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Libel Reform in the Queen’s Speech (2:42) by James O’Malley (ft Sile Lane)
Don’t Destroy Research (6:10) by Tracey Brown & Sile Lane (ft Toby Bruce & Huw Jones)
Kony 2012 (19:05) by Michael Story
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Do Not Resusitate (36:05) by Simon Howard
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The sketch at the end is by David Lovesy & Brian Two

Follow-Up Links:

• Libel Reform Campaign
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• Full tour of Rothamsted Research with Sense About Science
• Full Jocelyn Bell Burnell Interview
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The Geek Manifesto (2:40) by James O’Malley (ft Mark Henderson)
Open Standards and FRAND (15:08) by Salim Fadhley (ft Glynn Moody)
Paradoxes in Science (24:20) by Liz Lutgendorff (ft Jim Al-Khalili)
The Ancestor’s Trail (36:54) by James O’Malley (ft Chris Jenord)
Protest Voting (44:32) by Alex Fitch
Biobank is Good (50:34) by Peter English
The sketch at the end is by David Lovesy & Brain Two

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• Buy The Geek Manifesto by Mark Henderson
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Holy Redundant (2:50) by James O’Malley (ft Andrew Copson)
Sanal Edamaruku on Catholic Miracles (8:03) by Salim Fadhley
The Voltaire Lecture (20:01) by Liz Lutgendorff (ft Robin Ince)
Droughts and Rain (29:20) by Duncan Geere
Elected Mayors (33:31) by Cory Hazlehurst
London’s Candidates (41:13) by Adam Jacobs
Liverpool’s Candidates (50:43) by Tom Williamson
Science Tales (57:01) by Lisa Chalkley (ft Darryl Cunningham)
The sketch at the end is by David Lovesy & Brain Two

Follow-Up Links

• Holy Redundant Campaign
• Sanal Edamaruku
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• Duncan Geere
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Derek (2:48) by Steve Leedale (read by Jess Vautier)
Breivik on WoW (10:16) by Marianne Baker
Empirical Poverty Alleviation (17:14) by Mohammed Fahad (read by David Couch)
Neuroethics (26:20) by Steve Page
Carey Talking Bollocks Again (34:48) by Dean Burnett
Metal Theft (44:46) by Tom Hodden (read by Rob Hinckley)
Winchester Science Festival (53:16) by James O’Malley (ft James Thomas)

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Government Snooping (2:20) by Dr Jenny Woods
Open Access Publishing (11:32) by Matt Kaiser
Brackley Council Prayers (20:20) by Alex Dutton
Protest Suicides (29:01) by Alex Fitch
Ban The Burka Response (35:56) by Clio Bellenis
Do Atheists Have It In For Christianity? (42:20) by Ed Bower
The Skeptic Song (50:10) by Blake Hutchings
The sketch at the end is by David Lovesy and Brian Two

Follow-Up Links

• Dr Jenny’s Links on Snooping:
  • More about the CCDP (or here)
  • CCDP conference at LSE
  • Actual LibDem policy on snooping
  • Dr Jenny at LibDem Conference
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  • The Tree of Life (by Jonathan Eisen) on open access
  • Stephen Curry on Open Access

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Vaughan Jones Interview (2:08) by James O’Malley
Galloway’s Bradford Spring (11:18) by Blakeley Nixon
Pro-Choice Protest (16:00) by James O’Malley & Liz Lutgendorff
The Christian Definition of Marriage (22:04) by Salim Fadhley (ft Robert M Price)
Biobank (33:05) by Adam Jacobs
Lobbyists and Lobbylists (43:25) by Cory Hazlehurst
A Titantic Story (51:12) by Tom Hodden (read by Alex Foster)
The sketch at the end is by David Lovesy and Brian Two

Follow-Up Links

• Libel Reform Campaign
• Vaughan Jones
• Read the full Vaughan Jones Libel Judgement here
• Bloomsbury Pro-Choice Alliance
• WATCH: Our video report from the Pro-Choice Protest
• The Human Bible
• Mark Harper lobbyists event in Birmingham (as mentioned in Cory’s report)
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Screening Can Be Bad (2:24) by Margaret McCartney
Outside In (11:30) by Kash Farooq (ft Stephen van Vuuren)
Cash For Cameron (20:42) by Adam Jacobs
Girl On The Net (28:52) by Sean Ellis (ft Girlonthenet)
Turing on the Tenner (37:32) by Salim Fadhley
Doomsday Scenarios (44:20) by James Robson (ft Alok Jha)
Ban The Burka? (53:48) by Steve Page
The sketch at the end is by David Lovesy and Brian Two

Follow-Up Links

• Buy The Patient Paradox by Margaret McCartney
• Outside In The Movie
• Follow-up Links for Adam Jacobs
• Get Alan Turing on the £10 note E-Petition
• Buy The Doomsday Handbook by Alok Jha

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Secularist of the Year (2:33) by Liz Lutgendorff (ft Peter Tatchell & Bideford councillor Clive Bone)
Religion in the legal system (13:410 by James O’Malley (ft David Allen Green)
How do atheists pray for someone? (19:52) by Georgia Gale Grant
The Hockey Stick & The Climate Wars (25:39) by Liz Lutgendorff (ft Michael E Mann)
Space Elevators (38:24) by Sean Ellis
German Pirate Party (46:42) by Sven Rudloff
Gadget Lust (52:04) by Alex Fitch
The sketch at the end is by David Lovesy & Brian Two

Follow-Up Links

• Cadiac Screening Programmes
• Full Michael Mann Interview:
  
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NHS Risk Register (3:32) by Drew Rae
Delia Smith (9:36) by Tom Williamson
Dodgy Abortion Counselling (16:29) by James O’Malley (ft Laura Hurley & Lisa Hallgarten)
Assisted Dying (26:36) by Adam Jacobs
Libel Reform (37:03) by James O’Malley (ft Hardeep Singh & Vaughan Jones)
Queen Mary’s Sharia Rejig (45:46) by James O’Malley (ft Simon and Robert from QM Atheist Soc)
Ophelia Benson Interview (50:49) by Liz Lutgendorff
The sketch at the end is by David Lovesy & Brian Two
The recipe at the end is by Martyn Norris

Follow-Up Links:

• Education for Choice
• Full Vaughan Jones / Hardeep Singh Libel Reform chat:
  
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• Butterflies and Wheels (Ophelia Benson’s website)
• Buy Does God Hate Women? Co-authored by Ophelia Benson

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Cardinal Keith (2:24) by Dave Cross
Bloomsbury Pro-Choice Alliance (8:44) by Liz Lutgendorff (ft Kerry from BPCA)
After-Birth Abortion (14:36) by Adam Jacobs
Averil Mansfield Interview (24:10) by Georgia Gale Grant
Irish Blasphemy Law (32:08) by James O’Malley (ft Prof David Nash)
Atheist Photobook (44:26) by Liz Lutgendorff (ft Chris Johnson)
Ayn Rand Ranniversary (52:52) by Paul Day
The sketch at the end is by David Lovesy & Brian Two

Follow-Up Links:

• Bloomsbury Pro-Choice Alliance!
• Listen to the 2012 BPAS Lecture with Prof Carol Sanger
• That post-birth abortion medical ethics paper
• David Nash talking Blasphemy on YouTube
• Kickstart the Atheist Photobook here

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Failed Experiments (2:26) by Drew Rae
Nuclear Iran (8:41) by David Eastman
AVN vs HCCC (12:23) by Andrew Gould
In The Navy (17:35) by Blakeley Nixon (ft Commander John Craig)
Skeptical Fairy Tales (30:50) by Liz Lutgendorff (ft Stuart Taylor)
Maglev Trains (40:50) by Tom Hodden
Videogames as Art? (46:56) by Alex Fitch
The sketch at the end is by David Lovesy and Brian Two

Follow-Up Links:

• UK Armed Forces Humanist Association
• Buy Tales from Pareidolia by Stuart Taylor

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Coalition for Equal Marriage (2:50) by James O’Malley (ft Conor Marron)
Extremism on Campus (11:48) by James O’Malley (ft Raheem Kassam)
Leading Faiths (25:36) by Drew Rae
Alcohol Limits (29:20) by Adam Jacobs
Bad Valentines PR (37:25) by Marsh
2000AD at 35 (43:28) by Tom Hodden
Lottolab (50:40) by James O’Malley (ft David Robertson)
The sketch at the end is by David Lovesy and Brian Two

Follow-Up Links:

• Coalition for Equal Marriage – make sure you sign their petition!
• Student Rights
• Science Museum Lates

Rally to defend Freedom of Expression (2:40) by James O’Malley & Liz Lutgendorff
(ft Richard Dawkins, Nick Doody, Kate Smurthwaite, Rhys Morgan, Joan Smith and Anne-Marie Waters)
Nick Cohen Interview (18:10) by Liz Lutgendorff & James O’Malley
Census Christians (28:54) by James O’Malley (ft Paula Kirby)
Bideford Council (37:35) by Liz Lutgendorff (ft Tessa Kendall)
Turing Pardon (45:00) by Peter Rowlett
Sherlock and Copyright (54:56) by Tom Hodden
The sketch at the end is by David Lovesy & Brian Two

Follow-Up Links

• Listen to the rally to defend free expression in full here.
• One Law For All
• Full Nick Cohen interview:
  (Check back in the morning!)
• Buy Nick Cohen’s ‘You Can’t Read This Book’ here.
• Full Paula Kirby Interview:
  
  
• RDFRS Survey Results & Data

• National Secular Society
• Alan Turing Links

Pod Delusion Extra

• CineSci6 – Memento
• Westminster Skeptics – David Allen Green on Privacy
• Darwin Day Lecture 2012 with Adam Rutherford & Steve Jones
• Martin Robbins on Bad Science in the Developing World
• Julian Huppert on LibDem Science Policy in full

UN Reform (2:25) by James O’Malley (ft Sir Jeremy Greenstock)
Twitter Joke Trial Appeal (12:36) by Carl Gardner (ft David Allen Green)
Moon Bases (16:56) by Alex Fitch
Women’s History Month (25:53) by Jessica Metheringham-Owlett
Filibustering (30:41) by Craig Lucas (ft Christopher Chope)
Challenge Sally (38:40) by Tom Williamson (ft Michael Marshall)
Electric Lullaby (47:15) by Sarah Angliss

• David Allen Green interview courtesy of Carl Gardner

Women’s History Month:

• Full Programme
• First Event
• Second Event

Sarah’s Links:

• Spacedog’s Bandcamp page where you can hear the Electric Lullaby in full
• See Sarah at Brighton Science Festival
• See Sarah at QEDCon next month!
• More on Electric Lullaby

CFI Blasphemy Conference (2:04) by James O’Malley & Liz Lutgendorff
(ft Andrew Copson, Austin Dacey and Maryam Namazie)
Welfare Reform (15:17) by Steven Sumpter
UniLad (25:44) by Dean Burnett
Deaths in Custody (34:52) by Georgia Gale Grant
Nuclear Theatre (41:27) by Liz Lutgendorff (ft Nicholas Kent)
The sketch at the end is by David Lovesy & Brian Two

• The Future of Blasphemy by Austin Dacey
• Rally to defend free expression
• Listen to podcasts from the CFI Blasphemy Conference here
• Deaths in custody stats
• The Tricycle goes nuclear
• Liz’s full interview with Nicholas Kent:
  

New Douglas Adams Audio (1:51) by Jon Treadway (ft Stephen Fry, Mark Carwardine and Douglas Adams)
Julian Huppert on LibDem Science Policy (11:56) by James O’Malley & Liz Lutgendorff
Jesus & Mo at the LSE (23:45) by James O’Malley (ft Chris Moos)
Adam Rutherford Interview (31:26) by Liz Lutgendorff
Technological Progress (40:58) by Drew Rae
My Little Brony (50:00) by Salim Fadhley (ft Coder Brony)
The sketch at the end is by David Lovesy and Brian Two

Follow-Up Links

Douglas Adams Links:

• Douglas Adams: The Party at Hammersmith Apollo
• Save The Rhino
• Douglas Adams Animation Competition
• Listen to our Douglas Adams tribute documentary here

Other Links:

• Preparing the Ground: The new LibDem digital policy
• To contribute to Julian Huppert’s LibDem science policy, e-mail: libdemsciencepolicy@gmail.com
• BHA Darwin Day lecture with Adam Rutherford
• Brony Herd Census

SOPA Blackout (2:05) by Georgia Gale Grant
Behind the scenes at the Wikipedia blackout (9:33) by Tom Morris
Figshare (17:58) by Jon Treadway (ft Mark Hahnel)
Teletubbies Scandal (27:36) by Salim Fadhley (ft Dave Thompson)
The Sex Party (39:33) by Chris Huang-Lever
Scotland and Tory England (45:17) by Keir Liddle
A Bugs’ Life (50:16) by Adam Jacobs (ft Matt Shardlow)
Videogames and Morality (60:16) by Trent Burton
The sketch at the end is by David Lovesy and Brian Two

