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Apr 13, 2023
Skeptics with a K: Episode #352
01:09:29
Marsh investigates the radicalisation of the conservative website The Conservative Woman, and Mike takes a look at ChatGPT and its inability to stop lying. Meanwhile, Emma runs 50 miles and Alice climbs Arthur’s Seat.
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Mar 30, 2023
Skeptics with a K: Episode #351
01:32:36
Alice dives into what is meant by ‘open research’ and why that is valuable, and Mike looks at TikTok and the recent US congressional hearings about banning the app. Meanwhile, Marsh returns from a holiday in France and Mike goes to live with giraffes.
In this one-off episode of Skeptics with a K, the regular team step aside for International Women’s Day. Lana, Emma, and Kat get together to talk about co-sleeping and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, women’s ultramarathon performance, and a recent paper which looks at young women and anal sex.
If listeners want to skip Lana’s story on SIDS, it finishes at 0:44:30.
Marsh looks at the Telegram furore around 15-Minute Cities and Alice investigates the practitioners of Kambo therapy, a folk medicine derived from tree-frog secretions. Meanwhile, Mike takes a last-minute trip to the Royal Shakespeare Company.
With Marsh unwell, Alice and Mike are joined by Emma to talk about the efficacy of interventions for prisoners with personality disorders, and the people who cheat at speed running computer games.
Alice looks at the ‘menstrual masking’, the latest beauty trend from TikTok, while Mike looks closer at the Hawthorne Effect and whether the original Hawthorne experiments actually demonstrate the effect. Meanwhile, Marsh leads the rock ‘n’ roll life when he buys a new radiator.
Jan 19, 2023
Skeptics with a K: Episode #346
01:05:35
Alice investigates the Tesla BioHealing medbed, which promises to recharge every cell in the body, and Marsh looks at the realtime slide of Andrew Bridgen MP into anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist. Meanwhile, Mike plays the Good Samaritan on Christmas Day.
Welcome to 2023! This week, Mike talks about the promotion of misinformation on Twitter by its new owner Elon Musk, and Marsh looks into a website scam based around false copyright claims and backlinks. Meanwhile, Alice has a bad Christmas.
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For the final episode of the year, Mike, Marsh and Alice take a break from the usual format to talk about QED, how the event works, and our top tips on how we think skeptical events can be run.
Alice looks at the risk factors for Alzheimer’s disease, while Mike looks at the evidence for mix-and-match vaccination. Plus, Mike has some very strange dreams.