Episode #409
Skeptics with a K
Skeptic Media Limited
4.8 • 924 Ratings
🗓️ 10 April 2025
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
Mike looks at the equation used by the US Government to justify their new trade tariffs. Meanwhile, Alice has had a busy few weeks and the team has news about QED 2025.
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| 0:00.0 | It is Thursday the 10th of April 2025 and you're listening to Skeptics with a K, |
| 0:11.3 | the podcast for science, reason and critical thinking. |
| 0:14.3 | Skeptics with a K is a production of skeptic media in association with the Merseyside |
| 0:18.4 | Skeptic Society, a non-profit organization for the promotion of scientific skepticism on Merseyside, around the UK and internationally. |
| 0:25.8 | I'm your host, Mike Hall. With me today is Marsh and Alice. |
| 0:29.5 | Hello. |
| 0:30.6 | So the big news, the big ticket news is QD is back. |
| 0:33.7 | It is back. |
| 0:34.1 | QED is happening this year on the 25th and 26th of October. |
| 0:39.1 | Yep. |
| 0:39.4 | And then we'll have a skeptic camp on the Friday as well. |
| 0:41.7 | There will be a skeptic camp on the Friday and various other activities on the Friday as well. |
| 0:46.0 | And that once again is going to be in the Mercure Piccadilly Hotel in central Manchester. |
| 0:51.5 | And that's going to be a fantastic time. |
| 0:53.1 | People should be definitely coming along to that event. |
| 0:55.6 | We've announced the date that the tickets are going on sale. |
| 0:57.8 | Yes, tickets for that will be going on sale on the 6th of May. |
| 1:01.9 | And that's going to be from, I think it's 3pm UK time. |
| 1:04.9 | Yes. |
| 1:05.1 | So we're trying to strike a balance between the people not in the UK times and the people. Because what we've done in the past is sometimes we put it out first thing in the morning. |
| 1:14.6 | Yeah, well, 1023. |
| 1:15.7 | Obviously, it's 10.20. Everything we do is 10.25 right. |
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