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this is james randi and you're listening

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to the skeptic zone welcome to the

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skeptic zone the podcast from Australia

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for science and reason yes it's a

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skeptic zone episode number 181 for the

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seventh of April 2012 Richard Saunders

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here with you from a very very pleasant

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Sydney Australia at this time of year

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coming up on today's show what a mixed

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bag what a mixed bag it is is that like

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Forrest Gump used to say life is like a

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box of chocolates you'll never know what

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you're going to get you never know what

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you're going to get on the skeptic zone

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but we've got a lot of field reports

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this week a lot of field reports but

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kicking off King off I interview you

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Leah offer from the German skeptics

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about the forthcoming six world skeptics

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convention in Berlin and I was just

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looking at the website earlier and the

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website will be mentioned in the

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interview soon what a lineup they have

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that's coming up in May in Berlin anyway

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find out all about that coming up at the

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top of the show when I interview you

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Leah offer and then after that it's a

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little report I did I recently

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discovered boxes and barrels of the

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energy titanium I am titanium bracelet

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bit of rubber that used to be sold for

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4999 at a trash and treasure store so a

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little on the scene report about that

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find a little later on in the show and

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following that it's Maynard spooky

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action very spooky we are not so spooky

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at skeptics in the pub in Sydney asking

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people why why they come to skeptics in

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the pub what brings them there what do

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they hope to find out lots of

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interesting little side interviews with

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people at the pub and I even turn the

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microphone on Maynard and interview him

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and after that I'm out in the field once

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again visiting the royal easter show

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here in sydney and giant show giant fair

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it's like a country fair but honor

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industrial scale i'm on the lookout for

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dodgy products and we do i find any

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wandering around this massive show this

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massive fair do i find any find out

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later in the show and then to wind up

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the show any chair with a penny for your

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thoughts also at skeptics in the pub in

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california at the University of

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California at Irvine I think that's the

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place the air teasers is that right

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brian dunning help me out yes I I'm sure

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that's I'm sure that's right now this is

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a pretty light-hearted session where

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penny asks pub goers some interesting

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questions of about Australia about

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what's their knowledge of Australia I

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wondered i wondered a group here in

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australia of comedy team called the

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chaser a few years back put questions to

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americans and got some pretty funny

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answers what what are the questions they

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put was can you name the country

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starting with you now the obvious answer

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is united states of america because

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that's the country they're in I ask

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penny to ask that question to see

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whether people knew it find out find out

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for yourself at the end of the show now

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a couple of announcements before we get

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stuck into our first segment with Julia

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offer we're almost there folks were

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almost there in fact I am off to my

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Maynard's plane ticket very soon it for

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Tam that's all has to happen I'm going

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to put up on ebay and you can see this

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in the show notes some items for bid

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some men hard memorabilia what I have

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I've got which you can just hear going

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clunk Maynard's classics 95 to 2,000

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adults ed set of maynards favorite songs

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we've got Maynard's dag quiz book 10

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Maynard's guide to dag those will be

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appearing on ebay soon all proceeds from

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those sales go directly to getting

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over to town to buying that plane ticket

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and always as always thanks to those

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listeners who have helped along the way

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does help now as you know a few weeks

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ago I was in the old brie would dongha

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skeptics in the pub in that area in fact

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the tenth of April at 630pm so very soon

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if you want to find out more you can

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got a you so there you are borderline

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people are in the aubrey wodonga area

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there is a skeptics in the pub just for

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you and I was also contacted by London

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skeptics not London me okay london

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ontario canada and i'm sure i'm sure

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they'll be sending me a little blurb

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little add a little promo to play soon

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but in the meantime you can check them

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out on Facebook just search for London

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skeptics all right or it enough fair

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enough enhancements for now I'm going to

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run downstairs and I'm going to enjoy a

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white chocolate martini why that's a

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good cocktail I'll do that while you

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and joining me on the line on the skype

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line from hamburg in germany is yulia

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offer hallo Yulia hello it's really nice

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to talk with you some of my listeners

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know I I lived in Germany for a while oh

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well 20 years ago in that's welder in

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canton kirkin augsburg hamburg hanover i

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sixth World skeptics Congress is

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can you tell me you Leah a little bit

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about why is it in Germany this year oh

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it's in Germany because um it has

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the German skeptics this year we were

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founded in nineteen eighty-seven ah well

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skeptics oh well in 1987 I was too young

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now and what what do you find most

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interesting in in skepticism is it

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looking for ghosts or is it alternative

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medicine or things like this you know

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few problems with politicians who said

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schools maybe it's of course if not as

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bad as in the US but you know there were

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some ideas and I thought oh we have to

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creationism and of course all around the

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world we might even think of a good

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concerned about creationism but I was

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whole the whole weekend and it's WWE

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World skeptics org and I see one of your

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challenge to science where Eugenie Scott

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creationism mainly in the Islamic part

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of the population so it's not we don't

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fundamentalist Christians but with the

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Islamic population they believe in

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dear friend of mine and I know how hard

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and tirelessly she works at fighting

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creationism but well what a wonderful

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line up of speakers you have a good

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friend of skeptics in Australia Simon

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be there that's fantastic Harriet hall

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I notice on the list James

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will be about because it's just called

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Randy an amazing life so um I am really

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looking forward to that James Randi has

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been entertaining people all around the

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world for many years so I if I were you

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hearing James Randi now tell me where

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exactly in Berlin is the Congress being

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held hotel it's called hotel crowne

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plaza i would just located right in the

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middle of berlin that's really

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convenient for everybody and Berlin is a

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lovely City and I'm sure you'll get many

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people who have never been to Berlin

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before coming along just because of the

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Congress it's not only a lovely City we

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should go but it's also quite steep to

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stay there actually it's one of the

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least expensive cities in Germany so far

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for a big capital it's very inexpensive

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to us you know the restaurants and the

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hotels and so he might really consider

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to go there i I couldn't completely

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agree i haven't been to burn for many

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years of sadly but when i was there it

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was just just a magnificent city so full

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of history and art work and wonderful

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museums so and of course the famous our

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zoo station i think it's called in the

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heart of Berlin and all sorts of things

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so i'm i'm very jealous if ben i was a

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snitch for all the people who are going

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to the Congress once again that website

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is ww-well skeptics org for all the

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information it's May eighteenth to 20th

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in Berlin run to that website now if

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you're in Europe with your in AmeriCorps

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if you're in Australia or your anywhere

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and check out some information maybe get

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your tickets well you Leah thank you

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very much for giving our listeners a

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little bit of insight into the Congress

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I'm walking along Addison Road here in

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the Sydney suburb of marrickville and

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I've come to the Addison Road Center

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which is a sort of interesting little

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area I'm sure those people see in Sydney

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marrickville area know it well it's a

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sort of an artsy little community is a

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little theater here called the sidetrack

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theater and they have crafty sort of

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things the market every week Fred fresh

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produce and things like that but the

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reason I come here quite often is to

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have a look through the trash and

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treasure store here known as reverse

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garbage which over the years I have

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found some remarkable things and great

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little fun things I recently bought some

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velvet little tiny velvet bags which I

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think maybe he'll use for the test of a

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psychic one day where you hide an object

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in a velvet bag so on there's all sorts

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of things here there's people going back

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and forth of ponies and just down the

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little little road here is my

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destination reverse garbage reverse

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garbage of a big red building here and

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even walking into it now there are

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things everywhere bicycles and old

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chairs and tables and bits of furniture

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and big packing boxes and old white

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board it looks to be like kids toy

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lightsabers good heavens whole box full

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of those and we have some protective

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goggles here so now hold umbrellas let's

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so I've come into reverse garbage now

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the wonderful trash and treasure store

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what's this t-shirts for two dollars in

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this me old bags carry back from

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promotional gear coupla dollars I

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imagine we've got some padlocks toys for

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lots of cords and cloths and books and

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old movies I'll super 8 off something

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big canisters of movies it's just never

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ending where else do we have here more

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leather offcuts lots and lots of leather

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cotton wall mirrors fake telephones I

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love coming this place you never know

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what you'll find there's a huge bucket

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here of quarks spoons an old typewriter

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I think you get I think you get the idea

