Skepticule

Skepticule-044-20130324

psj@evilburnee.co.uk (Paul S. Jenkins) — Fri, 17 May 2013 16:47:57 PDT

Skepticule shownotes for episode 044 20130324

This is the forty-fourth episode of Skepticule — aka the Podcast of the three Pauls

Paul Thompson ("Sinbad")
The Skeptical Probe
http://skepticalprobe.blogspot.com/

Paul Orton, militant agnostic
Missing God Gene
http://www.missinggodgene.com/

Paul S. Jenkins
Notes from an Evil Burnee
http://www.evilburnee.co.uk

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Skepticule-043-20130301

psj@evilburnee.co.uk (Paul S. Jenkins) — Sun, 24 Mar 2013 18:37:10 PDT

Skepticule shownotes for episode 043 20130301

This is the forty-third episode of Skepticule — aka the Paul+Paul+Paul Podcast

Skepticule-042-20130215

psj@evilburnee.co.uk (Paul S. Jenkins) — Sun, 24 Mar 2013 06:45:50 PDT

Skepticule shownotes for episode 042 20130215

This is the forty-second episode of Skepticule — aka the Pauls Times Three Podcast

Skepticule-041-20130203

psj@evilburnee.co.uk (Paul S. Jenkins) — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 11:35:43 PDT

Skepticule shownotes for episode 041 20130203

This is the forty-first episode of Skepticule — aka the Three Pauls Podcast and is a Sunday Assembly special

Hops & Glory PH, Islington
The Nave
London Black Atheists on Facebook, Twitter and Meetup.com
Clive Aruede, Heather Brown, David Walter
Ann Widdecombe: Does Christianity Have a Future? — BBC
Richard Holloway
Outnumbered: Karen's Spiritual Journey — YouTube
Old Harry's Game — Andy Hamilton — BBC Radio 4
Atheist Bus Campaign

Skepticule-040-20130120

psj@evilburnee.co.uk (Paul S. Jenkins) — Sun, 10 Feb 2013 16:38:43 PST

Skepticule shownotes for episode 040 20130120

This is the fortieth episode of Skepticule — aka the Podcast of the Pauline Triad.

Skepticule-039-20130106

psj@evilburnee.co.uk (Paul S. Jenkins) — Sun, 10 Feb 2013 04:52:50 PST

Skepticule shownotes for episode 039 20130106

This is the thirty-ninth episode of Skepticule (formerly Skepticule Extra) — aka the Three Pauls Podcast.

SkepExtra-038-20121209

psj@evilburnee.co.uk (Paul S. Jenkins) — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 15:29:14 PST

Skepticule Extra shownotes for episode 038 20121209

This is the thirty-eighth episode of Skepticule Extra — aka the We Three Pauls Special Christmas Podcast.

Paul Thompson ("Sinbad")
The Skeptical Probe
http://skepticalprobe.blogspot.com

Paul Orton
Missing God Gene
http://www.missinggodgene.co.uk

Paul S. Jenkins
Notes from an Evil Burnee
http://www.evilburnee.co.uk

("Jingle Bells" loop for this episode provided by BeatSuite.com from the Free Christmas Content selection.)

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SkepExtra-037-20121125

psj@evilburnee.co.uk (Paul S. Jenkins) — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 05:48:31 PST

Skepticule Extra shownotes for episode 037 20121125

This is the thirty-seventh episode of Skepticule Extra — aka the Three Pauls Podcast.

Paul Thompson ("Sinbad")
The Skeptical Probe
http://skepticalprobe.blogspot.com/

Paul Orton
Missing God Gene
http://missinggodgene.blogspot.co.uk/

Paul S. Jenkins
Notes from an Evil Burnee
http://www.evilburnee.co.uk

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SkepExtra-036-20121104

psj@evilburnee.co.uk (Paul S. Jenkins) — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 13:48:39 PST

Skepticule Extra shownotes for episode 036 20121104

This is the thirty-sixth episode of Skepticule Extra — otherwise known (once again) as the Three Pauls Podcast.

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SkepExtra-035-20121007

psj@evilburnee.co.uk (Paul S. Jenkins) — Sun, 25 Nov 2012 07:54:17 PST

Skepticule Extra shownotes for episode 035 20121007

This is the thirty-fifth episode of Skepticule Extra — aka the Four Pauls Podcast.

Paul Baird
Godless in MK — Patient and Persistent
http://godless-in-mk.com/

Paul Thompson ("Sinbad")
The Skeptical Probe
http://skepticalprobe.blogspot.com/

Paul Orton
https://www.facebook.com/paul.orton.94

Paul S. Jenkins
Notes from an Evil Burnee
http://www.evilburnee.co.uk

SkepExtra-034-20120930

psj@evilburnee.co.uk (Paul S. Jenkins) — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 15:56:34 PST

Skepticule Extra shownotes for episode 034 20120930

This is the thirty-fourth episode of Skepticule Extra — aka the Three Pauls Podcast.

Paul Baird
Godless in MK — Patient and Persistent
http://godless-in-mk.com/

Paul Thompson ("Sinbad")
The Skeptical Probe
http://skepticalprobe.blogspot.com/

Paul S. Jenkins
Notes from an Evil Burnee
http://www.evilburnee.co.uk

Campaign for a Secular Europe, rally speakers:

Robin Ince, Comedian and BHA Distinguished Supporter
Chris French, Skeptic and Professor of Psychology, Goldsmiths University
Peter Tatchell, Human Rights Campaigner
Joan Smith, Journalist
Mejindarpal Kaur, Legal Director, United Sikhs
Richard Norman, Philosopher
Pavan Dhaliwal, Head of Public Affairs, British Humanist Association
Terry Sanderson, President, National Secular Society
Antony Lempert, Secular Medical Forum Chair
Adam Knowles, Gay And Lesbian Humanist Association
Nahla Mahmood, Council of ex-Muslims of Britain and One law for All
Sue Cox, Survivors Voice Europe

SkepRec-014-20120614

psj@evilburnee.co.uk (Paul S. Jenkins) — Sat, 06 Oct 2012 16:08:13 PDT

Skepticule Record episode 014 20120614

Free Will?

A talk by Jonathan M. S. Pearce
at Portsmouth Skeptics in the Pub

Thursday 14 June 2012, at The Fat Fox,
11-13 Victoria Road, Southsea PO5 2SP

Introductions by Trish Hann

Jonathan Pearce is the author of "Free Will: An investigation into whether we have free will or whether I was always going to write this book". The book is a fine introduction into the age-old philosophical debate as to whether we have free will, or whether we live determined lives. Pearce approaches the subject in a lively manner, explaining terms clearly and using anecdotes to break down some of the heavier philosophy so that it is available to the popular philosophy reader.

Now that we are understanding our genetic heritage and our neurology better, can we account for all our characteristics and decisions? The author also looks at how theories of free will and determinism integrate with religion, particularly Christianity. If we live under the illusion of free will, do religions need reassessing? How does free will work when God knows what we are doing in advance? Does God have free will? How does prophecy interfere with free will? How is our justice system affected if we know exactly why people commit crimes? These and other crucial questions are investigated with a deft touch, and the author uses recent and important scientific findings to support the text supplying a valuable overview to the subject.

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SkepExtra-033-20120909

psj@evilburnee.co.uk (Paul S. Jenkins) — Sun, 30 Sep 2012 09:50:05 PDT

Skepticule Extra shownotes for episode 033 20120909

This is the thirty-third episode of Skepticule Extra — aka the Podcast of the Three Pauls.

SkepExtra-032-20120826

psj@evilburnee.co.uk (Paul S. Jenkins) — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 01:16:18 PDT

Skepticule Extra shownotes for episode 032 20120826

This is the thirty-second episode of Skepticule Extra — aka the Paul+Paul+Paul Podcast.

Paul Baird
Patient and Persistent
http://patientandpersistent.blogspot.com

Paul Thompson ("Sinbad")
The Skeptical Probe
http://skepticalprobe.blogspot.com/

Paul S. Jenkins
Notes from an Evil Burnee
http://www.evilburnee.co.uk

Unbelievable? Atheist Prayer Experiment
"Paying to stop being an atheist" — paper by Tim Mawson in International Journal for Philosophy of Religion (PDF)
Uri Geller
Todd Pitner ("Tigger")

SkepExtra-031-20120812

psj@evilburnee.co.uk (Paul S. Jenkins) — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 15:44:56 PDT

Skepticule Extra shownotes for episode 031 20120812

This is the thirty-first episode of Skepticule Extra — otherwise known as the Three Pauls Podcast.

