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We’re back home after QED and boy was it great! Last one, we know, but next year will see the European Skeptics Congress in Liverpool and it will largely be following the template of QED. Save the dates, 16-18 October 2026!
We note the lessons learned from hurricane Melissa and in TWISH we hear about two milestones of European history, the ECDC and the European Convention om Human Rights. Then, we catch up on the news:
In Finland the nonsense of DISC personality tests are inexplicably popular and the company MLP gets the Really Wrong Award for promoting it, while philosopher of science Inkeri Koskinen gets the Really Right Award for speaking up about it.
Enjoy!
https://theesp.eu/podcast_archive/theesp-ep-504.html
Segments:
0:00:27 Intro
0:00:51 Greetings
0:15:12 TWISH
0:24:02 News
0:56:51 Really Wrong / Really Right
1:01:48 Quote
1:03:20 Outro
1:04:43 Outtakes
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Note! You can find the video of this live recording here on our Youtube channel! (special thanks to the fantastic SitPO team for the video!)
We were live from QED! Best time ever! Joining us for the recording were the fabulous Claire Klingenberg, Deborah Hyde and Brian Eggo, as well as huge crowd of happy QED attendees. We had a TWISH about phrenology and also a line of positive(!) news:
Special thanks to friend of the show Rob McDermott for the great photos!
Enjoy!
Show notes: https://theesp.eu/podcast_archive/theesp-ep-503.html
Segments:
0:00:50 Intro
0:01:43 Greetings
0:05:44 TWISH
0:18:21 News
0:47:17 Quote
0:49:29 Outro
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Warming up for QED, we dive directly in to TWISH and talk about – QED(!) and how this weekend will be an historic event as the last one of them all. We’re going to make the most of it!
But before we pack our bags, we have some news to talk about:
Not all influencers are bad, so this week’s Really Right Award goes to the Instagram account Kvinnokliniken that keeps fighting for good and science-based information regarding women’s health issues.
Enjoy!
https://theesp.eu/podcast_archive/theesp-ep-502.html
Segments:
0:00:27 Intro
0:00:51 Greetings
0:04:03 TWISH
0:14:38 News
0:36:53 Really Right
0:41:37 Quote
0:43:42 Outro
0:45:05 Outtakes
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To begin with with remember Jane Goodall and we mark that the Dutch Master Kackadoris Award has been awarded to the VU University of Amsterdam – serves them right! In TWISH we hear about the adoption of the Gregorian calendar in 1582 (in some places much later!) and then, we dig into the news:
The Really Wrong Award goes to Meta and the EU for their inability to handle political ads.
Enjoy!
https://theesp.eu/podcast_archive/theesp-ep-501.html
Segments:
0:00:26 Intro
0:00:53 Greetings
0:11:23 TWISH
0:20:12 News
0:48:39 Really Wrong
0:53:26 Quote
0:54:31 Outro
0:55:53 Outtakes
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It’s official boys and girls, we made it to Episode 500!
We celebrated this with a live recording and joining us from all over the world were a whole bunch of the best skeptics you can imagine: Michael Marshall, Chris French, Claire Klingenberg, Susan Gerbic, Deborah Hyde, Adrienne Hill and Richard Saunders. Good friends all! Annika Harrison and Brian Eggo unfortunately couldn’t make it, but went out of their way to record their greetings in advance. What a wonderful time!
Enjoy!
PS. The edited recording is available on our YouTube channel!
Show notes: https://theesp.eu/podcast_archive/theesp-ep-500.html
Segments:
0:00:29 INTRO
0:03:02 GUESTS
0:03:02: Michael Marshall
0:16:55: Chris French
0:33:02: Claire Klingenberg
0:48:26: Susan Gerbic
1:02:29: Deborah Hyde
1:19:11: Adrienne Hill
1:34:37: Richard Saunders
1:58:10: Annika Harrison
2:04:02: Brian Eggo
2:15:12 OUTRO
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Next week we’ll livestream our 500th episode (but stick around for this one first!), and also we remind all non-UK QED participants to get their ETAs before they go to Manchester later this month. In TWISH we learn about Alice Stewart and her work for awareness of the risks with radiation. Then we go to the news:
Dick Erixon of the Sweden Democrats wants to investigate George Soros only because that’s what daddy Trump wants, and for that he is Really Wrong.
