Skeptics with a K
763 episodes - English - Latest episode: 10 days ago - ★★★★★ - 390 ratingsSkeptics with a K is the podcast for science, reason and critical thinking from the Merseyside Skeptics Society. Each episode features Mike Hall, Michael Marshall, and Dr Alice Howarth chatting about the things which interest them, often from a skeptical angle.
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Episodes
Episode #072
May 17, 2012 10:19 - 15.8 MBBlood types, abseiling, Switzerland and more Marvel Avengers. Plus spiritualists, mammoths, trains and cinnamon crêpes. Suffering from a fever, it’s Skeptics with a K. Read more about the Swiss Homeopathy report at Zeno’s Blog.
Skeptics with a K: Episode #071
May 03, 2012 09:55 - 57 minutes - 13.1 MBThe Hobbit, Captain America, the Incredible Hulk, Iron Man and Thor. Plus ghosts, power bracelets, frame rates and hot pink bollocks. In a special north-south configuration, it’s Skeptics with a K.
Episode #071
May 03, 2012 07:55 - 13.1 MBThe Hobbit, Captain America, the Incredible Hulk, Iron Man and Thor. Plus ghosts, power bracelets, frame rates and hot pink bollocks. In a special north-south configuration, it’s Skeptics with a K.
Skeptics with a K: Episode #070
April 19, 2012 11:31 - 56 minutes - 13 MBFeaturing the Maginot Line, glowing soliders and cheap Audis. Plus waterfalls, worms, thunderbirds and gambling. Increasing the price by a penny every time you click, it’s Skeptics with a K.
Episode #070
April 19, 2012 09:31 - 13 MBFeaturing the Maginot Line, glowing soliders and cheap Audis. Plus waterfalls, worms, thunderbirds and gambling. Increasing the price by a penny every time you click, it’s Skeptics with a K.
Skeptics with a K: Episode #069
April 05, 2012 14:50 - 1 hour - 14.7 MBOversized wolves, persecuted Christians, cheating artists and damned dirty scientists. Plus charismatic televangelists, cancer, TED and France. With surprisingly few oral sex jokes, it’s Skeptics with a K.
Episode #069
April 05, 2012 12:50 - 14.7 MBOversized wolves, persecuted Christians, cheating artists and damned dirty scientists. Plus charismatic televangelists, cancer, TED and France. With surprisingly few oral sex jokes, it’s Skeptics with a K.
Skeptics with a K: Episode #068
March 22, 2012 10:23 - 1 hour - 14.1 MBWhat happened at QED, the Poe Toaster, holistic healing and congestion of the brain. Plus speeding tickets, blind monks, Daleks and Peter Cushing. Carrying a book like a bag, it’s Skeptics with a K.
Episode #068
March 22, 2012 10:23 - 14.1 MBWhat happened at QED, the Poe Toaster, holistic healing and congestion of the brain. Plus speeding tickets, blind monks, Daleks and Peter Cushing. Carrying a book like a bag, it’s Skeptics with a K.
Skeptics with a K: Episode #067
March 08, 2012 10:23 - 1 hour - 15.7 MBIn this special “as live” episode, Mike, Marsh and Colin talk about Miley Cyrus, the Lambton Worm and Chinese Lanterns. Plus Lawrence Krauss, fishing nets and the Cock Ring Collaboration. Without a hint of an edit, it’s Skeptics with a K.
Episode #067
March 08, 2012 10:23 - 15.7 MBIn this special “as live” episode, Mike, Marsh and Colin talk about Miley Cyrus, the Lambton Worm and Chinese Lanterns. Plus Lawrence Krauss, fishing nets and the Cock Ring Collaboration. Without a hint of an edit, it’s Skeptics with a K.
