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Innehåll tillhandahållet av The ESP - European Skeptics Podcast. Allt poddinnehåll inklusive avsnitt, grafik och podcastbeskrivningar laddas upp och tillhandahålls direkt av The ESP - European Skeptics Podcast eller deras podcastplattformspartner. Om du tror att någon använder ditt upphovsrättsskyddade verk utan din tillåtelse kan du följa processen som beskrivs här https://sv.player.fm/legal.
Who knew that Hungarian intellectuals where numerologists – András reveals all! We have correction from last week and also reflect over the illness of Princess Kate, naturally we wish her well. In this weeks TWISH we hear about Percy Shelley and how his atheism ruined his academic career – to the benefit of mankind. Then, it’s time for the news:
- INTERNATIONAL: Nordic people are the happiest in the world
- RUSSIA / UKRAINE: Russian TV channel using deepfake to blame Moscow attacks on Ukraine
- ICELAND: Did Iceland ban covid 19 vaccinations?
- UK: It’s Acupuncture Awareness Week!
This week’s Really Right goes to the EU parliament though we until the last minute we thought they had messed up.
Enjoy!
Segments: Intro; Greetings; TWISH; News; Really Right; Quote and Farewell; Outro; Out-Takes
0:00:27 INTRO
0:00:49 GREETINGS
0:10:45 TWISH – THIS WEEK IN SKEPTICAL HISTORY
0:17:58 NEWS
0:41:10 REALLY RIGHT
0:46:43 QUOTE AND FAREWELL
0:47:58 OUTRO
0:49:12 OUT-TAKES
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Innehåll tillhandahållet av The ESP - European Skeptics Podcast. Allt poddinnehåll inklusive avsnitt, grafik och podcastbeskrivningar laddas upp och tillhandahålls direkt av The ESP - European Skeptics Podcast eller deras podcastplattformspartner. Om du tror att någon använder ditt upphovsrättsskyddade verk utan din tillåtelse kan du följa processen som beskrivs här https://sv.player.fm/legal.
Who knew that Hungarian intellectuals where numerologists – András reveals all! We have correction from last week and also reflect over the illness of Princess Kate, naturally we wish her well. In this weeks TWISH we hear about Percy Shelley and how his atheism ruined his academic career – to the benefit of mankind. Then, it’s time for the news:
- INTERNATIONAL: Nordic people are the happiest in the world
- RUSSIA / UKRAINE: Russian TV channel using deepfake to blame Moscow attacks on Ukraine
- ICELAND: Did Iceland ban covid 19 vaccinations?
- UK: It’s Acupuncture Awareness Week!
This week’s Really Right goes to the EU parliament though we until the last minute we thought they had messed up.
Enjoy!
Segments: Intro; Greetings; TWISH; News; Really Right; Quote and Farewell; Outro; Out-Takes
0:00:27 INTRO
0:00:49 GREETINGS
0:10:45 TWISH – THIS WEEK IN SKEPTICAL HISTORY
0:17:58 NEWS
0:41:10 REALLY RIGHT
0:46:43 QUOTE AND FAREWELL
0:47:58 OUTRO
0:49:12 OUT-TAKES
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Liknande The European Skeptics Podcast - The ESP
Flash Forward is a show about possible (and not so possible) future scenarios. What would the warranty on a sex robot look like? How would diplomacy work if we couldn’t lie? Could there ever be a fecal transplant black market? (Complicated, it wouldn’t, and yes, respectively, in case you’re curious.) Hosted and produced by award winning science journalist Rose Eveleth, each episode combines audio drama and journalism to go deep on potential tomorrows, and uncovers what those futures might re ...
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…
continue reading
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…
continue reading
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…
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…
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