The Pod Delusion » Homeopathy http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog A Podcast about Interesting Things Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:14:19 +0000 en hourly 1 Episode 23 – 26th Feburary 2010 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

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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

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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 The 1023 Overdose in London http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/2010/02/02/the-1023-overdose-in-london/ http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/2010/02/02/the-1023-overdose-in-london/#comments Tue, 02 Feb 2010 10:39:35 +0000 James O'Malley http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/?p=120 Here’s video footage of the London leg of the 1023 homeopathy overdose – hopefully a full Pod Delusion video report will be online soon!

Don’t forget to check out the Pod Delusion 1023 special – including interviews with Dave Gorman, Simon Singh, Evan Harris and many more, as well as the speeches and overdose itself!

]]> http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/2010/02/02/the-1023-overdose-in-london/feed/ 0 “The Pod Dilution” – A 1023 Special 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.


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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)

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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

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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.

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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

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Homeopathy Undercover by Crispian Jago
Is conventional medicine all it’s cracked up to be? by Simon Howard
Homeopathy at the Select Committee by Martin Robbins
An Open Letter to Boots by Andy Wilson

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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

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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:

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