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The Sceptic

The Daily Sceptic

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Welcome to The Sceptic, the Daily Sceptic’s weekly podcast. Host Laurie Wastell interviews the authors of some of the website’s most talked about recent pieces. Please subscribe, and remember: question everything; stay sane; live free. Produced by Richard Eldred.
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Uncanny

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From ghostly phantoms to UFOs, Danny Robins investigates real-life stories of paranormal encounters. So, are you Team Believer or Team Sceptic? Written and presented by Danny Robins Editor and Sound Designer: Charlie Brandon-King Music: Evelyn Sykes Theme Music by Lanterns on the Lake Produced by Danny Robins and Simon Barnard A Bafflegab and Uncanny Media production for BBC Radio 4
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Your listen-along Steely Dan podventure. Join Oli (Dan fan) and Andrew (Dan sceptic), as they take the scenic route through the entire Steely Dan discography. Each week, our hosts take a forensic look at a Steely Dan song. Join them on a nine-series trek from 'Do It Again' on 1972's Can't Buy a Thrill, to 'Everything Must Go' on the 2003 album of the same name. Will they uncover hidden truths? Will they nail The Vibe? Will Andrew ever admit he actually quite likes Steely Dan? Turn on, tune i ...
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There are a lot of opinions on how to master your mind, but then there’s PSYCHOLOGY. We’re all stuck with the brain we’re born with, but we aren’t stuck with how we use it. Learn science-backed answers to make the most of your mind and your life. CURIOUS? Growth Mindset Psychology is the "self-help sceptic" podcast for the curious. Whether you want to improve performance, navigate setbacks, or know who you are. We find answers to the true science of self-improvement. So put down the astrolog ...
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Welcome to the Nonsense Dialogues. "Dialogues" because we would like to think we sound like Socrates and Plato at the Academy. "Nonsense" because we think we sound like the great sceptics - Hume, Wittgenstein, Kant and so on. Actually, neither is true. Randal and David just like to argue about organisational and social psychological theory and practice in an invariably vain attempt to figure out what works and to complain about the myths, half-truths and just plain wrong shite that pass as g ...
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The Best Science (BS) Medicine Podcast is a weekly presentation where practitioners can get evidence-based drug therapy content that is practical, entertaining and promotes healthy scepticism. In essence, we are the Medication Mythbusters. We present information that is useful and relevant to physicians, pharmacists, nurses, physician assistants and other health professionals, and that can easily be incorporated into day-to-day practice. The podcast is presented by Dr. James McCormack, Profe ...
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Anti Sceptic

Kelsey De Almeida

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A show discussing all the interesting and slightly weird things people believe in! From religion and vegan diets to asking the big questions, like, can we really contact the dead? In each episode I'll be chatting to an expert or a funny guest discussing a belief thats close to their heart. If you want to know if Psychics are fake and hear me have a live reading or learn if sleep is really that important, this is the Podcast for you! You can also support the podcast here! : https://www.patreo ...
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Join us when we release a new episode every week on an enthralling journey as we dive deep into some of the most intriguing and debated topics of our time. From the mysteries of lost ancient civilizations and the tantalizing possibility of alien life to the mind-bending concept of our reality being a simulation, we cover it all. Our goal is to sift through the speculation, examine the evidence, and try to provide thoughtful, balanced insights that make sense of these fascinating subjects. Wh ...
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Join Ash and Greg each week as they explore some of the lesser known but fascinating unusual stories from the unknown world! With latest paranormal and UFO news, a look back at historical cases, and special guests joining them along the way!
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The Edition

The Spectator

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The Spectator's flagship podcast featuring discussions and debates on the best features from the week's edition. Presented by Lara Prendergast and William Moore.
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Cryptid Addicted

Cryptid Addicted

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They're weird and sometimes frightening. They've been spotted in our forests, our oceans and even in our cities. Are they in your neighbourhood? Rarely seen or photographed, some dispute that they even exist at all... They're Megan and Paddy, and they want to talk to you about Cryptids.
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CINEWAG

CINEWAG

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A film discussion podcast with trivia, quizzes and chat about your favourite actors and actresses. Our toy bingo machine chooses the person, we discuss their filmography and try to convince film-sceptic Sophie to watch one of their best movies, to be reviewed the following episode. Join us - Tony, Jordan, Jon and Sophie for a chinwag about cinema.
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The podcast where philosophy meets data science. All beliefs are unjustified, and we are trying to disprove them, continue listening if you're a sceptic. Please send us your thoughts: https://www.linesareopen.com/utb/. Support this podcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/join/unjusttifiedtruebeliefs
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Reality Check