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but just outside on the entrance I find

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a giant bucket full wealthy titanium ion

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and n RG how about that what was once 49

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a 19-9 I know that because it's written

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right on the band's themselves on the

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packaging

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oh yeah we really under the flight path

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anyway 4999 written the original price

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tag is still on they're selling them

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here now get rid of them for two dollars

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or even cheaper maybe so there you go

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what was once heralded as a new amazing

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breakthrough his another been over here

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good heavens thousands of them hundreds

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at least once was once heralded as an

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amazing breakthrough of technology is

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now consigned to a trash and treasure

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store so may we say so ends all power

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scopes monkey choir scopes monkey choir

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wait are we acquire no one hun acquire

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but we are musicians when I monkeys

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either we are ready so what is scopes

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monkey choir it's podcast oh yeah it's

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podcast it's the podcast where music and

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sound meets science and skepticism we

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are two professional musicians who

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decided to turn our skeptical eyes on

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our own profession we look at the

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science of music we look at studies

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recent studies about music and sound we

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look skeptically at musical myths we

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look at and we work out of our music

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this is new asset Scopes Monkey choir

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calm I'll find us on iTunes scopes

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monkey choir the podcast for music and

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here's may not spooky action at the

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and look I am here at skeptics in the

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pub now you can here's some background

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noise at the moment because it is a

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little bit noisy they've swapped over

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their normal cocktail night for the

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skeptics night so we in here with a

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whole bunch of people showering and

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carrying around people who got

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lampshades on the head it's really going

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nuts but there are a few people here

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that anuja skeptics in the pub and good

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evening to you know what's your name

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Kelly Kelly now what you decide to come

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along to the skeptics evening I'm fed up

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with hearing about leading your soul

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mate and climate change you know a whole

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whole lot of topics that I hear about

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every day and I am very skeptical myself

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so came along to see if anybody else was

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something you know a great message with

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me about my train of thought about

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culture issues ah could I sum it up by

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saying you suspect that someone may be

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trying to pull the wool over your eyes

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about something I feel that way all the

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time that we actually based our show

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dirty disbelievers on that very much as

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well and it a bit ly many other people

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you expected was there more or less

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beards and you're expected hero

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every day people who are also watching

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to find out about certain alternative

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issues for example tonight you've got

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been supposed to yes whew and yes again

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and they have little hologram in them

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and as you can see due to some of the

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work some people have done here then our

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just character two dollars and I found

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out how to bend a spoon Oh No here are

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you gonna be trying that want the family

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dinner table I or thank you for coming

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along and if there was a guest speaker

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heroes there someone who's talking on a

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topic is they one topic you'd beat us in

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hearing about doing because if you

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believe in them or you don't they're

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both as I think Michael Sherman says are

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the big American skeptic they're a

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gateway drug to finding out about

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science one way or the other yes it'll

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be interesting about religious beliefs

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as well yeah that's always a hotbed of

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controversy but it's always a good one

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to bring up I'll come again yeah look I

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hope to see you here again but it's a

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bit less noisy thank you and I'm over

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that's on the table now who we got here

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Yuki and your along here for the first

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time first time yes oh no I had you to

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watch your side to come along tonight

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I'll because one of my friends he has

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been here for three times and I thought

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this is interesting I want to know why

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is it so that's why I'm come along oh no

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what was it he mentioned to you that

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really got your interest oh if you say

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that with they talk about different

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subjects you know so the sub J is 0

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listing to my know why is popular thing

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and why is the true white natural so is

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there something you're particularly

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interested in some people are instant

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the paranormal some people like UFOs

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some people are interested in the

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climate change issue is that anything or

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isn't it I am interesting in our health

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and fitness and and the rumors of myths

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that surround it yes yeah for sure for

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sure I just want to know that what other

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people's things and seems like

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everyone's here have a lot of knowledge

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they sure are you can usually find an

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expert on something in the room yeah

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that's what I want to come to here for

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well I hope you can see here again some

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time and some parts are noisy for sure

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so this is another typical meeting that

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I you know it's normally there's no

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background music there's normally a

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speaker and there's normally more of us

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okay I do I have to come next time days

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yes I see in about a month's time for

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sure thank you and now we've got someone

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that's been a member for a while there's

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after their first time along and

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skeptics in the pub tonight what about

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why is this your first time well I got

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two kids so it's pretty hard to get away

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oh I don't think many people would

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accuse you being slack because of that

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yeah yeah but now they may need to come

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along for a long long time so yeah

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thought I'd finally bite the bullet and

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come along we'll see you've come on a

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night that's very untypical it is it is

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very atypical but I was happy to see her

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speech but it's okay I'd say in a

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month's time they'll be someone yeah

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well I've got a play to come along I've

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actually been played you come along for

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a long time and i'll i'll try and make

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it a bit more regular and now what

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issues interest you one of the kind of

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ones you'd like to see people talking

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about here oh what's up everything

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skeptical I I think that is really good

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job with the anti-vaccination people i

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was i was really good i think that sort

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of stuff is really dangerous because it

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actually actually harms people it really

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could be really dangerous so I'm glad

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that they are on top of a sort of stuff

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I mean though I always talk to people

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about what their favorite from movies

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and I guess that would be your favorite

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yeah that homeopathy and conspiracy I

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want all of it really all about how do

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you go at work when someone starts

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reading their stars out or something

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like that in a workplace environment we

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talk about it's often difficult to say

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what you think yeah if you ought to bite

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your tongue sometimes but if how many

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people bring it up and they seem seem

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open and all alternatively they don't

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like steps towards yes you know it's all

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crap don't you good I always check my

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stars out because you know I mean you

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never I mean as my astrologer friend

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Jessica Adams says they are supposed to

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be symbolic but I still don't understand

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them I don't see how one 12 of the

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entire world could have the same things

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happen to them on the same day good

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point good skeptical point yes or how

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glad it's actually affect people with

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any way whatsoever and in depth and so

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that and anti-vaccination would be to

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interesting topics likely is someone

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talk on it yeah and add homeopathy

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hopefully i think is a really big source

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of blue and I think that needs to be

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tackled especially since it seems me

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creeping into all sorts of things like

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the chemists and even some doctors are

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in a sort of enjoyed our so it seems

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very strange that's the guy to see you

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next month for a dream yes that'd be

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great and look I'm also here with

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someone who has been along a few

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skeptics in the pub it's a very

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different one tonight is no it is indeed

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being the celebration of Easter asst

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tomorrow we're not having a speaker in

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the normal sense we're just having a

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get-together and what have you been

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chatting to people about is there but

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skeptical topics have come up I just

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heard someone talking about they were a

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bit of a climate-change skeptic there

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and there's someone else that is over

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there what were you hearing the topics

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discussed tonight well apart from

