Jesus, Mo and UCL (2:13) by James O’Malley (ft Dave, the guy behind Jesus & Mo!)
Spartacus Report (9:36) by Steven Sumpter
Obscenity Trial (21:10) by David Allen Green (ft Myles Jackman and Michael Peacock)
Wind Farms (24:22) by Pete Hague
The LHC is valuable (33:40) by Kash Farooq, Peter Silk & George Hrab
Death Penalty & Assisted Dying (40:44) by Sean Ellis
Christian Nightmares (47:16) by Salim Fadhley (ft Christian Nightmares guy)

Follow-Up Links:

• Jesus and Mo
• Jesus and Mo books
• The Spartacus Report
• Civitas Windfarms Report
• Pete’s Civitas Blog
• Merrill Womach
• “20 minutes to go”

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

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Featuring…
The Third University by Jennifer Jones
Blasphemy Laws by Liz Lutgendorff
Curing Evangelicals by Sean Ellis
Eden Project Woo? by Pete Hague
Comics and Representation by Andy Waterfield
Teacher Training by Alex Foster
Skeptical About Marriage by Johnnie Shannon
Yahweh’s Last Stand by Blake Hutchings

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Phone Hacking and the PCC (2:10) by Luxmy Gopal
Hacked Off Campaign (10:06) by James O’Malley (ft David Allen Green)
Sovereignty Creep (16:14) by James Firth
Feminism & Elevatorgate (22:42) by Pete Hague
Malton Faith School (30:04) by Salim Fadhley (ft Philippa Hare)
Red Tape Challenge (39:56) by Drew Rae & Tom Hodden
“Gaaaay” (48:52) by Anonymous
Toilet Paper (53:36) by Andrew Gould

Follow-Up Links:

• Hacked Off Campaign

Richard Dawkins on the New College of the Humanities (1:15) by James O’Malley (ft an EXCLUSIVE clip of Dawkins talking about it)
PZ Myers interview (7:53) by James O’Malley and Liz Lutgendorff
Death of the Operating System (15:15) by Pete Hague
What are we running out of? (20:57) By Drew Rae
Germany’s lack of nuclear ambition (27:21) by Sven Rudloff
Nicked: The Nick Clegg Musical (38:20) by James O’Malley and Liz Lutgendorff
SmellyTweet (44:39) by James Thomas
Bad PR Predictions (49:22) by Michael Marshall
The sketch after the credits is by David Lovesy at TLC Creative

Follow-up Links

• The Richard Stallman essay Pete recommends in his report
• A preview clip of Nicked: The Nick Clegg Musical
• Full podcast of the PZ Myers/Dawkins event – listen here!
• See the video of protesters at the PZ Myers / Dawkins event after the break…

You wait ages for a philosopher, and then three come along at once. Following Rebecca Goldstein and AC Grayling last week, this week we speak to Sam Harris about his new book ‘The Moral Landscape’… and much, much more.

The Moral Landscape (2:42) by James O’Malley & Liz Lutgendorff (ft Sam Harris)
Koran Burning (16:04) by Pete Hague
Lansley’s Tenets (22:16) by Simon Howard
Free Markets & Fish (31:25) by Adam Jacobs
Copyright Extension (37:28) by Salim Fadhley (ft Peter Bradwell)
Humanist Schools in Uganda (44:34) by James O’Malley (ft Andrew West)
The Ancestor’s Trail (49:56) by Liz Lutgendorff (ft Chris Jenord)

Follow-Up Links

• Buy The Moral Landscape by Sam Harris here
• Andrew’s Photo Exhibition
• Uganda Humanist School Trust
• Why not go on the Ancestor’s Trail

Full Interview With Sam Harris

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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

Equality (2:17) by Liz Lutgendorff
NHS Reform (7:30) by Adam Jacobs
Betelgeuse (16:37) by Kash Farooq
Delingpole (21:59) by Matt Flaherty
Libertarian Skeptics (28:11) by Pete Hague
Theological Debate (36:50) by Drew Rae
News In Haiku (45:31) by Martyn Norris

Follow-Up Stuff:

• Come and see our live show at the QED Conference on Feb 5th!
• Matt’s report in full:
  
• Pete’s report in full:
  

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Twitter Joke Trial Implications (1:25) by James Firth
Leo Behe Interview (6:22) by Salim Fadhley
Remembrance Day (14:46) by Pete Hague
Response to Pete (21:54) by Liz Lutegendorff
Starwisp (26:18) by Sean Ellis
Defending Big Pharma (33:09) by Adam Jacobs

Follow-up links:

• Adam’s follow-up links:
  • Schott et al systematic review
  • Bourgeois et al paper in Annals of Internal Medicine
  • Woolley et al presentation at Peer-Review Congress
• Pod Delusion Winterval Special

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NICE to see you, to see you, NICE (1:36) by Drew Rae and David Couch
Lauren Booth is a Twat (6:06) by Liz Lutgendorff
Security and Liberty (12:12) by Robert Matthews
Government Snooping Petition (18:32) by Salim Fadhley
The ISS at 10 (25:46) by Pete Hague
BBC Three Science (31:25) by Dean Burnett

Follow-up links:

• Lauren Booth’s awful column
• How to find the ISS
• Listen to the Conway Memorial Lecture

Julian Huppert Interview by Jennie Rigg
William Hague and Stephen Hawking by Pete Hague
Labour Leadership by Robert Matthews
Skeptical Dick Taxonomy by Dean Burnett
Carey Marx Interview by Misty
Poe’s Law Homework by Salim Fadhley

Gillian McKeith in the shit (1:55) by Tom Morris
Drugs are popular (8:03) by Mark Thompson
ScienceBlogs and Pepsi (16:22) by Drew Rae
Faces and statutes (23:11) by Jourdemayne
Economics, the dismal science (29:52) by Pete Hague
Daily Express (36:04) by Martyn Norris

Mad Nad and Tredinnick on the Select Committee by Sean Ellis
Simon Jenkins by Pete Hague
Westboro Baptist Church by James O’Malley (ft Nate Phelps, son of Fred Phelps)
Bad Book Club by Liz Lutgendorff (ft Robin Ince)

Follow-up links:

• Original Simon Jenkins article
• Nate Phelps
• Buy Robin’s Book

Humanist Heritage Week by Liz Lutgendorff
Harm Minimisation for Religion by Drew Rae
Palin and Thatcher by Salim Fadhley
Mission to Mars by Pete Hague
Slave to the System by Sly & Reggie

Follow up links:

• Liz’s Links:
  
  • Humanist Heritage Week
  • Bishopsgate Institute
  • South Place Ethical Society
• Pete’s Links:
  
  • NASA
  • HM Treasury
  • MOD

Simon Singh vs the British Chiropractic Association by James O’Malley (ft Simon Singh, Simon’s lawyer Robert Dougans, Mike Harris from the Libel Reform Campaign and more)
Taking on Tredinnick by James O’Malley (ft Dr Michael Brooks)
Response to Reggie last week by Pete Hague
Vatican Statehood by Sean Ellis
Sanal Edamaruku interview by Salim Fadhley

Follow up links:

• The Libel Reform Campaign
• Sponsor Pod Delusion contributor Liz Lutgendorff on her charity walk

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

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:

• The Libel Reform Campaign

Guest edited this week by Will Howells.
Moon Bombing (0:59) by Billy Abbott
Alternative Therapies (4:59) by Crispian Jago
Ofsted Inspections (13:31) by Misty
Norman Borlaug (20:29) by Pete Hague
Future Tory Government (23:45) by Duncan Stephen