Skeptics with a K

Skeptics with a K: Episode #099

Mike — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 22:05:18 +0000

Online dating, blood, cruelty and the Watchtower. Plus castles, YHWH, christenings and Coca-Cola. Appearing on the back of a chapati, it’s Skeptics with a K.

Skeptics with a K: Episode #098

Mike — Thu, 30 May 2013 19:29:19 +0000

Hayfever, submarines, radio hams and goddesses. Plus Inspector Gadget, My Little Pony, Game of Thrones and Dogtanian. Slightly below-par on the editing front, it’s Skeptics with a K.

Skeptics with a K: Episode #097

Mike — Thu, 16 May 2013 15:19:37 +0000

Atheist atrocities, harbour porpoises, three running horses and a second pregnancy. Plus asexual rabbits, gobstoppers, Jesus and more Mersey monsters. On the road to nihilistic social Darwinism, it’s Skeptics with a K.

Skeptics with a K: Episode #096

Mike — Thu, 02 May 2013 09:59:14 +0000

Passive aggressive cats, chia seeds, seaside towns and sex. Plus camouflage netting, Ricicles and Jeremy Clarkson. Not deliberately feeding you bullshit this time, honest… it’s Skeptics with a K.

Skeptics with a K: Episode #095.5 – the Confession

Mike — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 08:45:40 +0000

No show this week, but Mike has a confession for you all. We’ll be back in two weeks with the regular show – see you then!

Skeptics with a K: Episode #095

Mike — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 10:42:06 +0000

Kurt Cobain, $5000, the Mersey Book of Monsters and the A41. Plus wardrobes, whisky, parapsychologists and Zener Cards. Not quite what it seems to be, it’s Skeptics with a K.

Skeptics with a K: Episode #094

Mike — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 11:08:49 +0000

Heretics, redox signalling, anti-retroviral therapy and General Health. Plus native water, Aubrey de Gray, quacking videos and Richard Dawkins. Challenging the men of steel, it’s Skeptics with a K.

Skeptics with a K: Episode #093

Mike — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 10:23:10 +0000

T-shirts, asteroids, Russians and worrying. Plus phone boxes, Amazon, the lizard overlords and your rubbish sex life. Recovering from a fever, it’s Skeptics with a K.

Skeptics with a K: Episode #092

Mike — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 11:22:25 +0000

Bigfoot DNA, twitter and auriculotherapy. Plus Penelope Cruz, weight loss, journals and Findus. With regular interruption by sneezes and sniffles, it’s Skeptics with a K.

Skeptics with a K: Episode #091

Mike — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 14:21:42 +0000

Cancer, cabbage, chem-trails and creationism. Plus serial killers, bacon, more cancer and mormons. Using social engineering in a multiple choice exam, it’s Skeptics with a K.

Skeptics with a K: Episode #090

Mike — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 21:40:21 +0000

Rheumatoid arthritis, mutant fish, firm tomatoes and magic mistletoe. Plus Blue Monday, Rudolf Steiner, copper insoles and Jeffrey Dahmer’s cardigan. Stopping kids from using the computer, it’s Skeptics with a K.

Skeptics with a K: Episode #089

Mike — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 12:07:24 +0000

Welcome to 2013! Featuring diets, dogs, measles and elves. Plus chance, cancer, sunshine and scientology. Building space cathedrals in the New Mexico desert, it’s Skeptics with a K. You were not there!

Skeptics with a K: Episode #088

Mike — Thu, 27 Dec 2012 10:23:56 +0000

The final episode of 2012! Featuring journalists, Coronation Street, Snoop Dogg and HIV. Plus shamanism, engaging with the press, winging it and druidry. Oh, and the world didn’t end. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from Skeptics with a K.

Skeptics with a K: Episode #087

Mike — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 15:23:29 +0000

Dating, genetics, pea plants and Korean unicorns. Plus sugar daddies, monozygotic twins, golf and plenty of Knightmare. It’s another unedited special from Skeptics with a K.