538
00:26:24,340 --> 00:26:22,220
climate change some the alternative

539
00:26:26,440 --> 00:26:24,350
medicine topic is hot at the moment

540
00:26:28,630 --> 00:26:26,450
banette particularly homeopathy or

541
00:26:31,720 --> 00:26:28,640
another range or the teaching of it in

542
00:26:33,070 --> 00:26:31,730
institutions yes homeopathy and teach

543
00:26:35,409 --> 00:26:33,080
you about institutions also the question

544
00:26:37,240 --> 00:26:35,419
of doctors and whether Chinese

545
00:26:39,850 --> 00:26:37,250
practitioners should be given the

546
00:26:41,289 --> 00:26:39,860
automatic title of doctor and it might

547
00:26:43,060 --> 00:26:41,299
be saved people do you think that

548
00:26:44,500 --> 00:26:43,070
sometimes they have a better political

549
00:26:47,140 --> 00:26:44,510
lobby and that's why they were able to

550
00:26:49,180 --> 00:26:47,150
get some of their their ideas through

551
00:26:51,070 --> 00:26:49,190
that would be with the traditional

552
00:26:53,560 --> 00:26:51,080
Chinese medicine they always seem to get

553
00:26:54,820 --> 00:26:53,570
a smoother ride with their medicine and

554
00:26:55,870 --> 00:26:54,830
their acupuncture I'm just wondering if

555
00:26:58,539 --> 00:26:55,880
there's if they've got a really good

556
00:27:01,090 --> 00:26:58,549
lobby group well I think perhaps it's

557
00:27:02,980 --> 00:27:01,100
because Australia tries to be good to

558
00:27:04,720 --> 00:27:02,990
immigrants that's one aspect of it we

559
00:27:07,840 --> 00:27:04,730
try a little bit between a bit more

560
00:27:10,600 --> 00:27:07,850
sympathetic the other thing though it's

561
00:27:13,539 --> 00:27:10,610
worth examining on it item by item basis

562
00:27:15,520 --> 00:27:13,549
chinese medicine for example there are a

563
00:27:17,440 --> 00:27:15,530
few types of chinese medicine that have

564
00:27:19,539 --> 00:27:17,450
been like turning to pills that are very

565
00:27:21,850 --> 00:27:19,549
i'm so high on a feeling that right now

566
00:27:24,159 --> 00:27:21,860
i can hardly talk all right it's a

567
00:27:26,169 --> 00:27:24,169
fantastic stuff you know I've done if

568
00:27:28,690 --> 00:27:26,179
it's legal I'm sure it is legal yeah you

569
00:27:31,630 --> 00:27:28,700
know that's one I know works exactly and

570
00:27:33,460 --> 00:27:31,640
so not to throw the whole discipline out

571
00:27:35,890 --> 00:27:33,470
that examine it bit by bit and see what

572
00:27:38,890 --> 00:27:35,900
of you know something's obviously work

573
00:27:41,140 --> 00:27:38,900
and some don't that's worth fishing but

574
00:27:44,049 --> 00:27:41,150
as you say homeopathy I don't think that

575
00:27:46,930 --> 00:27:44,059
any evidence has shown that to work

576
00:27:49,299 --> 00:27:46,940
about from the perceiver of things and

577
00:27:51,190 --> 00:27:49,309
it is the one that you seem a very calm

578
00:27:54,909 --> 00:27:51,200
rational person is there something will

579
00:27:56,260 --> 00:27:54,919
we red wine it's a it for you too is it

580
00:27:57,789 --> 00:27:56,270
one that really makes your blood boil

581
00:27:59,710 --> 00:27:57,799
very quickly i mean i always like

582
00:28:01,450 --> 00:27:59,720
talking about the whew that fires them

583
00:28:03,130 --> 00:28:01,460
up when you see it on the telly you get

584
00:28:05,529 --> 00:28:03,140
up and throw your brick at the screen

585
00:28:07,630 --> 00:28:05,539
lock with in terms of alternative

586
00:28:09,039 --> 00:28:07,640
medicine yes i just want to do anything

587
00:28:11,230 --> 00:28:09,049
here in particular it fires you up

588
00:28:13,299 --> 00:28:11,240
quicker than anything else what are the

589
00:28:14,510 --> 00:28:13,309
problems of from television as it fires

590
00:28:16,580 --> 00:28:14,520
me up

591
00:28:17,890 --> 00:28:16,590
particularly commercial television you

592
00:28:20,900 --> 00:28:17,900
know in the last three weeks who had

593
00:28:22,760 --> 00:28:20,910
someone talking about the murray-darling

594
00:28:24,530 --> 00:28:22,770
basin how that might destroy our

595
00:28:26,330 --> 00:28:24,540
agriculture or not how we need to fix it

596
00:28:27,860 --> 00:28:26,340
and we've had years of climate change

597
00:28:30,260 --> 00:28:27,870
and there certain commercial television

598
00:28:32,300 --> 00:28:30,270
channels don't even give it coverage

599
00:28:34,820 --> 00:28:32,310
that's what fires me up the absence of

600
00:28:37,010 --> 00:28:34,830
stuff being thrown for the average man

601
00:28:38,780 --> 00:28:37,020
and woman to consider that's what's

602
00:28:41,870 --> 00:28:38,790
wrong with the place they'd rather talk

603
00:28:43,460 --> 00:28:41,880
about Beyonce or some person so you're

604
00:28:45,800 --> 00:28:43,470
basically complaining about the absence

605
00:28:48,350 --> 00:28:45,810
of ideas full stop you know the absence

606
00:28:50,180 --> 00:28:48,360
of goodbyes dears being prevented to

607
00:28:52,340 --> 00:28:50,190
presented to the average man and woman

608
00:28:54,050 --> 00:28:52,350
to talk about it's just not on the

609
00:28:55,520 --> 00:28:54,060
agenda it's not entertaining is not even

610
00:28:57,500 --> 00:28:55,530
presented well well do you think it

611
00:28:58,970 --> 00:28:57,510
might be sad that like they don't think

612
00:29:01,190 --> 00:28:58,980
that the average person is interested in

613
00:29:02,900 --> 00:29:01,200
that and they can't see a way of selling

614
00:29:07,880 --> 00:29:02,910
ads on a show like that and that's a sad

615
00:29:09,620 --> 00:29:07,890
reality is if copies or they think it is

616
00:29:11,420 --> 00:29:09,630
but the show then again shows like the

617
00:29:15,170 --> 00:29:11,430
Mythbusters come along which is

618
00:29:16,850 --> 00:29:15,180
science-based yes would you say that's

619
00:29:17,930 --> 00:29:16,860
attacking any of those deep issues

620
00:29:22,220 --> 00:29:17,940
though I mean it's very entertaining

621
00:29:24,350 --> 00:29:22,230
lots of explosions yeah well it's it's

622
00:29:26,450 --> 00:29:24,360
trying to it's creating a nice way of

623
00:29:27,620 --> 00:29:26,460
thinking they always have a scientific

624
00:29:29,870 --> 00:29:27,630
approach to things with a lot of

625
00:29:32,540 --> 00:29:29,880
scientists I think I think they rush it

626
00:29:34,670 --> 00:29:32,550
a bit of course but it is TV I mean it's

627
00:29:36,910 --> 00:29:34,680
better than australia's next top model

628
00:29:39,220 --> 00:29:36,920
although then I was good-looking

629
00:29:41,770 --> 00:29:39,230
but it's in entertainment isn't it is

630
00:29:43,660 --> 00:29:41,780
not in and I guess that's true course

631
00:29:45,490 --> 00:29:43,670
lots of science shows in the UK now are

632
00:29:47,980 --> 00:29:45,500
being hosted by the guys from top gear

633
00:29:49,440 --> 00:29:47,990
as well science shows I yes listen and

634
00:29:51,820 --> 00:29:49,450
that would be annoying people as well

635
00:29:54,070 --> 00:29:51,830
but there might be something in that

636
00:29:55,600 --> 00:29:54,080
though and skeptics skeptics Australia

637
00:29:58,060 --> 00:29:55,610
for example a regular that if you can

638
00:30:00,490 --> 00:29:58,070
present sure in information truth was is

639