Project Barnum
Vote for Project Barnum as Website of the Month on Heart Internet

PaulJ's review of Dembski & Licona's Evidence for God
Unbelievable? Conference 2011, 2012
Premier Radio — Justin Brierley

SkepExtra-030-20120701

psj@evilburnee.co.uk (Paul S. Jenkins) — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 15:24:42 PDT

Skepticule Extra shownotes for episode 030 20120701

This is the thirtieth episode of Skepticule Extra — otherwise known as the podcast of the Pauline Triad.

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SkepExtra-029-20120617

psj@evilburnee.co.uk (Paul S. Jenkins) — Sat, 07 Jul 2012 09:11:27 PDT

Skepticule Extra shownotes for episode 029 20120617

This is the twenty-ninth episode of Skepticule Extra — aka the Trinity of Pauls podcast.

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SkepRec-013-20120613

psj@evilburnee.co.uk (Paul S. Jenkins) — Sun, 01 Jul 2012 03:00:06 PDT

Skepticule Record episode 013 20120613

Presuppositional apologetics — a discussion between Paul Baird of Patient and Persistent and Chris Bolt of Choosing Hats

Recorded on Wednesday 13 June 2012

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SkepRec-012-20120412

psj@evilburnee.co.uk (Paul S. Jenkins) — Sat, 30 Jun 2012 10:47:05 PDT

Skepticule Record episode 012 20120412

The Impossibility of Scientific Truth

A talk by Ian Bryant
at Portsmouth Skeptics in the Pub

Thursday 12 April 2012, at The Fat Fox, 11-13 Victoria Road, Southsea PO5 2SP

Introductions by Trish Hann

What do philosophers and scientists understand by the concept of “truth”? This talk will argue that however ‘truth’ is to be understood, it will never be attained by science, and that therefore an ultimate ‘theory of everything’ is a disappointing and misconceived promise. It will range from Aristotle, via Kant, to the critical/sceptical ideas of Putnam and Nagel (with a pause to take in refreshments from Popper and Kuhn). There will be plenty of time for questions, and maybe some disturbing, but enlightening answers.

Ian Bryant has spent most of his academic career training and supervising educational research students, and teaching in Canada, the USA, Scotland and England (including the Open University and Workers Educational Association). He has researched and published books and academic articles on the social philosophy of learning, education for professional development, and the history of scientific ideas. His current interests are in the phenomenology of mind, and the concepts of learning, agency and selfhood. Recently retired, he is now Visiting Fellow, University of Southampton School of Education.

Ian Bryant's slide presentation is available here:
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1ZzC9sn2CNoZqCwZ6ZZB5skeJOd0whLIqp2CNqQugZWM/edit

His list of references is here:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/19vpgyTLlRc_85BcXKOPMipNtnghpb_BdoJrl0kdEUEg/edit

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SkepExtra-028-20120610

psj@evilburnee.co.uk (Paul S. Jenkins) — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 16:14:07 PDT

Skepticule Extra shownotes for episode 028 20120610

This is the twenty-eighth episode of Skepticule Extra — or the Paul times three podcast.

Thank You Hater! - by Clever Pie and Isabel Fay — YouTube

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SkepExtra-027-20120520

psj@evilburnee.co.uk (Paul S. Jenkins) — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 08:59:30 PDT

Skepticule Extra shownotes for episode 027 20120520

This is the twenty-seventh episode of Skepticule Extra — otherwise known as the triPPPle Paul podcast.

Many thanks to James Croft for being our guest for this episode

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SkepExtra-026-20120506

psj@evilburnee.co.uk (Paul S. Jenkins) — Sat, 26 May 2012 16:49:21 PDT

Skepticule Extra shownotes for episode 026 20120506

This is the twenty-sixth episode of Skepticule Extra — also known as the P+P+P Podcast.

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SkepExtra-025-20120422

psj@evilburnee.co.uk (Paul S. Jenkins) — Mon, 07 May 2012 11:09:11 PDT

Skepticule Extra shownotes for episode 025 20120422

This is the twenty-fifth episode of Skepticule Extra (aka The Paulish Troika).

"Darwin's Theory: Good Science?" — talk by Dominic Statham
BCSE — Creation Watch
Creation Ministries International
CMI newsletter
Notes from an Evil Burnee: "Unfounded moral absolutes"
Darwin: "survival of the fittest"
Francis Crick
Francis Collins
"Kinds" — biblical definition
Homology
Frog hands vs. human hands (Talk Origins)
Emmer wheat and genetic diversity
PZ Myers — Pharyngula
ATP Synthase
Bacterial Flagellum
Michael Denton: complexity of the cell
Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed
William Provine quote [This is from CMI, and it's also different from Statham's slide]
Romans 1:20
Matt 7:13-14
1 Peter 3:15
Creation Magazine
Peter Kay
Creation.com
The Creation Answers Book
Portsmouth Christian Fellowship
Philosophical naturalism
Centre for Intelligent Design UK
Dembski & Licona — Intelligent Designer = God
Radiometric dating
Moon's orbit increasing (Talk Origins)
Dinosaur bones with soft tissues found in Montana (also at Talk Origins)
15 Reasons to Take Genesis as History — book
Dinosaurs = dragons (Talk Origins)
Carlisle Cathedral, tomb of Richard Bell (1496)
Ancient starlight and relativistic time-dilation (PDF)
Cosmic inflation
Darwin's deathbed conversion
Fossils and the Global Flood
Jellyfish fossils
Absence of transitional fossils between invertebrate marine life and fish
CMI statement of faith
Answers in Genesis
Vaughan's letter from a headteacher
Creation Science Movement
British Humanist Association
National Secular Society

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SkepRec-011-20110622

psj@evilburnee.co.uk (Paul S. Jenkins) — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 17:44:48 PDT

Skepticule Record episode 011 20110622

Presuppositional apologetics — the Third Debate
between Paul Baird and Sye Ten Bruggencate
(moderator: Eric Hovind)

Recorded on Wednesday 22 June 2011 by Creation Today
(used with permission)

First debate available here:
http://www.premierradio.org.uk/listen/ondemand.aspx?mediaid={D11C366F-F393-4C99-BE1F-E18CE00F7D63}

Second debate available here:
http://www.premierradio.org.uk/listen/ondemand.aspx?mediaid={C2CD1A87-7A50-498E-B5F5-773F4EE37E46}

Fourth debate available here:
http://www.skepticule.co.uk/2011/07/skeprec-004-20110711.html

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SkepExtra-024-20120409

psj@evilburnee.co.uk (Paul S. Jenkins) — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 15:01:03 PDT

Skepticule Extra shownotes for episode 024 20120409

This is the twenty-fourth episode of Skepticule Extra (or The Paul+Paul+Paul Podcast).

Newport Pagnell Community Centre — Creationist talks — Peter Scarsbrook
Hanslope Gospel Hall
Dominic Statham — Creation Ministries International
Paul Taylor
(Correction: CMI split from Answers in Genesis, not from Creation Research)
Creation Science Movement — Genesis Expo — EB blogposts

Martin Robbins — The Lay Scientist
"Hapless MPs defend faith healers"
Christian Scientists
Twitchell family
Total Politics article (for PaulJ's comment, scroll down about half way)
Near Death Experience (NDE)
Traditional Chinese Medicine
Jerry Springer Show
Jeremy Kyle Show
Friends

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SkepRec-010-20120308

psj@evilburnee.co.uk (Paul S. Jenkins) — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 15:18:31 PDT

Skepticule Record episode 010 20120308

The "Sharks Don't Get Cancer" Myth

A talk by Ben Hardwidge
at Portsmouth Skeptics in the Pub

Thursday 8 March 2012, at The Fat Fox, 11-13 Victoria Road, Southsea PO5 2SP

Introductions by Trish Hann

According to some nutritionists and practitioners of Traditional Chinese Medicine, sharks don’t get cancer. It’s a myth that’s not only brought false hope to sufferers of one of the world’s horrific diseases, who are told that consuming shark cartilage can cure cancer, but it’s also contributed to a recent acceleration in demand for shark cartilage, which has had devastating impact on the world’s shark populations. In fact, it’s estimated that 38 million sharks are slaughtered every year.