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Follow-Up Links:

• Figshare
• The Sex Life of a Comedian by Dave Thompson
• Dave Thompson’s website
• Chris’s full interview with Fiona Patten:
  
  

Georgia’s SOPA Links:

• Pirates at Sony and Fox
• Khan Academy Explains SOPA
• Reddit’s technical examination of SOPA
• CDT on SOPA
• A day without PZ Myers
• xkcd on SOPA

Adam’s neonicotinoids links:

• Adam’s Interview in full:
  
• The PLoS One paper on neonicotinoids
• The review of neonicotinoids by Kindemba, commissioned by Buglife in 2009
• Cresswell 2010
• Interaction between Nosema infection and neonicotinoids in bees
• Bug Life

Jesus, Mo and UCL (2:13) by James O’Malley (ft Dave, the guy behind Jesus & Mo!)
Spartacus Report (9:36) by Steven Sumpter
Obscenity Trial (21:10) by David Allen Green (ft Myles Jackman and Michael Peacock)
Wind Farms (24:22) by Pete Hague
The LHC is valuable (33:40) by Kash Farooq, Peter Silk & George Hrab
Death Penalty & Assisted Dying (40:44) by Sean Ellis
Christian Nightmares (47:16) by Salim Fadhley (ft Christian Nightmares guy)

Follow-Up Links:

• Jesus and Mo
• Jesus and Mo books
• The Spartacus Report
• Civitas Windfarms Report
• Pete’s Civitas Blog
• Merrill Womach
• “20 minutes to go”

Daily Mail Justice (1:58) by Martin Robbins
Hungary for Constitutional Change (7:45) by Dave Landon Cole
Open Primaries (14:08) by Cory Hazlehurst
Pro-Assisted Dying (22:16) by Jennie Kermode (performed by Melinda Burton)
Anti-Assisted Dying (33:21) by William Lee
The Cost of Physics (40:38) by Adam Jacobs
Apocalypse Soon? (50:06) by Leila Johnston
Just World (60:29) by Dean Burnett
Blogger of the Year (67:02) by David Allen Green

Follow-Up Links:

• William Lee’s Assisted Dying Survey of Doctors
• Review of similar surveys
• Survey of medical students
• Falconer Report
• 2005 House of Lords Report

Congratulations to Tim Ireland as Bloggerheads is our blog of the year 2011!

Obit (0:49) by Dave Cole
Hitch and religion (8:40) by Cory Hazlehurst
Hitch the Historian (15:46) by Rich Godbehere 6:36
Post-9/11 Hitch (23:42) by Mohammed Fahad (read by Alex Foster) 5:36
Regime change? (30:03) by David Eastman 4:14
Twitter Censorship? (35:40) by Dave Cross 6:12
Tweet inserts are by Sean Ellis
Music by Milton Mermikidies

Higgs Update (2:26) by Kash Farooq (ft Jon Butterworth)
Comic Sans (11:50) by James O’Malley (ft Vincent Connare)
BBC Micro (19:05) by Salim Fadhley (ft Steve Furber)
Anti-Vax Folk Fest (26:54) by Andrew Gould
Solar System: From iPad to book (33:40) by Liz Lutgendorff (ft Marcus Chown)
Sesame Street Socialists (42:47) by Tom Hodden
Festival of the Spoken Nerd (47:48) by Liz Lutgendorff (ft Matt Parker, Helen Arney & Steve Mould)
Science Cabaret (55:38) by Dean Burnett
The sketch at the end is by David Lovesy & Brian Two

Help deputy-editor Liz!

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Follow-Up Links:

• Salim’s interview with Steve Furber in full:
  
• Liz’s interview with Marcus Chown in full:
  
• Buy Marcus Chown’s new book here
• Dean’s full Science Cabaret report:
  

Festival of the Spoken Nerd Tickets

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To get tickets for £10 instead of £12, you’ll have to call the Bloomsbury box office on 020 7388 8822 (or visit in person) and quote “GEEK PARTY” to get the discount. This has to be before December 31st.

Kepler-22b (2:55) by Kash Farooq (ft Robert Simpson)
NHS Data Sharing (13:22) by David Eastman
Virtual Models at H&M (17:41) by Steven Sumpter
Voyager’s Final Frontier (22:30) by Liz Lutgendorff (ft Ed Stone)
Corporate Responsibility (33:06) by Adam Jacobs
Declining Education Standards (39:10) by Peter Rowlett
Tribal Scientist (45:11) by Kylie Sturgess (ft Michael McRae)
Humans Are Amazing (54:44) by Drew Rae
The sketch is by David Lovesy & Brian Two
The Godel Song is by Ben Jones

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Follow-Up Links

• Full interview with Ed Stone from NASA on Voyager:
  
• Historical Maths Quotes
• Mathematics at the Transition to University: A Multi-Stage Problem?
• The Tribal Scientist

URGENT: Our deputy editor, Liz Lutgendorff has lost her job. We live together in London and are at risk of losing our home if she is out of work. Can you help? Find details of her skills and qualifications here. Please spread the word.

Canadian Air & Space Museum (1:39) by Liz Lutgendorff (ft Rob Godwin)
Economic Woe (10:59) by Pete Hague
Venus Transit Expedition (19:25) by Kash Farooq (ft Huw James)
Confidence & Class (28:59) by Dean Burnett
Timetravellers (39:22) by Leila Johnston
Christmas Traditions (45:16) by Tom Hodden
The sketch at the end was by David Lovesy, Brian Two and Steve Clark

Follow-Up Links:

• Canadian Air & Space Museum
• Full Interview with Huw James:
  (Coming soon)
• Venus Transit Expedition

Pod Delusion Extra:

• Ada Lovelace Day Live
• Graeme Archer at Westminster Skeptics
• A Walk On Part – Politics and the Arts Debate
• CineSci6: The Science Behind Moon

Various Plugs:

• PubSci Christmas Pub Quiz on Tuesday
• We’re coming to Portsmouth in January!
• We’re coming to QEDCon in March!

Mars Science Lab (1:40) by Kash Farooq (ft Claire Cousins)
SOPA (9:42) by James Firth (ft Cathy Gellis)
Darknet (19:07) by Salim Fadhley (ft Hose Manuel)
Curing Cancer (26:54) by Matt Kaiser
The BBC & Open Access (33:34) by Pete Hague
Tweeting the Universe (38:32) by Liz Lutgendorff (ft Marcus Chown)
A Walk On Part (47:11) by James O’Malley & Liz Lutgendorff (ft Steve Marmion, John Hodgkinson, Michael Crick, Diane Abbott and Don Foster)
Solipsism (54:57) by Sean Ellis
The sketch at the end is by David Lovesy & Brian Two
Thanks to Hayley Stevens and Dave for supplying the dogs (!)

Follow-Up Links:

• Claire Cousins
• Full interview with Marcus Chown:
  
• Buy Tweeting The Universe by Marcus Chown and Govert Schilling
• Solar System for iPad, by Marcus Chown
• A Walk-On Part at Soho Theatre

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Tom Morello on Occupy (1:50) by James O’Malley & Liz Lutgendorff (ft Tom Morello!)
Phobos-Grunt (13:52) by Kash Farooq (ft Lewis Dartnell)
Frozen Planet by Liz Lutgendorff (ft Mark Brandon)
Microprocessors at 40 by Sean Ellis (ft Greg Yeric)
Political Lies (43:01) by Steven Sumpter
The Christ Myth Theory (50:51) by Salim Fadhley (ft Robert M Price)
Engaging with others (59:32) by Tannice Pendegrass
The sketch at the end is by David Lovesy & Brian Two

Follow-Up Links:

• Tom Morello’s new album, World Wide Rebel Songs
• Full Mark Brandon Interview
  
• Dr Mark Brandon
• Lewis Dartnell
• Lewis Dartnell’s book ‘Life in the Universe: A beginners guide to Astrobiology’
• Full Greg Yeric Interview:
  
• More on microprocessors
• A history of lithography

Winterval (1:45) by Dave Cross
Libel Reform Lobby (8:43) by Trish Hann
Silencing Protest (12:46) by Steven Sumpter
Necromancy (17:59) by Drew Rae
Talking to the Dead (22:21) by Sarah Angliss
Space Toys (29:27) by Liz Lutgendorff (ft Craig Leff & Kevin Fong at London Science Festival)
Guerilla Skepticism (41:21) by Kylie Sturgess (ft Susan Gerbic)
Prime Numbers (50:39) by Peter Rowlett (ft Samuel Hanson)
The sketch at the end is by David Lovesy and Brian Two

If you enjoy the show please leave us a nice review on iTunes!

Libel Reform Links:

• The Libel Reform Campaign

Space Links:

• London Science Festival
• Craig Leff
• Kevin Fong

Sarah Angliss’s Links:

• Fortean Times Unconvention
• Florence Nightingale’s voice (original recording is in the British Library)
• Venetian Moon (performed by Rae Eleanor Ball) –
  Cylinder Preservation and Digitization Project, University of California

• Herb Morrison, reporting on the arrival of the ill-fated Hindenberg airship, Lakehurst, New Jersey, 6 May 1937
• Memento mori – Victorian post-mortem photographs (Possibly NSFW – it’s pretty disturbing anyway)

Kylie’s Links:

• Guerilla Skepticism on Wikipedia
• Milton’s Awesome Music (he does the Pod Delusion themetune too!)

Peter’s Links:

• Acme Science

Seven Billion (1:25) by Michael Grayer
Plan C (7:50) by Prateek Buch
White Poppies (15:36) by Tessa Kendall
Non-Prophet Week (20:05) by James O’Malley (ft Jenny Bartle)
AIDS at the Science Wooseum (23:51) by Kash Farooq (as read by Alex Foster)
The Oil Kings (29:41) by Liz Lutgendorff (ft Andrew Scott Cooper)
Historical Narratives (39:56) by Nick Boorer
Ear Candling (47:00) by Tom Williamson
Skeptical Purity Test (54:03) by Drew Rae
The sketch at the end is by David Lovesy & Brian Two

Follow-Up Links:

• Radical Statistics Population Studies Group
• IIASA report on timing of “seven billion” and other things
• ‘Plan B’ for the economy
• Prateek’s ‘Plan C’ for the economy
• Social Liberal Forum on Plan B
• Non-Prophet Week
• Liz’s full interview with Andrew Scott Cooper:
  
• Buy ‘The Oil Kings’ by Andrew Scott Cooper

Nadine Dorries & “Extreme Humanists” (1:42) by Dave Cross
New Humanist Respond (7:12) by James O’Malley (ft Paul Sims)
Anonymous (13:42) by Drew Rae
Church Tax Dodgers (20:27) by Salim Fadhley (ft Annie Laurie Gaylor)
SRE And Anti-Choice (28:23) by Laura Hurley & Lisa Hallgarten
Pi Digits (37:21) by Peter Rowlett
LHC Update (42:57) by Liz Lutgendorff (ft Jon Butterworth at UCL, as part of the London Science Festival)
Conway Memorial Lecture (49:15) by Liz Lutgendorff (ft Philip Schofield)
Breast Cancer Marketing (57:30) by Paul Day

Follow-Up Links:

• New Humanist Bad Faith Award
• Education for Choice
• Listen to the Conway Memorial Lecture in full
• The Bentham Project
• London Science Festival
• The Holyoake Lecture in Full
• Islam in a Secular Europe Debate

The video of the guinea pig to watch to accompany the SRE report is after the break.