00:30:02,740 --> 00:30:00,500
in an entertaining manner and maybe top

640
00:30:04,870 --> 00:30:02,750
gear adjust the people to get science

641
00:30:07,390 --> 00:30:04,880
across that's right as long as you don't

642
00:30:08,890 --> 00:30:07,400
scare the advertisers by a same climate

643
00:30:11,350 --> 00:30:08,900
change is real of course that must be in

644
00:30:13,960 --> 00:30:11,360
the back of their mind somewhere that's

645
00:30:16,350 --> 00:30:13,970
a very good point so you're obviously TV

646
00:30:18,640 --> 00:30:16,360
producer with this kind of background no

647
00:30:20,020 --> 00:30:18,650
just a consumer I'm afraid not a

648
00:30:23,050 --> 00:30:20,030
producer there you're going to be long

649
00:30:24,040 --> 00:30:23,060
here next month are you oh yes oh I look

650
00:30:26,290 --> 00:30:24,050
forward to seeing them and hopefully

651
00:30:32,400 --> 00:30:26,300
it'll be a little bit quieter pardon

652
00:30:35,770 --> 00:30:32,410
what was that this is Richard Saunders

653
00:30:37,690 --> 00:30:35,780
sort of invading Maynard spooky action

654
00:30:39,190 --> 00:30:37,700
I've almost lost my voice because it's a

655
00:30:41,500 --> 00:30:39,200
noisy pub tonight and I've been speaking

656
00:30:43,060 --> 00:30:41,510
lots of people and one of the people

657
00:30:45,220 --> 00:30:43,070
here tonight is none other than well

658
00:30:46,390 --> 00:30:45,230
it's me not hello may not hello Richard

659
00:30:47,650 --> 00:30:46,400
I see you've got to be a trouble with

660
00:30:49,270 --> 00:30:47,660
your voice there and I've been talking

661
00:30:50,770 --> 00:30:49,280
to a lot of people at the bar mainly the

662
00:30:53,470 --> 00:30:50,780
ones with cash in their pockets to buy

663
00:30:55,510 --> 00:30:53,480
me some drinks good thinking main item

664
00:30:57,670 --> 00:30:55,520
before my voice conchs are completely

665
00:30:59,290 --> 00:30:57,680
white you come to skeptics in the public

666
00:31:01,510 --> 00:30:59,300
well I first came along because I

667
00:31:02,830 --> 00:31:01,520
believed I was going to see dr. rachey

668
00:31:05,980 --> 00:31:02,840
do some of her stuff from star wars

669
00:31:08,140 --> 00:31:05,990
burlesque show the first version but

670
00:31:09,640 --> 00:31:08,150
sadly that wasn't the case and I'd there

671
00:31:11,590 --> 00:31:09,650
was some interesting speakers here and I

672
00:31:13,480 --> 00:31:11,600
come along because I like to be exposed

673
00:31:15,070 --> 00:31:13,490
to these people at people's ideas as you

674
00:31:17,320 --> 00:31:15,080
know from the day just believers I know

675
00:31:18,850 --> 00:31:17,330
I am skeptical but I love a bit of a

676
00:31:20,320 --> 00:31:18,860
wheel as well now I'm trying to mix them

677
00:31:22,060 --> 00:31:20,330
up and I like talking to people about

678
00:31:23,410 --> 00:31:22,070
that kind of thing in an environment

679
00:31:24,940 --> 00:31:23,420
like this and it's very relaxed the

680
00:31:27,100 --> 00:31:24,950
skeptics in the pub has a bit of a

681
00:31:28,690 --> 00:31:27,110
dagger sound about it for some people

682
00:31:30,160 --> 00:31:28,700
but it's not you just come along and you

683
00:31:32,090 --> 00:31:30,170
meet people with ideas and have a chat

684
00:31:34,250 --> 00:31:32,100
and what could be cooler than that

685
00:31:36,289 --> 00:31:34,260
I couldn't agree more mean it-it's a

686
00:31:38,240 --> 00:31:36,299
national turnout tonight noisy in the

687
00:31:40,460 --> 00:31:38,250
old pub tonight but you know it's a pub

688
00:31:42,620 --> 00:31:40,470
sometime that that's just the way way it

689
00:31:44,690 --> 00:31:42,630
goes okay it is the way it goes and look

690
00:31:46,820 --> 00:31:44,700
I everyone come along next to the first

691
00:31:48,560 --> 00:31:46,830
thursday of next month and meet a few

692
00:31:50,210 --> 00:31:48,570
people here and just have a bit of a

693
00:31:51,529 --> 00:31:50,220
chat no one has to agree you can have a

694
00:31:53,779 --> 00:31:51,539
bit of a discussion with someone in fact

695
00:31:56,180 --> 00:31:53,789
Phylly encourage that don't we well me

696
00:31:58,820 --> 00:31:56,190
night when I was in a Manchester

697
00:32:00,590 --> 00:31:58,830
recently for the QED convention people

698
00:32:03,020 --> 00:32:00,600
coming up and saying love the podcast

699
00:32:04,640 --> 00:32:03,030
really enjoy Maynard segments so when

700
00:32:07,640 --> 00:32:04,650
you come to the amazing reading in Las

701
00:32:09,140 --> 00:32:07,650
Vegas it'll be such fun for you to meet

702
00:32:10,640 --> 00:32:09,150
the fans it'll be really great it's

703
00:32:12,020 --> 00:32:10,650
quite strangest that they look nothing

704
00:32:13,850 --> 00:32:12,030
have any the other career I've done with

705
00:32:15,440 --> 00:32:13,860
any of the music or any other stuffs

706
00:32:17,390 --> 00:32:15,450
strange and timeless try and stuffs

707
00:32:19,100 --> 00:32:17,400
it'll be quite good doing that and I'd

708
00:32:21,289 --> 00:32:19,110
look also I'd like to put a quick plug

709
00:32:22,669 --> 00:32:21,299
in now for that we did an episode of the

710
00:32:24,980 --> 00:32:22,679
dirty disbelievers which is a show we

711
00:32:26,630 --> 00:32:24,990
did on the ABC over summer we did one

712
00:32:29,240 --> 00:32:26,640
while you're away in Manchester we yes

713
00:32:31,460 --> 00:32:29,250
we did one is a geek the new black and

714
00:32:34,159 --> 00:32:31,470
we spoke to some Australian actor Tony

715
00:32:36,200 --> 00:32:34,169
Toby trust love who was in outland on

716
00:32:38,390 --> 00:32:36,210
the ABC about is being geek the new

717
00:32:40,669 --> 00:32:38,400
black and and we solved that all age-old

718
00:32:44,450 --> 00:32:40,679
problem dr. ratio is handy for this and

719
00:32:46,549 --> 00:32:44,460
so is jay is Pablo but a cake now if you

720
00:32:48,020 --> 00:32:46,559
honestly I don't think it is well we

721
00:32:49,760 --> 00:32:48,030
actually got the definition of it it's

722
00:32:51,740 --> 00:32:49,770
on the podcast the dirty disbelievers

723
00:32:53,600 --> 00:32:51,750
episode number 7 it's on the front page

724
00:32:56,000 --> 00:32:53,610
of maynard combat IE where you can go to

725
00:32:57,169 --> 00:32:56,010
itunes look for main art and dirtiest

726
00:32:59,180 --> 00:32:57,179
believers and you won't be on that

727
00:33:00,620 --> 00:32:59,190
episode or the next one the next one's

728
00:33:02,450 --> 00:33:00,630
even better it's actually titled

729
00:33:04,549 --> 00:33:02,460
everyone's getting more sex than me more

730
00:33:06,320 --> 00:33:04,559
often you see what happens when I'm not

731
00:33:07,760 --> 00:33:06,330
there you have a great show you we get

732
00:33:09,169 --> 00:33:07,770
we go up and go crazy but we're going to

733
00:33:10,580 --> 00:33:09,179
get you back for the next one and we

734
00:33:12,799 --> 00:33:10,590
will be doing some more even if the ABC

735
00:33:15,409 --> 00:33:12,809
can't find a timeslot for it at the

736
00:33:16,700 --> 00:33:15,419
moment well folks is you can hear it's

737
00:33:19,279 --> 00:33:16,710
really going off there are lots of

738
00:33:21,140 --> 00:33:19,289
skeptics very loudly chattering may not

739
00:33:23,720 --> 00:33:21,150