After millions of years serving as the oceans’ main apex predator, many shark species are now on the brink of extinction following just a few decades of indiscriminate fishing. People often ask ‘where the harm?’ when it comes to using alternative medicine, and this talk will explain the very real and costly price of relying on unregulated, bogus medicine to treat cancer.

In this talk, marine conservation enthusiast Ben Hardwidge will explore the theories behind using medicines derived from sharks and rays, and explain the devastating impact that overfishing them is having on our marine ecosystem. As well as this, he will also introduce the ideas behind a new scepticism campaign in development, which aims to raise awareness about medicines based on shark cartilage, while appealing to major retailers to stop stocking them.

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SkepExtra-023-20120325

psj@evilburnee.co.uk (Paul S. Jenkins) — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 16:11:02 PDT

Skepticule Extra shownotes for episode 023 20120325

This is the twenty-third episode of Skepticule Extra (or the paultrio podcast).

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SkepRec-009-20120324

psj@evilburnee.co.uk (Paul S. Jenkins) — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 23:33:26 PDT

Skepticule Record episode 009 20120324

Dustin and Ericka on Surrendra Gangadean

Interviewed by Paul Baird
on Saturday 24 March 2012

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SkepExtra-022-20120226

psj@evilburnee.co.uk (Paul S. Jenkins) — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 18:55:46 PDT

Skepticule Extra shownotes for episode 022 20120226

This is the twenty-second episode of Skepticule Extra (or the podcast of pauls cubed).

Dembski & Licona — Evidence for God

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SkepExtra-021-20120212

psj@evilburnee.co.uk (Paul S. Jenkins) — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 14:41:14 PST

Skepticule Extra shownotes for episode 021 20120212

This is the twenty-first episode of Skepticule Extra (or the podcast of PPPaaauuulllsss).

Beyond Belief — Republican Nomination — BBC Radio 4

Justin Shieber — Yahweh or Myweh podcast episodes 4 & 8
Reasonable Doubts podcast episode 97
Todd Pitner

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SkepExtra-020-20120129

psj@evilburnee.co.uk (Paul S. Jenkins) — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 23:47:07 PST

Skepticule Extra shownotes for episode 020 20120129

This is the twentieth episode of Skepticule Extra (or Pauls to the Power of Three).

Paul Baird
Patient and Persistent
http://patientandpersistent.blogspot.com

Paul Thompson ("Sinbad")
The Skeptical Probe
http://skepticalprobe.blogspot.com/

Paul S. Jenkins
Notes from an Evil Burnee
http://www.evilburnee.co.uk

Blasphemy! — CFIUK — Conway Hall
Kenan Malik — From Fatwah to Jihad (book)
Andrew Copson
Austin Dacey — The Future of Blasphemy (book)
Alain de Botton — Religion for Atheists (book)
Jacob Mchangama
Maryam Namazie — One Law for All — A Day to Defend Free Expression

Many thanks to Hayley Stevens for kindly giving us her time after the Beyond the Veil event at Conway Hall.

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SkepExtra-019-20111211

psj@evilburnee.co.uk (Paul S. Jenkins) — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 15:25:12 PST

Skepticule Extra shownotes for episode 019 20111211

This is the nineteenth episode of Skepticule Extra (or The Trinitarian Alternative).

Paul Baird
Patient and Persistent
http://patientandpersistent.blogspot.com

Paul Thompson ("Sinbad")
The Skeptical Probe
http://skepticalprobe.blogspot.com/

Paul S. Jenkins
Notes from an Evil Burnee
http://www.evilburnee.co.uk

The New Civil Rights Movement
Fox News "Fair and Balanced"
Unbelievable? Facebook post — Thailand crowns its newest transgender beauty queen

Lawrence Krauss — Cosmic Connections — The School of Life
Lawrence Krauss — A Universe From Nothing — AAI 2009

Liz Lutgendorff — Skepticule Extra 014
CIA — The World Factbook
MandM blog
Wendy Savage & Madeleine Flannagan — Unbelievable?
Royal College of Obstetricians and Gyneacologists — guidelines

Tony Robinson's Gods and Monsters — Channel 4
Time Team — Channel 4
Chronicle — Silbury Dig: The Heart of the Mound — BBC2
Jourdemayne at MK SitP
Pub Dig — Rory McGrath — Sky

Simon Singh
Sarah Stewart-Brown — Warwick Medical School — University of Warwick
Burzysnki Clinic
Ben Goldacre's dead cat
Gillian McKeith

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SkepExtra-018-20111127

psj@evilburnee.co.uk (Paul S. Jenkins) — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 14:55:36 PST

Skepticule Extra shownotes for episode 018 20111127

This is the eighteenth episode of Skepticule Extra (or The Trifecta of Pauls).

Paul Baird
Patient and Persistent
http://patientandpersistent.blogspot.com

Paul Thompson ("Sinbad")
The Skeptical Probe
http://skepticalprobe.blogspot.com/

Paul S. Jenkins
Notes from an Evil Burnee
http://www.evilburnee.co.uk

Father Gabriele Amorth — Vatican Chief Exorcist
Jesus Camp
The Exorcist
Repossessed
Bob Larson — The Real Exorcist

Channel 4: 4thought.tv — "Should creationism be taught in schools?"
Sam Scott Perry
Stephen Law
Randall Hardy — Creation Research
Rosie Harper
Laura Horner — CrISIS
Abdul Aziz
Michael Reiss
"Phillip"
eChurch Blog — Guardian Angels

Ealing Benedictine Monastery priest-on-the-run cleans out his Vatican bank account

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SkepRec-008-20111110

psj@evilburnee.co.uk (Paul S. Jenkins) — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 11:13:28 PST

Skepticule Record episode 008 20111110

An Optimist's Tour of the Future

A talk by Mark Stevenson
(author of An Optimist's Tour of the Future)
at Portsmouth Skeptics in the Pub

Thursday 10 November 2011, at The Globe Inn, 11-13 Victoria Road, Southsea PO5 2SP

Introductions by Trish Hann

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SkepExtra-017-20111113

psj@evilburnee.co.uk (Paul S. Jenkins) — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 07:58:35 PST

Skepticule Extra shownotes for episode 017 20111113

This is the seventeenth episode of Skepticule Extra, otherwise known as the Pauline Triptych.

Paul Baird
Patient and Persistent
http://patientandpersistent.blogspot.com

Paul Thompson ("Sinbad")
Atheists vs Gods
http://atheistsvsgods.yuku.com

Paul S. Jenkins
Notes from an Evil Burnee
http://www.evilburnee.co.uk

feedback@skepticule.co.uk
My Psychic Advice

Anjem Choudary
Islam4UK
Charlie Hebdo
The Day Today
George Galloway (we remembered!)

Libel Reform Campaign
Simon Singh
Psychic Sally

Herman Cain
Rick Perry
Piers Morgan
Mitt Romney
Michele Bachmann
Barack Obama
Nicolas Sarkozy
Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu
Bill of Rights
Primogeniture

Unbelievable?: The Conference DVD set
Justin Brierley
John Lennox
Richard Dawkins
Stephen Law's Evil God Challenge (PDF)
Stephen Jay Gould — Non-Overlapping MAgisteria (NOMA)
John Polkinghorne
Ray Comfort
Mark Roques

BBC News, Newport, Wales
Pippa Bartolotti
Mubarak Ali
Remembrance Sunday

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SkepExtra-016-20111030

psj@evilburnee.co.uk (Paul S. Jenkins) — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 10:34:12 PST

Skepticule Extra shownotes for episode 016 20111030

This is the sixteenth episode of Skepticule Extra, aka the Triple Podcast of Pauls.