Skeptics with a K: Episode #086

Mike — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 13:13:16 +0000

A special live, raw, unedited show recorded on Wednesday 28th November 2012. Featuring the perfect pint, beanstalks, capillaries and rock genies. Plus evidence, enjoyment, and regression to the mean. Being nice to homeopaths, it’s Skeptics with a K.

Skeptics with a K: Episode #085

Mike — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 10:23:40 +0000

Spirit guides, Korean elephants, theme parks and Challenge 25. Plus Withnail and I, Schrödinger’s cat, Busty Belinda and Kate Middleton. Collapsing the wave function, it’s Skeptics with a K.

Skeptics with a K: Episode #084

Mike — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 15:40:47 +0000

Whales, psychics, genes and plum pudding. Plus Star Trek V, Channel 4 Racing, Mr Punch and the results of our psychic Halloween Challenge. Almost certainly val-val homozygous, it’s Skeptics with a K.

Skeptics with a K: Episode #083

Mike — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 14:06:43 +0000

Wrinkles, psychics and declassified documents. Plus hula hoops, television, short intestines and the Halloween Challenge. Proud to be preaching to the choir, it’s Skeptics with a K.

The evolution story from the Sun is available here.

Skeptics with a K: Episode #082

Mike — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 09:23:20 +0000

Musicals, cancer, Star Wars and Percy Shelley. Plus Magna Carta, doppelgängers, the Great Reform Act and Elizabeth I. Putting some maize into a rat, it’s Skeptics with a K.

Skeptics with a K: Episode #081

Mike — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 15:48:33 +0000

Deaf gerbils, global consciousness and human chess. Plus more sports bracelets, hidden mormons and how not to argue. Oh, and all the latest news on QED (tickets now on sale http://qedcon.org). Making broad and over-reaching claims, it’s Skeptics with a K.

Skeptics with a K: Episode #080

Mike — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 16:32:31 +0000

Nano-vibrations, short-wave radio, level-crossings and clumped blood. Plus shoes, smokers, sinus arrhythmia and the Godfather. Running over unicorns, it’s Skeptics with a K.

Oh, and QED is back! http://qedcon.org/.

Skeptics with a K: Episode #079

Mike — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 16:36:59 +0000

Broken glass, internal combustion, hexes, cats and magnets. Plus curses, steam, nukes and (would you believe it) more bloody homeopathy! Rescuing the world from the Dark Ages, it’s Skeptics with a K.

Skeptics with a K: Episode #078

Mike — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 16:36:23 +0000

The Olympics, Nescafé, horses and heart energy. Plus acultomancy, dictiomancy, hippomancy and pedomancy. Some people think we’re bonkers, but we just think we’re free — it’s Skeptics with a K.

Skeptics with a K: Episode #077

Mike — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 13:25:00 +0000

Celebrating three years of podcasting! This is the podcast version of the show we streamed live over YouTube on Monday 23rd July 2012. Featuring sticky tape, skin, cats, dogs and Des Lynam. Plus pies, pirates, animal husbandry and a turkey cock. Crazy like a fox — it’s Skeptics with a K.

You can read the ASA adjudication on Kinesio tape at http://www.asa.org.uk/ASA-action/Adjudications/2012/7/LimbVolume-Ltd/SHP_ADJ_165319.aspx

Skeptics with a K: Episode #077 live recording

Mike — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 17:39:10 +0000

This is the raw, and totally unedited recording of our live show, celebrating three years of podcasting.

Or watch it on YouTube.

Skeptics with a K: Live Anniversary Show

Mike — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 16:17:49 +0000

As of the next show, Skeptics with a K is three years old–so to celebrate we will be streaming the recording of that show live over the Internet. You’ll be able to watch the show right here on our website, and interact with us live via twitter (tag your message #swaklive).