I'll hand you back the microphone my

740
00:33:25,460 --> 00:33:23,730
voice is nearly gone but it's just it's

741
00:33:27,680 --> 00:33:25,470
an indication of what a fun night it is

742
00:33:41,140 --> 00:33:27,690
it's time to pour Richard a drink and

743
00:33:46,430 --> 00:33:44,450
this is your own hey laura from sapphic

744
00:33:48,590 --> 00:33:46,440
severe The Skeptical podcast for he

745
00:33:53,540 --> 00:33:48,600
boosts pickles come listen to all things

746
00:34:19,480 --> 00:33:53,550
unholy in the holy language at WWF XE

747
00:34:26,139 --> 00:34:22,690
Sydney a spectacular royal east to show

748
00:34:29,440 --> 00:34:26,149
the agricultural show the country fair

749
00:34:32,310 --> 00:34:29,450
that comes to the city expecting close

750
00:34:35,139 --> 00:34:32,320
to a million people to come here to the

751
00:34:37,930 --> 00:34:35,149
Olympic Park precinct over the next week

752
00:34:40,930 --> 00:34:37,940
or so I'm the one of the giant holes

753
00:34:43,629 --> 00:34:40,940
here full of exhibitions and things to

754
00:34:45,220 --> 00:34:43,639
see lots of people selling stuff what's

755
00:34:49,180 --> 00:34:45,230
a weed stuff I'm passing through some

756
00:34:51,690 --> 00:34:49,190
furniture and spa baths hmm outside

757
00:34:53,859 --> 00:34:51,700
sparse a better tell brian dunning but

758
00:34:57,550 --> 00:34:53,869
apart from that it's a lot of fun here

759
00:35:00,790 --> 00:34:57,560
the Easter Show but I normally find

760
00:35:04,090 --> 00:35:00,800
somewhere along the way push for the

761
00:35:06,180 --> 00:35:04,100
cardia it there are so many people

762
00:35:10,810 --> 00:35:06,190
selling so many things that is usually

763
00:35:15,010 --> 00:35:10,820
usually some were to be had some dodgy

764
00:35:17,470 --> 00:35:15,020
product some questionable things being

765
00:35:21,520 --> 00:35:17,480
sold so I'm going to wander around now

766
00:35:27,910 --> 00:35:21,530
and see what I can find see if I can

767
00:35:32,559 --> 00:35:30,190
I must say it's good to see the the

768
00:35:39,809 --> 00:35:32,569
stand here of our New South Wales Police

769
00:35:42,190 --> 00:35:39,819
Force 150 years it says 1862 2012 and

770
00:35:45,000 --> 00:35:42,200
lots of kids milling around getting

771
00:35:47,410 --> 00:35:45,010
tattoos and stickers of things and also

772
00:35:50,500 --> 00:35:47,420
using a metal detector in a big pile of

773
00:35:52,440 --> 00:35:50,510
sand there you go detective work and

774
00:35:56,280 --> 00:35:52,450
signs in action helping the police

775
00:35:58,720 --> 00:35:56,290
unlike psychic speaking of psychic

776
00:36:01,120 --> 00:35:58,730
keeping it psychic I think if I just

777
00:36:04,539 --> 00:36:01,130
walk down here the way past the many

778
00:36:08,230 --> 00:36:04,549
avenues and corners and shop selling

779
00:36:10,390 --> 00:36:08,240
hats I think I spotted a standard with

780
00:36:13,120 --> 00:36:10,400
some psychic side I better go and have a

781
00:36:17,900 --> 00:36:15,049
here's a little tip for you would be

782
00:36:20,059 --> 00:36:17,910
reporters and podcasters out there if

783
00:36:22,400 --> 00:36:20,069
you walk around with a microphone

784
00:36:24,920 --> 00:36:22,410
speaking into it you saw the stand out a

785
00:36:27,079 --> 00:36:24,930
bit and that if you use a phone that

786
00:36:30,200 --> 00:36:27,089
records he can hold it up you to your

787
00:36:34,539 --> 00:36:30,210
ear speak away and everybody thinks

788
00:36:45,140 --> 00:36:39,859
okay first bit of woo it is chiropractic

789
00:36:47,630 --> 00:36:45,150
I think free pasta checks yeah they've

790
00:36:49,099 --> 00:36:47,640
got the typical chiropractic thing as

791
00:36:50,840 --> 00:36:49,109
you stand on the scales and they got

792
00:36:54,080 --> 00:36:50,850
their little

793
00:36:56,840 --> 00:36:54,090
string framework that they'll measure

794
00:36:58,970 --> 00:36:56,850
your balance everything free pasta check

795
00:37:02,390 --> 00:36:58,980
why suffer headaches and migraines back

796
00:37:07,610 --> 00:37:02,400
pain neck pain shoulder pain pain in the

797
00:37:09,590 --> 00:37:07,620
wallet they can cure that too ok just

798
00:37:14,510 --> 00:37:09,600
past even more sparse what is it about

799
00:37:19,460 --> 00:37:14,520
sparse past some cookware a massage

800
00:37:24,440 --> 00:37:19,470
tables vacuum air lock bags Ken's pain

801
00:37:28,570 --> 00:37:24,450
relief Ken's pain relief credible weeks

802
00:37:31,060 --> 00:37:28,580
you whoo and well whew and basically

803
00:37:34,880 --> 00:37:31,070
because I've got a foot chart there with

804
00:37:36,440 --> 00:37:34,890
reflexology points there's people

805
00:37:39,560 --> 00:37:36,450
sitting here on chairs and they got

806
00:37:42,830 --> 00:37:39,570
their feet on these devices and lots

807
00:37:44,810 --> 00:37:42,840
little lights and numbers worried as if

808
00:37:48,650 --> 00:37:44,820
they're actually doing something there

809
00:37:50,480 --> 00:37:48,660
you go another bit of woo here believes

810
00:37:56,620 --> 00:37:50,490
arthritis pain it says will leaves

811
00:38:05,830 --> 00:38:00,040
ah but just opposite we have email mu

812
00:38:08,430 --> 00:38:05,840
natural emu oil which also seems to be

813
00:38:11,410 --> 00:38:08,440
used for arthritis and pain to sunburn

814
00:38:13,720 --> 00:38:11,420
sprains and bones and sex x x no

815
00:38:20,350 --> 00:38:13,730
wrinkles bruising skin repair sunspots

816
00:38:23,680 --> 00:38:20,360
or feet thickens hair and anti-aging in

817
00:38:27,250 --> 00:38:23,690
the oil folks quick when you can't find

818
00:38:31,810 --> 00:38:27,260
any snakes now I'm passingly far

819
00:38:34,840 --> 00:38:31,820
infrared saunas are infrared saunas it's

820
00:38:37,870 --> 00:38:34,850
a sauna without being a sauna really it

821
00:38:40,240 --> 00:38:37,880
says it's health and beauty for life

822
00:38:43,330 --> 00:38:40,250
there we go horrible cheap to run

823
00:38:47,630 --> 00:38:43,340
lifetime warranty far infrared sauna

824
00:38:50,000 --> 00:38:47,640
sounds like something from Star Trek

825
00:38:54,280 --> 00:38:50,010
I'm a little bit disappointed in years

826
00:38:56,810 --> 00:38:54,290
gone past last few years they've had

827
00:39:01,010 --> 00:38:56,820
companies selling power saving devices

828
00:39:03,050 --> 00:39:01,020
stuff so you plug into your home

829
00:39:05,780 --> 00:39:03,060
electricity and cut your power bills by

830
00:39:07,100 --> 00:39:05,790
fifty percent or whatever it is it's

831
00:39:09,950 --> 00:39:07,110
actually hoping to see them again this

832
00:39:11,930 --> 00:39:09,960
year to have a word with them but I

833
00:39:19,340 --> 00:39:11,940
don't think they're here anymore what a

834
00:39:23,060 --> 00:39:19,350
pity they avoided her it's joyce and

835
00:39:25,610 --> 00:39:23,070
rose psychics there they go a little

836
00:39:28,330 --> 00:39:25,620
booth here people lined up their tarot

837
00:39:31,550 --> 00:39:28,340
cards usual absolutely stock standard

838
00:39:38,480 --> 00:39:31,560
usual stuff I might look at them for a

839
00:39:41,590 --> 00:39:38,490
second hello reader numerology a mystery

840
00:39:43,970 --> 00:39:41,600
photo reading whatever that is yeah

