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Skeptics with a K

Episode #381

Skeptics with a K

Skeptic Media Limited

Health & Fitness, Society & Culture, Science

4.8924 Ratings

🗓️ 6 June 2024

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Summary

Marsh looks at the plethora of PR-based articles appearing in national and local newspaper websites, and Mike tackles claims that artificial sweeteners trick your body into producing insulin.

Applications for a speaking slot at SkeptiCamp Manchester 2024 are open now, and tickets for QED 2024 are on sale now.

Mixed and edited by Morgan Clarke.

Transcript

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0:13.0

It is Thursday the 6th of June 2024 and you're listening to Skeptics with the K the

0:17.8

podcast for science reason and critical thinking

0:20.2

Skeptics with the case a production of the Mercy Side Skeptic Society, a nonprofit organization for the promotion of scientific skepticism on Merseys around the UK and internationally.

0:30.0

I'm your host, Mike Hall, with me today is Marsh.

0:32.0

Hello. And Alice. Hello. Second time we did have an intro. I'm your host Mike Hall with me today is Marsh hello and Alice

0:33.2

second time we do an intro because I forgot to press record.

0:36.3

You did forget to press record and luckily I'm a fool I just happen to be looking

0:40.6

at our swanky recording deck to see if my mic levels were all right and I noticed that the numbers weren't going

0:45.6

on. The numbers weren't changing and I noticed you noticing and thought what what why

0:50.0

you're like you're not fucking recording Michael Michael. Oh, shit.

0:53.0

I think you might have pressed record twice.

0:54.8

I think you press record.

0:56.8

We said a few things.

0:57.8

We said a low to Morgan, who edits our show.

0:59.7

Yeah.

1:00.3

And then you said, okay, I'm gonna check the date and look and figure out what date this is going out because it's going we're recording a bit early.

1:07.0

This is very much behind the scenes and then you push the button again.

1:09.0

I think that's what happened.

1:11.0

The only problem with that is, I don't know and neither do you right now

1:14.4

whether pressing record twice stops it recording and the only way to find out.

1:18.8

Let's go very badly for us. We won't find out until later. I want to see Furiosa.

1:26.3

Oh yeah, the Mad Max film with your own your Teelerjoyin. Yes. I've never seen any Mad Max films.

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