The show will be this coming Monday, 23rd July, from 7pm. We hope you can make it.

Skeptics with a K: Episode #076

Mike — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 11:18:07 +0000

Ball play, dinner parties, dirty Brits and carefree adolescents. Plus strippers, barracudas, public schools and bosons.

Skeptics with a K: Episode #075

Mike — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 09:23:12 +0000

Homeopaths, Italian judges, vaccination and pharmacists. Plus hearts, hitchhikers, poets and puns.

For more information on homeopathy regulation, see the Malleus Homeopathicum blog.

For more on the MMR story, see the Stuff And Nonsense blog.

Skeptics with a K: Episode #074

Mike — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 14:47:49 +0000

Games, gardens, Greece and goals. Plus cats, corrections, children and confirmation bias. With British passports, it’s Skeptics with a K.

Skeptics with a K: Episode #073

Mike — Thu, 31 May 2012 13:18:09 +0000

Crosses, barbecues, Greece and go-carts. Plus passwords, apple trees, unbelievers and Microsoft-certified advice. Getting away scot free, it’s Skeptics with a K.

Skeptics with a K: Episode #072

Mike — Thu, 17 May 2012 12:19:09 +0000

Blood types, abseiling, Switzerland and more Marvel Avengers. Plus spiritualists, mammoths, trains and cinnamon crêpes. Suffering from a fever, it’s Skeptics with a K.

Read more about the Swiss Homeopathy report at Zeno’s Blog.

Skeptics with a K: Episode #071

Mike — Thu, 03 May 2012 09:55:16 +0000

The Hobbit, Captain America, the Incredible Hulk, Iron Man and Thor. Plus ghosts, power bracelets, frame rates and hot pink bollocks. In a special north-south configuration, it’s Skeptics with a K.

Skeptics with a K: Episode #070

Mike — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 11:31:52 +0000

Featuring the Maginot Line, glowing soliders and cheap Audis. Plus waterfalls, worms, thunderbirds and gambling. Increasing the price by a penny every time you click, it’s Skeptics with a K.

Skeptics with a K: Episode #069

Mike — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 14:50:24 +0000

Oversized wolves, persecuted Christians, cheating artists and damned dirty scientists. Plus charismatic televangelists, cancer, TED and France. With surprisingly few oral sex jokes, it’s Skeptics with a K.

Skeptics with a K: Episode #068

Mike — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 10:23:15 +0000

What happened at QED, the Poe Toaster, holistic healing and congestion of the brain. Plus speeding tickets, blind monks, Daleks and Peter Cushing. Carrying a book like a bag, it’s Skeptics with a K.

Skeptics with a K: Episode #067

Mike — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 10:23:12 +0000

In this special “as live” episode, Mike, Marsh and Colin talk about Miley Cyrus, the Lambton Worm and Chinese Lanterns. Plus Lawrence Krauss, fishing nets and the Cock Ring Collaboration. Without a hint of an edit, it’s Skeptics with a K.

Skeptics with a K: Episode #066

Mike — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 18:37:37 +0000

Richard Dawkins, the historicity of Jesus, slave ownership and Obi-Wan Kenobi. Plus the snooze button, Monet and Snow White in the “Bad PR” Megamix. Culturally starved, it’s Skeptics with a K.

Remember to get your QED tickets! http://www.qedcon.org/

Skeptics with a K: Episode #065

Mike — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:23:53 +0000

The power of prayer, robbing the rich and alternative realities. Plus the Lady of the Lake, dunking our buckets and getting the HOTs. Probably not as smart as Stephen Hawking, it’s Skeptics with a K.

Skeptics with a K: Episode #064

Mike — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 11:24:10 +0000

It’s Australia Day! Featuring Chicken McNuggets, fingerprints, decoy sausages and DNA. Plus, sniffer babies, Jamie Oliver and Half Man Half Biscuit. With dreadful Aussie accents – it’s Skeptics with a bloody K.