841
00:39:45,680 --> 00:39:43,980
twenty-five dollars for 15 minutes worth

842
00:39:47,880 --> 00:39:45,690
of reading I think I'm in the wrong

843
00:39:53,970 --> 00:39:50,609
next on our checklist we have single

844
00:39:56,730 --> 00:39:53,980
ball symbol an ancient wisdoms symbols

845
00:39:58,740 --> 00:39:56,740
originated in the Himalayas over 2,000

846
00:40:00,809 --> 00:39:58,750
years ago these ancient musical

847
00:40:04,440 --> 00:40:00,819
instruments are used for dot dot dot

848
00:40:09,269 --> 00:40:04,450
meditation sound healing cleansing

849
00:40:13,170 --> 00:40:09,279
crystals manifestation what cleaning

850
00:40:16,109 --> 00:40:13,180
homes of negative energies stress relief

851
00:40:19,700 --> 00:40:16,119
reiki your cleansing food and water

852
00:40:22,470 --> 00:40:19,710
chakra balance musical compositions

853
00:40:29,960 --> 00:40:22,480
cleansing food and water now that's a

854
00:40:33,420 --> 00:40:29,970
pretty amazing plain wwc Bolcom a you

855
00:40:38,160 --> 00:40:33,430
may be when you bang them together they

856
00:40:40,829 --> 00:40:38,170
make the sound one and here's an oldie

857
00:40:43,349 --> 00:40:40,839
but a goodie under the stand of shower

858
00:40:45,180 --> 00:40:43,359
power where they're selling little

859
00:40:49,859 --> 00:40:45,190
robots to clean the floor but they're

860
00:40:53,400 --> 00:40:49,869
also selling nature's power ball better

861
00:40:56,560 --> 00:40:53,410
cleaning powder than deodorant they look

862
00:41:00,610 --> 00:40:56,570
like just

863
00:41:05,290 --> 00:41:00,620
funny shaped weird the serrated spheres

864
00:41:07,360 --> 00:41:05,300
with stones or something in them which

865
00:41:11,680 --> 00:41:07,370
apparently replace your laundry

866
00:41:14,190 --> 00:41:11,690
detergent and they are flying off the

867
00:41:16,540 --> 00:41:14,200
shelves they just flying off the shelves

868
00:41:19,110 --> 00:41:16,550
this is something i think the skeptics

869
00:41:24,280 --> 00:41:19,120
might be investigating bit further I

870
00:41:25,840 --> 00:41:24,290
think so just a little personal note no

871
00:41:27,820 --> 00:41:25,850
as I discovered there are many stand

872
00:41:33,400 --> 00:41:27,830
stores here selling what I would think

873
00:41:35,290 --> 00:41:33,410
would be questionable things the desire

874
00:41:37,900 --> 00:41:35,300
the temptation is to go up to each up

875
00:41:39,730 --> 00:41:37,910
one of them start to argue or stop

876
00:41:41,440 --> 00:41:39,740
people from purchasing things they don't

877
00:41:43,930 --> 00:41:41,450
buy this product it obviously doesn't

878
00:41:47,099 --> 00:41:43,940
work and when I pass of course people

879
00:41:49,680 --> 00:41:47,109
are handing out their money right

880
00:41:52,440 --> 00:41:49,690
in my experience this is where you have

881
00:41:54,269 --> 00:41:52,450
to just bite your tongue click

882
00:41:57,900 --> 00:41:54,279
information see what they're doing and

883
00:42:01,950 --> 00:41:57,910
then try to act on other ways to the

884
00:42:04,140 --> 00:42:01,960
authorities or whatever but arguing and

885
00:42:06,930 --> 00:42:04,150
remonstrating on the spot I mean is

886
00:42:08,370 --> 00:42:06,940
usually counterproductive they're not

887
00:42:11,039 --> 00:42:08,380
going to change their mind just because

888
00:42:15,329 --> 00:42:11,049
you've come along and said stop selling

889
00:42:18,960 --> 00:42:15,339
this it could create a scene although

890
00:42:20,309 --> 00:42:18,970
it's sometimes temptation doesn't get

891
00:42:23,970 --> 00:42:20,319
the better of me and I'll start a little

892
00:42:27,329 --> 00:42:23,980
argument but by and large it just

893
00:42:29,279 --> 00:42:27,339
doesn't really work I wish it did maybe

894
00:42:33,299 --> 00:42:29,289
in another universe it does but not miss

895
00:42:37,170 --> 00:42:33,309
universe so we we find out what we can

896
00:42:40,019 --> 00:42:37,180
and then think of other ways to to

897
00:42:43,140 --> 00:42:40,029
progress against the worst example of

898
00:42:47,910 --> 00:42:43,150
that would be through the power balance

899
00:42:49,650 --> 00:42:47,920
or the energy wristband where the

900
00:42:53,109 --> 00:42:49,660
skeptics wrote an open letter to the

901
00:43:07,610 --> 00:42:53,119
company and things progressed from there

902
00:43:15,350 --> 00:43:10,280
no dear listener I have not snuck into

903
00:43:19,190 --> 00:43:15,360
hell made a recording i'm at the poultry

904
00:43:21,680 --> 00:43:19,200
pavilion of these to share here remind

905
00:43:30,150 --> 00:43:21,690
you an hour or two of this and i think i

906
00:43:35,109 --> 00:43:32,530
well it's been a long day here these two

907
00:43:38,259 --> 00:43:35,119
show with great fun great

908
00:43:40,960 --> 00:43:38,269
animals to see and writes the lookout

909
00:43:43,690 --> 00:43:40,970
and you're brave enough go on the rides

910
00:43:46,420 --> 00:43:43,700
are suppose lots of people here from the

911
00:43:48,390 --> 00:43:46,430
country it's a major event on this

912
00:43:50,799 --> 00:43:48,400
should be calendar the wall Easter Show

913
00:43:53,259 --> 00:43:50,809
sadly there's still similar to be had

914
00:43:56,319 --> 00:43:53,269
but you know what there's not one

915
00:43:58,450 --> 00:43:56,329
example of a power band with all those

916
00:44:02,829 --> 00:43:58,460
tricks like our balance leak and all the

917
00:44:22,269 --> 00:44:02,839
rest of not one hold on and so it's time

918
00:44:28,810 --> 00:44:22,279
to make my way up and head for her in a

919
00:44:37,150 --> 00:44:32,290
your messages are received for beyond

920
00:44:43,240 --> 00:44:40,480
and reason is sidelined for magical

921
00:44:52,600 --> 00:44:45,580
oh please read their stand between the

922
00:44:54,010 --> 00:44:52,610
truth what date is it 787 thing this is

923
00:44:55,690 --> 00:44:54,020
impressive it's beating our system

924
00:44:58,330 --> 00:44:55,700
present they're not their photographs of

925
00:45:00,310 --> 00:44:58,340
Chinese anthem it's not we are not

926
00:45:02,170 --> 00:45:00,320
well-received ask is a good guard we're

927
00:45:04,060 --> 00:45:02,180
fully don't discuss cryptozoology on the

928
00:45:06,130 --> 00:45:04,070
show very often because we don't know

929
00:45:07,930 --> 00:45:06,140
anything about how the truth the price

930
00:45:09,820 --> 00:45:07,940
gets lower and lower and lower and then

931
00:45:14,380 --> 00:45:09,830
he hits a ceiling it's a ceiling for the

932
00:45:16,570 --> 00:45:14,390
room below skeptic to the cave and moses

933
00:45:34,260 --> 00:45:16,580
has gifted society find us on iTunes or

934
00:45:46,890 --> 00:45:37,029
is penny Chen

935
00:45:52,539 --> 00:45:48,880
this is penny for your thoughts

936
00:45:55,700 --> 00:45:52,549
reporting live from UC Irvine at the

937
00:46:01,849 --> 00:45:57,829
i thought i'd ask a few people a few

938
00:46:04,940 --> 00:46:01,859
questions what's your name my name is

939
00:46:16,660 --> 00:46:04,950
Brent Merle and what is the capital of

940
00:46:23,079 --> 00:46:21,400
it's not Sydney that's close it's if you

941
00:46:27,849 --> 00:46:23,089
don't know you I don't know it off the

942
00:46:30,420 --> 00:46:27,859