2011 Nobel Winner Brian Schmidt Interview (1:36) by Kash Farooq
David Willetts Roberts Lecture (13:26) by James O’Malley
Roberts Lecture Reactions (15:57) by Liz Lutgendorff
Dale Farm (25:30) by Adam Jacobs
Evangelical HIV Cures (35:29) by Naomi Phillips
Transgender and the Media (41:00) by Liz Lutgendorff (ft Nathalie McDermott)
Translating Solaris (48:19) by Salim Fadhley (ft Bill Johnson)
End Of The World (Again) (57:28) by Tom Hodden
The sketch at the end is by David Lovesy & Brian Two

Follow-Up Links:

• Kash’s Interview with Brian Schmidt in full:
  
• David Willetts giving The Roberts Lecture in full
• London Science Festival
• Trans-Media Watch
• On-Road Media
• Listen to Juliet Jacques full talk about trans-issues to Westminster Skeptics
• Family Radio

Pod Delusion EXTRA:
LOADS of stuff on the Pod Delusion Extra this week:

• CineSci6 episode 2 – Forbidden Planet

• Edward Presswood – Why you can’t count on a rational NHS
• The Rise of Skepticism in Uganda with James Onen

(Image: Belinda Pratten)

Freethought in Uganda (2:06) by James O’Malley (ft James Onen)
New Ice Age? (10:40) by Andy Russell
Bletchley Park (17:21) by James O’Malley & Liz Lutgendorff (ft Sue Black)
Teen Tech (22:36) by James O’Malley & Liz Lutgendorff (ft Maggie Philbin)
40 Days of Treats (27:15) by Liz Lutgendorff & Carmen D’Cruz
Video Games & Violent Crime (33:06) by Salim Fadhley (ft Mike Ward)
Cameron & Gay Marriage (41:41) by Nick Boorer
Helen Keen Interview (49:50) by Kash Farooq
Ricky Gervais & Twitter (59:08) by Tom Williamson
The sketch at the end is by David Lovesy, Brian Two and Steve Clark

Pod Delusion EXTRA:
On the Extra Feed this week, we have lots of exciting things:

• The Pod Delusion’s LIVE Second Birthday Show
• James Onen’s Rise of Skepticism in Uganda talk in full

James Onen Follow-Up Links:

• Freethought Kampala

Andy Russell’s Follow-Up Links:

• Guardian on scientists checking articles
• Carbon Brief ice age fact checking
• Ineson et al. (2011) Nature Geoscience
• Haigh et al. (2010) Nature

40 Days of Treats:

• 40 Days of Treats website / Tumblr
• @40DaysOfTreats on Twitter
• 40 Days of Treats on Facebook

Helen Keen Links:

• Spacetacular at London Science Festival, October 20th
• The Astronomers Ball, London Science Festival, Greenwich Observatory, October 22nd
• Spacetacular at Manchester Science and Industry Festival, October 28th
• All Helen’s upcoming gigs

Featuring…
Is Science More Important Than Arts? by Jon Treadway
Cameron Therapy by Sean Ellis
Science Wooseum Update by Marianne Baker
Faulty Memories by Sophie Scott
Incest! by Jess Vautier
Riot Olympics by Salim Fadhley
Arab Spring by DLandonCole
Perception by Dr*T
Cognitive Economics by Leigh Caldwell
Amazing Music by Helen Arney

Follow-Up Links:

• Helen Arney on Bandcamp
• More Helen Arney (including live dates)

Royal Society One Culture Festival by James O’Malley & Liz Lutgendorff (ft Sir Paul Nurse, Ian Stewart, Sunetra Gupta & Uta Frith)
80mph Speed Limits by Adam Jacobs
Non-Prophet Week by James O’Malley (ft Mike Paynter)
Kim Howells Interview by Blakeley Nixon
Nobel Prize Faff by James O’Malley & Liz Lutgendorff (ft Simon Frantz)
Science Is Vital’s Report by James O’Malley (ft Jenny Rohn)
Localism Bill & Referendums by Cory Hazlehurst
The sketch at the end is by David Lovesy, Brian Two and Steve Clark

Follow-Up Links:

• The Royal Society
• Non-Prophet Week
• The full Science is Vital Science Careers Report

Faster Than Light Neutrinos (1:53) by Kash Farooq (ft Ben Still)
Lawrence Krauss Interview (12:18) by Liz Lutgendorff
BCE-Gate (25:00) by Dave Cross
Pope in Germany (30:41) by Sven Rudloff
Spontaneous Human Combustion (39:03) by Sean Ellis
Protesting (46:15) by Nick Boorer
Reflective Learning (51:55) by Drew Rae
Architecture (58:03) by Andrew Gould
The sketch at the end is by David Lovesy and Brian Two

Follow-Up Links:

• Full interview with Ben Still:
  
• Ben Still’s Blog on Neutrinos
• Festival of the Spoken Nerd (Helen Arney, Matt Parker, Baba Brinkman) in New York!

Lawrence Krauss Lecture:
Find more information and buy tickets to see Lawrence Krauss speak at Conway Hall in London on 16th October 2011 here. Enter code “KRAUSS” to receive a 2-for-1 discount!

Pod Delusion EXTRA:
On the Extra Feed this week, we have lots of exciting things:

• Listen to the first CineSci6 Podcast discussing the science of Fritz Lang’s Metropolis with author Simon Ings
• The second batch of podcasts from the National Secular Society’s Secularism 2011 Conference

Secular Europe March (1:26) by James O’Malley (ft Keith Porteous Wood and David Pollock)
Death Penalty (11:22) by Drew Rae
Teach Kids To Code (19:33) by Salim Fadhley (ft Emma Mulqueeney)
Ada Lovelace Day (27:44) by Liz Lutgendorff (ft Suw Charman-Anderson)
Michelle Bachmann (35:57) by Adam Cuerden
Keep God Out Of Government (44:05) by James O’Malley (ft Jon Holmes)
BHA Creationism Letter (52:38) by Blakeley Nixon (ft Richy Thompson)
Debating Religion (pt 1) (58:18) by Justin Brierley
Debating Religion (pt 2) (65:40) by Richard Firth-Godbehere
The sketch at the end is by David Lovesy & Brian Two

Follow-Up Links for Drew:

Unfortunately, the sources for Drew Rae’s report are all paywalled. Here are links to a few abstracts which give a flavour of the research he summarised.

• Emotion and Capital Punishment Attitudes
• Push-polling to determine which arguments work
• Who supports the death penalty
• The Marshall Hypothesis

Other Follow-Up Links:

• Listen to the full Secular Europe rally & more of our reports from the day here
• Young Rewired State
• Emma’s Downing Street Programming Petition
• Ada Lovelace Day
• Ada Lovelace Day Android Programming Event
• Ada Lovelace Day Live (Comedy Gig)
• Full interview with Suw about Ada Lovelace Day:
  
• Jon Holmes’ Twitter and Facebook (watch for location of his alternative sermon)
• The BHA’s Evolution Not Creationism website
• Sign the BHA’s creationism petition
• William Lane Craig Tour Info
• William Lane Craig tour Tickets

Pod Delusion EXTRA:
On the Extra Feed this week, we have lots of exciting things:

• Listen to the first CineSci6 Podcast discussing the science of Fritz Lang’s Metropolis with author Simon Ings
• The second batch of podcasts from the National Secular Society’s Secularism 2011 Conference

President Jesus (0:52) by Paul Day
Exoplanets (10:06) by Kash Farooq & Dr Matt Burleigh
Rodial (14:42) by Adam Cuerden
Ask For Evidence (22:08) by James O’Malley (ft Sile Lane from Sense About Science)
Chinese Censorship (29:50) by Nick Boorer
NASA and Asteroids (37:24) by Drew Rae & David Couch
Peter Atkins Interview (43:50) by Gavin Hubbard
Comics Film (50:36) by Liz Lutgendorff (ft Dave Kellett & Fred Schroeder)
The sketch was by David Lovesy & Brian Two

Follow-Up Links:

Peter Atkins’ book, On Being: A scientist’s exploration of the great questions of existence
• Sense About Science: Ask For Evidence
• Full Comics Interview:
  
• Stripped: The Comics Documentary
• Sheldon Comics

Pod Delusion EXTRA:
On the Extra Feed this week, we have lots of exciting things:

• Listen to the first CineSci6 Podcast discussing the science of Fritz Lang’s Metropolis with author Simon Ings
• The first batch of podcasts from the National Secular Society’s Secularism 2011 Conference

50p Tax (2:30) by James Firth
Abortion Counseling (11:34) by Tania Glyde
The Spectre of Racism (15:46) by Henry Boddington
Four Lions (23:24) by Tom Williamson
Synchrotrons! (30:16) by James O’Malley & Liz Lutgendorff (ft Andy Dent)
Science Is Vital (39:12) by James O’Malley (ft Della Thomas)
CineSci6 (41:50) by James O’Malley (ft Paolo Viscardi & James Robson)
Skepticism and the Arts (44:06) by Trent Burton (ft Robin Ince)
The sketch was by David Lovesy and Brian Two
The song was written by Drew Rae and performed by David Lovesy

Please come to our second birthday LIVE RECORDING in LONDON! Details here.

Follow-up Links:

• Full Andy Dent / Synchrotron Interview
  
  

• Pictures of the synchrotron and Liz’s blog about it
• James and Liz review the synchrotron:
  
  

• Science is Vital science careers campaign
• CineSci6
• Alternative (Play about alternative medicine)

nb: This is on the main Pod Delusion feed, so check your podcast software to make sure you also get this week’s regularly scheduled programme… episode 100!

Featuring…
The Third University by Jennifer Jones
Blasphemy Laws by Liz Lutgendorff
Curing Evangelicals by Sean Ellis
Eden Project Woo? by Pete Hague
Comics and Representation by Andy Waterfield
Teacher Training by Alex Foster
Skeptical About Marriage by Johnnie Shannon
Yahweh’s Last Stand by Blake Hutchings

Analogue Missions (1:45) by Liz Lutgendorff (ft Prof Gordon Osinski)
FOIA (12:54) by James Firth
Deconversion (21:07) by Drew Rae
Guides Inclusivity (28:32) by Salim Fadhley (ft Tessa Kendall)
Too Many Ministers (35:39) by Cory Hazelhurst
Spine Wizards (42:30) by Trish Hann
Celebrity Skeptics (47:54) by Keir Liddle
Secular Europe Campaign (53:42) by James O’Malley (ft Andrew Copson)
QED 2010 (61:10) by James O’Malley (ft Michael Marshall)
The sketches were by David Lovesy, Brian Two and Steve Clark

Follow-Up Links:

• Liz report in full:
  
  

• Centre for Planetary Science and Exploration
• ILSR Analogue Mission blog
• Is chiropractic x-raying illegal?
• The University of Vienna paper that Cory cites
• The PASC report that Cory cites
• Norman Baker’s Ministerial Responsibilities
• Secular Europe Campaign
• QED Con

Cosmos Remake (1:33) by Liz Lutgendorff (ft Neil Degrasse Tyson!)
Mabus (17:13) by Keir Liddle
Mental Health Checks (24:32) by Tannice Pendegrass
Arms Trade Response (32:16) by Adam Jacobs
Cycle Helmet Safety (38:53) by Drew Rae & David Couch
On Skepticism… (42:23) by Tom Williamson
How to land space ships on stuff (49:09) by Kash Farooq
Millennium Seed Bank (53:30) by Sean Ellis
Anthony Nolan Trust (59:11) by Alex Foster
The sketch at the end was by David Lovesy, Brian Two, and Steve Clark

Follow-up links:

• Neil deGrasse Tyson
• Star Talk Radio
• Anthony Nolan Trust

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Care Footprint (1:52) by Simon Howard
The Vorderman Report (9:24) by Peter Rowlett
Slaughterhouse Five Banned (16:54) by Salim Fadhley (ft Marc Leeds)
Parliamentary Censorship (25:42) by Blakeley Nixon (ft Craig Reucassel and Helen Lewis-Hasteley)
The Arms Trade & Slavery (38:41) by Henry Boddington
Geek Nation (47:42) by Liz Lutgendorff (ft Angela Saini)
Christian Skeptic (56:10) by Bethany Jenkins
Mysticism in Pregnancy (59:57) by Matt Kaiser
The sketch at the end is by David Lovesy & Brian Two

Show Notes:

• Peter’s full analysis of the Vorderman report
• Blakeley’s full report – including extended interviews with Craig from the Chasers & Helen from the New Statesman
  
  

• The Chasers
• Liz’s full interview with Angela Saini
  
  

• Listen to Angela Saini discussing Geek Nation at London Skeptics in the Pub
• Buy Geek Nation here
• Campaign Against The Arms Trade

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Technology and Riots (2:10) by Martin Robbins
Crowd Control (8:08) by Dean Burnett
Reading and Riots (15:20) by Frank Key
Pandemrix and Narcolepsy (20:21) by Simon Howard
Lords Reform (29:32) by Cory Hazelhurst
Morrissey Response (35:32) by Dan Swindlehurst
Electric Cars & Top Gear (40:22) by Tom Hodden
Maperton Trust (48:25) by Adam Cuerden
Free Beer (55:48) by Adam Jacobs
The sketches are by David Lovesy and Brian Two

Follow-Up Stuff:

• Adam’s Maperton Trust report in full:
  
  

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Flying Monsters 3D (1:36) by James O’Malley & Liz Lutgendorff (ft SIR DAVID ATTENBOROUGH)
Morrissey’s Comments (12:33) by Tom Williamson
Susan Greenfield’s Comments (17:46) by Martin Robbins
Madness Gone Politically Correct (23:50) by Philippa Willitts
Faith Schools (31:51) by Salim Fadhley (ft Richy Thompson)
Richard Dawkins Does Not Exist… And We Can Prove It by Liz & James (ft Charlotte Young & Mark Quinn)
Lawrence Leung Wants A Jetpack by Liz & James (ft Lawrence Leung)
The sketches at the end are by David Lovesy & Brian Two

Follow-Up Links:

• Extended David Attenborough Interview
  
  

• EXCLUSIVE: Recording of Attenborough’s Q&A Session at the screening:
  
  

• Flying Monsters 3D website
• Clapham Picturehouse
• Extended Lawrence Leung Interview
  
  

• Buy tickets to Lawrence Leung wants a jetpack at the Soho Theatre, London
• Lawrence Leung’s website
• Psst! You can watch Lawrence’s Australian TV series ‘Unbelievable’ in its entirety on YouTube here.
• Buy tickets to Richard Dawkins Does Not Exist at The Canon’s Gait, Edinburgh

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Oslo Eyewitness (1:35) by Trish Hann
Copyright Censorship (8:47) by James Firth
What’s Wrong with ATOS? (15:19) by Steven Sumpter
Patent trolls vs Inventors & Developers (26:24) by Salim Fadhley
The AHS (36:05) by James O’Malley (ft Jenny Bartle and Mike Paynter)
AltMed Regulation (45:16) by Dr*T
Michael McIntyre Response (49:14) by Steve Leedale (performed by Alex Foster)
Edinburgh Ghost Tours (53:00) by Ash Pryce
The sketches were by David Lovesy, Brian Two and Steve Clark

Follow-up Links:

• The AHS
• Skeptics on the Fringe
• ‘Alternative’ is previewing this week!
• See The Pod Delusion on BBC Click this week!

