The Debunkers

TheThinkingAtheist

The Thinking Atheist

Science, Society & Culture, Education

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🗓️ 18 February 2015

⏱️ 72 minutes

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There's a lot of bunk out there. In this podcast, a panel of three "debunking" experts join Seth Andrews for a lively (and often hysterical) conversation about science, scams and our weird world of woo.

ON THE PANEL:
Dr. Harriet Hall (the SkepDoc) is an MD, a retired family physician and former Air Force flight surgeon. She's a columnist for Skeptic and Skeptical Inquirer, and she's one of the founders of the Science-Based Medicine website. Dr. Hall recently co-authored the textbook, "Consumer Health: a Guide to Intelligent Decisions. Her websites: http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org and http://www.skepdoc.info

James Underdown has been the Executive Director of the Center for Inquiry Los Angeles since 1999. He has written for Skeptical Inquirer and Free Inquiry magazine, and he is founder and chairman of the Independent Investigations Group in Hollywood, California. The IIG offers a $100,000 prize to anyone who can prove paranormal activity under scientific testing conditions. Websites: centerforinquiry.net and iighq.org

Yvette Guinevere is an analytical chemist with a background in forensics and toxicology. She runs the website http://www.scibabe.com

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0:30.0	Okay, here we go. The step by three, two, one, action.
0:36.0	Assume nothing.
0:38.0	Brash, bald face, blasphemy.
0:40.0	Question, everything.
0:42.0	I find it extremely hard to imagine. Open your eyes.
0:46.0	It is quite alright to be an atheist.
0:48.0	The fastest growing group of people in the country has been measured as being those who have no belief or who are atheists.
0:54.0	You don't have to be apologetic or quiet about it.
0:57.0	Challenge the opposition. You see religion on a hundred fronts losing the argument.
1:02.0	And start thinking.
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1:49.0	Next Tuesday's broadcast ought to be an entertaining one and quite possibly an alarming one.
1:55.0	It's called religious schools, religious rules.
1:59.0	We're going to talk to people in this audience who have had experiences in some kind of a religious school.
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