top of my head okay where else yeah okay

943
00:46:34,059 --> 00:46:30,430
that's right most people don't know um

944
00:46:38,650 --> 00:46:34,069
would do you think that Australian

945
00:46:43,660 --> 00:46:38,660
people eat kangaroo burgers absolutely

946
00:46:45,780 --> 00:46:43,670
would you eat one yes okay so you got a

947
00:46:48,940 --> 00:46:45,790
wide palette I like that how's that Oh

948
00:46:50,740 --> 00:46:48,950
besides her grey and Uganda can you

949
00:46:56,079 --> 00:46:50,750
think of any other countries that start

950
00:47:00,870 --> 00:46:56,089
with you uzbekistan any others I guess

951
00:47:03,280 --> 00:47:00,880
not okay um oh yeah if you saw a ghost

952
00:47:07,630 --> 00:47:03,290
how can you be sure that it's not an

953
00:47:13,359 --> 00:47:07,640
alien using a cloaking device there's a

954
00:47:15,069 --> 00:47:13,369
trick question there's no ghosts okay so

955
00:47:17,890 --> 00:47:15,079
this is a very existentialist dancer I

956
00:47:21,190 --> 00:47:17,900
like that okay okay what's your name

957
00:47:23,349 --> 00:47:21,200
Tony Lee divin cool and what is the

958
00:47:27,700 --> 00:47:23,359
capital of Australia is it Sydney

959
00:47:30,069 --> 00:47:27,710
Australia okay um would you eat a

960
00:47:32,740 --> 00:47:30,079
kangaroo burger absolutely i love

961
00:47:37,480 --> 00:47:32,750
kangaroo have you tried it no but I bet

962
00:47:39,730 --> 00:47:37,490
it would be delicious ok cool aside from

963
00:47:44,020 --> 00:47:39,740
Uruguay and Uganda can you think of any

964
00:47:45,520 --> 00:47:44,030
other countries that start with you the

965
00:47:46,870 --> 00:47:45,530
Ukraine is not a country so I don't

966
00:47:52,270 --> 00:47:46,880
guess that would work as an answer would

967
00:47:54,789 --> 00:47:52,280
it okay with in the Ukraine and that's

968
00:47:58,569 --> 00:47:54,799
the only one I know okay okay final

969
00:48:00,819 --> 00:47:58,579
question if you saw a ghost how could

970
00:48:03,910 --> 00:48:00,829
you be sure that it's not an alien using

971
00:48:06,960 --> 00:48:03,920
a cloaking device well you can't see a

972
00:48:09,940 --> 00:48:06,970
ghost because they're invisible correct

973
00:48:12,910 --> 00:48:09,950
yeah unless it's Casper and then he's

974
00:48:14,740 --> 00:48:12,920
friendly well in order to find out

975
00:48:17,319 --> 00:48:14,750
whether he was an alien or a ghost I

976
00:48:20,739 --> 00:48:17,329
asked him if he's died already

977
00:48:23,620 --> 00:48:20,749
okay cool okay well thank you your local

978
00:48:27,160 --> 00:48:23,630
okay and what's your name Alan Thomas

979
00:48:31,559 --> 00:48:27,170
warden um and what is the capital of

980
00:48:34,630 --> 00:48:31,569
australia sydney i guess yep definitely

981
00:48:37,269 --> 00:48:34,640
okay would you eat a cat kangaroo burger

982
00:48:39,729 --> 00:48:37,279
Oh most definitely okay cook a lot of

983
00:48:43,599 --> 00:48:39,739
guys say definitely yeah a lot of girls

984
00:48:45,339 --> 00:48:43,609
are like no it's a cute little net never

985
00:48:47,140 --> 00:48:45,349
can't kangaroos are my favorite animal

986
00:48:49,719 --> 00:48:47,150
they're so adorable and cute like me too

987
00:48:55,029 --> 00:48:49,729
so I did a kangaroo burger would you

988
00:48:56,920 --> 00:48:55,039
really yes yeah okay um aside from

989
00:48:58,120 --> 00:48:56,930
Uruguay in Uganda what are the countries

990
00:49:03,660 --> 00:48:58,130
can you think of it start with you

991
00:49:08,650 --> 00:49:07,390
okay final question if you saw a ghost

992
00:49:11,920 --> 00:49:08,660
how could you be sure that's not an

993
00:49:14,349 --> 00:49:11,930
alien using a cloaking device if it's

994
00:49:16,390 --> 00:49:14,359
got ectoplasmic goo dripping from him I

995
00:49:19,150 --> 00:49:16,400
know it goes but if he's just got like a

996
00:49:21,370 --> 00:49:19,160
little slime trail I'm gonna have to say

997
00:49:24,209 --> 00:49:21,380
it would be it would be an alien yep

998
00:49:27,579 --> 00:49:24,219
most definitely that's hard okay

999
00:49:29,920 --> 00:49:27,589
criteria so what's your name Carol

1000
00:49:35,289 --> 00:49:29,930
Brannigan what's the capital of

1001
00:49:39,719 --> 00:49:35,299
australia melbourne um do you think that

1002
00:49:42,759 --> 00:49:39,729
Australian people eat kangaroo burgers I

1003
00:49:46,630 --> 00:49:42,769
think they do actually but would you I

1004
00:49:51,339 --> 00:49:46,640
try one yeah that's good open-minded yes

1005
00:49:53,349 --> 00:49:51,349
um aside from Uganda and Uruguay can you

1006
00:49:57,420 --> 00:49:53,359
think of other countries that start with

1007
00:50:05,980 --> 00:50:01,660
uzbekistan okay like is that a real

1008
00:50:11,290 --> 00:50:05,990
country ok good answer take it up in my

1009
00:50:13,570 --> 00:50:11,300
head answer um if you saw a ghost how do

1010
00:50:16,270 --> 00:50:13,580
you know how would how would you know

1011
00:50:20,830 --> 00:50:16,280
that it's not an alien using a cloaking

1012
00:50:22,450 --> 00:50:20,840
device I I don't think I would know the

1013
00:50:24,970 --> 00:50:22,460
difference and I would probably be

1014
00:50:26,860 --> 00:50:24,980
dubious of either okay that's an

1015
00:50:29,020 --> 00:50:26,870
interesting answer thank you for talking

1016
00:50:32,920 --> 00:50:29,030
to me now what's your name my name is

1017
00:50:37,840 --> 00:50:32,930
Matthew what is the capital of Australia

1018
00:50:41,530 --> 00:50:37,850
it's Canberra are you from Canberra no

1019
00:50:43,180 --> 00:50:41,540
I'm not very London oh gosh I couldn't I

1020
00:50:46,120 --> 00:50:43,190
didn't hear you talk enough but I I knew

1021
00:50:47,920 --> 00:50:46,130
you had an accent ok I'm sorry I'm

1022
00:50:50,440 --> 00:50:47,930
terrible with accents ok that was

1023
00:50:53,590 --> 00:50:50,450
embarrassing for me would you eat a

1024
00:50:55,810 --> 00:50:53,600
kangaroo burger I probably would yes

1025
00:50:58,030 --> 00:50:55,820
that's good um have you ever been to

1026
00:50:59,980 --> 00:50:58,040
Australia I've never been to Australia

1027
00:51:04,180 --> 00:50:59,990
but I've been to Earls Court which is

1028
00:51:05,950 --> 00:51:04,190
the same thing where is it in london in

1029
00:51:08,110 --> 00:51:05,960
west london there's a place called earls

1030
00:51:10,750 --> 00:51:08,120
court and everybody there is australian

1031
00:51:15,250 --> 00:51:10,760
really i had no idea thank you that was

1032
00:51:18,010 --> 00:51:15,260
enlightening Wow aside from her Glee and

1033
00:51:20,260 --> 00:51:18,020
Uganda what other countries start with

1034
00:51:23,140 --> 00:51:20,270
you that you can think of I've already

1035
00:51:24,330 --> 00:51:23,150
said of abdus Pakistan yeah I've got to

1036
00:51:30,330 --> 00:51:24,340
think of something else other than

1037
00:51:37,450 --> 00:51:30,340
Uzbekistan um what country are you from

1038
00:51:40,780 --> 00:51:37,460
I'm from England United Kingdom oh my

1039
00:51:44,590 --> 00:51:40,790
god nobody's getting me united united

1040
00:51:48,490 --> 00:51:44,600
kingdom yeah okay thank you so sad if

1041
00:51:52,630 --> 00:51:48,500
you didn't get that country though it is

1042
00:51:54,730 --> 00:51:52,640
