Episode #315

Skeptics with a K

Skeptic Media Limited

Health & Fitness, Society & Culture, Science

4.8 • 924 Ratings

🗓️ 11 November 2021

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Summary

Alice looks into Apitherapy, the practice of using bee stings for therapeutic purposes, and Marsh talks about COP26 and the ‘charitable’ lobbying efforts of climate change denial. Meanwhile Mike gets excited about the new series of Doctor Who.

Mixed and edited by Morgan Clarke.

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0:00.0	Hello?
0:05.0	Is this thing working?
0:09.0	I've got to tell you about Skepticon.
0:11.0	That's right, Skepticon, That's right Skepticon it's the joint annual
0:14.3	convention held by the awesome skeptics in Australia and New Zealand. Yes it's
0:19.4	happening live online from the 20th to the 21st of November with speakers from around the world.
0:25.5	Tickets are available now. You can get them at Skepticon.org.
0:30.0	A.U. Remember that address, it's Skepticon.org.
0:33.4	I'm running out of time.
0:35.4	Get your ticket now before it's too late. It is Thursday the 11th of November 2021 and you're listening to Skeptics with a K, the
0:53.5	podcast for science reason and critical thinking. Skeptics with a K is a
0:57.1	production of the Mercy Side Skeptics Society, a nonprofit organization for
1:00.8	the promotion of scientific skepticism on Merseysiocider and
1:03.1	UK and internationally. I'm your host my call with me today is Marsh. Hello and Alice.
1:08.1	Hello. And it's the 11th of November today. Do we have to have like a minute silence
1:12.3	like 11 minutes in?
1:14.0	Well, the reason I bring up the 11th of November is it was 21 years ago today that I did my first
1:18.9	Doctor Who convention.
1:19.9	Right, that's why we all remember it.
1:21.6	Which was the 11th of the 11th 2000.
1:24.0	Yeah.
1:25.0	That first Doctor Who convention.
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