The Skeptic Zone Richard Saunders

0:00:00 Introduction
Richard Saunders with Adrienne Hill and Kat McLeod
0:02:20 Kate & Allie at We Can Reason - Calgary Canada

We are delighted to accounce that 'Kate', Kat McLeod from Edmonton, is our newest reporter on the Skeptic Zone. Hear her reaction as Richard Saunders confirms her appoitment. Weclome Kat! Her segment will be know as "For Cryin' Out! It's Kat McLeod".

Also we hear more about the convention, Adrienne's video presentation from LA Skepticamp, and a short interview with speaker Jonathan Jarry.

LA Skepticamp Videos
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLb82CF-DGYCfxT6IKckZtm6KnMNMqxDQr
0:09:34 The Book of Tim. With Tim Mendham

This week Tim heads to the regional city of Armidale in Australia's 'New England' area to help launch a new Skeptics in the Pub. We hear from the organiser, Walkely Award winning journalist Amelia Willmer.

Armidate Skeptics in the Pub is held at the Wicklow Hotel, 6pm last Wednesday of the month.
https://www.facebook.com/WicklowHotel
0:22:38 You Can Count on Adrienne. With Adrienne Hill.

This week Adrienne tries her luck with AI as it writes two scripts for her. One in 'her' style, and one in the style of a skeptic from Newfoundland! What could possible go wrong?
0:28:28 A Dive into a Trove

A wander through the decades of digitised Australian newspapers on a search for references to Uri Geller.

1977.10.11 - The Sydney Morning Herald

http://www.trove.nla.gov.au

0:00:00 Introduction
Richard Saunders
0:03:48 Can AI Replace Your Host?

Is AI all that it's cracked up to be? This week Richard Saunders tempts fate by asking AI to write a script in his own style. Are the results worth it? You be the judge..... Mate!
0:12:12 Australian Skeptics Newsletter

What skeptical news has caught the eye of Tim Mendham this week?
Read by Adrienne Hill.

http://www.skeptics.com.au
0:24:58 The Book of Tim. With Tim Mendham

What Goes Around By Tim Mendham

The Vatican, Meteorites and Science.

A reading from The Skeptic, Vol. 43 No. 4

http://www.skeptics.com.au
0:33:22 A Dive into a Trove

A wander through the decades of digitised Australian newspapers on a search for references to Haunted Houses

1955.07.19 - The Sydney Morning Herald
1955.07.30 - The Sydney Morning Herald
1970.02.25 - The Sydney Morning Herald
1986.10.26 - The Sydney Morning Herald

http://www.trove.nla.gov.au
Also We Can Reason - Calgary Canada
https://wecanreason.com

0:00:00 Introduction
Richard Saunders
0:04:34 You Can Count on Adrienne. With Adrienne Hill.

Kate and Allie revisit another frightening herbal development this time from Japan. With guest Kat McLeod.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/japan-supplement-pill-recall-death-illnesses-kobayashi-pharmaceutical-co
0:12:38 Dr Steve and the UFOs

For many decades, Dr Steve Roberts has been investigating reports of UFOs. In this informal chat with Richard Saunders, Dr Steve looks at various recent UFO fads and some from history.
0:23:08 The Book of Tim. With Tim Mendham

What Goes Around By Tim Mendham

Scares, Sounds, Sickness and Spooks!

A reading from The Skeptic, Vol. 42 No. 3

http://www.skeptics.com.au
0:30:54 A Dive into a Trove

A wander through the decades of digitised Australian newspapers on a search for references to "Crop Circles", a blast from the past.

1991.12.22 - The Sydney Morning Herald
1991.06.24 - The Sydney Morning Herald
1991.09.10 - The Sydney Morning Herald


http://www.trove.nla.gov.au
Also We Can Reason - Calgary Canada
https://wecanreason.com
 

0:00:00 Introduction
Richard Saunders
0:02:00 You Can Count on Adrienne. With Adrienne Hill

This week Adrienne talks to the organizers of the Los Angeles Skepticamp on the day after the event which was held on March 24, 2024.

