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
Skeptics with a K: Episode #047
June 02, 2011 14:00 - 1 hour - 14.3 MBDianétique, Blood Diamonds, the Rapture and logical fallacies. Plus, thalidomide, breasts, homeopathy and Philip Schofield. Forcing eggs back into chickens – it’s Skeptics with a K.
Episode #047
June 02, 2011 12:00 - 14.3 MBDianétique, Blood Diamonds, the Rapture and logical fallacies. Plus, thalidomide, breasts, homeopathy and Philip Schofield. Forcing eggs back into chickens - it’s Skeptics with a K.
Skeptics with a K: Episode #046
May 19, 2011 13:00 - 1 hour - 15.7 MBMy Little Pony and God’s CV. Witches, psychics, awards for coffee. Running and biking on the BBC. It’s Skeptics with a K. So mote it be.
Episode #046
May 19, 2011 11:00 - 15.7 MBMy Little Pony and God’s CV.Witches, psychics, awards for coffee.Running and biking on the BBC.It’s Skeptics with a K. So mote it be.
Skeptics with a K: Episode #045
May 05, 2011 10:55 - 1 hour - 15 MBJumping stones, massive dogs, lousy heads and meta keywords. Plus, unicorns, replicating studies, first-person shooters and the Alternative Vote.
Episode #045
May 05, 2011 08:55 - 15 MBJumping stones, massive dogs, lousy heads and meta keywords. Plus, unicorns, replicating studies, first-person shooters and the Alternative Vote.
Skeptics with a K: Episode #044
April 21, 2011 09:00 - 1 hour - 16.1 MBEaster Special! Mike, Marsh and Colin discuss the story of Easter, the zombie apocalypse, snoring, smurfs and swastikas. Plus, vomiting in a bin, free tea at 13,000 ft, Colin’s missing day and the Raggy Dolls.
Episode #044
April 21, 2011 07:00 - 16.1 MBEaster Special! Mike, Marsh and Colin discuss the story of Easter, the zombie apocalypse, snoring, smurfs and swastikas. Plus, vomiting in a bin, free tea at 13,000 ft, Colin’s missing day and the Raggy Dolls.
Skeptics with a K: Episode #043
April 07, 2011 10:08 - 1 hour - 17.9 MBIn this fracking episode of Skeptics with a fracking K, Mike, Marsh and Colin talk about a Christian’s view of fracking atheists, the effects of religiosity on your fracking mortality, and an earthquake in fracking Blackpool. Plus, Jonah, homeopathy on the Wirral, General Zod and (of course) fracking. If you want to register as an […]
Episode #043
April 07, 2011 08:08 - 17.9 MBIn this fracking episode of Skeptics with a fracking K, Mike, Marsh and Colin talk about a Christian’s view of fracking atheists, the effects of religiosity on your fracking mortality, and an earthquake in fracking Blackpool. Plus, Jonah, homeopathy on the Wirral, General Zod and (of course) fracking.
Skeptics with a K: Episode #042
March 24, 2011 23:22 - 1 hour - 16.9 MBDr Seuss and al-Qaeda, homeopathy on the Wirral, the Zion First National Bank and Wilfred Owen. Plus: God, Japan, Potential Rhymes, 200lbs of bricks, empathy and evolution. Staying indoors and covering up, it’s Skeptics with a K.
Episode #042
March 24, 2011 23:22 - 16.9 MBDr Seuss and al-Qaeda, homeopathy on the Wirral, the Zion First National Bank and Wilfred Owen. Plus: God, Japan, Potential Rhymes, 200lbs of bricks, empathy and evolution. Staying indoors and covering up, it’s Skeptics with a K.
Skeptics with a K: Special #008
March 16, 2011 15:00 - 9 minutes - 2.18 MBMarsh visits BBC Radio Merseyside to debate with the North West Friends of Homeopathy’s John Cook.
Special #008
March 16, 2011 15:00 - 2.18 MBMarsh visits BBC Radio Merseyside to debate with the North West Friends of Homeopathy’s John Cook.
Skeptics with a K: Episode #041
March 10, 2011 15:00 - 1 hour - 18.1 MBFred Phelps vs Anonymous, Richard Wiseman vs Robert McLuhan, Attila the Hun vs gravity and Ernest Vincent Wright vs the letter ‘E’. Plus James Delingpole, Sultan Mustafa III, blankets from Russia and 582 baby boys.
Episode #041
March 10, 2011 15:00 - 18.1 MBFred Phelps vs Anonymous, Richard Wiseman vs Robert McLuhan, Attila the Hun vs gravity and Ernest Vincent Wright vs the letter ‘E’. Plus James Delingpole, Sultan Mustafa III, blankets from Russia and 582 baby boys.
Skeptics with a K: Episode #040
February 24, 2011 20:54 - 1 hour - 16.7 MBMusk sticks, the first ever doctor, rollercoasters and headless monks. Plus Chinese Restaurant Syndrome, Florence Nightinggale, QED and the return of the British Chiropractic Association. With man-bags weighing in at 6.3kg, it’s Skeptics with a K.