Tony Pitman

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Gay? Lesbian? Skeptical? Check out "Reality Check!" "Reality Check" is a radio show hosted by Tony Pitman and broadcast on JOY 94.9 FM in Melbourne, Australia. Each episode, "Reality Check" brings you a round-up of LGBT world news and a movie review, plus a heavy dose of critical thinking and skeptical analysis of pseudoscience and the paranormal. Psychics, ghosts, UFOs, astrology, diets, alternative medicines and much more all come under the critical eye.
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Happiness - A Sceptics Guide

Paul Flower and Dr Gary Wood

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We all want to be happier but how do we achieve it? And do we even recognise what makes us happy? With an overwhelming rise in mental health issues ‘Happiness, A Sceptics Guide’ seeks to address a vital issue: understanding and improving your wellbeing. Join your hosts, serial self-help-abuser and professional sceptic Paul Flower and psychologist and author Dr Gary Wood on an epic quest, to navigate the vagaries of the world of wellness, in pursuit of happiness and how to hold on to it. In f ...
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A verse by verse walkthrough of the Bible from Genesis to Revelation with pastor Justin Thomas. Grow in your understanding of the message of the Scriptures and your ability to read it for yourself. Whether you think of yourself as a student of the Bible, a Christian who just wants to know God better, or a sceptic who wants to explore Christianity, Verse/Verse was created with you in mind.
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The Real Normal Podcast

The Real Normal Podcast

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Three blokes get together to cover all the stories in the news and from UK politics over the last week with an amusing eye. Expect laughter, analysis, listener rants and awful DIY songs! Email us: [email protected] Follow us: https://www.instagram.com/therealnormalpodcast/ Leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts - it REALLY HELPS!
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Begotten

That's Not Canon Productions

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A sceptic. A paranoiac. A criminal. A migrant. A hostage. Minola Theatre presents BEGOTTEN, a five-part audio drama by award-winning playwright Bianca Butler Reynolds. Join us each week as we meet five generations of women: Alice, Eileen, Clea, Hazel and Laoise. Hear a century of their stories, encompassing grief, war, sanity, loss and revenge. Listen as they grapple with powerful questions about heredity, and what is passed down family lines. Are we doomed to make the same mistakes our pare ...
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We love Jesus who is the eternal Son of God. Jesus is fully God and fully man. He lived a perfect life, died our death on the cross, he rose physically from the dead on the third day, he ascended to heaven, he now rules over everything and one day he will return as Judge and King.
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Truth speaks no words Odysee: https://odysee.com/@armunnrigh Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@armunnrigh Repentant Magdalene book: E-book: https://www.lulu.com/shop/armunn-righ/repentant-magdalene/ebook/product-kv92pqg.html Paperback: https://www.lulu.com/shop/armunn-righ/repentant-magadalene/paperback/product-q6n4p9z.html Audiobook: https://ko-fi.com/s/0e6a926e5b Gospel of the Living: https://archive.org/details/gospel-of-the-living https://archive.org/details/gospel-of-the-living-poem-ada ...
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Decode

The Betoota Advocate

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A podcast series from the Betoota Advocate that breaks down, explains and decodes Australian politics and the big issues in the news cycle.
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The Last Tuesday Project

The Last Tuesday Project

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A group of friends get together once a month thanks to the wonder of modern technology to discuss one topic. That topic can come in the form of either a question, a subject, a claim, or a statement. The thing is, only one of us knows what that topic is going to be. That person shall henceforth be known as the Dimbleby. (It's a long story.) The Dimbleby has two topics in their pocket. They tell us the first one and then the rest of us have the opportunity to veto it based on a majority vote. ...
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Brought to you by Stephen Moore, of MLT Digital, the Your Law Firm Success podcast is for lawyers who wish to grow a successful law firm. Stephen speaks with lawyers (both past and present), consultants and suppliers about the drivers for law firm success, mistakes to be avoided and the future of legal services. If you want to grow your law firm this is the podcast for you.
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RCSLT - Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists

The Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists

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This is the official podcast of the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists - RSCLT. We were established on 6 January 1945 to promote the art and science of speech and language therapy – the care for individuals with communication, swallowing, eating and drinking difficulties.We are the professional body for speech and language therapists in the UK; providing leadership and setting professional standards.We facilitate and promote research into the field of speech and language therapy ...
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You've likely heard about hypnobirthing, but what about parents, we need support too! Hypnoparenting is about building your mental health resilience as a parent and ditching survival mode.In this podcast I talk about strategies, tools and tips to help you thrive as a parent.
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Medium Annette

Annette Jackson

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My first podcast eeek sharing my childhood experiences of being open to the spirit world , how I felt and sensed and what happened to lead me to find out more and become a working medium - an open and honest chat about the spirit world and my childhood - enjoy x
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Strategic self-promotion for self-respecting solopreneurs, thought leaders and founders of small but impactful businesses. Hosted by Trevor Young aka ’The PR Warrior’. Enhance your reputation as a key influential voice in your industry! Listen to this podcast to learn how to harness the power of PR, content and digital communications to build credible authority for your business and personal brand.
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In this Special Episode of the Sceptic, Laurie speaks to Dr Mario Trabucco della Toretta, classical archaeologist and writer. In this extended interview, Laurie and Mario discuss the British Museum and why it’s the best in the world, its magnificent collection and where it came from, why the ‘decolonise’ lobby is so wrong to claim it’s all ‘looted’…
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We talk to to Brian Bateman, who moved into a house just over a year ago. Then he found out about the history of not only the house, but the local area. That's when things changed. We even experienced anomalies during the recording that have not happened before. Find the book inspired by the house - https://a.co/d/eXI32xd…
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You can have access to all the episodes here : https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCLERhRoKImsx-2E1SaJJsUhEpywNcQ3o&si=2yWIMF7rE0cZAjeU In 1999, a Swedish researcher named Ole had an encounter that would change everything he thought he knew about reality. Deep in the forests of southern Sweden, he sat face-to-face with something the world still ref…
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We don’t see the future. We predict it — and sometimes we predict disaster before it’s even possible. Catastrophizing is a mental reflex. It’s your mind, desperate for control, drawing monsters where none exist yet. In this episode, we explore the quiet space between stimulus and story — the moment you could choose curiosity over certainty. Relatio…
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This week: the many crises awaiting the next pope ‘Francis was a charismatic pope loved by most of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics’ writes Damian Thompson in the cover article this week. But few of them ‘grasp the scale of the crisis in the Church… The next Vicar of Christ, liberal or conservative’ faces ‘challenges that dwarf those that confront…
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Two days and 16 hours of intensive accessibility panels and talks, condensced into two hours of live and not so live discussion.00:00 - DAY 102:00 - GA Conf info and "News update"04:20 - "Behind the Curtain: Sustainable Accessibility in an Indie Development Environment"08:14 - "Include, Learn, Iterate: User Research for Accessibility"13:07 - "You’r…
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Podcast with climate scientist Professor Benjamin Horton.Tune in as we discuss:Horton’s career in climate science, built in the US, shaped by Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane SandyHow the US and Singapore view climate science differentlyWhy the attack on climate science in the US matters to AsiaThe private sector’s response to climate policyWhy busi…
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What if the person you think you are is an outdated idea? In this episode, we explore how habits form—not from logic, but from history. From childhood rules to adult rituals, your behaviours aren’t just choices. They’re echoes. We look at behavioural debt: how the past continues to extract payments from your present and what you can do about it. We…
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In episode 601, James and Mike invite Jennifer Young back to the podcast to go over all the evidence we have for pregabalin and gabapentin in patients with fibromyalgia. During the discussion we find out how many people actually get a ≥30% reduction in pain compared to placebo. We even look at some information about different doses. All the numbers…
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As crypto matures, competition between ecosystems is heating up. In this episode of Crypto Clarified, host Benjamin Dean is joined by Camila Russo, founder of The Defiant and author of The Infinite Machine, to discuss the evolving dynamics between Ethereum and Solana. From the rise and crash of meme coins to Ethereum’s governance challenges, fragme…
