The Skeptic Zone
The Podcast from Australia for Science and Reason.
Join Richard Saunders and his team of reporters for your weekly dose of skeptical news and interviews, reports and comments.
Past guests have included, James Randi, Stephen Fry, Tim Minchin, Eugenie Scott, Dr Phil Plait, Michael Marshall, Dr Steve Novella, Dr Pamela Gay, Jon Ronson, Dr Ben Goldacre, Simon Singh, Prof. Richard Wiseman, Dick Smith, Banachek, Prof. Chris French, George Hrab, Tim Ferguson, Dr Paul Willis and many, many more.
Featuring Australian radio legend Maynard with his Spooky Action, Jo Alabaster from the 'Evidence Please' blog, Eran Segev's Grain of Salt, Dr Rachael Dunlop with 'Dr Rachie Reports' and Heidi Robertson aka 'The Raw Skeptic'.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 57 minutes
- Episodes
- 884
- Years Active
- 2008 - 2025
The Skeptic Zone #603 - 3.May.2020
0:00:00 Introduction Richard Saunders 0:05:39 What Doctors Don't Tell You In the last week of April 2020, the conspiracy theorist magazine "What Doctors Don't Tell You"was yanked from the she…
00:59:59 |
Sat 02 May 2020
The Skeptic Zone #602 - 26.April.2020
0:00:00 Introduction Richard Saunders & Pontus Böckman http://theesp.eu https://www.youtube.com/user/VoFTV 0:11:54 Down the Rabbit Hole with Mick West As COVID-19 makes its way around the …
01:04:46 |
Sat 25 Apr 2020
The Skeptic Zone #601 - 19.April.2020
0:00:00 Introduction Richard Saunders & Celestia Ward https://www.2headsstudios.com https://squaringthestrange.libsyn.com 0:09:24
Homeopaths Caught Out.... Again! Michael Marshall from t…
01:06:11 |
Sun 19 Apr 2020
The Skeptic Zone #600 - 12.April.2020
0:00:00 Introduction Richard Saunders & Stefan Sojka 0:05:05 A Grain of Salt. With Eran Segev Skeptics legal defence fund seeks volunteers An international skeptics legal defence fund is in…
01:09:42 |
Sun 12 Apr 2020
The Skeptic Zone #599 - 5.April.2020
0:00:00 Introduction Richard Saunders 0:03:51
Be Rationable - An interview with Abhijit Chanda from India Are you curious? Are you always questioning things that you see around you? Are you …
01:05:31 |
Sat 04 Apr 2020
The Skeptic Zone #598 - 29.March.2020
0:00:00 Introduction Richard Saunders 0:05:14 Maynard's Spooky Action Will comet ATLAS take our minds off COVID-19? We hope so and so does astronomer Kirsten Banks. Find out about this cosmic…
00:58:41 |
Sat 28 Mar 2020
The Skeptic Zone #597 - 22.March.2020
0:00:00 Message from repoter Michelle Bijkersma Logical Fallacies and COVID-19 0:02:12 Introduction Richard Saunders 0:06:37 Brian Dunning - Skeptoid Podcast Back Catalogue For Free …
00:58:17 |
Sat 21 Mar 2020
The Skeptic Zone #596 -15.March.2020
0:00:00 Introduction Richard Saunders 0:04:19 New Age pseudoscience is no match for COVID-19 In a break with a decades-long tradition, members of Australian Skeptics will not be attending thi…
00:59:27 |
Sat 14 Mar 2020
The Skeptic Zone #595 -8.March.2020
0:00:00 Introduction Richard Saunders 0:04:56 Surf Coast Summer Skepticamp VIII We head to the beautiful 'Surf Coast', a couple of hours south-west of Melbourne, to attend the local Skepticam…
00:59:14 |
Sat 07 Mar 2020
The Skeptic Zone #594 -1.March.2020
0:00:00 Introduction Richard Saunders live from Surf Coast Summer Skepticamp VIII 0:01:36 Trish & Chips Trish Hann with timely advice on the use and value of face masks to help prevent the sp…
00:45:47 |
Sat 29 Feb 2020
The Skeptic Zone #593 -23.February.2020
0:00:00 Introduction Richard Saunders 0:03:37 10 Things to look out for with Medicine Advertisements Multi-level marketing company fined $37,800 for alleged advertising breaches. The Juice Pl…
00:53:41 |
Sat 22 Feb 2020
The Skeptic Zone #592 -16.February.2020
0:00:00 Introduction Richard Saunders 0:03:53 A Psychic in Court Richard Saunders was in the court room when someone claiming to be a psychic appeared in the witness box. This case is turning…
00:53:42 |
Sat 15 Feb 2020
The Skeptic Zone #591 -9.February.2020
0:00:00 Introduction Richard Saunders with Maynard at Sydney Skeptics in tne Pub 0:02:00 Free Homeopthy Booklet... worth every cent We take a look at the information found in the free Boiron …
00:54:08 |
Sat 08 Feb 2020
The Skeptic Zone #590 -2.February.2020
Show Notes 0:00:00 Introduction Richard Saunders 0:03:27 Not talking to the dead in Las Vegas We are joined by Celestia Ward from the Squaring the Strange podcast to discuss a report on…
00:55:20 |
Sat 01 Feb 2020
The Skeptic Zone #589 -26.January.2020
0:00:00 Introduction Richard Saunders live from Portland, Oregon 0:02:14 The Think Tank... or The Hot Tub of Truth This week the Think Tank comes to your from a Hot Tub, surrounded by snow, i…
01:00:07 |
Sat 25 Jan 2020
The Skeptic Zone #588 -19.January.2020
0:00:00 Introduction Richard Saunders and Brian Dunning 0:03:06 Strange Colours in Sweden Pontus Bockman from the European Skeptic Podcast tells of how Swedes were fooled by one of the bigges…
01:02:37 |
Sat 18 Jan 2020
The Skeptic Zone #587 -12.January.2020
0:00:00 Introduction Richard Saunders 0:03:27 Skepticamp Monterey, California 2020 Join us for not only Skepticamp Monterey, but also for the pub meet and greet the night before and dinner after …
00:48:14 |
Sat 11 Jan 2020
The Skeptic Zone #586 - 5.January.2020
0:00:00 Introduction Richard Saunders, live from Skepticamp 2020 Monterey, USA 0:01:54 Talking to the Dead at RSL Clubs Tim Mendham and Richard Saunders report on Australian Skeptics' investigati…
00:47:37 |
Sat 04 Jan 2020
The Skeptic Zone #585 - 29.December.2019
0:00:00 Introduction Richard Saunders 0:04:14 Maynard's Spooky Action... Interviews from Skepticon 2019. This week... Thomas Westbrook - Holy Koolaid LLC is an anti-cult, educational organizatio…
00:49:17 |
Sat 28 Dec 2019
The Skeptic Zone #584 - 22.December.2019
0:00:00 Introduction Richard Saunders 0:04:08 Maynard's Spooky Action... Interviews from Skepticon 2019. This week... Jamie Lopez Steve Roberts Jessica Singer Mandy-Lee Noble Heidi Robertson …
00:43:35 |
Sat 21 Dec 2019
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