Skeptics with a K: Episode #066
February 23, 2012 18:37 - 1 hour - 15 MBRichard Dawkins, the historicity of Jesus, slave ownership and Obi-Wan Kenobi. Plus the snooze button, Monet and Snow White in the “Bad PR” Megamix. Culturally starved, it’s Skeptics with a K. Remember to get your QED tickets! http://www.qedcon.org/
Episode #066
February 23, 2012 18:37 - 15 MBRichard Dawkins, the historicity of Jesus, slave ownership and Obi-Wan Kenobi. Plus the snooze button, Monet and Snow White in the “Bad PR” Megamix. Culturally starved, it’s Skeptics with a K. Remember to get your QED tickets! http://www.qedcon.org/
Skeptics with a K: Episode #065
February 09, 2012 20:23 - 1 hour - 17 MBThe power of prayer, robbing the rich and alternative realities. Plus the Lady of the Lake, dunking our buckets and getting the HOTs. Probably not as smart as Stephen Hawking, it’s Skeptics with a K.
Episode #065
February 09, 2012 20:23 - 17 MBThe power of prayer, robbing the rich and alternative realities. Plus the Lady of the Lake, dunking our buckets and getting the HOTs. Probably not as smart as Stephen Hawking, it’s Skeptics with a K.
Skeptics with a K: Episode #064
January 26, 2012 11:24 - 1 hour - 14.2 MBIt’s Australia Day! Featuring Chicken McNuggets, fingerprints, decoy sausages and DNA. Plus, sniffer babies, Jamie Oliver and Half Man Half Biscuit. With dreadful Aussie accents – it’s Skeptics with a bloody K.
Episode #064
January 26, 2012 11:24 - 14.2 MBIt’s Australia Day! Featuring Chicken McNuggets, fingerprints, decoy sausages and DNA. Plus, sniffer babies, Jamie Oliver and Half Man Half Biscuit. With dreadful Aussie accents - it’s Skeptics with a bloody K.
Skeptics with a K: Episode #063
January 12, 2012 14:25 - 1 hour - 14.5 MBWelcome to 2012. The end of the world starts here–with liars, Bob Holness, Zeta Reticuli, and Walt Disney. Plus Gary Coleman, the Star Trek theme, Comet Hale-Bopp and Johnny Cash. Fighting the law (though the law wins), it’s Skeptics with a K.
Episode #063
January 12, 2012 14:25 - 14.5 MBWelcome to 2012. The end of the world starts here–with liars, Bob Holness, Zeta Reticuli, and Walt Disney. Plus Gary Coleman, the Star Trek theme, Comet Hale-Bopp and Johnny Cash. Fighting the law (though the law wins), it’s Skeptics with a K.
Skeptics with a K: Episode #062
December 29, 2011 10:23 - 24 minutes - 5.71 MBChristmas Special! Mike, Marsh and Colin take a look at Christmas-based myths. And we don’t just mean that one about the Son of God. That definitely happened. Oh, yes.
Episode #062
December 29, 2011 10:23 - 5.71 MBChristmas Special! Mike, Marsh and Colin take a look at Christmas-based myths. And we don’t just mean that one about the Son of God. That definitely happened. Oh, yes.
Skeptics with a K: Episode #061
December 15, 2011 13:23 - 1 hour - 14.3 MBPsychics, visions, wells and railway lines. Plus Geena Davis, Belinda Carlisle, G.O.D. and Lucifer. With a low nourishment potential, it’s Skeptics with a K.
Episode #061
December 15, 2011 13:23 - 14.3 MBPsychics, visions, wells and railway lines. Plus Geena Davis, Belinda Carlisle, G.O.D. and Lucifer. With a low nourishment potential, it’s Skeptics with a K.
Skeptics with a K: Episode #060
December 01, 2011 15:17 - 1 hour - 14.1 MBAliens in the fridge, bullshit in the cage and cancer quackery in Texas. Plus chicken, bread, the Secret and drinking urine. By the power of Yahweh – it’s Skeptics with a K. Oh, and Mike got married.
