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

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)

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):

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.

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)

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

DVD Extra-style Bonus Content

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:

Enjoy the show? Please consider donating to help us keep the show going!

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!

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

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

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.

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)

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

Key moments:
Martin Robbins (3:00)
Carmen D’Cruz (5:45)
Evan Harris MP (11:28)
Dave Gorman (yes, that Dave Gorman) (13:33)
Simon Singh (16:09)
Countdown Speeches (19:20)
The Big Overdose (28:15)

ADE651 Bomb Detector (1:11) by Jon Treadway (featuring Prof Bruce Hood)
Photographers are not terrorists (9:31) by Billy Abbott
The 1023 Campaign are homeopathy deniers (14:57) by Martin Robbins
Homeopathic Labelling (22:02) by Dr*T
Scottish TV (28:46) by Duncan Stephen

Follow-up links:

• Bruce Hood’s Blog (with Newsnight video)
• The 1023 Campaign

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

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

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?

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!