Virtual Skeptics webcast #5 - September 12, 2012

The third episode of Virtual Skeptics was recorded on Sepbember 12, 2012. You can watch it below.

The panel:

• Brian Gregory – Host and creator of Virtual Drinking Skeptically
• Eve Siebert – Instructor at U of Wisconsin, Eau Claire and blogger for Skeptical Humanities
• Bob Blaskiewicz – Committee for Skeptical Inquiry’s Conspiracy Guy web columnist and blogger for Skeptical Humanities
• Sharon Hill – Editor of Doubtful News and author of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry’s Sounds Sciencey web column
• Tim Farley – yours truly, proprietor of this blog.

New episodes webcast live every Wednesday with the recorded version available immediately thereafter.

Links mentioned in the show after the jump…

Bob’s Links

• Mike Adam’s article on CDC preparedness
• Preparedness 101: Zombie Apocalypse
• See Mike Adams rock the mic. He makes Vanilla Ice look straight out of Compton
• Adams blaming the victim
• Fun CDC blog about the apocalypse

Eve’s Links

• DaVinci Reincarnated – I Agree It Sounds Absurd
• Cult Cures on Medicare
• New Age Medicine of Serge Benhayon Leaves Trail of Broken Families
• Universal Medicine website
• Inside Universal Medicine

Sharon’s Links

• A sharp difference: Study of sham vs real acupuncture appear good or bad depending on how you view it
• Respectful Insolence response (Orac)
• ScienceBased Medicine response (Steve Novella)
• Poking Holes into the safety of acupuncture
• Bem’s psi findings disputed

Tim’s Links

• How to Monitor the Reputation of Your Website, my blog post from Monday, was most of what I discussed.
• Truth Market was also mentioned, see my blog post from yesterday about that.

Announcements

• SkeptiCamp DC is September 22 at University of Maryland.
• Sharon will be speaking at CSICON October 25-28 in Nashville.
• The Amaz!ng Meeting 2013 will be July 11-14, 2013.
• Congratulations to Richard Saunders the new President of Australian Skeptics.

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We welcome comments and suggestions, especially of stories to cover or guest panelists to invite on.