Episode #040
February 24, 2011 20:54 - 16.7 MBMusk sticks, the first ever doctor, rollercoasters and headless monks. Plus Chinese Restaurant Syndrome, Florence Nightinggale, QED and the return of the British Chiropractic Association. With man-bags weighing in at 6.3kg, it’s Skeptics with a K.
Skeptics with a K: Special #007
February 10, 2011 22:45 - 7 minutes - 1.75 MBQED has been and gone, so we’re taking a week off to recover. But rather than leave you totally empty handed, we decided to put out this short interview from BBC Radio Five, featuring Marsh and a homeopath. We’ll see you for a full episode next time!
Special #007
February 10, 2011 22:45 - 1.75 MBQED has been and gone, so we’re taking a week off to recover. But rather than leave you totally empty handed, we decided to put out this short interviewfrom BBC Radio Five, featuring Marsh and a homeopath. We’ll see you for a full episode next time!
Skeptics with a K: Episode #039
January 27, 2011 14:05 - 1 hour - 17 MBThe BFG, hot sweet tea, dog heart slices and Kirsty Wark. Also Edward “West End” Jenner, homeopaths in Europe, Betelgeuse, the Apocalypse, and £11 worth of bull semen.
Episode #039
January 27, 2011 14:05 - 17 MBThe BFG, hot sweet tea, dog heart slices and Kirsty Wark. Also Edward “West End” Jenner, homeopaths in Europe,Betelgeuse, the Apocalypse, and £11 worth of bull semen.
Skeptics with a K: Episode #038
January 13, 2011 23:56 - 1 hour - 17.7 MBWelcome to 2011! Featuring menstruating chickens, Richard E Grant, the Quacking Christ and scaring spiders. Plus, America, Vitamin “Sea”, psychic predictions, assassinations and donuts.
Episode #038
January 13, 2011 23:56 - 17.7 MBWelcome to 2011! Featuring menstruating chickens, Richard E Grant, the Quacking Christ and scaring spiders. Plus, America, Vitamin “Sea”, psychic predictions, assassinations and donuts.
Skeptics with a K: Episode #037
December 30, 2010 21:36 - 58 minutes - 13.6 MBMerry Christmas! (Yeah, yeah we know). Marsh and Colin are on holiday, so Mike presents some snippets cut for time from previous shows. Featuring R2D2’s Dad, Homeopathy in Wavertree, Tatty Raoul and Liberal Jean. Plus, from the archives, our debunking of the Nativity, first published as part of Episode #011.
Episode #037
December 30, 2010 21:36 - 13.6 MBMerry Christmas! (Yeah, yeah we know). Marsh and Colin are on holiday, so Mike presents some snippets cut for time from previous shows. Featuring R2D2’s Dad, Homeopathy in Wavertree, Tatty Raoul and Liberal Jean. Plus, from the archives, our debunking of the Nativity, first published as part of Episode #011.
Skeptics with a K: The Drinking Game
December 23, 2010 10:00Skeptics with a K listener Niki M writes: So, I’ve been catching up on the 36 episodes that are up right now, and I’ve noticed a few trends, enough so that I got this lame brained idea that it would make an interesting drinking game. So, put up your feet, grab your favorite beverage of […]
Skeptics with a K: Episode #036
December 16, 2010 14:55 - 1 hour - 21.9 MBExtended bumper episode! This episode of Skeptics with a K was streamed live over the Internet on Monday 13 December 2010. Featuring cold fusion, Toys “R” Us, hassidic diets, the Emo Buzz Lightyear, urine injections and the heaviest man in the world. This episode was sponsored by the QED conference; for more information visit www.qedcon.org. […]
Episode #036
December 16, 2010 14:55 - 21.9 MBExtended bumper episode! This episode of Skeptics with a K was streamed live over the Internet on Monday 13 December 2010. Featuring cold fusion, Toys “R” Us, hassidic diets, the Emo Buzz Lightyear, urine injections and the heaviest man in the world. This episode was sponsored by the QED conference; for more information visit www.qedcon.org. Mike’s mysterious tweet can be found at: http://bit.ly/eh0z8G
Skeptics with a K: listen live online with QED
December 12, 2010 00:57This Monday will see a very special recording of our Skeptics with a K podcast. For the first, and perhaps only time in the show’s history, we will be streaming the recording session live over the Internet. Skeptics with a K Live is being sponsored by the QED conference (get your tickets now) who will […]
Skeptics with a K: Episode #035
December 02, 2010 11:49 - 1 hour - 16.2 MBPower Balance, retroactive memory and owning the Sun. Also uppity flamingos, partying mushrooms, crushed sprouts and Richard Saunders. With the ability to correctly locate porn 53.1% of the time, it’s Skeptics with a K. Tickets for QED are available from: http://qedcon.org/xawC More information about the 10:23 Challenge: http://www.1023.org.uk/
Episode #035
December 02, 2010 11:49 - 16.2 MBPower Balance, retroactive memory and owning the Sun. Also uppity flamingos, partying mushrooms, crushed sprouts and Richard Saunders. With the ability to correctly locate porn 53.1% of the time, it’s Skeptics with a K. Tickets for QED are available from: http://qedcon.org/xawCMore information about the 10:23 Challenge: http://www.1023.org.uk/
Skeptics with a K: The Pilot
November 18, 2010 15:46 - 35 minutes - 12.3 MBA blast from the past! In the beginning, there was no 10:23 Campaign. There was no Giant Book of Fantastic Facts. Only three guys who decided to give podcasting a try. This is the previously un-published pilot episode of Skeptics with a K, recorded in the early Summer of 2009. Featuring Mike, Marsh, Colin – […]
Episode #000 - The Pilot
November 18, 2010 15:46 - 12.3 MBA blast from the past! In the beginning, there was no 10:23 Campaign. There was no Giant Book of Fantastic Facts. Only three guys who decided to give podcasting a try. This is the previously un-published pilot episode of Skeptics with a K, recorded in the early Summer of 2009. Featuring Mike, Marsh, Colin - and a few more ums and ers than usual!