Skeptics with a K: Episode #063

Mike — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 14:25:42 +0000

Welcome to 2012. The end of the world starts here–with liars, Bob Holness, Zeta Reticuli, and Walt Disney. Plus Gary Coleman, the Star Trek theme, Comet Hale-Bopp and Johnny Cash. Fighting the law (though the law wins), it’s Skeptics with a K.

Skeptics with a K: Episode #062

Mike — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 10:23:20 +0000

Christmas Special! Mike, Marsh and Colin take a look at Christmas-based myths. And we don’t just mean that one about the Son of God. That definitely happened. Oh, yes.

Skeptics with a K: Episode #061

Mike — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 13:23:19 +0000

Psychics, visions, wells and railway lines. Plus Geena Davis, Belinda Carlisle, G.O.D. and Lucifer. With a low nourishment potential, it’s Skeptics with a K.

Skeptics with a K: Episode #060

Mike — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 15:17:44 +0000

Wedding Cake

Aliens in the fridge, bullshit in the cage and cancer quackery in Texas. Plus chicken, bread, the Secret and drinking urine. By the power of Yahweh – it’s Skeptics with a K. Oh, and Mike got married.

Skeptics with a K: Episode #059

Mike — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 12:42:08 +0000

Fairies, body voltage and Alice in Wonderland. Plus nicotine, geopathic stress and missing roofs. With only minor negative health effects, it’s Skeptics with a K.

Skeptics with a K: Episode #058

Mike — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 12:33:37 +0000

~~Ronald~~ Roland Emmerich, Dana Ullman, Psychic Sally and William Shakespeare. Plus Francis Bacon, Alan Smithee, John Benneth and Russell T Davies. With cries of ‘Penny Halloween!’, it’s Skeptics with a K.

Skeptics with a K: Episode #057

Mike — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 09:23:27 +0000

Gambling, flooding, cheating and remote viewing. Plus basketball, Gilgamesh, Amsterdam and rolling green hills. With an entourage of eight people, it’s Skeptics with a K.

Skeptics with a K: Episode #056

Mike — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 09:23:15 +0000

Romans, Guy Fawkes, Babylon 5 and Tanimal Farm. Plus grey ladies, communists, hang-man and haunted neutrinos. Singing the Australian National Anthem, it’s Skeptics with a K.

Skeptics with a K: Episode #055

Mike — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 13:00:14 +0000

Bigfoot, Sasquatch, the Abominable Snowman and Yeti. Plus Ricky Gervais, Christian bloggers, ouija boards and scat. With sightly sloppier editing than usual, it’s Skeptics with a K.

Skeptics with a K: Episode #054

Mike — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 09:23:23 +0000

Psychometrists, demographers, conspirators and historians. Plus Malawi, painting planes, lepers and cold reading. With an aura hex code of #FFC9F6, it’s Skeptics with a K.

With thanks to Peter Kanold.

Skeptics with a K: Episode #053

Mike — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 09:23:47 +0000

Featuring muesli, CDT, nightmares and sniffer dogs. Plus cheese, cancer, creationism and controls. Shamelessly name dropping, it’s Skeptics with a K.

Skeptics with a K: Episode #052

Mike — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 09:23:54 +0000

Skeptics with a K celebrates two years on the air, with a special episode which was streamed live on the evening of Monday August 8th 2011. Featuring Mr Sulu, Eight Legged Freaks, Internet Explorer 6 and touching guitars. Not numbers, but free men… it’s Skeptics with a K!

Skeptics with a K: The 2-year Anniversary Live Show

Marsh — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 10:19:10 +0000

I’m sure we can all remember the momentous events of August 1st, 2009.