Enjoy!
https://theesp.eu/podcast_archive/theesp-ep-499.html
Segments:
0:00:27 Intro
0:00:50 Greetings
0:06:41 TWISH
0:16:16 News
0:45:26 Really Wrong
0:50:45 Quote
0:52:20 Outro
0:53:43 Outtakes
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Swedish glaciers are disappearing and in TWISH we hear about the triumph for science when discovering Neptune. After that, it’s the news:
RFK jr. (or little Bobby) claims that he has a ‘cure for autism’ and that’s such a face plant that he get’s a new Really Wrong Award, just two weeks after his previous.
Enjoy!
https://theesp.eu/podcast_archive/theesp-ep-498.html
Segments:
0:00:27 Intro
0:00:51 Greetings
0:05:56 TWISH
0:14:42 News
0:46:07 Really Wrong
0:50:15 Quote
0:51:19 Outro
0:52:41 Outtakes
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Make sure to check out András Skeptics in the Pub Online talk next week on 25 September! In TWISH we meet Ötzi the Ice Man, and a mystery death from 5300 years ago and a invaluable source of archeological science. Then we look to the news:
Viktor Orbán has done it again, and gets his sixth(!) Really Wrong Award, this time for doubling down on crime information.
Enjoy!
https://theesp.eu/podcast_archive/theesp-ep-497.html
Segments:
0:00:27 Intro
0:00:52 Greetings
0:07:29 TWISH
0:21:06 News
0:51:22 Really Wrong
0:56:33 Quote
0:57:55 Outro
0:59:18 Outtakes
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In the Netherlands, trust in science is increasing which is unexpected good news. We have some thoughts on the election results in Norway, plus you can now hear us on YouTube! In TWISH we hear about a close encounter in France and then it’s time for the news:
RFK jr. may be American but the dangerous nonsense that “His Wrongness” is spreading reach us world wide. This time he has decided that paracetamol (aka Tylenol) is causing autism and for that he is Really Wrong.
Enjoy!
https://theesp.eu/podcast_archive/theesp-ep-496.html
Segments:
0:00:27 Intro
0:00:50 Greetings
0:09:15 TWISH
0:19:05 News
0:38:42 Really Wrong
0:42:58 Quote
0:44:01 Outro
0:45:24 Outtakes
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After some listener feedback regarding green energy and Pontus reporting back from Lithuania, we go to TWISH where we hear about Wilhelm Ostwald, one of the fathers of physical chemistry. The, we get to the news:
Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez of Spain is planning to tackle climate change straight on, and for that he is Really Right.
Enjoy!
https://theesp.eu/podcast_archive/theesp-ep-495.html
Segments:
0:00:27 Intro
0:00:49 Greetings
0:12:47 TWISH
0:22:42 News
0:46:48 Really Right
0:50:09 Quote
0:52:17 Outro
0:53:39 Outtakes
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We’re already looking forward to QED and nominations for the Ockham Awards are still open – if you know someone who deserves it nominate them! After some listener feedback we go to TWISH and hear about the Swing Riots. Then, it’s time for the news:
The UK government has still not acknowledged their part in the tragedy of forced abortions from British ‘Mother and Baby homes’, and for that the get this week’s Award for being Really Wrong.
Enjoy!
https://theesp.eu/podcast_archive/theesp-ep-494.html
Segments:
0:00:27 Intro
0:00:51 Greetings
0:09:23 TWISH
0:19:07 News
0:50:48 Really Wrong
0:55:03 Quote
0:56:42 Outro
0:58:04 Outtakes
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In TWISH this week we look into the achievements of James Watt who made a whole lot of things, despite not inventing the steam engine. Then of course, there’s the news:
The Center for Trial and Error gets this week’s Really Right Award for encouraging the publishing of negative studies.
Enjoy!
https://theesp.eu/podcast_archive/theesp-ep-493.html
Segments:
0:00:27 Intro
0:00:51 Greetings
0:04:39 TWISH
0:13:26 News
0:41:18 Really Right
0:45:11 Quote
0:47:12 Outro
0:48:35 Outtakes
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Ever realized that there are three types of conspiracy theorists and a clear link between them and terrorism? Catch the new book by Steen Svanholm and Claus Larsen and hear them talk about their findings in this week’s interview!
Enjoy!
https://theesp.eu/podcast_archive/theesp-ep-492.html
Segments:
0:00:27 Intro
0:00:49 Greetings
0:02:56 Interview
0:52:40 Farewell
0:54:02 Outro
0:55:25 Outtakes
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We’ve got some listener feedback about the popularity of lie detectors in Ukraine, and in TWISH we hear about the man behind the number, Amedeo Avogadro. Of course, we then get into this week’s news:
The Really Wrong award goes to the Swedish fundamentalist evangelical Genesis organisation and the Really Right award to Prof. Dan Larhammar for his excellent take down of creationist nonsense.
