steele interviews: 1. On Her 5G's Secret Service: https://youtu.be/xME1_NCyAK4 2. A View to a Kill Grid: https://youtu.be/Mi9hl9MA_g4 3. The Living Streetlights: https://youtu.be/tu14ntyzi7I

Oh and Catz amazes us about bats!

Thank you all for listening. See you next week!

Mick West & Escaping the Rabbit Hole Jul 14, 2021

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Mick West joined me this week to chat his rise to the top of the debunking world, his book Escaping the Rabbit Hole and pretty much all things conspiracy!

Here is Micks website: https://www.metabunk.org/home/

Here is his YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/mickword

And of course his book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Escaping-Rabbit-Hole-Conspiracy-Theories/dp/1510755772/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1626249208&sr=8-1

Thanks for listening everyone and I'll see you next week!

The COVID Vaccines & The 8th Continent Jul 07, 2021

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Catz and I discuss the COVID vaccines, how they work, how they were produced so quickly, and the potential side effects.

Hopefully this can go at least someway to alleviate any concerns people may have?

Thanks for listening. See you next week.

The Flat Earth Debater & Catz's Quiz Jun 30, 2021

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WE ARE BACK!

Thank you all for your patience but Catz and I are finally back where today we chat with prolific flat Earth debater Craig from the channel FTFE. We chat with him about his debates, those pesky flat earthers in general and he goes up against Catz in the first ever Scientist game!

Here is FTFE's channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrwpQai5rQkhd2EckS9VaFA

Thanks for listening everyone!

Paulogia, Shannon Q & The SciManDan Roast May 12, 2021

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Two fantastic atheist YouTubers joined us this week to discuss all things atheism, and how they deal with other conspiracy theories. Catz gives us the science behind golf balls and everyone tries to roast me.

You can find Paulogia on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIS4cWaXgWpznjwovFYQBJQ

Paulogia Twitter: https://twitter.com/paulogia0

And Shannon Q here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0qhPJh8DeoR-3JhMrIvw0g

Shannon Twitter: https://twitter.com/Shann_Q0

That's it for a while. We'll see you in 5 or 6 weeks when the SciManDan Podcast returns!

Thank you all very much for listening!