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Skeptics with a K

764 episodes - English - Latest episode: 6 days ago - ★★★★★ - 390 ratings

Skeptics 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 #027

July 29, 2010 06:26 - 15.9 MB

More homeopathy (!), treating impotence, victimising Bosnians and permanent gastric fistulas. Diagnosed by passages from the Koran, it’s Skeptics with a K.

Skeptics with a K: Episode #026

July 15, 2010 10:30 - 1 hour - 16.9 MB

Malaria condoms, Michael Jackson, Dastardly & Mutley and the Million Ghost March. Plus, psychics seeking privacy, the accidental serial killer and Rick Moranis. Ruining the case for the defence, it’s Skeptics with a K.

Episode #026

July 15, 2010 08:30 - 16.9 MB

Malaria condoms, Michael Jackson, Dastardly & Mutley and the Million Ghost March. Plus, psychics seeking privacy, the accidental serial killer and Rick Moranis. Ruining the case for the defence, it’s Skeptics with a K.

Skeptics with a K: Special #005

July 08, 2010 07:00 - 8 minutes - 1.88 MB

From the archives! Back in February, Marsh visited Radio 5 Live to talk about homeopathy shortly before the publication of Evidence Check 2: Homeopathy; and during the aftermath of our own 10:23 Campaign.

Special #005

July 08, 2010 05:00 - 1.88 MB

From the archives! Back in February, Marsh visited Radio 5 Live to talk about homeopathy shortly before the publication of Evidence Check 2: Homeopathy; and during the aftermath of our own 10:23 Campaign.

Skeptics with a K: Episode #025

July 01, 2010 13:38 - 1 hour - 18.7 MB

Extended episode!  Blasphemy in Pakistan, Jenkins in the Guardian, and homeopathy in parliament.  Plus, Schrödinger’s Christ, Nelson’s Column, Marilyn Manson and woo in the workplace.

Episode #025

July 01, 2010 11:38 - 18.7 MB

Extended episode! Blasphemy in Pakistan, Jenkins in the Guardian, and homeopathy in parliament. Plus, Schrödinger’s Christ, Nelson’s Column, Marilyn Manson and woo in the workplace.

Skeptics with a K: Episode #024

June 17, 2010 10:00 - 58 minutes - 13.5 MB

“Don’t breathe on shit”; “I was addicted to pornography”; “He procured of the Devil a girdle”; “His head was given to a fish”; “The town of Cornwall, in England”; “He has to grow new feet”; “I’m angling for some free Pepsi”

Episode #024

June 17, 2010 08:00 - 13.5 MB

“Don’t breathe on shit”; “I was addicted to pornography”; “He procured of the Devil a girdle”; “His head was given to a fish”; “The town of Cornwall, in England”; “He has to grow new feet”; “I’m angling for some free Pepsi”

Skeptics with a K: Episode #023

June 03, 2010 11:00 - 1 hour - 16.9 MB

Acupuncture in Vietnam, ghosts and homeopathy, psychic pet detectives and the Man with the Golden Nose. Plus the horrors of the Evian factory, Ice Cream Man Lawyers and the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Episode #023

June 03, 2010 09:00 - 16.9 MB

Acupuncture in Vietnam, ghosts and homeopathy, psychic pet detectives and the Man with the Golden Nose. Plus the horrors of the Evian factory, Ice Cream Man Lawyers and the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Skeptics with a K: Special #004

May 27, 2010 10:00 - 21 minutes - 5.06 MB

Marsh from ‘Skeptics with a K’ calls into BBC Radio Oxford to talk about psychics and psychic healers – including an encounter with “Energy Worker” Adrian Pengelly.

Special #004

May 27, 2010 08:00 - 5.06 MB

Marsh from ‘Skeptics with a K’ calls into BBC Radio Oxford to talk about psychics and psychic healers - including an encounter with “Energy Worker” Adrian Pengelly.

Skeptics with a K: Episode #022

May 20, 2010 10:40 - 1 hour - 16 MB

Mice and the Mail; Voyager and Vista; Foxes and Fleas and; Homeopathy and Healing IBS.

Episode #022

May 20, 2010 08:40 - 16 MB

Mice and the Mail; Voyager and Vista; Foxes and Fleas and; Homeopathy and Healing IBS.

Skeptics with a K: Episode #021

May 06, 2010 18:07 - 1 hour - 16 MB

Batman and the Health Ranger; Iron Man and Wheatgrass Juice; the Pope and the Civil Service; Scotland and Cannibals; and Fizzy Drinks and Old Age.

Episode #021

May 06, 2010 16:07 - 16 MB

Batman and the Health Ranger; Iron Man and Wheatgrass Juice; the Pope and the Civil Service; Scotland and Cannibals; and Fizzy Drinks and Old Age.