Paul Baird
Patient and Persistent
http://patientandpersistent.blogspot.com

Paul Thompson ("Sinbad")
Atheists vs Gods
http://atheistsvsgods.yuku.com

Paul S. Jenkins
Notes from an Evil Burnee
http://www.evilburnee.co.uk

Reasonable Faith Tour
William Lane Craig
Stephen Law's blog
PaulJ's blogpost
William Lane Craig vs Peter Millican — streaming audio
Problem of Evil
Evil God Challenge — PDF
Paul Thompson vs Mark Roques — streaming audio
Matt Flannagan
Glen Peoples
ApologiaPad — "Bill Craig loses a debate!"
Sye Ten Bruggencate vs Alex Botten — podcast
Peter Byrom's videos
Justin Brierley — Premier Christian Radio
Gary Habermas
Todd Pitner
Geoff Campos
John Lennox

Apostolic visitation to Ealing Abbey — BBC

Project Barnum — Hayley Stevens
MK Skeptics
Tony Stockwell
10:23 Campaign

Deuteronomy 13
William Lane Craig and the slaughter of the Canaanites
David Instone-Brewer
Paul Copan — Is God a Moral Monster?
Humanist Manifesto

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SkepRec-007-20111013

psj@evilburnee.co.uk (Paul S. Jenkins) — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 12:10:28 PST

Skepticule Record episode 007 20111013

Sex, Lies and Instant Messenger

A talk by Alec Muffett (blogger, speaker and computer and network security consultant who has been working in that field almost constantly since 1988) at Portsmouth Skeptics in the Pub on Thursday 13 October 2011, at The Globe Inn, 11-13 Victoria Road, Southsea PO5 2SP

Picture by Doc Searls
Introduction by Trish Hann

Alec has made his slides available:

Sex, Lies and Instant Messenger mk II

View more presentations from alecmuffett

Why Cybersecurity Is Rubbish

View more presentations from alecmuffett

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SkepExtra-015-20110918

psj@evilburnee.co.uk (Paul S. Jenkins) — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 16:06:14 PDT

Skepticule Extra shownotes for episode 015 20110918

This is the fifteenth episode of Skepticule Extra, aka the Paul+Paul+Paul Podcast.

Paul Baird
Patient and Persistent
http://patientandpersistent.blogspot.com

Paul Thompson ("Sinbad")
Atheists vs Gods
http://atheistsvsgods.yuku.com

Paul S. Jenkins
Notes from an Evil Burnee
http://www.evilburnee.co.uk

James Williams
How Science Works
Qualifications and Curriculum Authority
Everyday Champions Academy, Newark
Non-overlapping magisteria (NOMA)
Stephen Jay Gould
Answers In Genesis Statement of Faith
Moore's paradox
Plate tectonics
Thomas Kuhn
Niles Eldredge
Punctuated equilibrium
Karl Popper

British Religion in Numbers survey
British Humanist Association Census Campaign

Jehovah's Witnesses
Charles Taze Russell
Joseph Franklin Rutherford
Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society
Harold Camping

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SkepRec-006-20110908

psj@evilburnee.co.uk (Paul S. Jenkins) — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 15:35:05 PDT

Skepticule Record episode 006 20110908

Black Holes, Wormholes and Time Machines

A talk by Jim Al-Khalili, OBE
(Professor of Theoretical Physics and Chair in the Public Engagement in Science at the University of Surrey)
at Portsmouth Skeptics in the Pub

Thursday 8 September 2011, at The Globe Inn, 11-13 Victoria Road, Southsea PO5 2SP

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(A new Skepticule Extra episode has been recorded and will be posted shortly.)

SkepExtra-014-20110904

psj@evilburnee.co.uk (Paul S. Jenkins) — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 16:48:27 PDT

Skepticule Extra shownotes for episode 014 20110904

This is the fourteenth episode of Skepticule Extra, occasionally known as the Pauls³ Podcast.

Paul Baird
Patient and Persistent
http://patientandpersistent.blogspot.com

Paul Thompson ("Sinbad")
Atheists vs Gods
http://atheistsvsgods.yuku.com

Paul S. Jenkins
Notes from an Evil Burnee
http://www.evilburnee.co.uk

Liz Lutgendorff
The Pod Delusion
Agro Europe Blog
Richard Ainsworth MP
British Veterinary Association
James Randi — Million Dollar Challenge
BBC Horizon: Homeopathy — YouTube

Nadine Dorries
Amendment to Health and Social Care Bill, 2010-2011
Marie Stopes
British Pregnancy Advisory Service
Right To Know
Christian Concern
Alliance Defence Fund
Matt Flannagan, Glenn Peoples, Madeleine Flannagan
Alder Hey Hospital
Unbelievable? on Facebook
180 — Ray Comfort
Mr. Cholmondley Warner "Conjugal Rights" — YouTube
Book22.com — Christian sex toys (or "Intimacy Products for Married Couples")
Sophie Hirschfeld
Joyce McKinney

Temple of Solomon
Ron Wyatt — Noah's Ark
St. Nicholas of Myra

New Apostolic Reformation
Glenn Beck
National Registry for Atheists — Pastor Mike Stahl

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SkepExtra-013-20110821

psj@evilburnee.co.uk (Paul S. Jenkins) — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 15:25:10 PDT

Skepticule Extra shownotes for episode 013 20110821

This is the thirteenth episode of Skepticule Extra, aka the Pauls to the Power of Three Podcast. As with our previous episode we had a guest on the other side of the world, and consequently some Skype delay.

Paul Baird
Patient and Persistent
http://patientandpersistent.blogspot.com

Paul Thompson ("Sinbad")
Atheists vs Gods
http://atheistsvsgods.yuku.com

Paul S. Jenkins
Notes from an Evil Burnee
http://www.evilburnee.co.uk

Dr. Matt Flannagan
MandM blog
Epistemology and Ontology
William Lane Craig vs Paul Kurtz — debate (YouTube)
Euthyphro dilemma
Divine Command Theory
Sam Harris
Utilitarianism
Auckland Reason and Science Society:
Divine Command Theory with Dr. Matthew Flannagan — YouTube
Slaughter of the Canaanites
Robert Adams
Philip Quinn
William Lane Craig vs Sam Harris — debate (YouTube)

Matt Flannagan's blogposts:
Response to William Lane Craig’s Q225: “The ‘Slaughter’ of the Canaanites Re-visited” Part I
Response to William Lane Craig’s Q225: “The ‘Slaughter’ of the Canaanites Re-visited” Part II

The Pendle Witch Child — BBC

Reasonable Faith Tour — William Lane Craig
William Lane Craig vs Stephen Law — debate

Feedback on SkepRec 004 "The Fourth Debate"
Four Dollars Almost Five

Musings of a Lapsed Pagan:
The Gid(eon) Delusion
eChurch blog:
Catholics and Mary: The Penny Finally Drops and My Life is Changed Forever

Apologies for the late posting of this episode. The next episode (number 14) has already been recorded and will be posted shortly.

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SkepRec-005-20110811

psj@evilburnee.co.uk (Paul S. Jenkins) — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 16:11:35 PDT

Skepticule Record episode 005 20110811

The Philosophy of the Mind

A talk by Dr. Clio Bellenis
(Consultant in child and adolescent mental health, Winchester and Eastleigh Healthcare NHS Trust)
at Portsmouth Skeptics in the Pub

Thursday 11 August 2011, at The One-Eyed Dog, 177-185 Elm Grove, Southsea PO5 1LU

(Introductions by Trish Hann, picture by Malcolm Stein)

Note: some background noise is present in the recording, and some questions in the second part are difficult to hear.

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SkepExtra-012-20110812

psj@evilburnee.co.uk (Paul S. Jenkins) — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 05:21:22 PDT

Skepticule Extra shownotes for episode 012 20110812

This is the twelfth episode of Skepticule Extra, aka the Three Pauls Podcast, and is a special off-schedule edition featuring an interview with representatives of the notorious Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka, Kansas, USA. The interview took place on Friday night, which turns out not to be the best time for an international Skype conference call. There's some background noise and several Skype glitches and delays. Our guests' microphone(s) also suffered from excessive sensitivity to plosives.

Paul Baird
Patient and Persistent
http://patientandpersistent.blogspot.com

Paul Thompson ("Sinbad")
Atheists vs Gods
http://atheistsvsgods.yuku.com

Paul S. Jenkins
Notes from an Evil Burnee
http://www.evilburnee.co.uk

Westboro Baptist Church
Shirley Phelps-Roper
Brent Roper
God Hates Fags
America's Most Hated Family in Crisis — Louis Theroux

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SkepExtra-011-20110807

psj@evilburnee.co.uk (Paul S. Jenkins) — Sun, 14 Aug 2011 15:42:10 PDT

Skepticule Extra shownotes for episode 011 20110807

This is the eleventh episode of Skepticule Extra, aka the Three Pauls Podcast.

