The Pod Delusion » Martin Robbins http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog A Podcast about Interesting Things Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:14:19 +0000 en hourly 1 Episode 20 – 5th February 2010 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:

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 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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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

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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

Follow-up links from the episode:

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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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