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Libel Reform in the Queen’s Speech (2:42) by James O’Malley (ft Sile Lane)
Don’t Destroy Research (6:10) by Tracey Brown & Sile Lane (ft Toby Bruce & Huw Jones)
Kony 2012 (19:05) by Michael Story
Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell Interview (27:04) by Liz Lutgendorff
Do Not Resusitate (36:05) by Simon Howard
ACE creationism (45:38) by Jonny Scaramanga
Before Watchmen (51:08) by Declan O’Riordan
The sketch at the end is by David Lovesy & Brian Two

Follow-Up Links:

• Libel Reform Campaign
• Don’t Destroy Research (on the Sense About Science website)
• Full tour of Rothamsted Research with Sense About Science
• Full Jocelyn Bell Burnell Interview
• InTech Science Centre and Planetarium
• Athena Swan Awards

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Care Footprint (1:52) by Simon Howard
The Vorderman Report (9:24) by Peter Rowlett
Slaughterhouse Five Banned (16:54) by Salim Fadhley (ft Marc Leeds)
Parliamentary Censorship (25:42) by Blakeley Nixon (ft Craig Reucassel and Helen Lewis-Hasteley)
The Arms Trade & Slavery (38:41) by Henry Boddington
Geek Nation (47:42) by Liz Lutgendorff (ft Angela Saini)
Christian Skeptic (56:10) by Bethany Jenkins
Mysticism in Pregnancy (59:57) by Matt Kaiser
The sketch at the end is by David Lovesy & Brian Two

Show Notes:

• Peter’s full analysis of the Vorderman report
• Blakeley’s full report – including extended interviews with Craig from the Chasers & Helen from the New Statesman
  
  

• The Chasers
• Liz’s full interview with Angela Saini
  
  

• Listen to Angela Saini discussing Geek Nation at London Skeptics in the Pub
• Buy Geek Nation here
• Campaign Against The Arms Trade

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Technology and Riots (2:10) by Martin Robbins
Crowd Control (8:08) by Dean Burnett
Reading and Riots (15:20) by Frank Key
Pandemrix and Narcolepsy (20:21) by Simon Howard
Lords Reform (29:32) by Cory Hazelhurst
Morrissey Response (35:32) by Dan Swindlehurst
Electric Cars & Top Gear (40:22) by Tom Hodden
Maperton Trust (48:25) by Adam Cuerden
Free Beer (55:48) by Adam Jacobs
The sketches are by David Lovesy and Brian Two

Follow-Up Stuff:

• Adam’s Maperton Trust report in full:
  
  

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Pro-Choice Protest (1:49) by James O’Malley (ft Dr Evan Harris and Kate Smurthwaite)
James Webb Telescope (9:10) by Kash Farooq
Elevatorgate Response (13:48) by Natalie Dzerins (read by Charlotte Hooson-Sykes)
Maths & Progess (19:40) by Peter Rowlett
Alternative (27:01) by James O’Malley & Liz Lutgendorff (ft Trent Burton & Maria MacLachlan)
PowerPoint (37:22) by Simon Howard
An Optimist’s Tour of the Future (42:23) by Liz Lutgendorff (ft Mark Stevenson)
Sketches by David Lovesy and Brian Too

Follow-Up Links:

• Abortion Rights UK
• The ‘Alternative’ website
• Buy ‘An Optimist’s Tour of the Future’
• The League of Pragmatic Optimists (Mark Stevenson’s new project)
• Mark Stevenson interview in full
  
  

• Listen to Mark Stevenson’s full Skeptics in the Pub talk here

Science Careers (2:03) by James O’Malley & Liz Lutgendorff (ft Science Minister David Willets MP!)
Web Wars (16:38) by James Firth
Religion In The Surgery (25:30) by Luke Edwards
Religion In The Surgery II (32:16) by Salim Fadhley (ft Naomi Phillips)
Dead Bodies (40:17) by Simon Howard
The Daily Mail (47:12) by Will Parbury
Lady Gaga (54:52) by Martyn Norris
L’espirit de l’escalier (62:11) by Alex Gilbert

Follow-Up Links:

• Intelligence Squared Ideas To Change The World Event
• Like our Facebook page to enter the competition
• Listen to the Science Careers debate with David Willetts, Evan Harris & more here.