Paul Baird
Patient and Persistent
http://patientandpersistent.blogspot.com

Paul Thompson ("Sinbad")
Atheists vs Gods
http://atheistsvsgods.yuku.com

Paul S. Jenkins
Notes from an Evil Burnee
http://www.evilburnee.co.uk

Everyday Champions Academy
BHA press release
Professor Paul Braterman on Skepticule Extra 6
Jamie Oliver's School Dinners
Newark Advertiser article

Parentdish — Schoolboy made to write "Sorry", then eat it
Smith v State of Arizona
Philosophical Foundation: A Critical Analysis of Basic Beliefs — Surrendra Gangadean
Sam's comment on EB blogpost
John Freshwater
Hayley Stevens' tattoo

Scam Tutorial by Paul (Sinbad) Thompson — text included below

QualiaSoup's YouTube videos:
Morality 1: Good without gods
Morality 2: Not-so-good books
The Moral Landscape — Sam Harris
The Incredible Human Journey — Alice Roberts
Adam Rutherford at Winchester Skeptics in the Pub

Why the Moon has two sides
Trojan Moon — Russell's Teapot
The First Church of Christ, Scientist

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Tutorial

Paul Thompson

Guys, I thought I'd do something different this time. Instead of us 3 grumpy old blokes complaining about stuff, I thought we could do something more productive. So I'd like to do a quick tutorial... something edumacational.

I'm going to teach you how to do a con, a confidence trick, The Perfect Scam.

Now I know what you're going to say. You're going to say "that's unethical", but... I'm not doing this so you can go out and fleece some unsuspecting passer by, I'm doing this so that you will recognise this type of scam and not get fooled by it.

This is valuable information and could (hypothetically) be extremely profitable.

First I need to define what a confidence trick is.

A Confidence Trick, or "Con" is a scam or a fraud that is designed to trick a victim (the Mark) into losing money or into following a course of action by a false promise of gain.

Confidence tricks work on the greed, aspirations, gullibility and desires of the victim.

Examples of Scams:

Bait and Switch Scam: You see a top quality, branded product that looks and feels genuine being sold for a fraction of the retail price. You buy one but when you get it home and open the box, they have switched it with a cheap tacky replica.

Advanced Fee Scams: If you use Email, you'll already be familiar with the advanced fee scam or the "Nigerian Scam" Some rich dying person or bank official wants to get millions out of the country. They want to use your bank account to transfer the money, but then they need a transfer fee up front, then a lawyers fee, then some bribe money an then some other fee and they will keep milking the mark until he's figured out he's being scammed. The greedy and the gullible lose millions to the Nigerian scam every day.

Scams can be simple one man sting, a small team or a large organised group of professional fraudsters.

The one-on-one scam.

This is probably the most risky scam for a con artist. It has many drawbacks.

Firstly, the Con Artist is in danger of being beaten to a pulp by the guy he's just ripped off.
The Mark may bring in the police.
There is no chance of any repeat business unless the Mark is unaware he's been ripped off.

The 3 card chase the lady game seen on street corners is an excellent example of this kind of one-on-one scam. To make the scam look more enticing, the Con Artist will often use an accomplice (the Shill) who will pretend to be a member of the public who plays and wins, thus making the game look genuine.

The Team Scam.

The Nigerian advanced fee Scam is usually a team Scam.

The Scam that I want to concentrate on is:-

The Institutional Scam.

This Scam is perpetrated by institutions that are financially unable to sustain themselves. Their legitimate income is insufficient to maintain the organisation and its expenditure. They have no viable business model. These institutions can either go broke and disappear or they can be a little more creative on how they get money and resources from their victims.

This kind of scam can bring in vast sums of money. The bigger the membership, the bigger the profit for the Con Artists. Some of the Large Pyramid Schemes are one kind of Institutional Scam. They rely on a large membership to generate profit for the people at the top of the pyramid.

So How do I perpetrate the perfect Confidence trick based on an Institutional Scam.

Lets make this really hard... I don't actually have any product or service to sell but I need to get large numbers of people paying me and offering me their services.

First of all, I want to avoid all of the drawbacks mentioned in the One-on-one Scam. It is therefore absolutely vital that the Mark never realises they are being conned. But how do I do this, the Mark will realise it's a con as soon as the promised payoff fails to materialize.

I need to delay the payoff as long as possible. remember the Payoff doesn't actually exist, I'm selling an imaginary product/service. As soon as people realise the promised payoff doesn't exist, I start to lose members and the scam will fail. So I have to postpone delivery as long as possible.

To take this to its logical extreme in my perfect scam, I need to convince the Marks that the payoff occurs at a point when they are unable to come back an complain. ie. when they are dead. No dead people ever come back and complain or call the police. And they cant warn anyone that they were conned.

The Payoff I am guaranteeing is of course immortality living in eternal paradise.

That is a massive payoff, the ultimate prize. People will suspend all reason and critical thinking when presented with the promise of a big reward. This is how all scams work. This is a good product to sell, it's in demand. If this was a genuine offer, NO ONE in their right mind would turn it down. The trick is to convince people that it IS a genuine and achievable offer.

We're going to need some Props

We'll need a lot of convincing paraphernalia and theatrical methods to pull this scam off.

Remember the travelling medicine men, roaming the country selling medicinal compounds? Snake Oil, potions that cure you of anything. These con men had Certificates from impressive sounding medical institutions that were irrefutable proof that they were selling powerful effective medical treatments. They had testimonials from well known authorities and famous people (including Kings and Presidents), that testified to the extraordinary benefits of their potions.

These infallible documents were crucial. No one could refute the word of the president or the authority of the leading medical institutions.

The certificates used by the snake oil salesman could be proven to be authentic because each certificate had a stamp of authenticity which said "This Certificate is Authentic". So we know these certificates are genuine because it says so on the certificate.

So I would need an infallible document from an authority beyond question.

Uniforms.

Uniforms are good at fooling people into a perception of authority. If some guy in jeans and T-shirt says "Don't go in that building" you'll probably ignore him, If the same guy wearing a Fireman's uniform says "Do NOT go in that building" and he says it in a commanding and authoritative tone, you will probably do as he says. So a uniform and an authoritative manner are required. The uniform must be impressive...

For our scam, I'd recommend robes, big hats, big pointy hats the bigger the better... maybe lots of gold trinkets, candles and mysterious objects on chains with strange smoke coming out. You will need impressive ceremonies and rituals to show off your impressive uniform and your impressive shiny paraphernalia preferably in a big impressive building. The building may need a big pointy hat as well and we could even add some loud bells to make it even more impressive.

Love Bombing.

Love bombing is an amazingly simple and powerful brainwashing method used by many cults. It is the deliberate use of an intense show of affection by a group of people, toward an individual they seek to recruit or otherwise influence. It is designed to influence the lonely, the disaffected, the socially inept and anyone suffering from low self esteem. It's the Low Self Esteem factor that we need to work on. If you can convince someone how much you love them, how much they mean to you and how important they are to you, their Self Esteem takes a massive boost. They will gravitate towards you because you are telling them exactly what they want to hear. If you can also reinforce their own feelings of wretchedness and self loathing it multiplies the effectiveness of the love bombing.

If you come across a starving man, and you offer free food as much as you can eat, what do you think will happen... Well it's just the same if you come across someone with a starving ego. If you provide an intense supply of Love, Praise and Encouragement, you'll get your converts pouring in faster than you can say "Jesus Loves You".

You need to put plenty of self loathing statements in your infallible book, make them feel bad about themselves and make them feel helpless to do anything about it.. then follow it up with a whole stack of love bombs.

Positive reinforcement.

This one is easy. You can be as extravagant as you like. Promise them anything, no matter how absurd. This is the Reward you are selling them, it is the Bait. Remember, you never have to pay out so you can be as liberal as you like with your promises of spectacular rewards. Immortality, that's always a good one, Fantastic wealth is another... Streets of Gold is always a winner. Eternal happiness, No health problems. Play on the inherent greed of the victim, the fear of death, disire for something vastly better than what they have now. We can tell them they will be reunited with their dead loved ones. This is a cruel lie to tell them but it never has to be explained that it was just a scam because they'll be dead themselves when it becomes time to deliver.