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Jonnie Marbles Interview (2:10) by James O’Malley
Jonnie Marbles Response (11:04) by Dave Landon Cole
BBC Science Reporting (19:23) by Adam Jacobs
Kirk Sorensen Interview (29:14) by Chris Huang-Leaver
Open University Fees (40:18) by Kash Farooq
In Defence Of MacIntyre (45:27) by Sean Ellis
Angry Birds (48:56) by Salim Fadhley and Paul Day
The sketches were by David Lovesy, Brian Two and Steve Clark

Follow-Up Links:

• The BBC Science report in full

Do you work for a company or organisation that would be interested in sponsoring an episode of The Pod Delusion? Get in touch if you’d like to discuss it: editor (at) poddelusion.co.uk.

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Pro-Choice Protest (1:49) by James O’Malley (ft Dr Evan Harris and Kate Smurthwaite)
James Webb Telescope (9:10) by Kash Farooq
Elevatorgate Response (13:48) by Natalie Dzerins (read by Charlotte Hooson-Sykes)
Maths & Progess (19:40) by Peter Rowlett
Alternative (27:01) by James O’Malley & Liz Lutgendorff (ft Trent Burton & Maria MacLachlan)
PowerPoint (37:22) by Simon Howard
An Optimist’s Tour of the Future (42:23) by Liz Lutgendorff (ft Mark Stevenson)
Sketches by David Lovesy and Brian Too

Follow-Up Links:

• Abortion Rights UK
• The ‘Alternative’ website
• Buy ‘An Optimist’s Tour of the Future’
• The League of Pragmatic Optimists (Mark Stevenson’s new project)
• Mark Stevenson interview in full
  
  

• Listen to Mark Stevenson’s full Skeptics in the Pub talk here

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Phone Hacking and the PCC (2:10) by Luxmy Gopal
Hacked Off Campaign (10:06) by James O’Malley (ft David Allen Green)
Sovereignty Creep (16:14) by James Firth
Feminism & Elevatorgate (22:42) by Pete Hague
Malton Faith School (30:04) by Salim Fadhley (ft Philippa Hare)
Red Tape Challenge (39:56) by Drew Rae & Tom Hodden
“Gaaaay” (48:52) by Anonymous
Toilet Paper (53:36) by Andrew Gould

Follow-Up Links:

• Hacked Off Campaign

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Medicinal Magic Mushrooms (1:49) by Liz Lutgendorff (ft Roland Griffiths)
Johann Harigate (11:51) by Dean Burnett
Bishops in the Lords (21:23) by James O’Malley & Liz Lutgendorff (ft Chris Bryant)
NHS Changes (25:45) by Adam Jacobs
Creationist Geology (32:59) by Salim Fadhley (ft Stephen Newton from NSCE)
Fragile Social Networks (42:42) by Steven Sumpter
Bad PR Results (48:14) by Michael Marshall
Smellytweet Update (58:26) by James Thomas
The sketch at the end is by David Lovesy and Brian Two

Follow-Up Links:

• Listen to the full Lords debate by clicking here!
• Liz’s full length interview with Roland
  
• The Magic Mushrooms Paper

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Marcus Brigstocke Interview (1:28) by Liz Lutgendorff
Smartphone Censorship (12:19) by Sean Ellis
Humanist Bus Campaign (18:21) by Salim Fadhley (ft Bill Burgess)
Government Attacking Disabled People (27:01) by Steven Sumpter
Bone Marrow (35:02) by Keir Liddle (ft Rebecca Sedgewick from the Anthony Nolan Trust)
I’m a scientist… get me out of here! (41:34) by Drew Rae (ft Dr Tom Crick)
The sketch at the end is by David Lovesy.

Follow-up Links:

• Full Marcus Brigstocke Interview:
  
• Buy Marcus Brigstocke’s book ‘God Collar’
• Sign up to donate bone marrow with the Anthony Nolan Trust here
• Drew’s I’m a Scientist page
• Tom Crick’s I’m a Scientist page

Oldest Example of Biomineralisation (1:38) by Liz Lutgendorff (ft Phoebe Cohen)
Slutwalk (11:28) by Christine Ottery
Pro-NCH (19:01) by James Firth
Anti-NCH (25:26) by Misty
Tim Harford Interview (30:26) by Dr*T
The Daily Express is Misleading (39:13) by Tom Hodden
FFRF vs The Rapture (45:51) by Salim Fadhley
Smellytweet Update (56:46) by James Thomas
The song at the end is by David Lovesy

Follow-Up Links:

• Full-length interview with Phoebe Cohen about the fossils:
  
  

• Geology Journal’s paper about the fossils
• Wired link with fossil photos
• The Complex Life Project
• Full length interview with Tim Harford:
  
  

• Buy Tim’s new book – ‘Adapt’.

Richard Dawkins on the New College of the Humanities (1:15) by James O’Malley (ft an EXCLUSIVE clip of Dawkins talking about it)
PZ Myers interview (7:53) by James O’Malley and Liz Lutgendorff
Death of the Operating System (15:15) by Pete Hague
What are we running out of? (20:57) By Drew Rae
Germany’s lack of nuclear ambition (27:21) by Sven Rudloff
Nicked: The Nick Clegg Musical (38:20) by James O’Malley and Liz Lutgendorff
SmellyTweet (44:39) by James Thomas
Bad PR Predictions (49:22) by Michael Marshall
The sketch after the credits is by David Lovesy at TLC Creative

Follow-up Links

• The Richard Stallman essay Pete recommends in his report
• A preview clip of Nicked: The Nick Clegg Musical
• Full podcast of the PZ Myers/Dawkins event – listen here!
• See the video of protesters at the PZ Myers / Dawkins event after the break…

Science Careers (2:03) by James O’Malley & Liz Lutgendorff (ft Science Minister David Willets MP!)
Web Wars (16:38) by James Firth
Religion In The Surgery (25:30) by Luke Edwards
Religion In The Surgery II (32:16) by Salim Fadhley (ft Naomi Phillips)
Dead Bodies (40:17) by Simon Howard
The Daily Mail (47:12) by Will Parbury
Lady Gaga (54:52) by Martyn Norris
L’espirit de l’escalier (62:11) by Alex Gilbert

Follow-Up Links:

• Intelligence Squared Ideas To Change The World Event
• Like our Facebook page to enter the competition
• Listen to the Science Careers debate with David Willetts, Evan Harris & more here.

The Rapture (2:06) by Salim Fadhley
The Rap Guide To Evolution (17:58) by James O’Malley & Liz Lutgendorff (ft Baba Brinkman)
Australian Chaplains (28:04) by Robert Williams
Extreme Rambling (35:56) by James Thomas (ft Mark Thomas)
Skeptics In The Church (45:40) by Drew Rae
The Hargreaves Report (51:52) by Salim Fadhley (ft Emily Goodhand)
Traditional Chinese Medicine (61:01) by Kash Farooq
The song at the end is Natural Selection by Baba Brinkman

Rapture Survival Guide with Paul Day
Not featured on the main show – a bonus report by Paul Day, in which he presents us with a rapture survival guide. You should listen – your life may depend on it!

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Follow-Up Links

• In Newcastle? Go see Drew Rae’s talk at Newcastle Skeptics on Wednesday
• In London? Go see Baba Brinkman’s Rap Guide To Evolution Premier at the Prince Charles on Wednesday
• More Rap Guide To Evolution Stuff
• Buy Mark Thomas’s book ‘Extreme Rambling’
• Uncut interview with Mark Thomas:
  
• Uncut interview with Baba Brinkman
  

Black and White Homeopathy Show (1:38) by Sean Ellis
LibDem Promises (6:24) by Jennie Rigg
Privacy, Injunctions & Twitter (14:28) by James Firth
Anonymous Pwnz Sony (23:56) by Salim Fadhley
Creationism in Schools Crisis (31:12) by Liz Lutgendorff (ft Tessa Kendall)
Why We Believe (36:10) by Jourdemayne
Uganda’s Gay Ban (44:08) by Natalie Dzerrins

Follow-up Links

• Creationism in schools petition – sign it here
• Listen here to FREE PRIMATES, the official UNCAGED MONKEYS TOUR podcast, featuring Robin Ince, Brian Cox, Simon Singh and more!
• London Skeptics in the Pub podcast with Dr Ginger Campbell

The Youth Vote (1:56) by James Firth
Mad Nad’s Abstinence (9:34) by Jennie Rigg
Mad Nad’s Theocracy? (14:46) by Salim Fadhley
Republic (21:14) by James O’Malley & Liz Lutgendorff
Superinjunctions & Wikipedia (25:30) by Tom Morris
Dangerous Cycling (33:50) by Tim Beadle
Ann Summers Anger (43:38) by Natalie Dzerins & Charlotte Hooson-Sykes

SETI RIP (2:13) by Sean Ellis
Calm Down Dear (7:07) by Liz Lutgendorff
Birthers (12:05) by Paul Day
Voltaire Lecture (19:17) by James O’Malley & Liz Lutgendorff (ft Natalie Haynes & Polly Toynbee)
Anonymous Hate Comments (31:04) by Tania Glyde
Skeptical About Children (36:31) by George Poles
Submarine Patents (43:31) by Salim Fadhley
Group Psychology (50:45) by Dean Burnett
Met Poetry (60:12) by James Firth

Follow-Up Links

• Listen to the Voltaire Lecture in full here
• Find out about the BHA Conference in Manchester
• Donate to SETI

DEAct Judicial Review (1:35) by James Firth
Local Elections Preview (8:49) by Alex Foster
Regenerating Margate (18:33) by Jon Treadway
Gay Blood Donation (27:32) by Salim Fadhley (ft Peter Tatchell)
Wikipedia & Academia (34:48) by Harriet Vickers (ft Charles Matthews)
The Christ Conundrum (40:33) by Liz Lutgendorff (ft Andrew Carruth)
Atlas Shrugged (49:11) by Paul Day
BHA Conference (54:45) by James O’Malley (ft Andrew Copson)

Follow-Up Links

• Alex Foster’s Local Elections piece in full:
  
• Liz’s interview with Andrew Carruth in full:
  
  

• Buy The Christ Conundrum by Andrew Carruth here
• Find out more about the BHA Conference here

See the video of the guinea pigs to watch whilst listening to James Firth’s piece about the Digital Economy Act after the break (this will make sense if you listen to the show):

(The regular weekly Pod Delusion show was also released last Friday featuring, amongst others, Sam Harris – so check that out here if you missed it!)

David Allen Green (2:23)
Paul Chambers (5:25)
Stephen Fry (8:50)
Rufus Hound (12:33)
Katy Brand (16:23)
Graham Linehan (20:29)

Apologies to Susan Calman – we recorded her but both our recordings were covered in that horrible mobile phone buzzing noise.

You can find out more about the Twitter Joke Trial, as well as donate to the Twitter Joke Trial Fund by clicking here.

Follow The Pod Delusion on Facebook or Twitter for more – or subscribe to the podcast – we’ll be covering the appeal in full when it happens.

You wait ages for a philosopher, and then three come along at once. Following Rebecca Goldstein and AC Grayling last week, this week we speak to Sam Harris about his new book ‘The Moral Landscape’… and much, much more.