Episode #060
December 01, 2011 15:17 - 14.1 MBAliens in the fridge, bullshit in the cage and cancer quackery in Texas. Plus chicken, bread, the Secret and drinking urine. By the power of Yahweh - it’s Skeptics with a K. Oh, and Mike got married.
Skeptics with a K: Episode #059
November 17, 2011 12:42 - 1 hour - 15.8 MBFairies, body voltage and Alice in Wonderland. Plus nicotine, geopathic stress and missing roofs. With only minor negative health effects, it’s Skeptics with a K.
Episode #059
November 17, 2011 12:42 - 15.8 MBFairies, body voltage and Alice in Wonderland. Plus nicotine, geopathic stress and missing roofs. With only minor negative health effects, it’s Skeptics with a K.
Skeptics with a K: Episode #058
November 03, 2011 12:33 - 1 hour - 17.5 MBRonald Roland Emmerich, Dana Ullman, Psychic Sally and William Shakespeare. Plus Francis Bacon, Alan Smithee, John Benneth and Russell T Davies. With cries of ‘Penny Halloween!’, it’s Skeptics with a K.
Episode #058
November 03, 2011 12:33 - 17.5 MBRonald Roland Emmerich, Dana Ullman, Psychic Sally and William Shakespeare. Plus Francis Bacon, Alan Smithee, John Benneth and Russell T Davies. With cries of ‘Penny Halloween!’, it’s Skeptics with a K.
Skeptics with a K: Episode #057
October 20, 2011 09:23 - 1 hour - 15.3 MBGambling, flooding, cheating and remote viewing. Plus basketball, Gilgamesh, Amsterdam and rolling green hills. With an entourage of eight people, it’s Skeptics with a K.
Episode #057
October 20, 2011 09:23 - 15.3 MBGambling, flooding, cheating and remote viewing. Plus basketball, Gilgamesh, Amsterdam and rolling green hills. With an entourage of eight people, it’s Skeptics with a K.
Skeptics with a K: Episode #056
October 06, 2011 09:23 - 1 hour - 14.7 MBRomans, Guy Fawkes, Babylon 5 and Tanimal Farm. Plus grey ladies, communists, hang-man and haunted neutrinos. Singing the Australian National Anthem, it’s Skeptics with a K.
Episode #056
October 06, 2011 09:23 - 14.7 MBRomans, Guy Fawkes, Babylon 5 and Tanimal Farm. Plus grey ladies, communists, hang-man and haunted neutrinos. Singing the Australian National Anthem, it’s Skeptics with a K.
Skeptics with a K: Episode #055
September 22, 2011 13:00 - 1 hour - 14.1 MBBigfoot, Sasquatch, the Abominable Snowman and Yeti. Plus Ricky Gervais, Christian bloggers, ouija boards and scat. With sightly sloppier editing than usual, it’s Skeptics with a K.
Episode #055
September 22, 2011 11:00 - 14.1 MBBigfoot, Sasquatch, the Abominable Snowman and Yeti. Plus Ricky Gervais, Christian bloggers, ouija boards and scat. With sightly sloppier editing than usual, it’s Skeptics with a K.
Skeptics with a K: Episode #054
September 08, 2011 09:23 - 1 hour - 15.2 MBPsychometrists, demographers, conspirators and historians. Plus Malawi, painting planes, lepers and cold reading. With an aura hex code of #FFC9F6, it’s Skeptics with a K. With thanks to Peter Kanold.
Episode #054
September 08, 2011 09:23 - 15.2 MBPsychometrists, demographers, conspirators and historians. Plus Malawi, painting planes, lepers and cold reading. With an aura hex code of #FFC9F6, it’s Skeptics with a K. With thanks to Peter Kanold.
Skeptics with a K: Episode #053
August 25, 2011 09:23 - 57 minutes - 13.3 MBFeaturing muesli, CDT, nightmares and sniffer dogs. Plus cheese, cancer, creationism and controls. Shamelessly name dropping, it’s Skeptics with a K.