Negative reinforcement.

A tricky one this. You can't go around threatening people if they don't want to join the scam so you have to be a little more subtle. What you need to do is invent a threat from some third party then provide the salvation from that threat. There has to be a monster, a boogy man that will do terrible things to them if they don't subscribe to your scam.. Of course, if they are full members of your amazing scheme, the monster can't touch them.

Once again you can be as extravagant as you like here. You never have to deliver on this one either. You can have torture, burning, infinite pain, everlasting torment, plagues, blood, suffering, screaming in agony... etc etc. Be as graphic as you like. Think of it as aversion therapy. You're not really going to do these things but it helps if the majority of victims believe it.

Indoctrination

Brainwashing is surprisingly easy. It can be achieved simply with continuous repetition of key phrases over several years. Ceremony and ritual are good too. People feel comfortable with familiar activities, so lots of repetition is good. Statements of devotion can be incorporated into easily learned songs that the victims will sing every week. You'll need a whole collection of these songs. You could put them in a little book and give each song a number. All you'll have to do is call out the number... 172.... and off they'll go in automatic mode repeating your carefully selected indoctrination phrases. Chanting in unison and talking to an imaginary figurehead is crucial. They must be able to visualise the figurehead as a real person or something that really exists. So encourage them to talk to this imaginary being. It will help strengthen the illusion of reality. You know it's really working well when they start hearing their delusion talking back to them and interacting in their lives.

This delusional state is the ideal state for the scam to work. Once the victim has "realised" the delusion in their own mind, you can do anything with them. Just pick any natural phenomena and attribute it to their delusion. Pretty soon, they will attribute everything that happens to them to their imaginary friend.

What's Your Payoff

Don't go too heavy on this one. In fact you need to play the numbers game. Don't insist that everyone gives you oodles of money. If you have a big enough membership, there will be enough money coming in from the ones who do pay up. If you start insisting, people are going to get suspicious. Make it 100% voluntary, but then create a culture that questions the loyalty and commitment of those who do not give.

I would suggest asking for about 10% of a persons income. Once you have a few hundred million recruits, the income should be quite substantial. After a few years, people will leave you houses and all worldly possessions in their will. You must also consider a global market for merchandising. There is a multi billion dollar industry for trinkets, pictures, plastic glow in the dark statues, CD's, DVD's, Videos, Study Guides, Tourism, The lecture circuits, TV rights, infallible documents, even little action figures that you can hang around your neck.

Business Premises

Multiple Locations.. at least two in every population centre.

You will need places designated for your victims to get together in a safe environment where they can receive indoctrination and propaganda reinforcing their belief in the scam. You will need some very influential and skilful speakers to do this for you. People will not stay in the scheme if you don't constantly pump them full of Love Bombs, Positive and Negative reinforcement. These safe houses are really "Cash Harvesting Units Retailing Comfort and Hope". (C.H.U.R.C.H).

Sooner or later the victims will bring their children to the Cash Harvesting Units. Kids are easy prey, They have soft malleable minds and can easily be indoctrinated. Their parents are complicit in the indoctrination so there are very few problems. If you can get them in this young, you've probably got them for life. You can amplify this process by building orphanages, schools and doing missionary work. It's much more difficult recruiting someone who already has a fixed belief system. Go for the young ones and I'd recommend oppressed people in third world countries. These people are easily converted because they're already predisposed to be unhappy, helpless and disaffected.

There is a problem with this scam.

The Competition.

You will find that there are many other fraudsters already running scams like this. You will need to create a smear campaign to demonise all the competition. You have to make it look like the other scams are Evil or Immoral and that yours is the best one. Lie and misrepresent as much as you want. Remember, these other scams are taking your money. If competition gets too hot, you can organise crusades and inquisitions along with a system of genocide and persecution. Burn any competing infallible books. You may also want to burn the organisers of those other scams..

So that's a brief introduction to the Institutional Scam.

There are plenty more guidelines on creating Institutional Scams like this but they could fill a holy book and we just don't have time in this podcast.

Now that you know how these scams work, be on guard. If you detect anyone trying these techniques on you, you'll now be able to recognise the scammer for what he is and not get taken in like millions of innocent victims do every year.

Incidentally, If you think you may have already, unwittingly become involved in such a scam. Act now. Get help. Stop attending the indoctrination sessions immediately... Just say "No thank you, I KNOW how this works" and walk away.

SkepExtra-010-20110724

psj@evilburnee.co.uk (Paul S. Jenkins) — Sun, 14 Aug 2011 15:36:47 PDT

Skepticule Extra shownotes for episode 010 20110724

This is the tenth episode of Skepticule Extra, also known as the Other Trinity or the Podcast of the Pauline Triad. (This episode is longer than usual, but averages out with the previous episode, which was short. There are also a few Skype glitches.)

Paul Baird
Patient and Persistent
http://patientandpersistent.blogspot.com

Paul Thompson ("Sinbad")
Atheists vs Gods
http://atheistsvsgods.yuku.com

Paul S. Jenkins
Notes from an Evil Burnee
http://www.evilburnee.co.uk

Rosemary Lyndall Wemm
Think Atheist
Australian Book of Atheism

Feedback on the previous show (and on the "Fourth Debate")

Evidence for God edited by William Dembski & Michael Licona
Neil deGrasse Tyson — Unintelligent Design — link to YouTube video
Aware Project — Dr. Sam Parnia — Horizon Research Foundation
Phineas Gage
Cerebral hypoxia
A. C. Grayling & Richard Dawkins — link to YouTube video

Anders Breivik and the Norway massacre
Richard Weikart vs Hector Avalos on Unbelievable?

Third Debate on Presuppositional Apologetics — transcript
Stanley Milgram experiment
The Psychological Origins of Institutionalized Torture — Mika Haritos-Fatouros
Philip Zimbardo — The Lucifer Effect — The Stanford prison experiment
Jean Piaget — Stages of cognitive development
Lawrence Kohlberg's stages of moral development
Mirror neurons
Terry Pratchett's Discworld

Send feedback to feedback@skepticule.co.uk, write a review on iTunes or post a comment below. There is also a Skepticule Extra Forum for further discussion of topics covered in the show (plus other topics). Follow the link to try out the forum.

Skepticule Extra is a production of Willowsoft Communications

Skepticule Extra is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.0 UK: England & Wales License.

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SkepExtra-009-20110711

psj@evilburnee.co.uk (Paul S. Jenkins) — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 15:05:47 PDT

Skepticule Extra shownotes for episode 009 20110711

This is the ninth episode of Skepticule Extra, also known as the Three Pauls Show or the Triune Alternative. (Note that this episode is shorter than usual, owing to the "Fourth Debate on Presuppositional Apologetics", which occurred unexpectedly at about the point when this podcast comes to an end.)

Paul Baird
Patient and Persistent
http://patientandpersistent.blogspot.com

Paul Thompson ("Sinbad")
Atheists vs Gods
http://atheistsvsgods.yuku.com

Paul S. Jenkins
Notes from an Evil Burnee
http://www.evilburnee.co.uk

Reith Lectures — BBC Radio 4 podcasts

The Life of Muhammed — BBC2
Jesus was a Muslim
Strictly Kosher — ITV1

Omniscience — Paul Thompson

Homeopathic Regulation Survey

Jesus Camp (link to a YouTube commentary)
Wonderland: The End of the World Bus Tour (link to blogpost)
Dog the Bounty Hunter

David Robertson vs Terry Sanderson — transcript

This episode of Skepticule Extra cuts off abruptly, due to the appearance of a Skype caller. Listen to what happened next by going to "The Fourth Debate on Presuppositional Apologetics".

Send feedback to feedback@skepticule.co.uk, write a review on iTunes or post a comment below. There is also a Skepticule Extra Forum for further discussion of topics covered in the show (plus other topics). Follow the link to try out the forum.

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SkepRec-004-20110711

psj@evilburnee.co.uk (Paul S. Jenkins) — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 11:46:08 PDT

Skepticule Record episode 004 20110711

"The Fourth Debate"
About half an hour into the recording of Skepticule Extra 009, on Monday 11th July 2011 (due for release in a day or so), co-host Paul Baird invited Eric Hovind of Creation Science Evangelism into the conversation. About 15 minutes later we were joined by Sye Ten Bruggencate of Sinner Ministries. Also in the conversation were Paul Thompson (aka "Sinbad") and Paul S. Jenkins.

