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

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!

• Liz’s CV and contact details – can you help?
• James’s blog thanking you for supporting Liz
• Make a donation to the Pod Delusion
• Subscribe £5/month to help the Pod Delusion (or subscribe £10/month here)

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

You can buy FOTSN tickets online here.

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

Help deputy-editor Liz!

• Liz’s CV and contact details – can you help?
• James’s blog thanking you for supporting Liz
• Make a donation to the Pod Delusion
• Subscribe £5/month to help the Pod Delusion (or subscribe £10/month here)

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

Like the show? Support us by subscribing for £5/month here (or £10/month here).

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

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)