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It is Thursday the 23rd of June 2022 and you're listening to Skeptics with a K the podcast for science reason and critical thinking

Skeptics with a case a production of the Mercy Side Skeptic Society, a non-profit organization for the promotion of scientific skepticism on Mercy side around UK and internationally.

I'm your host Mike Hall with me today is Marsh. Hello. And Alice?

Just a regular lineup lineup just the ordinary

Bogg standards instead of bringing people in from America and hiring a lawyer and

all the stuff that we usually do. I don't think people know that the reason Emma was on the last show

was just to cover us legally in case Aaron said something deeply offensive.

Yes, that's the only reason why was that?

Which isn't great because Emma is a parole solicitor.

So I'm going to have to say something so bad he got arrested mid-shaw

and then needed to be represented.

And jailed and then needed representation getting out after his

terrified expired during the show during the course of the show which is

impressive.

I mean to be fair it was a long show it was a long show it was a long show but you know and more to come so that's that's good that's

entertaining so I did my I did my talk I did my placebo talk you did for

Liverpool Skepich in the pub which is the first talk I've given in like forever because I'm not I don't I don't do the talky thing

you're good at the talky thing and people stopped asking because I kept saying no. Yeah that happens.

Not only because you kept saying no but you also would explicitly say how much you

hated being asked. And then come on there and go, it's fucking awful. Yeah. But I did the talk on the placebo effect,

which we did in Liverpool last week,

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