The Pod Delusion Extra feed is a bit like ITV2 for people with a triple digit IQ. Here's where we post extra bits and pieces that we don't have room for on the main show - extended interviews and the like, as well as completely new podcasts of special events that we've recorded, such as the BHA Darwin Day lecture.You can subscribe to this feed in your podcast reader:
Category Archives: Pod Delusion Extra
Mark Henderson at Westminster Skeptics
Mark Henderson, author of the Geek Manifesto, talks about the book and takes questions from the audience. Also featuring Evan Harris and Lord Taverne.
[Direct MP3 Link] [Podcast Feed] [Add to iTunes]
Sense About Science Trip To Rothamsted
Sense About Science’s Sile Lane and Tracy Brown took a trip to Rothamsted Research in Harpenden to discover more about the controversial genetically modified wheat experiment, which anti-GM activists have threatened to disrupt later this month. In this podcast scientists Toby Bruce and Huw Jones explain the research that they are doing and how the experiment is setup – as well as answer questions from people via Twitter and Facebook.
[Direct MP3 Link]
Pod Delusion Live at QEDcon!
On March 10th, we recorded a special edition of the programme live at the QED conference in Manchester. You can hear the show below – we’ll be posting a full line-up with timecodes some time over the next few days.
And do stick around to the end to hear Blake Hutchings’ amazing song!
Secularist of the Year 2012
On Saturday 17th March, the National Secular Society‘s Secularist of the Year award (“The Irwin Prize”) was presented to human rights activist Peter Tatchell by the writer and columnist Nick Cohen. In addition, councillor Clive Bone who was at the centre of the Bideford council prayers case received a special award recognising his work.
You can hear a full recording of the event below:
AHScon 2012: Richard Norman and David Allen Green
The National Federation of Atheist, Humanist and Secular Student Societies – or (mercifully) AHS for short – held their annual convention on Saturday 17th March. We’ve got a couple of podcasts from the event.
In this first podcast, philosopher Richard Norman gave a fascinating critique of Alain de Botton’s latest book, Religion for Atheists.
And in this second podcast, lawyer David Allen Green spoke about the role of religion in the legal system – and why it should become more secular.
BPAS Lecture 2012: Abortion in the US
We often hear of the ‘Americanisation’ of abortion politics in the UK, but unpicking the substantive threats to women’s reproductive rights in the US can be a challenge. The 2012 bpas public lecture explored the current state of abortion politics in the US and, at a time when abortion appears increasingly politicised in the UK, reflected on what lessons can be drawn by those keen to protect women’s reproductive autonomy elsewhere.
Professor Carol Sanger is a leading international scholar in the regulation of abortion, motherhood, and family. She is the Barbara Aronstein Black Professor of Law at Columbia Law School in New York and a Senior Research Fellow at St. Anne’s College, Oxford.
[Direct MP3 Link] [Podcast Feed] [Add to iTunes]
CineSci6 – Memento (2000)
CineSci6 is a series of events at Clapham Picture House exploring the science behind some classic films by first screening the film, and then having the science writer Simon Frantz discuss the film with an expert. You can find out more about how to attend the events on the Science in the Pub website.
In this 6th podcast, Simon Frantz discusses Christopher Nolan’s 2000 film Memento. He is joined by Guardian neuroscience blogger Mo Costandi and Hugo Spiers, who researches spatial cognition, memory and goal-directed behaviour at UCL.
[Podcast Feed] [The Pod Delusion]
CineSci6 is organised by James Robson and Paolo Viscardi, and facilitated by Kate Coventry. The discussion is led by Simon Frantz.
Westminster Skeptics – David Allen Green on Privacy
In this edition of the Westminster Skeptics podcast David Allen Green casts a critical eye over privacy and libel law, and on where developments in libel and privacy are going well and going badly.
Darwin Day Lecture 2012
This year’s 2012 British Humanist Association Darwin Day lecture was presented by renowned author, broadcaster, scientist, and geek Adam Rutherford. Dr Adam Rutherford is a geneticist, author and broadcaster, as well as an editor at the science journal Nature. He presents television and radio programmes and is a writer for The Guardian newspaper. The 2012 Darwin Day lecture was chaired by biologist Steve Jones.
[Direct MP3 Link] [Podcast Feed] [Add to iTunes]
You can also hear an interview with Adam about the lecture on Pod Delusion episode 120.
Martin Robbins on ‘Bad Science in the Developing World’ (London SITP)
Recorded at London Skeptics in the Pub, Martin Robbins of the Guardian’s Lay Science talks about dangerous pseudo-medical practices outside the Western world, from homeopaths in East Africa to flat earthers and anti-vaccine campaigns in Nigeria.
The Pod Delusion is now broadcast on Resonance 104.4FM in London on Sundays at 11am. You can find out more about Resonance FM and listen to their live stream on their 
The Pod Delusion are partners of the 
