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The Skeptic Zone


Sep 24, 2022

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Introduction
Richard Saunders

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You Can Count on Adrienne

Pseudoscience in Education

In this discussion, Adrienne Hill, Kelly Burke, and the Skeptical Fairy Godmother Angel from the internet, aka the tooth fairy, aka Michelle Bijkersma, get together to discuss pseudoscience in education within their three countries of Canada, the USA and Australia.

This is an edited version of the conversation, only touching on a few of the topics they cover in the full recording. But you can hear the unedited version by going to the Skeptic Zone YouTube page or by clicking on the link in this week's show notes. We also ask you to tell any teachers you might know about this conversation.

Full version here: https://youtu.be/EVRvs01tXPQ

0:22:34
A Dive into a Trove

A wander through the decades of digitised Australian newspapers on a search for references to "Kebrina Kinkade".

Sydney Morning Herald - 16th March 1980

http://www.trove.nla.gov.au

0:40:22
Australian Skeptics Newsletter

What skeptical news has caught the eye of Tim Mendham this week?
Read by Adrienne Hill.

http://www.skeptics.com.au

0:50:54
Maynard's Spooky Action

What's on Maynard's Podcast? A new book from longtime music industry insider Jane Gazzo fills in Australian music history from a time before oversharing became endemic. Sound As Ever: A celebration of the greatest decade in Australian music (1990-1999), a book with Andrew P Street covers most things that you should know about the optimistic musical decade that was dashed against the uncaring digital rocks of the 21st century.

http://www.maynard.com.au

Also
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winchester_Mystery_House

Australian Skeptics National Convention 2022
Science & Skepticism in a changed world
3 - 4 December, National Library of Australia, Canberra
https://skepticon.org.au