The Moral Landscape (2:42) by James O’Malley & Liz Lutgendorff (ft Sam Harris)
Koran Burning (16:04) by Pete Hague
Lansley’s Tenets (22:16) by Simon Howard
Free Markets & Fish (31:25) by Adam Jacobs
Copyright Extension (37:28) by Salim Fadhley (ft Peter Bradwell)
Humanist Schools in Uganda (44:34) by James O’Malley (ft Andrew West)
The Ancestor’s Trail (49:56) by Liz Lutgendorff (ft Chris Jenord)

Follow-Up Links

• Buy The Moral Landscape by Sam Harris here
• Andrew’s Photo Exhibition
• Uganda Humanist School Trust
• Why not go on the Ancestor’s Trail

Full Interview With Sam Harris

[Direct MP3 Link] [Pod Delusion Extra Feed] [Add to iTunes]

A New Particle (1:56) by Sean Ellis
The Digital Economy Act’s First Birthday (7:46) by James Firth
Nuclear Fallout (15:28) by Drew Rae
AC Grayling Interview (24:41) by James O’Malley
Rebecca Goldstein Interview (30:17) by Liz Lutgendorff
Dead Bodies (38:48) by Alex Foster
TamTamPamela Trolls The Web (46:21) by Salim Fadhley

Follow-up links:

• Full Rebecca Goldstein Interview:
  
  

• Buy AC Grayling’s New Book
• Buy Rebecca Goldstein’s Book

Gideon’s Budget (2:14) by Jon Treadway
Crossing the Italians (9:44) by Nick Boorer
The Vatican Fries Your Brain (16:10) by Tessa Kendall
Antivaxers and Paul Offit (22:18) by Dave Woodward
NHS Outcomes Framework (30:18) by Simon Howard
Dirk Gently Recommissioned (42:46) by Jon Treadway (ft Stephen Mangan and Ed Victor)
Roy Zimmerman on Ted Haggard (48:5) by Salim Fadhley
Post-credit appeal by Sean Ellis

Secularist of the Year (3:42) by James O’Malley (ft Sophie in’t Veld)
Sue Cox interview (11:27) by Liz Lutgendorff
Principles of war in Libya (18:10) by Adam Jacobs
The Great Stagnation (28:06) by Jon Treadway (ft Tyler Cowen)
Technological Stagnation (38:07) by Pete Hague
Meteorites and LIFE (45:29) by Kash Farooq
Georgie Clause is coming to town (49:32) by Will Battle & James Firth (lyrics after the break)

Charity appeals at the beginning and end are by Sean Ellis & Martyn Norris.

Follow-up links:

• Listen to Secularist of the Year in full (ft AC Grayling & Sophie in’t Veld)
• Survivor’s Voice Europe
• Tyler Cowen
• Buy Tyler’s Book

Georgie Claus is coming to town

You better watch out
You might want to cry
The Budget’s Out
And Osborne’s been sly

Georgie Claus is coming to town!
He’s made a list
It’s quite precise
A Tory mix of naughty and nice
Georgie Claus is coming to town!
His swinging cuts are sweeping,
But there’s icing on the cake!
A 1p cut in petrol prices
Makes up for that heart ache!

But you better watch out!
You might want to cry

Libraries are shut,
And inflation is high!
Georgie claus is coming to town
Georgie claus is coming to town

You better watch out
You might want to cry

naught-point-eight percent cut
When fuel tax so high

Georgie Claus is coming to town!
Here’s the jist,
He’s skating on ice,
The headlines to-mor-row may well be nice
Georgie Claus is coming to town!
The de-vils in the detail!
His spin and lies are fake
A 1p cut in petrol prices
Is a cherry on a slipper snake!

So! you better watch out!
You might want to cry

You pay your tax

City traders get high!

Georgie claus is coming to town
Georgie claus is coming to town

And his bullshit budget will cost you a crown

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Plain Cigarette Packaging (1:56) by Simon Howard
Susan Blackmore Interview (8:08) by Jon Treadway
E-Book Bill Of Rights (16:16) by Salim Fadhley
The Guttenberg Affair (25:10) by Sven Rudloff
Brain Scanning (34:14) by Dean Burnett
The Grant Museum (41:22) by Liz Lutgendorff (ft Jack Ashby)

Follow-up links:

• The Grant Museum

Pod Delusion EXTRA:

• Robin Ince at the AHS Convention last Saturday
• Johann Hari and AC Grayling, Lord Warner, The BHA Chief Exec and NSS Deputy President at the AHS Convention
• Learn how to subscribe to Pod Delusion Extra
• CaSE Distinguised Lecture 2011 with Shadow Business Secretary John Denham

Ex-Daily Star Rich Peppiatt Interview (1:54) by Sean Ellis
Shadow Business Secretary John Denham Interview (8:59) by James O’Malley
The New Defamation Bill (16:03) by James Thomas (ft Naomi MacAuliffe, Simon Singh and Julian Huppert MP)
The BHA Census Campaign Poster Row (22:59) by Liz Lutgendorff (ft Bob Churchill)
Green Party Science Policy (28:35) by James O’Malley (ft Jim Jepps)
Douglas Adams Memorial Lecture 2011 (36:21) by Jon Treadway (ft Prof Brian Cox and Robin Ince)

Follow-up links:

• The Daily Star’s Response to Rich Peppiatt (see bottom of page)
• Full interview with Rich Peppiatt
• Listen to the Campaign for Science and Engineering Lecture with John Denham in full
• CaSE
• The Libel Reform Campaign
• The Census Campaign
• The Green Party
• Listen to our Douglas Adams Tribute Podcast
• Save The Rhino

This special episode is presented by Jon Treadway and features contributions from many people who knew or were influenced by Douglas Adams, including:

• Stephen Mangan, star of the Dirk Gently TV adaption
• Mark Carwardine, co-writer of Last Chance To See
• Stephen Pinker, author and previous Memorial Lecture presenter
• Dirk Maggs, producer of the Hitchhikers radio series
• Simon Jones, who played Arthur Dent in both the TV and radio series
• Dave Stirling, founder of Save The Rhino
• James Thrift, Adams’ half brother
• Ed Victor, Adams’ literary agent
• Marcus du Sautoy, mathematician and previous Memorial Lecture presenter

If you enjoy this special or would like to do something in memory of Douglas Adams, please consider donating to Save The Rhino.

Barnet Bans Bloggers (1:29) by James Firth
American Liberty (8:37) by Matt Flaherty
The Authoritarians (17:10) by Salim Fadhley (ft Prof Robert Altemayer)
Why shouldn’t you ride the STS Discovery to work? (23:06) by Drew Rae
MaxBrain Advertising (29:49) by Dr*T
The Framing Effect (35:16) by Kash Farooq

Follow-Up Links:

• Robert Altemayer’s Book – The Authoritarians
• Salim’s interview with Prof Altemayer in full:
  

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  Cameron’s Arms Dealer Holiday (1:28) by James O’Malley (ft Anne Marie O’Reilly)
  Dissing Dawkins (7:39) by Drew Rae
  1023 On (Medical) Trial (14:02) by Sven Rudloff
  No Gays At The Inn 2: The Revenge (21:58) by Nick Boorer
  Anti-Features (27:41) by Salim Fadhley (ft Benjamin Mako Hill)
  Genographic Project (35:37) by Kash Farooq
  Christchurch Earthquake Eyewitness (39:47) by James O’Malley & Liz Lutgendorff

  Follow-up links:

  • Come to our live recording in Southampton featuring music from the Amateur Transplants. Saturday 26th Feb (tomorrow!) at 7pm at the Highfield Pub! [More Info] [Facebook Event]
  • Campaign Against The Arms Trade
  • Listen to the Dawkins/Grayling debate Drew speaks about in his report.
  • Listen to James’ full interview with Liz about her experiences in the Christchurch Earthquake after the break…

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    The King’s Speech (1:57) by George Poles
    MHRA Labelling (8:43) by Crispian Jago
    Rational Vegetarianism (17:01) by Jennie Rigg
    Significance Testing (23:14) by Drew Rae
    Boxing Mr Firth (30:44) by James Firth
    Diverse & Vibrant (37:32) by Frank Key

    Follow-up Links:

    • Come to our LIVE PODCAST RECORDING on Saturday Feb 26th at 7pm at the Highfield Pub in SOUTHAMPTON. Click here for more details.

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    What’s wrong with eugenics? By Sean Ellis
    Polygamy by Liz Lutgendorff
    Voting is irrational by Craig Lucas
    Learning facts by Dr*T
    Motorcycle Science by James Thomas
    Reviving a ritual by Jourdemayne
    Growing into skepticism by Stells Dessoy

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    DFID and the Pope (2:18) by Jon Treadway (ft Naomi Phillips)
    Darwin Day Lecture (6:24) by Jon Treadway (ft Richard Dawkins & Armand Leroi)
    Geek Manifesto (9:48) by James O’Malley (ft Mark Henderson)
    Pentecostal Boot Camp (21:08) by Salim Fadhley (ft Tyler Bowden)
    Risk Management (30:54) by Drew Rae & David Couch

    Follow-up links:

    • Come to our LIVE RECORDING in Southampton on Feb 26th – Details Here
    • Special Darwin Day Lecture Podcast w/ Richard Dawkins & Armand Leroi
    • Westminster Skeptics Geek Manifesto Podcast (coming Friday evening)
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    How Mesh Networks Can Stop Dictators (2:45) by Salim Fadhley
    We Love Libraries (11:37) by James O’Malley (ft Reggie)
    Google Vs Bing Vs Privacy (15:48) by James Firth
    Librivox (23:53) by Alex Foster
    Neutrino Skeptic (30:13) by Kash Farooq
    Sly & Reggie ft John Farnham vs Mubarak (35:57) by Sly & Reggie & John Farnham

    • Southampton Live Recording on the 26th February
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    Equality (2:17) by Liz Lutgendorff
    NHS Reform (7:30) by Adam Jacobs
    Betelgeuse (16:37) by Kash Farooq
    Delingpole (21:59) by Matt Flaherty
    Libertarian Skeptics (28:11) by Pete Hague
    Theological Debate (36:50) by Drew Rae
    News In Haiku (45:31) by Martyn Norris

    Follow-Up Stuff:

    • Come and see our live show at the QED Conference on Feb 5th!
    • Matt’s report in full:
      
    • Pete’s report in full:
      
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    Alternative Vote (1:44) by Alex Foster
    Tevatron Obituary (8:36) by Sean Ellis
    Wikipedia at 10 (14:46) by Tom Morris
    ECHR Libel Reform (21:26) by Gareth Winchester
    Theology in Academia (29:13) by Drew Rae
    Libraries (35:26) by Reggie

    This week presented by Liz Lutgendorff as James has had some exciting emergency surgery.

    Follow-up links:

    • Come to our show at the QED Conference
    • Winchester Skeptics have a new venue
    • Bath Skeptics launch this week
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    Net Neutrality (1:20) by Sean Ellis
    Equal Love Update (6:46) by Salim Fadhley (ft Prof Robert Wintemute)
    The Placebo Effect (14:53) by Adam Jacobs
    Women Having Affairs (22:53) by Marsh
    Mark Steel Interview (31:08) by James O’Malley

    Follow-up links:

    • Come to our live recording at QED!
    • Mark Steel’s website (contains tour details)
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    Richard Herring Interview (1:37) by James O’Malley & Liz Lutgendorff
    Homeopathy Vets (9:10) by Kash Farooq
    King James Bible (13:45) by Simon Howard
    What Makes A Suicide Bomber? (21:15) by Salim Fadhley (ft Prof Adam Lankford)
    Mark Carwardine Interview (30:28) by Liz Lutgendorff
    Eugenie Scott at QED (35:32) by Trystan Swale & Hayley Stevens

    • Richard Herring full interview:
      
      

    • Richard Herring’s Website
    • Mark Carwardine’s Save The Rhinos Lecture
    • Simon’s Bible Reading Link
    • Come to our LIVE RECORDING at QED!
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    Comedian of the Year (1:21) by Dean Burnett
    Richard Sandling (7:06)
    Simon Singh (10:03)
    Headache of the Year (16:20) by Liz Lutgendorff
    Sid Rodrigues (23:06)
    Jo Neary (26:03)
    Quack Fail of the Year (31:03) by Sean Ellis
    Ben Goldacre (37:15)
    BHA Choir (47:31)
    Beard of the Year (51:18) by Jennie Rigg
    Alan Moore (55:26)

    • Can you give Liz a job? Get in touch: james (at) jamesomalley.co.uk
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    Why Winterval? (1:53) by James O’Malley
    Chapman Cohen (4:18) by Liz Lutgendorff
    Legalise Drugs (12:23) by Clio Bellenis
    Thought Field Therapy (19:58) by Kevin Friery
    What’s The Point Of Wasps (30:05) by James Thomas
    Quantum Santa (38:56) by Sean Ellis
    Christmas Woo (46:17) by Jon Treadway
    Brilliant Music (52:10) by James Taylor

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    Liz’s Q&A:
    

    Clio’s Q&A:
    

    Kevin’s Q&A:
    

    James Thomas’ Q&A:
    

    Sean Ellis’ Q&A:
    

    Jon’s Q&A:
    

    Dave Hughes rounding up the year for Winchester Skeptics In The Pub:
    