The Pope announced plans to release his first album (a trance-inspired collection of old-school anthems and breaking new beats, with pumping anti-abortion, pro-child-abuse, pro-men-in-dresses-condemning-homosexuality basslines).
The Quaker church agreed to begin performing same-sex marriages (sparking a trigger-happy rampage in which 10 Quaker ministers went on a same-sex-marrying spree, leaving six innocent bystanders legally tied, and wedding the entire QPR first team in a complicated polygamous tryst, which ironically boosted team spirits so much they achieved promotion to the top division the following season).
And, perhaps most importantly of all, three men and a microphone (in a somewhat disappointing prequel to the 80s classic movie) gathered in a dinosaur-wallpapered bedroom to talk pithy nonsense. Those three men went on to become joint Time magazine ‘Man of the year’ for 2047, controversially beating newly-elected US president Justin Bieber after a hideous accident left them fused at the hip and legally classified as a single entity. But back in 2011, they were three separate, discrete and clearly-defined individuals, with a podcast and a giant book of nonsense.

And so, for the second time ever, you can catch these men live, unedited and wildly-underprepared in their hastily-thrown-together second anniversary live show.

To catch the live 52nd episode of Skeptics with a K live video feed simply visit http://www.ustream.tv/channel/skeptics-with-a-k after 6.45pm TONIGHT. Plus you can join in the show with heckling and insults via the Twitter hashtag #SwaKlive. See you there!

Skeptics with a K: Episode #051

Mike — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 11:20:12 +0000

LSD, the end of suffering, balancing mediums and the Revelation to John. Plus Michael McIntyre, the BBC, Jehovah’s Witnesses and lions. Probably taking the piss, it’s Skeptics with a K.

Skeptics with a K: Episode #050

Mike — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 09:23:54 +0000

The Whispering Witch, Bill Gates and Alien 3. Plus vaccination, Tetley Tea, pissing on the window and the Giant Book of Fantastic Facts Greatest Hits. Crossing the road to avoid you, it’s Skeptics with a K.

Skeptics with a K: Episode #049

Mike — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 09:23:39 +0000

Cave aliens, the upside down mountain, unnecessary surgery and links to death. Plus twelve vicars, rain dances, Bergerac and washing your cock. Following a 4% decline in our mental ability, it’s Skeptics with a K.

Skeptics with a K: Episode #048

Mike — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 13:00:48 +0000

Homeopathy Awareness Week Special! Featuring homeopathic tools, homeopath apologetics and homeopathy for insomnia. Plus the Human Centipede, Captain Kirk, 10,000 scandinavians and googling for Jeremy Clarkson’s penis. Letting people choose, it’s Skeptics with a K.

Skeptics with a K: Episode #047

Mike — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 14:00:41 +0000

Dianétique, Blood Diamonds, the Rapture and logical fallacies. Plus, thalidomide, breasts, homeopathy and Philip Schofield. Forcing eggs back into chickens – it’s Skeptics with a K.

Skeptics with a K: Episode #046

Mike — Thu, 19 May 2011 13:00:36 +0000

My Little Pony and God’s CV.
Witches, psychics, awards for coffee.
Running and biking on the BBC.
It’s Skeptics with a K. So mote it be.

Skeptics with a K: Episode #045

Mike — Thu, 05 May 2011 10:55:54 +0000

Jumping stones, massive dogs, lousy heads and meta keywords. Plus, unicorns, replicating studies, first-person shooters and the Alternative Vote.

Skeptics with a K: Episode #044

Mike — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 09:00:19 +0000

Easter Special! Mike, Marsh and Colin discuss the story of Easter, the zombie apocalypse, snoring, smurfs and swastikas. Plus, vomiting in a bin, free tea at 13,000 ft, Colin’s missing day and the Raggy Dolls.

Skeptics with a K: Episode #043

Mike — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 10:08:39 +0000

In this fracking episode of Skeptics with a fracking K, Mike, Marsh and Colin talk about a Christian’s view of fracking atheists, the effects of religiosity on your fracking mortality, and an earthquake in fracking Blackpool. Plus, Jonah, homeopathy on the Wirral, General Zod and (of course) fracking.