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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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

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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

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Richard Herring Interview (1:37) by James O’Malley & Liz Lutgendorff
Homeopathy Vets (9:10) by Kash Farooq
King James Bible (13:45) by Simon Howard
What Makes A Suicide Bomber? (21:15) by Salim Fadhley (ft Prof Adam Lankford)
Mark Carwardine Interview (30:28) by Liz Lutgendorff
Eugenie Scott at QED (35:32) by Trystan Swale & Hayley Stevens

• Richard Herring full interview:
  
  

• Richard Herring’s Website
• Mark Carwardine’s Save The Rhinos Lecture
• Simon’s Bible Reading Link
• Come to our LIVE RECORDING at QED!

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New Lifeforms (3:16) by Liz Lutgendorff
NICE Changes Are Good (8:14) by Simon Howard
Tuition Fees Are Good (16:32) by Fred Tilley
Aussie Monarchy (22:28) by Andrew Gould
Lying About Santa (28:02) by Rob Weeks
Strictly Come Bigoted (33:14) by Jennie Rigg

• Come and see our Christmas show being recorded live!

Would you lie to your kids about Santa Claus? Tell us in the comments!

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Defending McHealth Policy (2:01) by Dr Simon Howard
Negotiating with Pirates (9:52) by Drew Rae and David Couch
Monarchists are people too (16:50) by Malden Capell
Stop Bashing Christians (26:20) by Jourdemayne
Armando Iannucci and Simon Blackwell Interview (36:31) by James O’Malley and Liz Lutgendorff

Greg Graffin on Anarchy Evolution (1:07) by James O’Malley & Liz Lutgendorff
Life Years and Drugs (12:46) by Simon Howard
Letterbox Danger (20:05) by Alex Foster
Bad PR – Sex on Holidays (25:58) by Marsh

Follow-up links:

• Greg Graffin interview in full:
  
• More on Anarchy Evolution
• Buy Pod Delusion Merchandise here

Foreign Ladybirds by Salim Fadhley
Women Invisibility by Tania Glyde
Should All Skeptics Be Atheists? By Drew Rae
Relax and Rehabilitation by Simon Howard
Islam and Football by Salim Fadhley

Twitter and the Election (1:38) by George Poles
What next for Evan Harris? (7:52) by James O’Malley
What next for Libel Reform? (9:37) by James O’Malley
Fair Votes Protest (12:10) by Misty
Women and the Election (16:25) by Tania Glyde
Five Live (22:56) by Simon Howard
Subsistance Farming (24:06) by Salim Fadhley

Follow up links:

• Atheist Ireland
• Libel Reform Campaign

TV Leadership Debates by Tom Morris
What Really Happens on Polling Day by Alex Foster
Electoral Reform by Malden Capell
NHS Efficiency Savings by Simon Howard
Boobquake by Liz Lutgendorff

Follow up links:

• Sponsor Liz walking across Hadrian’s Wall.

Darwin Day (0:51) by James O’Malley (ft chief exec of the BHA Andrew Copson, Richard Dawkins and Prof Chris Stringer)
Prop 8 Part 2 (12:32) by Salim Fadhley
CNHC One Year On (20:19) by Sean Ellis
Assessing Junior Doctors (27:47) by Simon Howard
Rich Johnston Interview (34:13) by Liz Lutgendorff

Follow-up links:

• The British Humanist Association
• Bleeding Cool (Rich Johnston’s site)
• Rich Johnston’s full uncut interview:
  

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

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:
  
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In this week’s show:
The Ethics of Formula 1 by Duncan Stephen
Ubuntu and open source by Owen Duffy
The problem with conventional medicine by Simon Howard
What is ‘music’? by James O’Malley

Stories covered this week:
Labour Conference (0:52) by Will Howells
PFI and Hospitals (5:34) by Simon Howard
Atheism and Class (9:49) by Tom Morris
Freeview Gambling Channels (19:07) by Duncan Stephen
Quack iPhone app reviews (27:19) by Crispian Jago

Stories covered this week (timecode in brackets):
Gordon Brown’s language (0:44) By Simon Howard
Product Placement on TV (5:52) By Duncan Stephen
Edge Media TV (9:26) By James O’Malley
New School Academies (15:53) By Misty
New Darwin Centre at the Natural History Museum (21:44) By Crispian Jago
Derren Brown’s Lottery Stunt (25:21) By Will Howells