Episode #461

Skeptics with a K

Skeptic Media Limited

Health & Fitness, Society & Culture, Science

4.8 • 924 Ratings

🗓️ 23 April 2026

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Alice takes an overdue look at the controversial 'looksmaxxing' influencer known as Clavicular. Meanwhile, Marsh goes to see Joshua Idehen perform in Manchester.

You can find all the details on the European Skeptics Congress at escliverpool.org. Tickets for the event will go on sale on May 6th at 10 AM UK Time, priced at the early bird rate of £140, or £120 for members of ECSO-affiliated organisations.

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Mixed and edited by Morgan Clarke.

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0:00.0	Collagen helps keep skin firm and healthy, but levels naturally decline with age.
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0:23.5	Discover more at Absolutecologen.com.
0:30.7	It is Thursday, the 23rd of April, 26, and you're listening to Skeptics with a K, the podcast for
0:39.1	Science, Reason, and Critical Thinking. Skeptics with A K is produced by Skeptic Media in association
0:44.4	with the Merseyside Skeptic Society, a non-profit organisation for the promotion of
0:48.9	scientific skepticism on Merseyside around the UK and internationally. I'm your host, Mike Hall.
0:54.0	With me today is Marsh.
0:55.2	Hello. And Alice. Hello. And I'm going to, I'm going to mither you both at the top of the show. Right. To talk about European Skeptics Congress. Yes. Oh, yes. Because we have tickets for that. We've announced the go live dates for tickets for the European Skeptych Congress. They're going on sale on the 6th of May.
1:11.8	The 6th of May at 10 a.m. UK time.
1:13.9	10.m. UK time. dates, four tickets for the European Skeptych Congress. They're going on sale on the 6th of May.
1:11.8	The 6th of May at 10 a.m. UK time.
1:13.9	10am UK time.
1:14.9	That's 11 a.m. for Western Europe outside the West part of Europe.
1:19.8	Yeah. Yeah.
1:20.7	Midday.
1:22.1	Do you mean Central European time?
1:25.3	Yes, but the Western half of the Central Europe.
1:29.5	And it gets later in the day as we rock across.
1:32.8	But yeah, there's lots of people, because we've been quite vague on the website and said
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