Enjoy!
https://theesp.eu/podcast_archive/theesp-ep-491.html
Segments:
0:00:27 Intro
0:00:50 Greetings
0:08:06 TWISH
0:24:29 News
0:53:34 Really Wrong / Really Right
0:59:19 Quote
1:01:16 Outro
1:02:39 Outtakes
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Congratulations to friend of the show Deborah Hyde who has been appointed patron of Humanists UK! In TWISH we hear about to unsolved mystery of the disappearance of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry and after that, we dig into the news:
Nigel Farage, leader of Reform UK and general spreader of disinformation, is demonstrably lying about the crime situation in the UK, and for that he gets this week’s award for being Really Wrong.
Enjoy!
https://theesp.eu/podcast_archive/theesp-ep-490.html
Segments:
0:00:27 Intro
0:00:51 Greetings
0:14:50 TWISH
0:29:34 News
1:01:11 Really Wrong
1:07:30 Quote
1:09:17 Outro
1:10:39 Outtakes
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It’s the episode nobody could expect! Least of all András, who in Pontus’ continued absence gets put on the spot by the hot Scot known as Eggman. Can you match the skills of the Magyar Man? Tune in and find out.
Enjoy!
Segments:
0:00:27 Intro
0:00:57 Greetings
0:03:18 Quiz
0:05:32 round 1
0:20:58 round 2
0:40:40 round 3
0:54:02 Farewell
0:56:11 Outro
0:57:34 Outtakes
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As Pontus is off on som some mysterious quest or whatnot, Brian Eggo (Eggman) sneaks back into the driver's seat of the show. In TWISH we hear about the myths surrounding the death of the last tsar of Russia and his family back in 1918. Then we take a look at the news:
Wales Online is this week’s receiver av the Really Wrong Award after publishing an article about cancer “cures” with no regard for science.
Enjoy!
https://theesp.eu/podcast_archive/theesp-ep-488.html
Segments:
0:00:25 Intro
0:00:56 Greetings
0:06:16 TWISH
0:18:56 News
0:51:52 Really Wrong
1:04:26 Quote
1:07:43 Outro
1:09:05 Outtakes
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The heat wave in Europe is back, and in TWISH we learn about the Russell-Einstein Manifesto which was published 70 years ago this week, and we wonder why we haven’t come any further than we have. Then, it’s time for the news:
Is it wise to filter your blood to get rid of microplastics? The Clarify Clinic in London does not wait for the science to find out, but instead turn it into an expensive product. Naturally, they receive this weeks award for being Really Wrong.
Enjoy!
https://theesp.eu/podcast_archive/theesp-ep-487.html
Segments:
0:00:27 Intro
0:00:52 Greetings
0:05:00 TWISH
0:12:28 News
0:45:09 Really Wrong
0:50:10 Quote
0:51:11 Outro
0:52:33 Outtakes
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Viktor Orbán got his behind handed to him when trying to ban Budapest Pride and that makes us very happy! In TWISH we learn about Attila Pataky who can not only sing but has also repeatedly been abducted by aliens – maybe they just like his music? Then, it’s time for the news:
For Who’s Quacking? this week we have UK spreader of deadly nonsens, Kate Shemirani.
Enjoy!
https://theesp.eu/podcast_archive/theesp-ep-486.html
Segments:
0:00:27 Intro
0:00:51 Greetings
0:07:15 TWISH
0:14:56 News
0:46:27 Who's Quacking?
0:51:39 Quote
0:53:18 Outro
0:54:41 Outtakes
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Is the virus metaphor for spreading misinformation really as good as we have been led to think? Some psychologists disagree. We again ask everyone to show support their support for the Naked Scientists podcast and then in TWISH we hear about George Orwell whose dark visions of society seems ever relevant. Then, we go to the news:
Statins is the subject for both the Really Wrong and Really Right Awards this week. One goes to Aseem Malhotra and the other to Full Fact. Can you guess who gets which?
Enjoy!
https://theesp.eu/podcast_archive/theesp-ep-485.html
Segments:
0:00:27 Intro
0:00:51 Greetings
0:09:52 TWISH
0:17:12 News
0:41:10 Really Wrong / Really Right
0:45:01 Quote
0:46:14 Outro
0:47:36 Outtakes
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