Skeptics with a K: Episode #034
November 04, 2010 16:44 - 1 hour - 15.9 MBColin is back… for Bad PR, Zombie Nuns, Unrepentant Women and the Third Dimension. Plus bananas, babies, the Crystal Maze and a giant Rubik’s Cube.
Episode #034
November 04, 2010 16:44 - 15.9 MBColin is back… for Bad PR, Zombie Nuns, Unrepentant Women and the Third Dimension. Plus bananas, babies, the Crystal Maze and a giant Rubik’s Cube.
Skeptics with a K: Episode #033
October 21, 2010 12:04 - 39 minutes - 9.17 MBLive from TAM London. Mike and Marsh record a show in the hotel bar at the Hilton Metropole during TAM London 2010.
Episode #033
October 21, 2010 10:04 - 9.17 MBLive from TAM London. Mike and Marsh record a show in the hotel bar at the Hilton Metropole during TAM London 2010.
Skeptics with a K: Episode #032
October 07, 2010 12:39 - 1 hour - 16.6 MBThe Ancient Order of Druids, the curse of the M25 and accidental quacks. Plus Tony Robinson, yellow shucks, Formula One, Professor Chris French and a Phillips C60.
Episode #032
October 07, 2010 10:39 - 16.6 MBThe Ancient Order of Druids, the curse of the M25 and accidental quacks. Plus Tony Robinson, yellow shucks, Formula One, Professor Chris French and a Phillips C60.
Skeptics with a K: Episode #031
September 23, 2010 22:56 - 1 hour - 17.5 MBThe Skeptics with a K discuss the 14th European Skeptical Congress, the Pope’s Holyrood speech and evolution denial in Northern Ireland. Plus the tale of the Dealer of Death, 30,000 witches, a dead dog and a rodent.
Episode #031
September 23, 2010 20:56 - 17.5 MBThe Skeptics with a K discuss the 14th European Skeptical Congress, the Pope’s Holyrood speech and evolution denial in Northern Ireland. Plus the tale of the Dealer of Death, 30,000 witches, a dead dog and a rodent.
Skeptics with a K: Episode #030
September 09, 2010 11:33 - 1 hour - 15.3 MBBananaman, Vodafone, the Man in the Moon and Dennis Quaid. Plus magnetic feet, deformed children and the three-legged football player. It’s the big 30 for Skeptics with a K!
Episode #030
September 09, 2010 09:33 - 15.3 MBBananaman, Vodafone, the Man in the Moon and Dennis Quaid. Plus magnetic feet, deformed children and the three-legged football player. It’s the big 30 for Skeptics with a K!
Skeptics with a K: Episode #029
August 26, 2010 20:54 - 1 hour - 16.5 MBHomeopathy! Again! The Skeptics with a K take a break from the regular show format to talk about the prevalence of homeopathy in English Primary Care Trusts. Plus, the latest information on QED. http://www.qedcon.org/
Episode #029
August 26, 2010 18:54 - 16.5 MBHomeopathy! Again! The Skeptics with a K take a break from the regular show format to talk about theprevalenceof homeopathy in English Primary Care Trusts. Plus, the latest information on QED. http://www.qedcon.org/
Skeptics with a K: Episode #028
August 12, 2010 20:50 - 1 hour - 14.2 MBPsychics, pets, infertility, vodka, caramel slices and Bisphenol A. Plus Vesuvius, Red Rum, swastikas and the world’s best ampersand joke. Featuring guest hosts Al and Harris! QED.
Episode #028
August 12, 2010 18:50 - 14.2 MBPsychics, pets, infertility, vodka, caramel slices and Bisphenol A. Plus Vesuvius, Red Rum, swastikas and the world’s best ampersand joke. Featuring guest hosts Al and Harris! QED.
Skeptics with a K: Episode #027
July 29, 2010 08:26 - 1 hour - 15.9 MBMore homeopathy (!), treating impotence, victimising Bosnians and permanent gastric fistulas. Diagnosed by passages from the Koran, it’s Skeptics with a K.
Episode #027
July 29, 2010 06:26 - 15.9 MBMore homeopathy (!), treating impotence, victimising Bosnians and permanent gastric fistulas. Diagnosed by passages from the Koran, it’s Skeptics with a K.