In this episode, we sit down with Evan Bernstein from the Skeptics Guide to the Universe. Evan shares his journey into skepticism, the impact of the Skeptics Guide, and his personal background, including his religious upbringing and transition to skepticism. We delve into various topics, such as the role of skepticism in understanding the latest scientific and skeptical news, free will, the pseudoscience in finance, and the influence of popular culture on pseudoscientific beliefs. Don't miss this deeply insightful conversation that touches on critical thinking, the skeptical movement, and more.

As for why what he remembers is a triangle, a triangle UFO was put into the public consciousness in the 1990s. There was a huge wave of UFO sightings in Belgium that made worldwide news. there was one photograph that came out of this, of a big black triangle with a bright light at each of the three corners.

ever since then, triangular UFOs have been featured in movies, TV shows, The X Files, The black triangle UFO is a popular character, and it all goes back to this Belgium case.

I call them like I see them. When someone's a fraud, I call them a fraud. When someone's lying, I present their lies to them, if in the case of a debate, to their face, and press them. I'm not here to play nice. This is not how I would behave with someone with whom I have a genuine disagreement

people would have an upset stomach and he'd pray over them and suddenly it wouldn't have an upset stomach anymore. And there were a lot of things that could be attributed to a placebo effect. When you have physical contact with someone, your body releases oxytocin. Which is called the love hormone, but it's more than that. it has a calming, soothing effect. so you've got this whole chemical explosion in your brain in this incredibly high adrenaline situation where you're in a faith healing rally and you're anticipating it.

This dynamism and this treatment methodology are related to what was common to multiple other treatment methodologies. So Hanman brought this idea into homoeopathy, and he clubbed it with this similia similibus, that is, like cures like.

So, in terms of sentience and sapience, do you think that current AI, as it is now, has either of those aspects?

Kyle Polich: As of April 14th, no, not at all.

So today, it's Krish Ashok, who is quite the Renaissance man. He's written a book called Masala Lab. He's got an Instagram channel called Masala Lab. He has been debunking food myths and knows the science, history, and geography behind pretty much every form of Indian food there is.

today we have a very interesting Rationable interview with two wonderful people who have been doing a lot of work fighting psychics and actually Mark has been a psychic. So Susan Gerbic, and Mark Edward are here.

Janyce Boynton used to be a facilitator who helped non-verbal autistic people communicate in a method called facilitated communication. She soon discovered that facilitated communication was a horrible scam taking advantage of these vulnerable people and their families. Now, it also goes by names like Rapid Prompting Method, Assisted Typing, Spelling to Communicate, and many more. So she set to work exposing the whole deal. This is her story.

Leonard Tramiel and I discuss the passion for science, the importance of science literacy and getting the facts exactly right, and his journey through the sceptical movement.

Richard Saunders, a life member of Australian Skeptics and a CSI fellow, is a world-famous sceptic from Australia. In this interview, we chat about UFOs and ancient aliens, psychics, astrology, Power Balance bands and lots more.

In the final part of my interview with Dr Sumaiya Shaikh, we discuss her work as a science communicator. She founded Altnews Science to challenge pseudoscience in India.

To celebrate Doctor's Day India 2020, I speak to Dr Shantanu Abhyankar, MD, MBBS, Gynaecology, and Dr Anand Khare, MD Psychiatry.

Our first edition of Rationable Interviews features Dr Shantanu Abhyankar, a gynaecologist and a sceptic activist. We speak about his journey from homoeopathy to mainstream medicine, the relationship between Ayurveda and homoeopathy, and his work as an activist.

Meet Doh Driver. She grew up believing in a whole slew of pseudoscience, including the idea that vaccines weren’t necessary and may even be harmful. Through her journey, she began to think more critically of her beliefs until she finally shed them. This is her story.

I proved myself wrong so many times, I became a sceptic.

And some of the best sources you can count on.

Anecdotal evidence is weak AF, and for good reason too.

An age-old comment to defend unscientific ideas needs to meet its end.

Want to figure out for yourself if a claim’s full of crap…or not? This is the first step.