Sceptical Podcasts

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I just thought I'd put up a list of sceptical resources for people interested in hearing the materialist (read as rational) side of some of the issues. I'd ask other sceptics to add to it...

Podcasts

Skeptoid
One of the best. Each episode is about ten minutes long and deals with one topic per podcast. Today the 100th episode was released so there's a lot of good stuff there!

The Skeptics Guide to the Universe
Greates podcast ever! A weekly show about an hour long that focuses on paranormal/sceptical/conspiracy/SCAM news and discusses it. Regularly have famous guests and occasional contributions from James Randi. More than 150 hours of stuff...

QuackCast
Mark Crislip, an infectious disiese doctor, practices 'evidence based ridicule' of SCAMs (Supplemenytary, Complementary and Alternative Medicine). Very funny and informative.

The Ricky Gervais Show
Suprisingly sceptical. Karl Pilkington's ridiculous views are ripped apart! Very very funny!

Skeptico
Not sceptical at all! Pretty funny though. Worth using to hear an example of someone with no grasp on reality.

humanji

Shouldn't this be in the skeptics forum?

El_mariachi

Well its not a podcast but it is alway a great reference on matters supernatural.
http://www.randi.org/
Also has the links to the million dollar prize if anyone want to try it.

And of course
http://www.badastronomy.com/
rather self explainitory really.
Focuses more on the pseudo-science side of things

???

No. It's here so people interested in hearing the other side of their beliefs can have a look/listen.

humanji

Which is what the skeptics forum is for. It's akin to an Atheist going on the Christianity forum and denouncing their religion (which happens an awful lot ).

Havermeyer

humanji wrote: »

Which is what the skeptics forum is for. It's akin to an Atheist going on the Christianity forum and denouncing their religion (which happens an awful lot ).

And vice versa, I might add. :cool:

El_mariachi

The skeptic forum is kinda dead.
Beside you wouldn't get any good debates going if we're all preaching to the choir.

6th

El_mariachi wrote: »

The skeptic forum is kinda dead.

So because you cant get things going over there you use here instead?

Dave!

The Skeptics forum is for the Irish Skeptic Society. Sure the threads in Outdoor Pursuits and the hosted Scouting and Guiding forum overlap also.

The charter says:

Regarding sceptical debate on Paranormal issues

Sceptical debate and discussion is restricted solely and specifically to threads where the original poster has asked for explanation or discussion on phenomenological issues or events.

Sabotage wrote: »

So because you cant get things going over there you use here instead?

This forum allows sceptical discussion. If you're not interested, then don't click on a thread whose title is 'sceptical podcasts'.

El_mariachi

Sabotage wrote: »

So because you cant get things going over there you use here instead?

Yes?
What's your point?
I believe ??? wanted to give people here a different side of the paranormal.

???

Pretty much exactly right! We are all going to be dismissed as cynics no matter what we say, and that's something we sorta have to accept. However if you listen to a well presented, well planned out presentation on an issue you're interested it might just give you some more insight.

Hell I make this a challenge, anyone willing to test their beliefs go to http://skeptoid.com/ or search for skeptoid on itunes and dowload the relevent podcasts. Listen to them then report back on why they're wrong. I'm more than willing to consider any criticisms of the issues Dunning covers and if I feel you are right I will admit it straight out and publically.

stevenmu

DaveMcG wrote: »

The Skeptics forum is for the Irish Skeptic Society.

I agree, that forum is a hosted forum for a particular society, and while it also caters for general sceptical discussion, sceptical discussion can also be relevant and on-topic here. There is the possibility at some point of having a sceptics subforum here, but in the meantime I think this thread is fine and people should stick to the topic.

6th

stevenmu wrote: »

I agree, that forum is a hosted forum for a particular society, and while it also caters for general sceptical discussion, sceptical discussion can also be relevant and on-topic here. There is the possibility at some point of having a sceptics subforum here, but in the meantime I think this thread is fine and people should stick to the topic.

I'd say there is.

stevenmu

How prophetic was that? Proof if I ever saw it :pac:

El_mariachi

stevenmu wrote: »

How prophetic was that? Proof if I ever saw it :pac:

Fraud! charlatan!

Do you ever notice "Skeptics" are not skepticle at all, they just dont believe . They are as bad as crazy's when it comes to the paranormal. 1 group has its mind so open their brain falls out. The other group's mind is so closed their brain cant breath .

6th

Deleted User wrote: »

1 group has its mind so open their brain falls out. The other group's mind is so closed their brain cant breath .

lol

humanji

DaveMcG wrote:

This forum allows sceptical discussion. If you're not interested, then don't click on a thread whose title is 'sceptical podcasts'.

That's not exactly what the charter means though, is it? Even the bit you quoted points out that it's not for Paranormal bashing:

Anyways, am I just slow (well, I am), or has this forum just appeared?

Riamfada

Hey Question Mark guy. I went to that Skeptoid forum and it appears more of a conspiracy debunker. I also dont like the fact that he uses phrases like "why ghosthunters using equipment are stupid" . Whatever the paranormal did to him as a child he obviously has some underlying issues with people who believe. I eagerly await his next podcast "the truth behind Santa claus and why children are stupid for believing in him".

If there is one thing more pointless than spending your time looking for ghosts its spending your time contradicting the people who spend their time looking for ghosts :pac:

El_mariachi

Grimes wrote: »

Hey Question Mark guy. I went to that Skeptoid forum and it appears more of a conspiracy debunker. I also dont like the fact that he uses phrases like "why ghosthunters using equipment are stupid" . Whatever the paranormal did to him as a child he obviously has some underlying issues with people who believe. I eagerly await his next podcast "the truth behind Santa claus and why children are stupid for believing in him".

If there is one thing more pointless than spending your time looking for ghosts its spending your time contradicting the people who spend their time looking for ghosts :pac:

We contradict aura readers too

???

I haven't visited the forum, just listened to the podcast. It may be the listeners who are jackasses! That's one podcast explain why EM meters really don't pick up ghosts and just explaining bits about orbs. It's for the general public!

monkeyfudge

??? wrote: »

I haven't visited the forum, just listened to the podcast. It may be the listeners who are jackasses! That's one podcast explain why EM meters really don't pick up ghosts and just explaining bits about orbs. It's for the general public!

EMF readers pick up electro magnetic fields... it's all there in the name... is there anyone silly enough to believe otherwise?

You can also use a gauss meter to detect ELF magnetic field radiation.

High levels of these would have an adverse effect on human health and could explain why people feel ill at ease or feel that a location is haunted.

You'd test for infrasound as well for similar reasons.

The EMF is more of a debunker then a finder. If there is a house that is supposed to have a haunted room, were people feel weird and so on and it has a high magnetic field due to wires and electronics and so on. This causes feelings of paranoya and so on.

But if you are in a building that has not electric's and you are getting spikes on the meter, well that should be recorded .

???

High EM levels cause feelings of paranoia? That is totally bogus!!!

A good EMF will pick up the bleeding camera's you're using and any radio's, mobile phones etc.

DANNY22XX

??? wrote: »

High EM levels cause feelings of paranoia? That is totally bogus!!!

A good EMF will pick up the bleeding camera's you're using and any radio's, mobile phones etc.

thats why you do emf reading before you set up the cams so you compare when the cams are set up,,