If you want to register as an organ donor, visit:
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Skeptics with a K: Episode #042

Mike — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 23:22:24 +0000

Dr Seuss and al-Qaeda, homeopathy on the Wirral, the Zion First National Bank and Wilfred Owen. Plus: God, Japan, Potential Rhymes, 200lbs of bricks, empathy and evolution. Staying indoors and covering up, it’s Skeptics with a K.

Skeptics with a K: Special #008

Mike — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 15:00:45 +0000

Marsh visits BBC Radio Merseyside to debate with the North West Friends of Homeopathy’s John Cook.

Skeptics with a K: Episode #041

Mike — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 15:00:29 +0000

Fred Phelps vs Anonymous, Richard Wiseman vs Robert McLuhan, Attila the Hun vs gravity and Ernest Vincent Wright vs the letter ‘E’. Plus James Delingpole, Sultan Mustafa III, blankets from Russia and 582 baby boys.

Skeptics with a K: Episode #040

Mike — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 20:54:55 +0000

Musk sticks, the first ever doctor, rollercoasters and headless monks. Plus Chinese Restaurant Syndrome, Florence Nightinggale, QED and the return of the British Chiropractic Association. With man-bags weighing in at 6.3kg, it’s Skeptics with a K.

Skeptics with a K: Special #007

Mike — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 22:45:28 +0000

QED has been and gone, so we’re taking a week off to recover. But rather than leave you totally empty handed, we decided to put out this short interview from BBC Radio Five, featuring Marsh and a homeopath. We’ll see you for a full episode next time!

Skeptics with a K: Episode #039

Mike — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 14:05:46 +0000

The BFG, hot sweet tea, dog heart slices and Kirsty Wark. Also Edward “West End” Jenner, homeopaths in Europe, Betelgeuse, the Apocalypse, and £11 worth of bull semen.

Skeptics with a K: Episode #038

Mike — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 23:56:49 +0000

Welcome to 2011! Featuring menstruating chickens, Richard E Grant, the Quacking Christ and scaring spiders. Plus, America, Vitamin “Sea”, psychic predictions, assassinations and donuts.

Skeptics with a K: Episode #037

Mike — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 21:36:48 +0000

Merry Christmas! (Yeah, yeah we know). Marsh and Colin are on holiday, so Mike presents some snippets cut for time from previous shows. Featuring R2D2′s Dad, Homeopathy in Wavertree, Tatty Raoul and Liberal Jean. Plus, from the archives, our debunking of the Nativity, first published as part of Episode #011.

Skeptics with a K: The Drinking Game

Mike — Thu, 23 Dec 2010 10:00:10 +0000

Skeptics with a K listener Niki M writes:

So, I’ve been catching up on the 36 episodes that are up right now, and I’ve noticed a few trends, enough so that I got this lame brained idea that it would make an interesting drinking game. So, put up your feet, grab your favorite beverage of choice*, and let’s have a go!

As a fan of Withnail and I, I love drinking games. As a teetotaller, I rarely play them. What better compromise than to have a drinking game based around me and my mates? Hurray! So, for your enjoyment, we present Niki M’s Skeptics with a K Drinking Game

The Rules

Take one drink whenever Marsh mentiones Joe Power.
Two drinks when Marsh recalls Joe Power calling skeptics “pedophiles”
If Joe Power appers on SWaK as a guest – Finish the bottle/can/glass/your entire stash.
One drink when Colin says his ending catchphrase
Two drinks if Mike or Marsh remind Colin to say his catchphrase
One drink when Mike makes a Doctor Who reference
Two drinks when Mike manages to work a Doctor Who reference into the current story
If Mike completely geeks out, keep drinking until Marsh gets him back on topic
While we’re at it, take a drink when Mike gets the guys back on topic after one of Marsh’s tangents
One drink for every tangent Mike and/or Marsh go on during Colin’s story
One drink for every Fantastic Fact that is actually full of shit
Two drinks for every Fantastic Fact that is (mostly!) true
Every time QED is mentioned, put your glass down and go buy a ticket
Every time it’s mentioned that Mike is in a suit, how he’s always in a suit, anything involving Mike and suits – have a drink, pinkies up!
Every mention of homeopathy/10:23 Campaign – have a drink diluted 1 in 10²³. (Or just have a chaser)
One drink every time Marsh attempts an American accent
Two drinks every time Mike attempts an Australian accent
Colin does any kind of accent – just finish the damned drink