Skeptics with a K: The Inside Story

May 04, 2010 09:00

Never one for self-promotion (*cough cough cough cough*), I have to admit to being flattered when, last week, I got an interview request from charming podcaster-type Karl Mamer, of the Conspiracy Skeptic podcast. Karl, alongside being an experience podcaster and generally dapper individual, is also something called a ‘Canadian’. Now, being from this sceptred, splendid, […]

Skeptics with a K: Episode #020

April 22, 2010 11:32 - 1 hour - 16.1 MB

The Skeptics with a K discuss CRIMINON, skeptical limericks and speaking German after a coma.  Plus Pet Sematary, osteopaths and free falling from 18,000 ft.

Episode #020

April 22, 2010 09:32 - 16.1 MB

The Skeptics with a K discuss CRIMINON, skeptical limericks and speaking German aftera coma. Plus Pet Sematary, osteopaths and free falling from 18,000 ft.

Skeptics with a K: Episode #019

April 08, 2010 15:34 - 1 hour - 14.4 MB

Sausages, bacon, black pudding, pig’s blood, swine flu and Peppa Pig.  Plus wanding what ails you, frozen sea captains and an uncle named Olaf…  Of course it’s Skeptics with a K!

Episode #019

April 08, 2010 13:34 - 14.4 MB

Sausages, bacon, black pudding, pig’s blood, swine flu and Peppa Pig. Plus wanding what ails you, frozen sea captains and an uncle named Olaf… Of course it’s Skeptics with a K!

Skeptics with a C: Special #003

April 01, 2010 07:00 - 31 minutes - 7.33 MB

Mike, Marsh and Colin return to talk about arrogant Darwinists, the Moral Compass and green children.  Plus dolphin chi, matter transmitters and contacting Jesus – what else but Skeptics with a C?

Special #003 - Skeptics with a C

April 01, 2010 05:00 - 7.33 MB

Mike, Marsh and Colin return to talk about arrogant Darwinists, the Moral Compass and green children. Plus dolphin chi, matter transmitters and contacting Jesus - what else but Skeptics with a C?

Skeptics with a K: Episode #018

March 25, 2010 19:00 - 1 hour - 15.9 MB

Abraham Lincoln, John F Kennedy, Ronald Reagan, Susan Miller, Patricia Martin, Peter Fisher, Edzard Ernst, Robert Mathie and Barabbas.  All these people, plus Mike, Marsh, Colin and the British Hirsute Andrews – it’s Skeptics with a K!

Episode #018

March 25, 2010 19:00 - 15.9 MB

Abraham Lincoln, John F Kennedy, Ronald Reagan, Susan Miller, Patricia Martin, Peter Fisher, Edzard Ernst, Robert Mathie and Barabbas. All these people, plus Mike, Marsh, Colin and the British Hirsute Andrews - it’s Skeptics with a K!

Skeptics with a K: Episode #017

March 11, 2010 19:00 - 1 hour - 16.2 MB

Homéopathes Français, Flat Earthers and the Old, Old, Very Old Man.  With testicles both large and sound, it is Skeptics with a K.

Episode #017

March 11, 2010 19:00 - 16.2 MB

Homéopathes Français, Flat Earthers and the Old, Old, Very Old Man. With testicles both large and sound, it is Skeptics with a K.

Skeptics with a K: Episode #016

February 25, 2010 23:38 - 1 hour - 16.7 MB

In this special episode of Skeptics with a K, recorded in front of a live audience at Liverpool Skeptics in the Pub, Mike, Marsh and Colin discuss the Liverpool Mind/Body/Spirit festival, Otto Von Bismark, dinner party guests and shooing away broken bones.  Plus, a special bonus lecture from Marsh on PR and the Media.

Episode #016

February 25, 2010 23:38 - 16.7 MB

In this special episode of Skeptics with a K, recorded in front of a live audience at Liverpool Skeptics in the Pub, Mike, Marsh and Colin discuss the Liverpool Mind/Body/Spirit festival, Otto Von Bismark, dinner party guests and shooing away broken bones. Plus, a special bonus lecture from Marsh on PR and the Media.

Skeptics with a K: Episode #015

February 11, 2010 23:00 - 1 hour - 15.4 MB

Clueless men, the scent of a woman, Gandhi’s glasses and logical fallacies.  With two big mistakes to correct from last episode (whoops!) the guys return with a new episode of Skeptics with a K.

Episode #015

February 11, 2010 23:00 - 15.4 MB

Clueless men, the scent of a woman, Gandhi’s glasses and logical fallacies. With two big mistakes to correct from last episode (whoops!) the guys return with a new episode of Skeptics with a K.