Interviewed are Wendy Hughes, Heather Henderson, Paula Lauterbach, Jane Selkie, Deborah Warcken, and Susan Gerbic.

https://skepticampla.fmtpo.com
https://www.youtube.com/@HeatherHenderson
https://www.abouttimeproject.org
0:14:16 The Book of Tim. With Tim Mendham

Join Tim Mendham and Richard Saunders at Sydney Skeptics in the Pub as they talk about the special guests lined up for the Australian Skeptics national convention in November.

http://www.skeptics.com.au
0:21:48 Australian Skeptics Newsletter

What skeptical news has caught the eye of Tim Mendham this week?
Read by Adrienne Hill.

http://www.skeptics.com.au
0:34:12 A Dive into a Trove

A wander through the decades of digitised Australian newspapers on a search for references to Australian Skeptics.

1984.07.05 - The Sydney Morning Herald
1987.02.11 - The Sydney Morning Herald
1989.03.17 - The Sydney Morning Herald
1994.11.14 - The Sydney Morning Herald
1998.03.30 - The Sydney Morning Herald

http://www.trove.nla.gov.au
Also We Can Reason - Calgary Canada
https://wecanreason.com

0:00:00 Introduction
Richard Saunders
0:04:30 My Mum Talks To Aliens - Or Does She?

A review of a TV documentary from 2010. Mary Rodwell travels Australia seeking out those who claim to be abducted by UFOs. Can she convince her son during the course of the two week adventure? What, if any, real evidence does the documentary provide?

https://youtu.be/zZ6dJergQ8o

https://www.metabunk.org/threads/debunked-2007-avebury-ufo-sighting-military-exercise-flares.6411/
0:18:34 The Book of Tim. With Tim Mendham

The Pauline Conspiracy By Dr Paul Willis

Paul Willis puts on both his pop hat and his tinfoil hat to look at a classic plot from the Fab Four.

A reading from The Skeptic, Vol. 34 No. 3

http://www.skeptics.com.au
0:30:18 Milbourne Christopher

Milbourne Christopher (1914 - 1984) regarded those individuals who claimed extrasensory perception or psychic powers to be actually using magic trickery. He wrote three book-length exposes regarding those he said were false seers or psychics: ESP, Seers & Psychics; Mediums, Mystics & The Occult; and Search For The Soul.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milbourne_Christopher
0:47:18 A Dive into a Trove

With Kat McLeod

A wander through the decades of digitised Australian newspapers on a search for references to Anti-Vacation in tne 1950s.

1952.03.14 - The Barrier Miner
1954.10.25 - Daily Mercury in Queensland
1955.05.26 - The Central Queensland Herald
1958.10.03 - The Australian Jewish Times

http://www.trove.nla.gov.au
Also We Can Reason - Calgary Canada
https://wecanreason.com

0:00:00 Introduction
Richard Saunders
0:04:36 Kenny Biddle Tiks on Tiktok

It's hard to believe, but much of what you see on Tiktok may not be all it seems! Chief Investigator for the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry, Kenny Biddle, hunts for claims of the paranormal on Tiktok. Can he explain the unexplainable?

https://www.tiktok.com/@kennybiddle42
0:20:56 Australian Skeptics Newsletter

What skeptical news has caught the eye of Tim Mendham this week?
Read by Adrienne Hill.

http://www.skeptics.com.au
0:32:20 A Dive into a Trove

A wander through the decades of digitised Australian newspapers on a search for references to yet more UFOs.

2014.01.27 - Woman's Day
2010.11.29 - New Idea

http://www.trove.nla.gov.au
Also Dick Smith's Helicopter Adventure - Parkinson 1982
https://youtu.be/TM_0q3m5i40

We Can Reason - Calgary Canada
https://wecanreason.com