it is kind of it was England's a country

1043
00:51:58,810 --> 00:51:54,740
but yeah you're not see kingdom yeah it

1044
00:52:01,290 --> 00:51:58,820
i do just studies yes my country though

1045
00:52:04,140 --> 00:52:01,300
why not yet it is the country

1046
00:52:08,070 --> 00:52:04,150
what is it if it's not a country alright

1047
00:52:10,230 --> 00:52:08,080
last question if you saw a ghost how can

1048
00:52:13,140 --> 00:52:10,240
you be sure that it was not an alien

1049
00:52:17,660 --> 00:52:13,150
using a cloaking device I really

1050
00:52:20,550 --> 00:52:17,670
wouldn't be sure ok yeah ok yeah

1051
00:52:24,090 --> 00:52:20,560
evidence wouldn't i am but evidence

1052
00:52:28,140 --> 00:52:24,100
evidence beautiful beautiful thank you

1053
00:52:35,040 --> 00:52:28,150
thank you for talking to me both of you

1054
00:52:38,340 --> 00:52:35,050
you're both lovely ok what's your name I

1055
00:52:41,790 --> 00:52:38,350
Christopher Oxford ER and what is the

1056
00:52:44,520 --> 00:52:41,800
capital of Australia rock and Berra

1057
00:52:48,090 --> 00:52:44,530
thank you I have hope for Humanity now

1058
00:52:53,430 --> 00:52:48,100
thank you okay um do you think that

1059
00:52:56,309 --> 00:52:53,440
Australian people eat kangaroo burgers

1060
00:53:00,990 --> 00:52:56,319
probably not very often would you eat a

1061
00:53:05,359 --> 00:53:01,000
kangaroo burger why not it can so you'd

1062
00:53:08,220 --> 00:53:05,369
you're open to if you ever saw a ghost

1063
00:53:12,690 --> 00:53:08,230
how could you be sure that it is not an

1064
00:53:14,970 --> 00:53:12,700
alien using a cloaking device now we're

1065
00:53:20,640 --> 00:53:14,980
thought about the classroom I will win

1066
00:53:24,079 --> 00:53:20,650
now welcome back to you on that okay now

1067
00:53:27,200 --> 00:53:24,089
what is your name I'm Sean Oxford and

1068
00:53:30,660 --> 00:53:27,210
what is the capital of Australia

1069
00:53:34,579 --> 00:53:30,670
Canberra not fair you heard him say

1070
00:53:39,450 --> 00:53:34,589
whatever did you know that before I

1071
00:53:42,059 --> 00:53:39,460
think I did but I don't know okay

1072
00:53:46,020 --> 00:53:42,069
because you're more cluded than I am

1073
00:53:48,079 --> 00:53:46,030
about that okay do you think that

1074
00:53:52,140 --> 00:53:48,089
Australian people eat kangaroo burgers

1075
00:53:55,410 --> 00:53:52,150
I'm sure somebody does would you eat a

1076
00:53:58,319 --> 00:53:55,420
kangaroo burger ah why not try things

1077
00:54:01,920 --> 00:53:58,329
once good answer I like that you're

1078
00:54:03,780 --> 00:54:01,930
open-minded okay if you ever saw a ghost

1079
00:54:07,980 --> 00:54:03,790
how could you be sure that it's not an

1080
00:54:09,930 --> 00:54:07,990
alien using a cloaking device seeing as

1081
00:54:15,540 --> 00:54:09,940
I've never seen alien I'm not too sure

1082
00:54:18,990 --> 00:54:15,550
how I know what's your name Diane and Oh

1083
00:54:20,700 --> 00:54:19,000
what's the capital of Australia I don't

1084
00:54:25,740 --> 00:54:20,710
know

1085
00:54:29,270 --> 00:54:25,750
Sydney okay um what would you eat a

1086
00:54:31,950 --> 00:54:29,280
kangaroo burger no I wouldn't why not I

1087
00:54:35,010 --> 00:54:31,960
would feel weird eating you even though

1088
00:54:37,650 --> 00:54:35,020
Australians eat kangaroo burgers I would

1089
00:54:41,370 --> 00:54:37,660
yeah you would knowing that they do ok

1090
00:54:43,020 --> 00:54:41,380
cool aside from Uruguay and Uganda can

1091
00:54:49,040 --> 00:54:43,030
you think of any other countries start

1092
00:54:53,130 --> 00:54:49,050
with you you know I can't think about it

1093
00:54:57,930 --> 00:54:53,140
ukraine okay ukraine works um okay and

1094
00:54:59,430 --> 00:54:57,940
final question if you saw a ghost how

1095
00:55:04,710 --> 00:54:59,440
can you be sure that's not an alien

1096
00:55:08,280 --> 00:55:04,720
using a cloaking device i have no idea i

1097
00:55:10,950 --> 00:55:08,290
guess it would be my um go through my

1098
00:55:13,170 --> 00:55:10,960
instincts my gut instinct that it goes i

1099
00:55:25,490 --> 00:55:13,180
guess okay all right thank you for

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00:55:30,270 --> 00:55:28,350
this is desiree shell a host of Canadian

1101
00:55:42,069 --> 00:55:30,280
radio shows skeptically speaking in

1102
00:55:47,960 --> 00:55:45,109
and give a listening to the skeptic zone

1103
00:55:50,150 --> 00:55:47,970
what an interesting show that was so

1104
00:55:52,609 --> 00:55:50,160
many field reports I enjoy that doing

1105
00:55:54,799 --> 00:55:52,619
those field reports now quick reminder

1106
00:55:57,289 --> 00:55:54,809
for those people in the sydney area the

1107
00:55:59,900 --> 00:55:57,299
sydney region and a bit further afield

1108
00:56:02,450 --> 00:55:59,910
the mystery investigators a show I've

1109
00:56:04,249 --> 00:56:02,460
been taking part in now for almost ten

1110
00:56:06,620 --> 00:56:04,259
years it's a show that brings science

1111
00:56:09,349 --> 00:56:06,630
and skepticism and critical thinking to

1112
00:56:12,049 --> 00:56:09,359
schools high schools especially with a

1113
00:56:14,180 --> 00:56:12,059
40 minute to one hour show we do spoon

1114
00:56:16,069 --> 00:56:14,190
bending we have a bed of nails we talk

1115
00:56:17,870 --> 00:56:16,079
about fire walking talking to the dead

1116
00:56:20,569 --> 00:56:17,880
we show how power balance and all those

1117
00:56:22,130 --> 00:56:20,579
sort of tricks work interactive show

1118
00:56:25,519 --> 00:56:22,140
with students covering lots of

1119
00:56:27,049 --> 00:56:25,529
scientific areas if you want to find out

1120
00:56:30,940 --> 00:56:27,059
more if you're a teacher in the sydney

1121
00:56:36,019 --> 00:56:30,950
area just go to ww emma story

1122
00:56:38,329 --> 00:56:36,029
investigators calm it's a great show at

1123
00:56:40,880 --> 00:56:38,339
currently the team the lineup is dr.

1124
00:56:42,769 --> 00:56:40,890
Rachel and myself and we really love

1125
00:56:45,109 --> 00:56:42,779
getting out there and performing for

1126
00:56:47,499 --> 00:56:45,119
schools and interested groups critical

1127
00:56:52,609 --> 00:56:47,509
thinking with the mystery investigators

1128
00:56:54,410 --> 00:56:52,619
www mystery investigators calm and don't

1129
00:56:57,980 --> 00:56:54,420
forget if you have a skeptics in the pub

1130
00:57:00,710 --> 00:56:57,990
in your area and you want more people to

1131
00:57:05,029 --> 00:57:00,720
find out drop me a line I'm better still

1132
00:57:07,220 --> 00:57:05,039
drop me a 30 second mp3 talking about

1133
00:57:09,740 --> 00:57:07,230
where your skeptics in the pub is and

1134
00:57:11,509 --> 00:57:09,750
how people get their time and dates and

1135
00:57:14,749 --> 00:57:11,519
locations that sort of stuff and I'll

1136
00:57:16,700 --> 00:57:14,759
see if I can play that but for this week

1137
00:57:18,740 --> 00:57:16,710
anyway and I think I might have another

1138
00:57:20,960 --> 00:57:18,750
chocolate martini this is Richard

1139
00:57:25,550 --> 00:57:20,970
Saunders signing off from Sydney

1140
00:57:32,660 --> 00:57:27,710
you've been listening to the skeptic

1141
00:57:36,470 --> 00:57:32,670
zone visit our website at www skeptic