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    Heremy Junt (2:21) by George Poles
    Wikileaks and the Streisand Effect (8:34) by Salim Fadhley
    Lesbian Are Better Parents (16:17) by Liz Lutgendorff
    Bent Spoon, Bad Judges (25:03) by Drew Rae
    Too Rational For A Restaurant (32:21) by Dean Burnett
    Christmas Message (43:03) by Sly & Reggie

    • Come to Pod Delusion Live at Winchester Skeptics in the Pub on Tuesday
    • Liz’s full interview…
      
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    Student Occupation (2:42) by James O’Malley
    Michael Behe in the UK (9:48) by Craig Lucas
    Equal Marriage by (16:51) Salim Fadhley (ft Peter Tatchell)
    Revolutionary Treatments (25:32) by Dean Burnett
    Skeptical about Football (35:15) by George Poles

    Follow-up links:

    • Come to the recording of our Christmas Show!
    • More on the partnership with the British Humanist Association

    UCL Occupation Video Report:

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    Defending McHealth Policy (2:01) by Dr Simon Howard
    Negotiating with Pirates (9:52) by Drew Rae and David Couch
    Monarchists are people too (16:50) by Malden Capell
    Stop Bashing Christians (26:20) by Jourdemayne
    Armando Iannucci and Simon Blackwell Interview (36:31) by James O’Malley and Liz Lutgendorff

    Come to the recording of our Christmas Show!
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    Twitter Joke Trial Implications (1:25) by James Firth
    Leo Behe Interview (6:22) by Salim Fadhley
    Remembrance Day (14:46) by Pete Hague
    Response to Pete (21:54) by Liz Lutegendorff
    Starwisp (26:18) by Sean Ellis
    Defending Big Pharma (33:09) by Adam Jacobs

    Follow-up links:

    • Adam’s follow-up links:
      • Schott et al systematic review
      • Bourgeois et al paper in Annals of Internal Medicine
      • Woolley et al presentation at Peer-Review Congress
    • Pod Delusion Winterval Special
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    NICE to see you, to see you, NICE (1:36) by Drew Rae and David Couch
    Lauren Booth is a Twat (6:06) by Liz Lutgendorff
    Security and Liberty (12:12) by Robert Matthews
    Government Snooping Petition (18:32) by Salim Fadhley
    The ISS at 10 (25:46) by Pete Hague
    BBC Three Science (31:25) by Dean Burnett

    Follow-up links:

    • Lauren Booth’s awful column
    • How to find the ISS
    • Listen to the Conway Memorial Lecture
    ]]> http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/2010/11/05/episode-58-5th-november-2010/feed/ 3 http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/2010/10/29/episode-57-29th-october-2010/ http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/2010/10/29/episode-57-29th-october-2010/#comments Thu, 28 Oct 2010 23:21:53 +0000 James O'Malley http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/?p=324
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    Industrial Relations (1:42) by Drew Rae
    Animal Testing (7:02) by Dean Burnett
    Data Retention (17:09) by James Firth
    Catholic School Selection (22:25) by Salim Fadhley (ft James Gray)
    Journalism Shortcuts (30:28) by Marsh
    Kat Akingbade at QED (36:53) by Jon Treadway

    Follow-up links:

    • BHA Faith Schools Campaign
    • QED Con
    • Conway Memorial Lecture – Special Podcast!
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    Science is Vital Wins (1:31) by Jenny Rohn
    JREF’s UK Plans (4:58) by James O’Malley (ft DJ Grothe and James Randi)
    The Nightingale Collaboration (14:52) by Sean Ellis (ft Alan Henness)
    Geek Calendar Launch (21:07) by James O’Malley (ft Mike Harris and Gia Milinovich)
    Conscientious Objection & the EU (28:07) by Liz Lutgendorff (ft Tessa Kendall)
    Faking Faith (34:28) by Salim Fadhley (ft Andrew Penman)

    Follow-up links:

    • Science is Vital
    • The Nightingale Collaboration
    • Geek Calendar
    • Tessa’s Blog
    • Harvard Humanist Chaplain Greg Epstein speaks to the BHA
    • This week’s Westminster Skeptics podcast
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    Science is Vital Rally (1:36) recorded by James O’Malley
    Sally Bercow vs Migration Watch (10:56) recorded by James O’Malley
    The Census Campaign (13:15) by Liz Lutgendorff (ft Andrew Copson)
    The Browne Review (22:04) by Drew Rae
    Chris Atkins Interview (27:39) by Jon Treadway

    Follow up links:

    • Science is Vital Campaign
    • Our Science is Vital Coverage in full
    • Full Westminster Skeptics Podcast
    • The Census Campaign
    • QED Con
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    Science is vital (1:31) by Jenny Rohn
    Copyright and mob rule (12:51) by James Firth
    WTF FLQ (19:38) by Liz Lutgendorff
    Measuring the immeasurable (24:02) by Drew Rae
    Ad Hominems (31:00) by Jennie Rigg
    Trolling Part 3 (34:14) by Salim Fadhley
    George Hrab at QED (41:03) by Jon Treadway

    Follow-up links:

    • Science is Vital
    • Jennie’s link
    • QED Con
    ]]> http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/2010/10/08/episode-54-8th-october-2010/feed/ 1 http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/2010/09/30/episode-53-1st-october-2010/ http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/2010/09/30/episode-53-1st-october-2010/#comments Thu, 30 Sep 2010 21:45:21 +0000 James O'Malley http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/?p=291
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    Greg Graffin on Anarchy Evolution (1:07) by James O’Malley & Liz Lutgendorff
    Life Years and Drugs (12:46) by Simon Howard
    Letterbox Danger (20:05) by Alex Foster
    Bad PR – Sex on Holidays (25:58) by Marsh

    Follow-up links:

    • Greg Graffin interview in full:
      
    • More on Anarchy Evolution
    • Buy Pod Delusion Merchandise here
    ]]> http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/2010/09/30/episode-53-1st-october-2010/feed/ 2 http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/2010/09/23/episode-52-24th-september-2010/ http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/2010/09/23/episode-52-24th-september-2010/#comments Thu, 23 Sep 2010 21:25:43 +0000 James O'Malley http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/?p=289
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    Protest the Pope (0:58) by James O’Malley (ft Dr Ben Goldacre and Johann Hari, briefly)
    Equal Marriage (21:49) by Alex Foster
    Phone Hacking Scandal (31:01) by Darren O’Mahoney (ft Prof Brian Cathcart)
    Trolling Masterclass (39:21) by Salim Fadhley (ft Paul Day)

    Follow-up links:

    • Listen to the Protest the Pope Rally in full here
    • More on QED Conference
    • Listen to our live birthday show
    • Listen to our Relief-O-Matic special (ft Tim Minchin)
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    To celebrate the show’s first birthday, we recorded this episode LIVE at Skeptics in the Pub, London – so it’s a bit longer than usual, but still follows the same format and is hopefully just as entertainment. There was a brief Q&A session after each speaker – we cut those for time reasons, though you can find them below.

    Also below is Sean Ellis’s report on the audience reaction to the live event – you can hear that below.

    The Papal Visit
    by Jon Treadway (ft Naomi Phillips from the British Humanist Association) – 0:03:14

    Future Trends In Alternative Medicine
    by Liz Lutgendorff – 0:14:35
    Q&A:

    The Integrated Restaurant
    by Sean Ellis – 0:23:18
    Q&A:

    Culture-Bound Syndromes
    by Martin Robbins – 0:30:19
    Q&A:

    Gay Blood Donation
    by Alex Foster – 0:42:29
    Q&A:

    Why I’m Not A Skeptic
    by Will Howells – 0:50:15
    Q&A:

    The Twat In The Hat
    by Crispian Jago – 1:00:08

    Carmen and John’s Music
    by Carmen D’Cruz and John Gregson – 1:06:32

    Milton Mermikides doing sound effects, playing music and stings throughout.
    MC James O’Malley was in da house.

    Thanks to Sid Rodrigues and everyone at London SITP for hosting us.

    DVD Extra style content:

    What did the people there think? by Sean Ellis
    

    What did you think of the live format? Please post in the comments below as we’d love to hear your thoughts.

    ]]> http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/2010/09/16/episode-51-17th-september-2010/feed/ 11 http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/2010/09/14/the-podsubstatiation-a-pod-delusion-relief-o-matic-special/ http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/2010/09/14/the-podsubstatiation-a-pod-delusion-relief-o-matic-special/#comments Tue, 14 Sep 2010 14:39:36 +0000 James O'Malley http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/?p=264 Last night as part of the Protest the Pope campaign, a charity gig called Relief-o-matic was organised by the British Humanist Association. I was there and excitingly, got to speak to many well known names – so I present a special edition podcast for the Protest the Pope Campaign. You can still listen to last week’s excellent episode of The Pod Delusion here.
    
    
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    Guests include: Robin Ince, Ed Byrne, Ben Goldacre, Horse and Louis, Andrew Copson, Natalie Haynes, Richard Herring, Nick Doody, Peter Tatchell, Tony Hawks, The BHA Choir, Audacity Chutzpah, and Tim Minchin.

    Follow-up links:

    • Protest The Pope
    • The British Humanist Association

    

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    Julian Huppert Interview by Jennie Rigg
    William Hague and Stephen Hawking by Pete Hague
    Labour Leadership by Robert Matthews
    Skeptical Dick Taxonomy by Dean Burnett
    Carey Marx Interview by Misty
    Poe’s Law Homework by Salim Fadhley

    ]]> http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/2010/09/02/episode-49-3rd-september-2010/feed/ 2 http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/2010/08/26/episode-48-27th-august-2010/ http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/2010/08/26/episode-48-27th-august-2010/#comments Thu, 26 Aug 2010 15:20:17 +0000 James O'Malley http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/?p=252
    
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    Faith Schools by James O’Malley (ft James Gray)
    Internet Censorship by Drew Rae (read by David Couch)
    Tescopoly by Alex Foster
    Default Deny by Sean Ellis
    Teenage Rebellion by Jennie Rigg
    Sydney Padua Interview by Liz Lutgendorff

    Follow-up links:

    • BHA Faith Schools Campaign
    • Sydney’s Website
    • Geek Calendar
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    David Colquhoun and the CNHC by Sean Ellis
    Lord Mackay’s Bible Bashing by Salim Fadhley (ft Terry Sanderson, President of the National Secular Society)
    Witch Children by Jourdemayne
    A Skeptical Tale by Drew Rae
    WTF is QED? by James O’Malley (ft Marsh)

    Follow up’s:

    • David Colquhoun Uncut:
      
    • POD DELUSION LIVE: More info can be found on…
      • The Skeptics in the Pub Website
      • This Facebook Event (do sign up if you’re coming!)
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    Susan Greenfield by Martin Robbins
    Tom Watson MP interview by Salim Fadhley
    Crohn’s Disease bleach treatment by Dr*T (ft Rhys Morgan)
    Antidisestablishmentarian by Sean Ellis
    Edinburgh Festival Preview by Misty

    Pod Delusion LIVE – 14th September 2010. More info: here.

