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Skeptics with a K

Episode #332

Skeptics with a K

Skeptic Media Limited

Health & Fitness, Society & Culture, Science

4.8924 Ratings

🗓️ 7 July 2022

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

Mike looks into the academic history of one of the world’s most prominent placebo researchers, while Alice talks about Poppy Delbridge and her presentation on Emotional Freedom Technique at the Get Well conference.

Tickets for QED are available now from qedcon.org.

Mixed and edited by Morgan Clarke

Transcript

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0:00.0

It is Thursday the 7th of July.

0:15.0

2022 you're listening to Skeptics with a K, the podcast for science reason and critical thinking.

0:20.0

Back half for 2022, we're into the back half now the home stretch that's

0:24.4

downhill from me it's a Christmas that is true although we're recording this a week

0:27.8

early so we're still in the front half we're still in July we're

0:29.9

so peak behind the curtain don't peep don't let the listeners peek behind the curtain.

0:35.0

Well, we're still in the front half.

0:36.0

It's fine.

0:37.0

We can be optimistic.

0:38.0

Very good.

0:39.0

So with me today is Marsh, and Alice.

0:41.0

And I'm Mike, I didn't mention that bit because I just skipped half through the

0:43.4

intro to talk about the time of year which is really great for the longevity of the

0:47.0

show people listen to this in five years time when they're listening

0:49.2

into it in like November 2027 us going to the back half of the year now, means nothing to them.

0:54.4

Absolutely fuck all. Well no it will still, I mean they'll still be in the back

0:57.4

after the other, it'll absolutely make sense. That but not just into the back half of the

1:01.5

year, which is the point I was making

1:03.6

well it is still downhill until Christmas absolutely it's why I advise

1:08.0

swack listeners not to go back and listen to them all but you just listen to them

1:11.9

every one a fortnight and if you need to start

1:14.3

from the start just time it so that it actually works out correctly like how you can take a calendar from

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