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TheThinkingAtheist

The Grief Vampires

TheThinkingAtheist

The Thinking Atheist

Science, Society & Culture, Education

4.82.8K Ratings

🗓️ 21 March 2023

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Skeptic and debunker Susan Gerbic joins the show to talk about celebrity psychics who prey on the grieving and vulnerable. Her team has spent years exposing these "grief vampires," and we discuss.

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0:00.0

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0:07.0

One gig at a time, one last minute plan, one festival, one going then, why not at a time?

0:18.0

One train journey at a time can help create a greener future.

0:23.0

So when will you take your next trip? Find out more at nationalrail.co.uk for what's last greener?

0:30.0

Here we go, standby! Three, two, one!

0:34.0

The thinking atheist, it's not a person. It's a symbol, an idea.

0:40.0

The population of atheists this country is going through the roof.

0:44.0

Rejecting faith, pursuing knowledge, challenging the sacred.

0:49.0

I tell the truth, it's because I tell the truth, not because I put my hand on a book and made a wish and working together for a more rational world.

0:59.0

Take the risk of thinking, feel self. Much more happiness, truth, fusion, wisdom will come to you that way.

1:05.0

Assume nothing, question everything and start thinking.

1:12.0

This is the thinking atheist podcast hosted by Seth Anders.

1:18.0

My special guest was featured back in 2019 in the New York Times.

1:31.0

She was featured as part of an online sting operation. In fact, they called her a vigilante. That's my kind of guest.

1:42.0

She is a skepticism activist. She writes for skeptical inquirer. She's a co-founder of the Monterey County Skeptics.

1:51.0

She has been awarded the James Randy Award for skepticism in the public interest.

1:56.0

She is founder of the About Time project, which we'll get into.

2:01.0

That's an umbrella for guerrilla skepticism on Wikipedia. She is an ambassador for the Center for Inquiry.

2:09.0

She can be heard on the Skeptic Zone podcast. That enough credits for you, my friend. Susan Gerbick. So good to have you.

2:18.0

It's great to be here. It's nice to see you.

2:21.0

So you're dangling psychic bait. I guess we'll just start with this whole sting operation. What are we talking about?

2:29.0

Well, we've put together a whole series of investigations. Even before the New York Times article came out, we always call them something operation, something, something.

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