The Skeptic Zone #765 - 4.June.2023

The Skeptic Zone

0:00:00 Introduction Richard Saunders 0:02:32 You Can Count on Adrienne Interview with Courtney Heard Courtney Heard is the host of the Q-Dropped Podcast, featuring stories of relationships torn apart by QAnon. She has been an active and outspoken member of the online atheist community since 2014, when she launched her blog, www.godlessmom.com. Born and raised secular in British Columbia, she has never been religious but has found the sudden increase of conspiratorial thinking in the mainstream discourse unsettling. She has dedicated much of her free time to telling the stories of people who have lost a loved one to QAnon because her own parents have been lost down the same rabbit hole. https://www.porthosmedia.net/qdropped 0:17:41 Local Skeptics Susan Gerbic chats to Greg Roe from the Santa Cruz County Skeptics, a group for science enthusiasts, critical thinkers, and skeptics in Santa Cruz County, California. They socialize, promote science and critical thinking in their community, host talks, and more. https://www.meetup.com/santa-cruz-county-skeptics https://www.facebook.com/groups/1419831232169981 0:23:06 Australian Skeptics Newsletter What skeptical news has caught the eye of Tim Mendham this week? Read by Adrienne Hill. Includes Adrienne's Canadian word of the week, "Kerfuffle". http://www.skeptics.com.au 0:33:44 A Dive into a Trove A wander through the decades of digitised Australian newspapers on a search for references about mysterious India. paper here http://www.trove.nla.gov.au Also Meet the ex-NYPD cop and private investigator who tracks down fraud psyhics https://youtu.be/2GHt018bMFQ 10 Years Ago The Skeptic Zone #241 - 2.June.2013 A chat with Canberra Skeptics - A Week in Science - The Think Tank. Once again we head to our club at the end of the street to talk about issues of the day. Joining us this week are Joanne Benhamu, Dr Rachie and Eran Segev. https://skepticzone.libsyn.com/the-skeptic-zone-241-2-june-2013