The British Humanist Association Manifesto (0:54) by James O’Malley (ft BHA Chief Exec Andrew Copson) Dangerous Dogs (8:55) by Jourdemayne DRM and Ubisoft (16:31) by Salim Fadhley Dino Hoax (22:53) by Dave Woodward UK Webcomix Thing (29:00) by Liz Lutgendorff
Save 6Music (1:25) by Martyn Norris Biofuels (7:37) by Dave Cole Douglas Adams Memorial Lecture (16:34) by Jon Treadway (ft Marcus du Sautoy and Bob Novella) Larry Sinclair (25:02) by Salim Fadhley
Simon Singh vs the BCA (0:56) by James O’Malley (ft Simon Singh and Evan Harris MP) Homeopathy Evidence Check (7:03) by Martin Robbins Homeopathic counter protest (12:24) by Jon Treadway Paul Offit interview (16:36) by Dave Woodward Technological Fashion Victims (25:30) by Gareth Buxton
London for Secular Europe Protest (1:02) by James O’Malley (ft Peter Tatchell & EHF President David Pollock) Secularist of the Year (7:25) by Craig Lucas Camp Quest (16:55) by Crispian Jago Prince Charles & Royal Privilege (21:48) by Dave Cole Save The Rhinos for Douglas Adams (27:17) by Jon Treadway
Darwin Day (0:51) by James O’Malley (ft chief exec of the BHA Andrew Copson, Richard Dawkins and Prof Chris Stringer) Prop 8 Part 2 (12:32) by Salim Fadhley CNHC One Year On (20:19) by Sean Ellis Assessing Junior Doctors (27:47) by Simon Howard Rich Johnston Interview (34:13) by Liz Lutgendorff
Homeopathy Evidence Check (1:15) by Martin Robbins Cherie Blair and Making the Pope pay (7:06) by James O’Malley (ft Terry Sanderson, head of the National Secular Society) David Nutt’s new job (15:32) by Mark Thompson (ft Prof David Nutt himself!) What is this thing? (23:58) by Rob Weeks Evan Harris vs the Homeopaths (30:30) by Smitha Mundasad with sound effects from Milton Mermikides Commercial Break (39:26) by Martyn Norris
(We’ll link to Martin’s Guardian piece when it’s online)
Update: Due to editorial incompetence, we had a technical problem with our Evan Harris vs the Homeopaths report. This is now fixed and working, so if you can’t hear it, simply re-download the episode
Last weekend was the 1023 campaign’s big event. We were there, so present to you this special episode. Normal service will be resumed on Friday as usual.
Key moments: Martin Robbins (3:00) Carmen D’Cruz (5:45) Evan Harris MP (11:28) Dave Gorman (yes, that Dave Gorman) (13:33) Simon Singh (16:09) Countdown Speeches (19:20) The Big Overdose (28:15)
ADE651 Bomb Detector (1:11) by Jon Treadway (featuring Prof Bruce Hood) Photographers are not terrorists (9:31) by Billy Abbott The 1023 Campaign are homeopathy deniers (14:57) by Martin Robbins Homeopathic Labelling (22:02) by Dr*T Scottish TV (28:46) by Duncan Stephen
Proposition 8 Update (1:18) by Salim Fadhley YouTube Censorship (8:36) by Dave Cole Homeopathy and Python (14:24) by Crispian Jago (ft Mark Thompson) I’m Feeling Sleepy (21:17) by Sly & Reggie Robin Ince & Nerdstock (25:31) by James O’Malley (ft Robin Ince)
David Cameron’s Face (0:55) by George Poles The Big Freeze (4:15) by Martin Robbins Google Owns Our Souls (9:23) by Liz Lutgendorff NHS IT Systems (15:16) by Simon Howard Douglas Adams (20:26) by Misty Dan Brown and Tony Robinson (23:10) by Billy Abbott ITV and the Regions (26:42) by Mark Thompson
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