This is the recording of that conversation, unedited except for a Skype drop-out at about 43 minutes.

Direct download:
http://traffic.libsyn.com/revup/SkepRec-004-20110711.mp3

SkepExtra-008-20110626

psj@evilburnee.co.uk (Paul S. Jenkins) — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 00:08:28 PDT

Skepticule Extra shownotes for episode 008 20110626

This is the eighth episode of Skepticule Extra, also known as the Other Trinity or the Paul and Paul and Paul Show.

Paul Baird
Patient and Persistent
http://patientandpersistent.blogspot.com

Paul Thompson ("Sinbad")
Atheists vs Gods
http://atheistsvsgods.yuku.com

Paul S. Jenkins
Notes from an Evil Burnee
http://www.evilburnee.co.uk

CancerTutor.com — R. Webster Kehr
William D. Kelley
Royal Rife
Timecube.com — Gene Ray
Stephen Law — Believing Bullshit
Website to generate a postmodernist science paper

Portsmouth Skeptics in the Pub
Simon Singh
(Thanks to Simon Singh for sparing time for this interview)
Patrick Holford
Peter Wilmshurst
Uncaged Monkeys — Infinite Monkey Cage
Libel Reform Campaign — latest email
Parliament TV
Prayson Daniel — With All I Am
Making stuff up is not an argument

Broadcasting House on Circumcision — BBC Radio 4
Religion versus Medicine
The Metzitzah technique

Adam Kay — Amateur Transplants
(Thanks to Adam Kay for giving permission to play an excerpt of his gig on Skepticule Extra)

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SkepExtra-007-20110612

psj@evilburnee.co.uk (Paul S. Jenkins) — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 15:54:34 PDT

Skepticule Extra shownotes for episode 007 20110612

This is the seventh episode of Skepticule Extra, also known as the Other Trinity or the Three Pauls Show.

Paul Baird
Patient and Persistent
http://patientandpersistent.blogspot.com

Paul Thompson ("Sinbad")
Atheists vs Gods
http://atheistsvsgods.yuku.com

Paul S. Jenkins
Notes from an Evil Burnee
http://www.evilburnee.co.uk

Dublin Declaration on Secularism and the Place of Religion in Public Life
Free Inquiry magazine
A Secular Humanist Declaration

Getting The Point: 60 Minutes on the impact of antivaccination lobbying (Friday)
The Vaccine Times

Matt Flannagan on religion and violence
Glen Peoples on Tom Wright and soul sleep

Sye Ten Bruggencate on Living Waters WebTV "On the Box"
(Note: Paul Baird's third debate with Sye on presuppositional apologetics should take place on Wednesday 22 June)

Is it possible to believe in God and Darwin? 4thought.tv (Channel 4)
Sandré Fourie
Simon Watt
Alastair Noble — Centre for Intelligent Design
Alanna Maltby
Ruth Bancewicz

SkepExtra-006-20110529

psj@evilburnee.co.uk (Paul S. Jenkins) — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 12:08:04 PDT

Skepticule Extra shownotes for episode 006 20110529

This is the sixth episode of Skepticule Extra, also known (for this episode) as the Four Pauls Show.

Paul Baird
Patient and Persistent
http://patientandpersistant.blogspot.com

Paul Thompson ("Sinbad")
Atheists vs Gods
http://atheistsvsgods.yuku.com

Paul S. Jenkins
Notes from an Evil Burnee
http://www.evilburnee.co.uk

Special Guest:
Professor Paul S. Braterman, MA, DPhil, DSc
British Centre for Science Education

BCSE
NCSE — Eugenie Scott
Kitzmiller v. Dover: Intelligent Design on Trial
Truth in Science
Creationism promoted at St Peter's Church of England School, Exeter — AiG Facebook page
CrISIS petition
Centre for Intelligent Design — Norman Nevin
Christian Schools Trust — Sylvia Baker
Continuing Wee Frees

Many thanks to Professor Braterman for agreeing to be on the show.

Faith-healing lessons
Faith-healing lessons (alternative link)
The Ultimate Treasure Hunt — instructions for faith-healing (PDF)
Fundamentalist Bethel Church

Answers in Genesis
Institute for Creation Research
Genesis Agendum — World Around Us

Eric MacDonald — Choice in Dying
Dignitas
Why won't Richard Dawkins debate William Lane Craig?

How Modern Spam Works
Click Trajectories: End-to-End Analysis of the Spam Value Chain (PDF)

Unbelievable? — Premier Christian Radio (streaming audio of episode discussed)
Matt Flannagan
Glenn Peoples
Kohlberg's stages of moral development
Matt Ridley: The Origins of Virtue
Mark Twain: Huckleberry Finn

SkepRec-003-20110512

psj@evilburnee.co.uk (Paul S. Jenkins) — Mon, 30 May 2011 09:26:14 PDT

Skepticule Record episode 003 20110512

Artificial Intelligence
A talk by Dr. Paul Curzon
(Reader in Computer Science in the School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science, Queen Mary, University of London)
at Portsmouth Skeptics in the Pub
Thursday 12 May 2011, at The Fat Fox, 11-13 Victoria Road, Southsea PO5 2SP

(As with the previous talk on the same evening, this was recorded from the audience, consequently there's some background noise.)

Direct download:
http://traffic.libsyn.com/revup/SkepRec-003-20110512.mp3

(A new Skepticule Extra episode was recorded on Sunday 29 May, and will be posted shortly.)

SkepExtra-005-20110515

psj@evilburnee.co.uk (Paul S. Jenkins) — Sun, 22 May 2011 12:38:02 PDT

Skepticule Extra shownotes for episode 005 20110515

This is the fifth episode of Skepticule Extra, featuring The Trinity of Pauls:

Paul Baird
Patient and Persistent
http://patientandpersistant.blogspot.com

Paul Thompson ("Sinbad")
Atheists vs Gods
http://atheistsvsgods.yuku.com

Paul S. Jenkins
Notes from an Evil Burnee
http://www.evilburnee.co.uk

The (or should that be "A"?) Rapture
Family Radio

Uncaged Monkeys
The Infinite Monkey Cage

Milton Keynes Skeptics in the Pub
The Galleon, Old Wolverton Road, MK

Simon Perry
The Skeptical Letter Writer

The Skeptic Zone
Skepchick
Hansard transcript of David Tredinnick, MP
Hayley Stevens — The Rather Friendly Skeptic

Matt Flannagan — M and M
Centre for Intelligent Design

Richard Dawkins declines to debate with William Lane Craig — Telegraph
Unbelievable? radio programme — Justin Brierley and William Lane Craig
Christopher Hitchens has lost his voice
John Diamond

Arguments for God by Dembski & Licona — Scopes Monkey Trial
Inherit the Wind
The Great Tennessee Monkey Trial (also downloadable mp3)

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SkepRec-002-20110512

psj@evilburnee.co.uk (Paul S. Jenkins) — Wed, 18 May 2011 08:41:55 PDT

Skepticule Record episode 002 20110512

Dark Energy and Dark Matter
A talk by Dr. Chaz Shapiro
(Institute of Cosmology and Gravitation, University of Portsmouth)
at Portsmouth Skeptics in the Pub
Thursday 12 May 2011, at The Fat Fox, 11-13 Victoria Road, Southsea PO5 2SP

(Recorded from the audience, consequently there's some background noise, although Dr. Shapiro used a microphone for the latter part of his talk.)