Episode #053
August 25, 2011 09:23 - 13.3 MBFeaturing muesli, CDT, nightmares and sniffer dogs. Plus cheese, cancer, creationism and controls. Shamelessly name dropping, it’s Skeptics with a K.
Skeptics with a K: Episode #052
August 11, 2011 09:23 - 58 minutes - 13.5 MBSkeptics with a K celebrates two years on the air, with a special episode which was streamed live on the evening of Monday August 8th 2011. Featuring Mr Sulu, Eight Legged Freaks, Internet Explorer 6 and touching guitars. Not numbers, but free men… it’s Skeptics with a K!
Episode #052
August 11, 2011 09:23 - 13.5 MBSkeptics with a K celebrates two years on the air, with a special episode which was streamed live on the evening of Monday August 8th 2011. Featuring Mr Sulu, Eight Legged Freaks, Internet Explorer 6 and touching guitars. Not numbers, but free men… it’s Skeptics with a K!
Skeptics with a K: The 2-year Anniversary Live Show
August 08, 2011 10:19I’m sure we can all remember the momentous events of August 1st, 2009. The Pope announced plans to release his first album (a trance-inspired collection of old-school anthems and breaking new beats, with pumping anti-abortion, pro-child-abuse, pro-men-in-dresses-condemning-homosexuality basslines). The Quaker church agreed to begin performing same-sex marriages (sparking a trigger-happy rampage in which 10 Quaker […]
Skeptics with a K: Episode #051
July 28, 2011 11:20 - 1 hour - 14.9 MBLSD, the end of suffering, balancing mediums and the Revelation to John. Plus Michael McIntyre, the BBC, Jehovah’s Witnesses and lions. Probably taking the piss, it’s Skeptics with a K.
Episode #051
July 28, 2011 09:20 - 14.9 MBLSD, the end of suffering, balancing mediums and the Revelation to John. Plus Michael McIntyre, the BBC, Jehovah’s Witnesses and lions. Probably taking the piss, it’s Skeptics with a K.
Skeptics with a K: Episode #050
July 14, 2011 09:23 - 59 minutes - 13.6 MBThe Whispering Witch, Bill Gates and Alien 3. Plus vaccination, Tetley Tea, pissing on the window and the Giant Book of Fantastic Facts Greatest Hits. Crossing the road to avoid you, it’s Skeptics with a K.
Episode #050
July 14, 2011 09:23 - 13.6 MBThe Whispering Witch, Bill Gates and Alien 3. Plus vaccination, Tetley Tea, pissing on the window and the Giant Book of Fantastic Facts Greatest Hits. Crossing the road to avoid you, it’s Skeptics with a K.
Skeptics with a K: Episode #049
June 30, 2011 09:23 - 1 hour - 15.3 MBCave aliens, the upside down mountain, unnecessary surgery and links to death. Plus twelve vicars, rain dances, Bergerac and washing your cock. Following a 4% decline in our mental ability, it’s Skeptics with a K.
Episode #049
June 30, 2011 09:23 - 15.3 MBCave aliens, the upside down mountain, unnecessary surgery and links to death. Plus twelve vicars, rain dances, Bergerac and washing your cock. Following a 4% decline in our mental ability, it’s Skeptics with a K.
Skeptics with a K: Episode #048
June 16, 2011 13:00 - 1 hour - 16 MBHomeopathy Awareness Week Special! Featuring homeopathic tools, homeopath apologetics and homeopathy for insomnia. Plus the Human Centipede, Captain Kirk, 10,000 scandinavians and googling for Jeremy Clarkson’s penis. Letting people choose, it’s Skeptics with a K.
Episode #048
June 16, 2011 11:00 - 16 MBHomeopathy Awareness Week Special! Featuring homeopathic tools, homeopath apologetics and homeopathy for insomnia. Plus the Human Centipede, Captain Kirk, 10,000 scandinavians and googling for Jeremy Clarkson’s penis. Letting people choose, it’s Skeptics with a K.