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    Councillor John Dixon Interview by Jack of Kent
    Bill Thompson Interview by Salim Fadhley
    Wikileaks and philosophy by James Firth
    Who are the enemy? by Drew Rae

    Follow up links:

    • Frank Swain’s Westminster Skeptics Talk
    • More on John Dixon from Jack of Kent
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    Silly Season by George Poles
    Music Copyright by Salim Fadhley (ft Steve Lawson)
    Good Science is Boring by Drew Rae
    Bath Skeptics by Rob Weeks
    Guide to a Skeptical Summer by Liz Lutgendorff
    Now is the Month of Maying by the BHA Choir

    • Skeptics on the Fringe
    • Skeptics in the Pub
    • Questival
    ]]> http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/2010/07/30/episode-44-30th-july-2010/feed/ 10 http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/2010/07/22/episode-43-23rd-july-2010/ http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/2010/07/22/episode-43-23rd-july-2010/#comments Thu, 22 Jul 2010 21:18:32 +0000 James O'Malley http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/?p=231
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    A short history of secularism (or how to shoot your movement in the foot in 5 easy steps) (1:15) by Liz Lutgendorff
    Alcoholics Anonymous (7:25) by Tania Glyde
    Gold after the collapse (16:24) by Salim Fadhley
    The Perfect Handshake (22:22) by Marsh

    Follow-up Links:

    • Central London Humanists Picnic (featuring BHA Choir singing)
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    Gillian McKeith in the shit (1:55) by Tom Morris
    Drugs are popular (8:03) by Mark Thompson
    ScienceBlogs and Pepsi (16:22) by Drew Rae
    Faces and statutes (23:11) by Jourdemayne
    Economics, the dismal science (29:52) by Pete Hague
    Daily Express (36:04) by Martyn Norris

    ]]> http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/2010/07/15/episode-42-16th-july-2010/feed/ 9 http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/2010/07/09/episode-41-9th-july-2010/ http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/2010/07/09/episode-41-9th-july-2010/#comments Fri, 09 Jul 2010 07:37:37 +0000 James O'Malley http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/?p=221
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    Foreign Ladybirds by Salim Fadhley
    Women Invisibility by Tania Glyde
    Should All Skeptics Be Atheists? By Drew Rae
    Relax and Rehabilitation by Simon Howard
    Islam and Football by Salim Fadhley

    ]]> http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/2010/07/09/episode-41-9th-july-2010/feed/ 3 http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/2010/07/01/episode-40-2nd-july-2010/ http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/2010/07/01/episode-40-2nd-july-2010/#comments Thu, 01 Jul 2010 21:55:25 +0000 James O'Malley http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/?p=219
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    Mad Nad and Tredinnick on the Select Committee by Sean Ellis
    Simon Jenkins by Pete Hague
    Westboro Baptist Church by James O’Malley (ft Nate Phelps, son of Fred Phelps)
    Bad Book Club by Liz Lutgendorff (ft Robin Ince)

    Follow-up links:

    • Original Simon Jenkins article
    • Nate Phelps
    • Buy Robin’s Book
    ]]> http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/2010/07/01/episode-40-2nd-july-2010/feed/ 1 http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/2010/06/25/episode-39-25th-june-2010/ http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/2010/06/25/episode-39-25th-june-2010/#comments Thu, 24 Jun 2010 23:00:43 +0000 James O'Malley http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/?p=210
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    Prop 8 Closing Arguments by Salim Fadhley
    How to spot bad PR by Marsh
    Empirical Nonsense by Drew Rae
    Crazy Libertarians by Tom Morris
    Swedish Free Schools by Reggie

    ]]> http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/2010/06/25/episode-39-25th-june-2010/feed/ 2 http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/2010/06/18/episode-38-18th-june-2010/ http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/2010/06/18/episode-38-18th-june-2010/#comments Thu, 17 Jun 2010 23:09:15 +0000 James O'Malley http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/?p=208
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    Humanist Heritage Week by Liz Lutgendorff
    Harm Minimisation for Religion by Drew Rae
    Palin and Thatcher by Salim Fadhley
    Mission to Mars by Pete Hague
    Slave to the System by Sly & Reggie

    Follow up links:

    • Liz’s Links:
      
      • Humanist Heritage Week
      • Bishopsgate Institute
      • South Place Ethical Society
    • Pete’s Links:
      
      • NASA
      • HM Treasury
      • MOD
    ]]> http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/2010/06/18/episode-38-18th-june-2010/feed/ 6 http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/2010/06/11/episode-37-11th-june-2010/ http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/2010/06/11/episode-37-11th-june-2010/#comments Thu, 10 Jun 2010 23:18:05 +0000 James O'Malley http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/?p=205
    
    
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    Ed Milliband Campaign by James O’Malley
    Welsh Badger Cull by Martyn Norris
    Excommunication by Tania Glyde
    Why being a skeptic sucks by Rob Weeks
    iPad Rebuttal by Salim Fadhley
    Ben Templesmith Interview by Liz Lutgendorff

    Follow up links:

    • Bath Skeptics
    • Ben Templesmith
    ]]> http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/2010/06/11/episode-37-11th-june-2010/feed/ 3 http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/2010/06/04/episode-36-4th-june-2010/ http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/2010/06/04/episode-36-4th-june-2010/#comments Thu, 03 Jun 2010 23:20:21 +0000 James O'Malley http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/?p=200
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    David Laws by George Poles
    Tory Education Plans by Misty
    Janet Street Porter’s Mental Health by Martyn Norris
    American: The Bill Hicks Story by Liz Lutgendorff and James O’Malley (ft Matt Harlock and Paul Thomas)
    Football Crazy? by Marsh

    ]]> http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/2010/06/04/episode-36-4th-june-2010/feed/ 1 http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/2010/05/28/episode-35-28th-may-2010/ http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/2010/05/28/episode-35-28th-may-2010/#comments Thu, 27 May 2010 23:05:09 +0000 James O'Malley http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/?p=196
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    RIP Martin Gardner by Sean Ellis
    Research Findings by Drew Rae
    Lonely Technology by Tania Glyde
    Fix My Street by Salim Fadhley
    Eurovision by Will Howells

    ]]> http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/2010/05/28/episode-35-28th-may-2010/feed/ 2 http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/2010/05/21/episode-34-21st-may-2010/ http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/2010/05/21/episode-34-21st-may-2010/#comments Thu, 20 May 2010 23:26:08 +0000 James O'Malley http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/?p=194
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    Digital Rights by Salim Fadhley (ft Bridget Fox)
    Abortions in Oklahoma by Bryan Lower
    Maternal Health in the G8 by Liz Lutgendorff
    Fusion Power by Sean Ellis
    Rehabilitating Nazis by Martyn Norris
    Domestic Extremist by Reggie

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    Twitter and the Election (1:38) by George Poles
    What next for Evan Harris? (7:52) by James O’Malley
    What next for Libel Reform? (9:37) by James O’Malley
    Fair Votes Protest (12:10) by Misty
    Women and the Election (16:25) by Tania Glyde
    Five Live (22:56) by Simon Howard
    Subsistance Farming (24:06) by Salim Fadhley

    Follow up links:

    • Atheist Ireland
    • Libel Reform Campaign
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    TV Leadership Debates by Tom Morris
    What Really Happens on Polling Day by Alex Foster
    Electoral Reform by Malden Capell
    NHS Efficiency Savings by Simon Howard
    Boobquake by Liz Lutgendorff

    Follow up links:

    • Sponsor Liz walking across Hadrian’s Wall.
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    Political Leaflets by Alex Foster
    DEAct by Sean Ellis (ft Shadow Culture Sec Jeremy Hunt!)
    Nick Clegg’s Fault by Reggie
    Is the Petition Dead? by Rob Weeks
    Placebo Effect Response by Reggie
    Clarkson’s Cock by Marsh

    Why not leave your thoughts in the comments? What would you blame Clegg for?

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    The parties in libel reform by James O’Malley & Liz Lutgendorff (ft Simon Singh, Lord Bach, Joanne Cash, Evan Harris)
    Hung Parliaments by Malden Capell
    Requiem for a Species by Dave Cole (ft Clive Hamilton)
    The Placebo Effect by Mike Hall
    iPad by Salim Fadhley

    Follow up links:

    • Please get involved with Skeptical Voter
    • Dave’s interview with Clive Hamilton uncut:
      
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    Skeptical Voter Update by Richard Wilson
    Digital Economy Bill Wash-Up by Tom Morris
    Voltaire Lecture Interview ft PROF BRIAN COX by Liz Lutgendorff
    Who wants to cheat at Millionaire? by Mark Thompson

    Follow up links:

    • Skeptical Voter – Get Involved
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    Simon Singh vs the British Chiropractic Association by James O’Malley (ft Simon Singh, Simon’s lawyer Robert Dougans, Mike Harris from the Libel Reform Campaign and more)
    Taking on Tredinnick by James O’Malley (ft Dr Michael Brooks)
    Response to Reggie last week by Pete Hague
    Vatican Statehood by Sean Ellis
    Sanal Edamaruku interview by Salim Fadhley

    Follow up links:

    • The Libel Reform Campaign
    • Sponsor Pod Delusion contributor Liz Lutgendorff on her charity walk
    ]]> http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/2010/04/04/episode-28-2nd-april-2010/feed/ 9 http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/2010/03/26/episode-27-26th-march-2010/ http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/2010/03/26/episode-27-26th-march-2010/#comments Fri, 26 Mar 2010 00:17:35 +0000 James O'Malley http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/?p=159
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    Earth Hour by Liz Lutgendorff (ft Dr Mark Wright)
    File Sharing by Reggie
    New Shakespeare by David Biggins
    Off That (The Rationalist Anthem) by Baba Brinkman
    Gay Straightening by Salim Fadhley (ft Ted Cox)
    Post-credit lol by Martyn Norris

    Follow up links:

    • WWF Earth Hour
    • Baba Brinkman’s Rationalist Anthem video
    ]]> http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/2010/03/26/episode-27-26th-march-2010/feed/ 8 http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/2010/03/19/episode-26-19th-march-2010/ http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/2010/03/19/episode-26-19th-march-2010/#comments Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:40:21 +0000 James O'Malley http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/?p=157
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    Digital Economy Bill (1:29) by Salim Fadhley (ft LibDem PPC Bridget Fox)
    Quack Cancer Treatment (8:45) by Dave Woodward
    Lessons from Obama (16:34) by Martyn Norris
    Frank Turner Talks! (25:08) by Liz Lutgendorff (ft Frank Turner)

    ]]> http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/2010/03/19/episode-26-19th-march-2010/feed/ 1 http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/2010/03/12/episode-25-12th-march-2010/ http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/2010/03/12/episode-25-12th-march-2010/#comments Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:21:25 +0000 James O'Malley http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/?p=151
    [Direct MP3 Link] [Direct OGG Link]

    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

    Follow-up links:

    • The BHA Manifesto
    • Day Against DRM
    • UK Webcomix Thing
    ]]> http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/2010/03/12/episode-25-12th-march-2010/feed/ 4 http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/2010/03/05/episode-24-5th-march-2010/ http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/2010/03/05/episode-24-5th-march-2010/#comments Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:39:08 +0000 James O'Malley http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/?p=146
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    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

    Follow up links:

    • Douglas Adams Memorial Lecture (tickets still available, apparently)
    ]]> http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/2010/03/05/episode-24-5th-march-2010/feed/ 1 http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/2010/02/26/episode-23-26th-feburary-2010/ http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/2010/02/26/episode-23-26th-feburary-2010/#comments Fri, 26 Feb 2010 02:09:57 +0000 James O'Malley http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/?p=143
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    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

    Follow up links:

    • Jon’s Blog about the counter-protest
    • Dave Cross’s homeopathy petition to Number 10
    • Paul Offit full length interview by Dave Woodward:
      
    • Donate to help ensure the Pod Delusion’s future by checking out the ‘support’ section on the sidebar to the right.
    ]]> http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/2010/02/26/episode-23-26th-feburary-2010/feed/ 1 http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/2010/02/19/episode-22-19th-february-2010/ http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/2010/02/19/episode-22-19th-february-2010/#comments Fri, 19 Feb 2010 01:37:55 +0000 James O'Malley http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/?p=141
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    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

    Follow-up links:

    • Douglas Adams Memorial Lecture
    • Westminster Skeptics Simon Singh Rally
    ]]> http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/2010/02/19/episode-22-19th-february-2010/feed/ 1 http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/2010/02/12/episode-21-12th-february-2010/ http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/2010/02/12/episode-21-12th-february-2010/#comments Fri, 12 Feb 2010 01:15:21 +0000 James O'Malley http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/?p=137
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    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

    Follow-up links:

    • The British Humanist Association
    • Bleeding Cool (Rich Johnston’s site)
    • Rich Johnston’s full uncut interview:
      
    ]]> http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/2010/02/12/episode-21-12th-february-2010/feed/ 3 http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/2010/02/05/episode-20-5th-february-2010/ http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/2010/02/05/episode-20-5th-february-2010/#comments Fri, 05 Feb 2010 01:37:36 +0000 James O'Malley http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/?p=128
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    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

    Show notes:

    • Make the Pope Pay petition
    • (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

    ]]> http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/2010/02/05/episode-20-5th-february-2010/feed/ 8 http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/2010/02/01/the-pod-dilusion-a-1023-special/ http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/2010/02/01/the-pod-dilusion-a-1023-special/#comments Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:14:09 +0000 James O'Malley http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/?p=117 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.
    
    [Direct MP3 Link]

    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)

    ]]> http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/2010/02/01/the-pod-dilusion-a-1023-special/feed/ 8 http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/2010/01/29/episode-19-29th-january-2010/ http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/2010/01/29/episode-19-29th-january-2010/#comments Fri, 29 Jan 2010 00:26:00 +0000 James O'Malley http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/?p=115
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    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

    Follow-up links:

    • Bruce Hood’s Blog (with Newsnight video)
    • The 1023 Campaign
    ]]> http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/2010/01/29/episode-19-29th-january-2010/feed/ 1 http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/2010/01/22/episode-18-22nd-january-2010/ http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/2010/01/22/episode-18-22nd-january-2010/#comments Fri, 22 Jan 2010 13:18:04 +0000 James O'Malley http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/?p=109
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    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)

    New themetune by Milton Mermikides.