Direct download:
http://traffic.libsyn.com/revup/SkepRec-002-20110512.mp3

SkepExtra-004-20110501

psj@evilburnee.co.uk (Paul S. Jenkins) — Sat, 07 May 2011 17:01:48 PDT

Skepticule Extra shownotes for episode 004 20110501

This is the fourth episode of Skepticule Extra, featuring The Other Trinity, aka The Three Pauls:

Paul Baird
Patient and Persistent
http://patientandpersistant.blogspot.com

Paul Thompson ("Sinbad")
Atheists vs Gods
http://atheistsvsgods.yuku.com

Paul S. Jenkins
Notes from an Evil Burnee
http://www.evilburnee.co.uk

Homoeopathy

ACP Internist
http://blog.acpinternist.org/2011/04/homeopathy-why-is-fraud-legal.html

NZ Herald
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10720628

Discover Blog
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/04/18/homeopathy-slammed-by-australian-tv-news-show/

Derren Brown

Miracles for Sale
http://www.channel4.com/programmes/derren-brown-the-specials/episode-guide/series-10/episode-2

Messiah
http://www.channel4.com/programmes/derren-brown-the-specials/episode-guide/series-30/episode-1

Tricks of the Mind
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Tricks-Mind-Derren-Brown/dp/1905026358/

Derren Brown Investigates: The Man Who Contacts The Dead
http://www.channel4.com/programmes/derren-brown-investigates/episode-guide/series-12/episode-2

James Randi Debunks Peter Popoff Faith Healer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7BQKu0YP8Y

Great Magic Secrets Revealed
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwkamEIifKU

Penn and Teller: Truck Run Over Trick
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_g7jEyonsqs

Rob Bell on Unbelievable?
http://www.premier.tv/lovewins
Love Wins
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Love-Wins-Heart-Lifes-Questions/dp/0007420730

Steven Carr's Blog: Richard Swinburne defends genocide
http://stevencarrwork.blogspot.com/2011/03/richard-swinburne-defends-genocide.html

Books

Evidence for God edited by William Dembski and Michael Licona
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Evidence-God-Arguments-History-Philosophy/dp/0801072603

Ray Comfort's introduction to The Origin of Species
http://raycomfortfood.blogspot.com/2009/09/origin-of-species-give-away-is-getting.html

The Atheist's Worst Nightmare by the Bananaman
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Of90cKxSeuw

Bad Science Ben Goldacre
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Bad-Science-Ben-Goldacre/dp/000728487X

Straight Thinking Podcast
http://reasons.edgeboss.net/download/reasons/straightthinking/podcast.xml

Godless Dan Barker
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Godless-Evangelical-Preacher-Americas-Atheists/dp/1569756775

The Portable Atheist edited by Christopher Hitchens
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Portable-Atheist-Essential-Readings-Non-Believer/dp/0306816083

The Iron Curtain — radio drama based on Paula Kirby's diaries
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b010vyqg

An Atheist Viewpoint — Alex B's blog
http://anatheistviewpoint.blogspot.com/2011/05/audio-of-my-call-to-matt-slick.html

SkepExtra-003-20110417

psj@evilburnee.co.uk (Paul S. Jenkins) — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 02:56:27 PDT

Skepticule Extra shownotes for episode 003 20110417

This is the third episode of Skepticule Extra, featuring The Three Pauls, aka The Other Trinity:

Paul Baird
Patient and Persistent
http://patientandpersistant.blogspot.com

Paul Thompson ("Sinbad")
Atheists vs Gods
http://atheistsvsgods.yuku.com

Paul S. Jenkins
Notes from an Evil Burnee
http://www.evilburnee.co.uk

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SkepRec-001-20110417

psj@evilburnee.co.uk (Paul S. Jenkins) — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 09:29:14 PDT

Skepticule Record episode 001 20110417

The Scientific Method: Uses and Abuses
A talk by Dr. Tom Williamson
at Portsmouth Skeptics in the Pub
Thursday 14 April 2011, The Mermaid, 222 New Road, Portsmouth

(Audio captured from the audience with a portable recorder, so there's plenty of "ambience" — including the sound of a nearby TV....)

Some reports of the event here:
http://www.neonbubble.com/article/portsmouth-skeptics-in-the-pub
http://cherryblack.co.uk/?p=17

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SkepExtra-002-20110327

psj@evilburnee.co.uk (Paul S. Jenkins) — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 14:33:43 PDT

Skepticule Extra shownotes for episode 002 20110327

This is the second episode of Skepticule Extra, featuring The Other Trinity:

Paul Baird
Patient and Persistent
http://patientandpersistant.blogspot.com

Paul Thompson ("Sinbad")
Atheists vs Gods
http://atheistsvsgods.yuku.com

Paul S. Jenkins
Notes from an Evil Burnee
http://www.evilburnee.co.uk

Paula Kirby's memoir will be broadcast on BBC Radio 4 as the Woman's Hour Drama:

BBC Radio 4, Monday 2 to Friday 6 May 2011

1st broadcast: 10.45 to 11 am as part of Woman's Hour

Repeat: 7.45 to 8 pm

Each episode will be available on the iPlayer for 7 days afterwards.

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Skepticule Extra is a production of Willowsoft Communications

Skepticule Extra is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.0 UK: England & Wales License.

(If you find that your podcatcher — including iTunes — has erroneously downloaded the previous episode instead of the latest, delete it from your library, unsubscribe from the feed and subscribe again. Apologies for the inconvenience.)

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SkepExtra-001-20110313

psj@evilburnee.co.uk (Paul S. Jenkins) — Sun, 13 Mar 2011 10:02:14 PDT

Skepticule Extra shownotes for episode 001 20110313

This is the first of what we hope will be fortnightly episodes of Skepticule Extra, aka The Three Pauls Show, featuring:

Paul Baird
Patient and Persistent
http://patientandpersistant.blogspot.com

Paul Thompson ("Sinbad")
Atheists vs Gods
http://atheistsvsgods.yuku.com

Paul S. Jenkins
Notes from an Evil Burnee
http://www.evilburnee.co.uk

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Skepticule Extra is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.0 UK: England & Wales License.

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Skepticule-004-20091021

psj@evilburnee.co.uk (Paul S. Jenkins) — Sun, 13 Mar 2011 09:33:19 PDT

Skepticule shownotes for episode 004 20091021

Interview with Ed Turner

Liverpool Humanist Group

Merseyside Skeptics Society

Ed's blog post about about the debate “The Catholic Church is a force for good in the world”

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Skepticule-003-20091014

psj@evilburnee.co.uk (Paul S. Jenkins) — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 11:21:54 PDT

Skepticule shownotes for episode 003 20091014

Merseyside Skeptics Society
Skeptics with a K
Special Episode 002
City Talk FM
Claire Petulengro

Interview with Crispian Jago
TAM London
Camp Quest UK
Science, Reason and Critical Thinking
Homeopathy

The Pod Delusion

Notes from an Evil Burnee

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Skepticule-002-20091001

psj@evilburnee.co.uk (Paul S. Jenkins) — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 03:34:15 PDT

Skepticule shownotes for episode 002 20091001

Interview with Adrian Hayter, the Atheist Blogger.

Adrian is also:

President, Royal Holloway Secular Students
Secretary, National Federation of Atheist, Humanist and Secular Student Societies
Advisory Board Member, Atheist Nexus

Other links:

The Gaytheists

Unbelievable? 19 Sep 2009 - Would Europe be better off Atheist or Christian? "Would Europe be better off as an atheistic or Christian society?" David Robertson, Ed Turner & Richard Morgan

Richard Morgan's comments

manicstreetpreacher - Ed Turner's blog

TAM London

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Skepticule-001-20090920

psj@evilburnee.co.uk (Paul S. Jenkins) — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 03:37:20 PDT

Skepticule shownotes for episode 001 20090920

In the first proper episode of Skepticule, I look at a recent edition of Unbelievable? - Premier Christian Radio's discussion programme that aims to get believers and non-believers talking.

Unbelievable? 12 Sep 2009 - Richard Morgan - from Atheism to Faith

From Atheism to Christian faith via richarddawkins.net - Christians Richard Morgan, David Robertson and Atheist Ed Turner

Unbelievable? is also available in iTunes

Promo: Righteous Indignation (snipped from a recent edition of The Skeptic Zone)

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Skepticule-000-20090906

psj@evilburnee.co.uk (Paul S. Jenkins) — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 01:49:59 PDT

Skepticule shownotes for episode 000 20090906

This is the "zeroth" episode of Skepticule, a new UK-based sceptical podcast by me, Paul S. Jenkins. Each episode will be no more than about 20 minutes duration, and shows are unlikely to be regular. In this inaugural episode I briefly mention my podcasting history and my intentions for Skepticule, particularly with regard to the forthcoming TAM London at the beginning of October.

Links:

Notes from an Evil Burnee

The Rev Up Review

The Plitone Revisionist

TAM London

James Randi Educational Foundation

Skepticality

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