Episode #455
Skeptics with a K
Skeptic Media Limited
4.8 • 924 Ratings
🗓️ 12 March 2026
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
Marsh looks at the history of AIDS denialism, and its apparent burgeoning resurgence through the world's most listened to podcast. Meanwhile, Alice buys a new car that she is unable to drive.
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| 0:00.0 | It is Thursday the 12th of March, 2026, and you are listening to Skeptics with the K, |
| 0:11.9 | the podcast for Science, Reason and Critical Thinking. |
| 0:15.1 | Skeptics with a K is produced by Skeptic Media in association with the Merseyside |
| 0:19.0 | Skeptic Society, a non-profit organization for the promotion of scientific skepticism on Merseyside Skeptic Society, a non-profit organisation for the |
| 0:21.6 | promotion of scientific skepticism on Merseyside around the UK and internationally. |
| 0:26.2 | I'm your host, Mike Hall. |
| 0:27.4 | With me today is Marsh. |
| 0:28.6 | Hello. |
| 0:29.1 | And Alice. |
| 0:30.1 | Hello. |
| 0:30.7 | And Alice, you're poorly today. |
| 0:32.3 | So listeners, be patient with Alice. |
| 0:34.5 | But her interjections may not be as sparkling as usual. |
| 0:38.4 | This is where I correct one of you on something and get it catastrophically wrong because my brain's gone. |
| 0:43.5 | It's fine. It's not like either of us are going to be talking about something directly in at least one or possibly two of your wheelhouses. |
| 0:51.3 | Well, actually, earlier this year in January, I don't know if you guys noticed this. |
| 0:55.1 | The American Cancer Researcher, Professor Peter Duesberg, died at the age of 89. |
| 1:00.4 | You know, Peter Duesberg? |
| 1:01.4 | I'd never heard of Peter Duesberg. |
| 1:02.9 | I did not notice that. |
| 1:04.2 | I know who he is because you've told me since. |
| 1:07.2 | So Duesberg was born in Germany just before the outbreak of World War II. |
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