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Episode 129 – 30th March 2012
This week we find out why health screenings might actually be a bad thing, discover how to make an IMAX film without CGI effects, and try to get Alan Turing on the £10 note. [Direct MP3 Link] [Podcast Feed] [Add to iTunes] Please Donate & Support the Pod Delusion Go on, it’s like buying us [...]
Episode 128 – 23rd March 2012
We speak to IPCC climate scientist Michael E Mann, find out who won the Secularist of the Year award, try to build a space elevator and believe it not, have a story that’s vaguely about football. Don’t worry though – we’re not actually talking about sport. [Direct MP3 Link] [Podcast Feed] [Add to iTunes] Please [...]
Secularist of the Year 2012
On Saturday 17th March, the National Secular Society‘s Secularist of the Year award (“The Irwin Prize”) was presented to human rights activist Peter Tatchell by the writer and columnist Nick Cohen. In addition, councillor Clive Bone who was at the centre of the Bideford council prayers case received a special award recognising his work. You [...]
AHScon 2012: Richard Norman and David Allen Green
The National Federation of Atheist, Humanist and Secular Student Societies – or (mercifully) AHS for short – held their annual convention on Saturday 17th March. We’ve got a couple of podcasts from the event. In this first podcast, philosopher Richard Norman gave a fascinating critique of Alain de Botton’s latest book, Religion for Atheists. And [...]
Blake Hutchings – The Skeptic Song
So last weekend was the excellent QED Conference, and the organisers were kind enough to give us a slot to record a show in front of an audience – and excellent it was too. We’ll be uploading the full podcast shortly, but I couldn’t resist posting this video early – of Blake Hutchings performing a [...]
We’ve won an award!
So we’re here at the QED Con in Manchester and last night we were stunned to pick up one of the Skeptic Magazine’s Ockham awards for Best Podcast. It goes without saying that this wouldn’t have been possible without all of our hundred or so contributors – who are all consistently amazing and brilliant. Every week [...]
BPAS Lecture 2012: Abortion in the US
We often hear of the ‘Americanisation’ of abortion politics in the UK, but unpicking the substantive threats to women’s reproductive rights in the US can be a challenge. The 2012 bpas public lecture explored the current state of abortion politics in the US and, at a time when abortion appears increasingly politicised in the UK, [...]
Episode 126 – 9th March 2012
This week we find out what Cardinal Keith O’Brien has been saying, start the fight-back against the anti-choice brigade and speak to the first female Professor of Surgery because it’s Women’s History Month. And more! [Direct MP3 Link] [Podcast Feed] [Add to iTunes] Please Donate & Support the Pod Delusion Go on, it’s like buying [...]
Episode 125 – 2nd March 2012
There might not be any faster than light neutrinos, but what can we learn from a failed experiment? Might Iran embracing science be a good thing? And what’s life like in the armed forces for a non-believer? We find out in this week’s show! [Direct MP3 Link] [Podcast Feed] [Add to iTunes] Please Donate & [...]
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