Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Show notes for Episode 33

Radio Freethinker episode 33 - Halloween Special! Origins of Halloween, Trick or Treating, Scarey Myths

Song: Theme to the Crypt Keeper

Origins of Halloween - Samhain http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samhain All Saints Day http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Saints_Day Festival of the Dead http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Festival_of_the_Dead

Halloween is safe and always has been: http://weirdthings.com/2009/10/the-pin-poison-panic-the-true-story-of-american-candy-tampering/

Mathematical model for surviving zombie outbreak: http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/08/zombies/

Porphyria explains vampires and werewolves: http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/36662

H1N1 - Get the Facts: http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/group.php?gid=161444432417

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Show notes for Episode 32

Radio Freethinker episode 32 - "Priming the well", Placebo effect study, Science and skepticism

Song: The Big Bang Theory by Barenaked Ladies

Links:

Placebo study: http://www.theprovince.com/technology/science/Placebo+effect+spine+well+mind/2111851/story.html

Copper bracelets usless: http://www.randi.org/site/index.php/swift-blog/741-copper-and-magnetic-bracelets-useless.html

Open Access week: http://www.library.ubc.ca/schol_comm/oa/start.html

Tck Tck Tck: http://tcktcktck.org/

Monday, October 19, 2009

Show notes for Episode 31

Radio Freethinker episode 31- Holocaust denial is discussed, new vaccine study on seasonal flu, Simon Singh court battle update, Canadian science media centre.

Song: I Won't Back Down by Tom Petty

Links:

Study on vaccines: http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/339/oct06_2/b3928 also see http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/?p=2147 and
http://www.skepticnorth.com/2009/10/h1n1-oops.html
Simon Singh: http://www.senseaboutscience.org.uk/index.php/site/project/333/
Canadian science media centre: http://www.sciencemediacentre.ca/smc/

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Show notes for Episode 29

Radio Freethinker episode 29 - Nobel Prize thoughts, Ardipithecus ramidus, interview with Steve Thoms
Song: Glorious Dawn by Carl Sagan - A custom song created by youtube user Melodysheep.

Links:

Canadian winning Nobel Prize: http://www.theprovince.com/technology/Canadian+wins+Nobel+Prize+physics/2071113/story.html

Ardipithecus ramidus discovery: http://www.theprovince.com/technology/science/discovery+change+think+about+evolution/2054691/story.html

Steve Thoms: www.somecanadianskeptic.com

Kennedy Goodkey's letter to the Georgia Straight: http://assholeskeptic.blogspot.com/2009/09/unleash-hounds.html

Skeptic North: www.skepticnorth.com