    Show notes:

    • Join 1023′s big event
    • Nerdstock
    • Robin Ince’s solo DVD
    • Last year’s Godless show
    • The Robin Ince interview in full (about two minutes of extra Robin):
      
    ]]> http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/2010/01/22/episode-18-22nd-january-2010/feed/ 1 http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/2010/01/15/episode-17-15th-january-2010/ http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/2010/01/15/episode-17-15th-january-2010/#comments Fri, 15 Jan 2010 01:13:50 +0000 James O'Malley http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/?p=107
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    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
    ]]> http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/2010/01/15/episode-17-15th-january-2010/feed/ 4 http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/2010/01/08/episode-16-8th-january-2010/ http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/2010/01/08/episode-16-8th-january-2010/#comments Fri, 08 Jan 2010 01:17:59 +0000 James O'Malley http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/?p=104
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    Islam4UK in Wooton Bassett (0:51) by Rob Weeks
    Kepler Results (6:44) by Pete Hague
    World Exclusive: DJ Grothe Interview (10:57) by Jon Treadway

    • First interview with the new President of the James Randi Educational Foundation since he started his new job
    • Find out what he thinks about Randi’s global warming views, the next TAM London, his new podcast, and the future of the Million Dollar Challenge

    Research Excellence Framework (25:48) by Tom Morris
    What is 1023? (37:35) by James O’Malley and Michael Marshall

    Show notes:

    • Listen to the full uncut interview with DJ Grothe:
      
    • More on the JREF
    • More on the 1023: There’s Nothing In It! Homeopathy Campaign
    ]]> http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/2010/01/08/episode-16-8th-january-2010/feed/ 2 http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/2010/01/01/episode-15-1st-january-2010-new-years-awards/ http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/2010/01/01/episode-15-1st-january-2010-new-years-awards/#comments Fri, 01 Jan 2010 21:11:49 +0000 James O'Malley http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/?p=96
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    Political Scandal of the Year by Simon Howard
    Product of the Year by Salim Fadhley
    Disease of the Year by Billy Abbott
    Social Media Mogul of the Year by Liz Lutgendorff
    Blogger of the Year by Crispian Jago
    Quote of the Year by Martyn Norris
    Comedian of the Year by Misty
    Gaming Twat of the Year by Jim Dixon
    Douchebag of the Year by Owen Duffy
    Most Missed 2009 by Jon Treadway
    Pod Delusion Listeners Award by James O’Malley

    Follow up links below the break:

    Blogger of the year finalists from Crispian:

    10. Adventures in Nonsense & Zeno’s Blog
    http://adventuresinnonsense.blogspot.com/
    http://www.zenosblog.com/

    9. The Enemies of Reason
    http://enemiesofreason.blogspot.com/

    8. Heresy Corner
    http://heresycorner.blogspot.com/

    7. Podblack Cat
    http://podblack.com/

    6. Dr. Petra Boynton
    http://www.drpetra.co.uk/blog/

    5. Gimpy’s Blog
    http://gimpyblog.wordpress.com/

    4. Carmen Gets Around
    http://carmenego.wordpress.com/

    3. Jourdemayne
    http://jourdemayne.blogspot.com/

    2. Vagina Dentata
    http://avaginadentata.blogspot.com/

    1. Jack of Kent
    http://jackofkent.blogspot.com/

    Why Pod Delusion winner Simon Singh is Awesome

    • Libel Reform
    • Sense About Science
    • Jack of Kent’s Coverage
    ]]> http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/2010/01/01/episode-15-1st-january-2010-new-years-awards/feed/ 15 http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/2009/12/18/episode-14th-18th-december-2009-winterval-special/ http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/2009/12/18/episode-14th-18th-december-2009-winterval-special/#comments Fri, 18 Dec 2009 00:12:38 +0000 James O'Malley http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/?p=84
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    This week:
    Winterval (0:00) by James O’Malley
    Johnny drops a Ball (3:33) by Salim Fadhley
    Debunking the Nativity (8:43) by Jack of Kent
    The modern day Nativity (14:16) by Liz Lutgendorff
    Ann Summers at Christmas (18:11) by Simon Howard
    Christmas Number One (22:11) by Martyn Norris
    RIP Frosty (26:31) by George Poles

    Songs throughout by Jon Treadway and James Taylor

    Show notes:

    • New Scientist debunking Climate Change ‘scepticism’.
    • Godless show tickets (We’re not on a commission… unfortunately).
    • Pre-Godless Show tweet-up on Saturday 19th. Find out more.
    • Listen to the songs featured on the show on their own:
      
    • Take the Pod Delusion Listener Survey
    • 1023?
    ]]> http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/2009/12/18/episode-14th-18th-december-2009-winterval-special/feed/ 2 http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/2009/12/11/episode-13-11th-december-2009/ http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/2009/12/11/episode-13-11th-december-2009/#comments Fri, 11 Dec 2009 09:50:14 +0000 James O'Malley http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/?p=82
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    Special Extended Episode!
    Libel Reform Campaign launch (1:13) by Jack of Kent
    Homeopathy Select Committees (9:26) by Martin Robbins
    The future of NATO (16:24) by James O’Malley
    Darwin’s Detractors (23:07) by Liz Lutgendorff
    In defence of Bob Crow (27:38) by Pete Hague
    Cult of the Phone Geek (34:00) by Gareth Buxton
    People with colds (41:21) by Martyn Norris
    The end of the World As We Know It (44:17) by George Poles

    Follow-up links from the episode:

    • The Libel Reform Campaign
    ]]> http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/2009/12/11/episode-13-11th-december-2009/feed/ 22 http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/2009/12/04/episode-12-4th-december-2009/ http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/2009/12/04/episode-12-4th-december-2009/#comments Fri, 04 Dec 2009 00:20:42 +0000 James O'Malley http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/?p=80
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    My Gay Straight Wedding (0:37) by Salim Fadhley
    50 for 10: Support The Guardian (7:19) by Jon Treadway
    Drugs and Steroids (14:40) by Owen Duffy
    Simon Singh: The Movie (22:14) by Crispian Jago and the Pod Delusion Players

    Follow-up links on things mentioned in the show:

    • The 50 for 10 Guardian Facebook group is here
    ]]> http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/2009/12/04/episode-12-4th-december-2009/feed/ 0 http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/2009/11/27/episode-11-27th-november-2009/ http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/2009/11/27/episode-11-27th-november-2009/#comments Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:11:45 +0000 James O'Malley http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/?p=72
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    This week:
    Ariane Sherine Interview (0:57) by Dave Cole
    “Don’t Label Me!” (8:35) by Misty
    Climate Change E-Mails (16:50) by Martin Robbins
    Male Rape is Funny, right? (21:36) by Marsh
    An Open Letter to Boots (25:17) by Andy Wilson and the Merseyside Skeptics Society

    Follow-ups from things mentioned in the show:

    • The Atheist Billboard Campaign
    • An Open Letter to Boots
    ]]> http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/2009/11/27/episode-11-27th-november-2009/feed/ 4 http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/2009/11/20/episode-10-20th-november-2009/ http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/2009/11/20/episode-10-20th-november-2009/#comments Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:56:42 +0000 James O'Malley http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/?p=68
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    This week:
    Three Strikes by Salim Fadhley
    Taking the Alpha Course by Neil Denny
    Reporting Numbers by Mark Thompson
    Taking on the Banks by Misty
    English Nationalism by Dave Cole

    ]]> http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/2009/11/20/episode-10-20th-november-2009/feed/ 0 http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/2009/11/13/episode-9-13th-november-2009/ http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/2009/11/13/episode-9-13th-november-2009/#comments Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:20:09 +0000 James O'Malley http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/?p=66
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    This week:
    EXCLUSIVE: Skeptical Voter Launch (0:49) by Richard Wilson
    Glenn Beck 1990 (3:45) by Salim Fadhley
    Hollywood Skepticism (9:54) by Jon Treadway
    Skepticism vs Denial (16:00) by Crispian Jago
    Downloading TV (20:57) by Mark Thompson
    Large Hadron Collider (25:49) by Professor Wilhelm Howells

    Follow-ups from things mentioned in the show:

    • Check out the SKEPTICAL VOTER website to find out more about it, and how to get involved!
    ]]> http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/2009/11/13/episode-9-13th-november-2009/feed/ 6 http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/2009/11/06/episode-8-6th-november-2009/ http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/2009/11/06/episode-8-6th-november-2009/#comments Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:17:45 +0000 James O'Malley http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/?p=62
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    In this week’s show:
    David Nutt’s Sacking and Government Policy by Simon Howard
    A.N Wilson’s Attitude to Science by Pete Hague
    Irrationality and Environmentalism by Graham Strouts
    Collective Worship in Schools by Owen Duffy

    Follow-ups from things mentioned in the show:

    • You can find our friends at the Righteous Indignation Podcast here.
    • The Pod Delusion event calendar can be found here.
    ]]> http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/2009/11/06/episode-8-6th-november-2009/feed/ 8 http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/2009/10/30/episode-7-30th-october-2009/ http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/2009/10/30/episode-7-30th-october-2009/#comments Fri, 30 Oct 2009 01:09:18 +0000 James O'Malley http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/?p=51
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    In this week’s show:
    RIP Geocities by Billy Abbott
    The GOP and Rape by Tom Morris
    The AFA and Playboy by Jimmy Golding
    The Alpha Course by Neil Denny
    Are We Alone? by Crispian Jago
    Horoscopes by Will Howells

    Follow-ups from things mentioned in the show:

    • Neil Denny’s radio show, Little Atoms can be found here.
    • Synoiz and his music can be found here.
    • The Events Calendar can be found here.
    ]]> http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/2009/10/30/episode-7-30th-october-2009/feed/ 4 http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/2009/10/23/episode-6-23rd-october-2009/ http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/2009/10/23/episode-6-23rd-october-2009/#comments Thu, 22 Oct 2009 23:08:58 +0000 James O'Malley http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/?p=39
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    In this week’s show:
    The Ethics of Formula 1 by Duncan Stephen
    Ubuntu and open source by Owen Duffy
    The problem with conventional medicine by Simon Howard
    What is ‘music’? by James O’Malley

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    Guest edited this week by Will Howells.
    Moon Bombing (0:59) by Billy Abbott
    Alternative Therapies (4:59) by Crispian Jago
    Ofsted Inspections (13:31) by Misty
    Norman Borlaug (20:29) by Pete Hague
    Future Tory Government (23:45) by Duncan Stephen

    ]]> http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/2009/10/16/episode-5-16th-october-2009/feed/ 6 http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/2009/10/09/episode-4-9th-october-2009/ http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/2009/10/09/episode-4-9th-october-2009/#comments Fri, 09 Oct 2009 22:43:34 +0000 James O'Malley http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/?p=14
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    Stories covered this week:
    TAM, the Amazing Meeting Round-Up (0:57) by Crispian Jago
    Skeptical Stand-Up (17:02) by Misty
    The Apple Store vs The Nokia Store (24:36) by Gareth Buxton
    NLP and Twitter (28:46) by Billy Abbott
    Videogames Censorship (34:04) by Jim Dixon

    ]]> http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/2009/10/09/episode-4-9th-october-2009/feed/ 2 http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/2009/10/02/episode-3-2nd-october-2009/ http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/2009/10/02/episode-3-2nd-october-2009/#comments Fri, 02 Oct 2009 22:33:08 +0000 James O'Malley http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/?p=12
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    Stories covered this week:
    Labour Conference (0:52) by Will Howells
    PFI and Hospitals (5:34) by Simon Howard
    Atheism and Class (9:49) by Tom Morris
    Freeview Gambling Channels (19:07) by Duncan Stephen
    Quack iPhone app reviews (27:19) by Crispian Jago

    ]]> http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/2009/10/02/episode-3-2nd-october-2009/feed/ 0 http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/2009/09/25/episode-2-25th-september-2009/ http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/2009/09/25/episode-2-25th-september-2009/#comments Fri, 25 Sep 2009 17:09:49 +0000 James O'Malley http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/?p=6
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    Stories covered this week (timecode in brackets):
    Lib Dem Party Conference (1:07) by Will Howells
    Homeopathy Undercover (5:23) by Crispian Jago
    Healthcare and cuts (15:26) by Simon Howard
    The future of intellectual property (20:40) by Pete Hague
    The BNP on Question Time (23:08) by Arthur Embleton
    Babies (28:22) by Jim Dixon
    ]]> http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/2009/09/25/episode-2-25th-september-2009/feed/ 3 http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/2009/09/18/episode-1-19th-september-2009/ http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/2009/09/18/episode-1-19th-september-2009/#comments Fri, 18 Sep 2009 22:48:12 +0000 James O'Malley http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/?p=3
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    Stories covered this week (timecode in brackets):
    Gordon Brown’s language (0:44) By Simon Howard
    Product Placement on TV (5:52) By Duncan Stephen
    Edge Media TV (9:26) By James O’Malley
    New School Academies (15:53) By Misty
    New Darwin Centre at the Natural History Museum (21:44) By Crispian Jago
    Derren Brown’s Lottery Stunt (25:21) By Will Howells

    ]]> http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/2009/09/18/episode-1-19th-september-2009/feed/ 8