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In this Special Episode of the Sceptic, Laurie speaks to Ben Cobley, commentator and author of The Tribe: The Liberal-Left and the System of Diversity and The Progress Trap: The Modern Left and the False Authority of History, out next month. They discuss Ben’s concept of the “system of diversity” we find ourselves living in our multicultural societ…
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How often do you say no? In this episode, I unpack the beautiful mess that is boundary-setting—with stories, psychology, and a touch of Brexit. This episode dives deep into what it really means to assert your needs. Boundaries aren’t about building walls—they’re more like installing a front door with a lock you actually use. We explore why people-p…
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This week: should the assisted dying bill be killed off? Six months after Kim Leadbeater MP launched the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, a group of Labour MPs have pronounced it ‘irredeemably flawed and not fit to become law’. They say the most basic aspects of the bill – having gone through its committee stage – do not hold up to scrutin…
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Despite a drop in high-profile cases of greenwashing, Japan-based academic Kim Schumacher tells the EB Podcast that the problem isn’t going away, it’s just changing form.Tune in as we discuss: Is greenwashing really in decline?Why has greenhushing spread to Asia?The vulnerability of the EU Greens Claims DirectiveWhy has the finance sector been the …
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What separates those who break from those who bend? A shift—not in strength, but in perspective. In today’s episode, we look at the 4 quadrants of mental resilience: Control, Commitment, Challenge, and Confidence —using a blend of metaphors, Stoic wisdom, and powerful stories from history. Think of your mind like a car: control is the steering whee…
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He wasn’t Keanu Reeves, and he definitely wasn’t a Christian hero. In this episode, we rip the golden halo off Constantine the Great and dig into the actual history behind the man who allegedly saw a cross in the sky and converted an empire. Spoiler: he was more into Apollo than Jesus. Was Constantine a devout believer or just a savvy warlord with …
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People with aphasia can have problems understanding or using numbers in everyday life - known as functional numeracy difficulties. However, testing this is hard because there are limited published assessments for functional numeracy difficulties for people with aphasia. This study aimed to explore, validate and pilot a wide-ranging, aphasia-friendl…
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Fireside chat with Dr Mark Konyn, Group Chief Investment Officer, AIA Group with Jessica Cheam, CEO, Eco-BusinessHong Kong plays a pivotal role in Asia's growth, serving as a major hub for sustainable development investments. Leveraging its robust financial infrastructure and strategic position in the Greater Bay Area, Hong Kong has emerged as a ga…
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There’s only so much logic you can apply to your problems, at some point you need to work with your biology. The nervous system it an incredible organ built to help you survive and it can over-ride your conscious processing at will. To stop tripping over our barriers and build true resilience, reduce stress & feel more alive we need there is a way.…
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In this mind-bending episode, we take a wrecking ball to the assumptions you’ve been spoon-fed about UFOs, extraterrestrials, and government secrecy. Are we really being visited by non-human intelligence—or are we being manipulated into believing we are? From the infamous Tic Tac video to whistleblowers like David Grusch, we peel back the layers of…
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Welcome to Episode 34 of the Sceptic! On the show this week, host Laurie Wastell speaks to the following guests: Fred de Fossard, Director of Strategy at the Prosperity Institute, on Trump’s tariffs on how Britain should respond to them. Sam Bidwell, Director of Research at the Adam Smith Institute, on the UK MPs campaigning for an airport in Mirpu…
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Show notes THE CASE Dr P works in a busy inner-city practice. One day a cancer patient bemoans the fact that she “never sees the same doctor twice” at the hospital, and asks “can I see you again doctor, you have been so helpful and understanding today?” Like many practices Dr P’s workplace uses a triage system, ensuring rapid on the day access for …
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Not something I anticipated, but we have a lot of positive words to say about Nintendo this week.00:00 - Intro01:12 - Atomfall07:00 - South of Midnight23:05 - Abiotic Factor30:30 - Switch 2 31:05 - Switch 2 Accessibility Settings37:05 - Switch 2 Price and Game Price 49:40 - Switch 2 Mouse52:35 - Drag x Drive59:20 - Switch 2 Further DiscussionFor re…
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This week: Trump’s tariffs – madness or mastermind? ‘Shock tactics’ is the headline of our cover article this week, as deputy editor Freddy Gray reflects on a week that has seen the US President upend the global economic order, with back and forth announcements on reciprocal and retaliatory tariffs. At the time of writing, a baseline 10% on imports…
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The problem with being human is that we believe our version of truth is the truth. Not because we’re bad—but because we’re wired that way. This episode is a story of blindness. Not the kind you see—but the kind you don’t even know you have. You’re not as open-minded as you think. That’s not an insult—it’s just how the brain works. We shortcut. We j…
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