Token Skeptic
Token Skeptic - a weekly look at superstition, skepticism, paranormal belief and the science behind it all. Book reviews, interviews, investigations into issues involving religion, belief and philosophy. Hosted and produced by Kylie Sturgess.
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Token Skeptic #125 - On Secular Women - Interview With Bridget Gaudette
Welcome to episode one hundred and twenty-five! This is an ...
Welcome to episode one hundred and twenty-five! This is an interview with Bridget Gaudette, the Vice-President of Outreach, at the newly-launched Secular Women Inc. in the USA. Secular Woman, Inc. is a non-profit organization incorporated in...
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Token Skeptic #124 - On The Geek Manifesto (Again) Interview With Mark Henderson
Back in 2011, after the first QEDCon, I interviewed Mark ...
Back in 2011, after the first QEDCon, I interviewed Mark Henderson for Episode 55 - while attending the Westminster Skeptics in the pub. Now, over a year later, his book The Geek Manifesto: Why Science Matters is out. From The Geek Manifesto...
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Token Skeptic #123 - On Not So A.C.E - Investigating Accelerated Christian Education With Jonny Scaramanga
Jonny Scaramanga is an independent musician, singer, songwriter, guitarist, and ...
Jonny Scaramanga is an independent musician, singer, songwriter, guitarist, and teacher in Bath. He once attended an ACE school and questions whether the system has done the right thing by him and thousands of students world-wide,...
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Token Skeptic #122 - On Adventures At The World Skeptics Congress Berlin
On the last day of the Sixth World Skeptics Congress ...
On the last day of the Sixth World Skeptics Congress in Berlin, I conducted ten short interviews for the podcast. Just before I collapsed due to tarte flambée consumption. Many, many thanks to Martin Mahner, Armadeo Sarma,...
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Token Skeptic #121 - Women, Media And Science - Interview With Ben Radford
Are women easily fooled by ideal images promoted by the ...
Are women easily fooled by ideal images promoted by the media? Does reporting on science findings contribute to girls feeling social pressure to conform to beauty and gender-stereotyped expectations? Should we trust media reportage of scientific...
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Token Skeptic #120 - On Token Skepticism – The Best Of (Yet Again)
The last ‘best of’ was Episode 60, featuring segments of ...
The last ‘best of’ was Episode 60, featuring segments of the show that I’ve done since December 25th, 2009. Since another sixty episodes have passed, here is another look at the Token Skeptic podcast – some of the...
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Token Skeptic #119 - On Evolution In Action With Brilliant Bioluminescence - Siouxsie Wiles
Imagine a kickstarter for science, helping to get cool and ...
Imagine a kickstarter for science, helping to get cool and critical projects into action? That's what Crowdfunding for Science, the SciFund Challenge is all about - supporting science and involving the public with innovative new...
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Token Skeptic #118 - On The Self Illusion - Interview With Bruce Hood
Most of us believe that we are an independent, coherent ...
Most of us believe that we are an independent, coherent self–an individual inside our head who thinks, watches, wonders, dreams, and makes plans for the future. This sense of our self may seem incredibly real but a wealth of recent scientific...
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Token Skeptic #117 - On Hoaxilla - The Skeptical Podcast From Germany
Hoaxilla - a green monster from the credulous deeps? Is ...
Hoaxilla - a green monster from the credulous deeps? Is it a German Skepticality, with a German-speaking Derek and Swoopy? Or a podcast about to celebrate its second birthday at the World Skeptics Congress? Alexa and Alexander...
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Token Skeptic #116 - On The Hidden Ingredients Of Chinese Medicine
From Nature News, 12th April: Chinese herbal medicines contain ingredients ...
From Nature News, 12th April: Chinese herbal medicines contain ingredients derived from endangered animals, toxic plants and livestock, a genetic audit has discovered. Few of these ingredients were listed on the packaging. “There’s...