Skeptics with a K: Episode #014

January 28, 2010 18:34 - 57 minutes - 13.1 MB

The Health Ranger vs the Shorty Awards; electrohypersensitivity revisited, dinosaur names and flying to the moon using only water.  Find out what the skeptics really believe in episode 14 of Skeptics with a K.

Episode #014

January 28, 2010 18:34 - 13.1 MB

The Health Ranger vs the Shorty Awards; electrohypersensitivity revisited, dinosaur names and flying to the moon using only water. Find out what the skeptics really believe in episode 14 of Skeptics with a K.

Skeptics with a K: Episode #013

January 14, 2010 22:34 - 1 hour - 16.4 MB

Welcome to 2010. Mike, Marsh and Colin return to talk about Project Pterosaur, EFT, Ear Candling and the Man in the Iron Mask. Also, the latest news from the 10:23 Campaign.

Episode #013

January 14, 2010 22:34 - 16.4 MB

Welcome to 2010. Mike, Marsh and Colin return to talk about Project Pterosaur, EFT, Ear Candling and the Man in the Iron Mask. Also, the latest news from the 10:23 Campaign.

Skeptics with a K: Episode #012

December 31, 2009 12:00 - 52 minutes - 12.1 MB

Mike looks back at some of the unused stories we recorded for Skeptics with a K this year. Featuring the LHC Sabotaging itself from the future, Guy the Space Clown and the film which claims homeopathy can cure autism.

Episode #012

December 31, 2009 12:00 - 12.1 MB

Mike looks back at some of the unused stories we recorded for Skeptics with a K this year. Featuring the LHC Sabotaging itself from the future, Guy the Space Clown and the film which claims homeopathy can cure autism.

Skeptics with a K: Episode #011

December 17, 2009 13:00 - 59 minutes - 13.6 MB

Christmas Special! The guys take a skeptical look at the traditional nativity story. Plus interdimensional portals over Norway, two full moons in the sky in January and your crazy homeopathic remedies.

Episode #011

December 17, 2009 13:00 - 13.6 MB

Christmas Special! The guys take a skeptical look at the traditional nativity story. Plus interdimensional portals over Norway, two full moons in the sky in January and your crazy homeopathic remedies.

Skeptics with a K: Episode #010

December 03, 2009 12:15 - 1 hour - 19.4 MB

Homeopathy Special! In this extended episode, Mike, Marsh and Colin discuss the government’s Evidence Check session on homeopathy, the Merseyside Skeptics Open Letter to Boots and the trials which support homeopathy. Plus, we have a psychic Power double, Jesus in the UK and a Fantastic Fact!

Episode #010

December 03, 2009 12:15 - 19.4 MB

Homeopathy Special! In this extended episode, Mike, Marsh and Colin discuss the government’s Evidence Check session on homeopathy, the Merseyside Skeptics Open Letter to Boots and the trials which support homeopathy. Plus, we have a psychic Power double, Jesus in the UK and a Fantastic Fact!

Skeptics with a K: Episode #009

November 19, 2009 15:00 - 1 hour - 22.4 MB

Lots about religion, lots about psychics.  Emergency telephone numbers and (of course) Jesus’ cock.  What else could it be? It’s the latest Skeptics with a K!

Episode #009

November 19, 2009 15:00 - 22.4 MB

Lots about religion, lots about psychics. Emergency telephone numbers and (of course) Jesus’ cock. What else could it be? It’s the latest Skeptics with a K!

Skeptics with a K: Episode #008

November 07, 2009 16:15 - 1 hour - 22.8 MB

Seances and twitter, Mr T ‘s graduation, syndicated culture and lunacy.  All this plus the homeopaths guide to physics, drugs classification and the result of our T-Shirt Competition in the latest edition of Skeptics with a K.

Episode #008

November 07, 2009 16:15 - 22.8 MB

Seances and twitter, Mr T ‘s graduation, syndicated culture and lunacy. All this plus the homeopaths guide to physics, drugs classification and the result of our T-Shirt Competition in the latest edition of Skeptics with a K.

Skeptics with a K: Episode #007

October 22, 2009 15:10 - 1 hour - 16.1 MB

Acupuncture, pain pixies, breast enlargement by hypnosis and the fruit fly sexual tsunami. All this and more in the latest Skeptics with a K!

Episode #007

October 22, 2009 14:10 - 16.1 MB

Acupuncture, pain pixies, breast enlargement by hypnosis and the fruit fly sexual tsunami. All this and more in the latest Skeptics with a K!

Skeptics with a K: Episode #006

October 08, 2009 14:15 - 1 hour - 11 MB

TAM London, the Revival Fellowship, curing sleep and Conservapedia. These things, and more, in episode 6 of Skeptics with a K!

Episode #006

October 08, 2009 13:15 - 11 MB

TAM London, the Revival Fellowship, curing sleep and Conservapedia. These things, and more, in episode 6 of Skeptics with a K!

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