*”drink” could mean just about anything you wish, alcoholic or not, though I’d recommend you don’t try this with shots. You’d die.

Feel free to add to the rules in the comments section, if you think anything’s been missed!

Skeptics with a K: Episode #036

Mike — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 14:55:42 +0000

Extended bumper episode! This episode of Skeptics with a K was streamed live over the Internet on Monday 13 December 2010. Featuring cold fusion, Toys “R” Us, hassidic diets, the Emo Buzz Lightyear, urine injections and the heaviest man in the world.

This episode was sponsored by the QED conference; for more information visit www.qedcon.org.

Mike’s mysterious tweet can be found at: http://bit.ly/eh0z8G

Skeptics with a K: listen live online with QED

Mike — Sun, 12 Dec 2010 00:57:10 +0000

This Monday will see a very special recording of our Skeptics with a K podcast. For the first, and perhaps only time in the show’s history, we will be streaming the recording session live over the Internet.

Skeptics with a K Live is being sponsored by the QED conference (get your tickets now) who will be providing technical support on the day. Listeners will be able to hear the raw, uncut recording – as it happens – including all the grossly offensive off-colour humour which usually gets cut for reasons of taste and decency.

Not only that, you will be able to interact with the show via twitter. During the show we will be monitoring the #qedcon hashtag, so when Marsh says something outrageous about palladium you can put him right on the spot.

The show starts at 6:45pm on Monday, December 13 – at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/skeptics-with-a-k

Skeptics with a K: Episode #035

Mike — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 11:49:08 +0000

Power Balance, retroactive memory and owning the Sun. Also uppity flamingos, partying mushrooms, crushed sprouts and Richard Saunders. With the ability to correctly locate porn 53.1% of the time, it’s Skeptics with a K.

Tickets for QED are available from: http://qedcon.org/xawC
More information about the 10:23 Challenge: http://www.1023.org.uk/

Skeptics with a K: The Pilot

Mike — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 15:46:24 +0000

A blast from the past! In the beginning, there was no 10:23 Campaign. There was no Giant Book of Fantastic Facts. Only three guys who decided to give podcasting a try. This is the previously un-published pilot episode of Skeptics with a K, recorded in the early Summer of 2009. Featuring Mike, Marsh, Colin – and a few more ums and ers than usual!

Skeptics with a K: Episode #034

Mike — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 16:44:52 +0000

Colin is back… for Bad PR, Zombie Nuns, Unrepentant Women and the Third Dimension. Plus bananas, babies, the Crystal Maze and a giant Rubik’s Cube.

Skeptics with a K: Episode #033

Mike — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 12:04:00 +0000

Live from TAM London. Mike and Marsh record a show in the hotel bar at the Hilton Metropole during TAM London 2010.

Skeptics with a K: Episode #032

Mike — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 12:39:50 +0000

The Ancient Order of Druids, the curse of the M25 and accidental quacks. Plus Tony Robinson, yellow shucks, Formula One, Professor Chris French and a Phillips C60.

Skeptics with a K: Episode #031

Mike — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 22:56:44 +0000

The Skeptics with a K discuss the 14th European Skeptical Congress, the Pope’s Holyrood speech and evolution denial in Northern Ireland. Plus the tale of the Dealer of Death, 30,000 witches, a dead dog and a rodent.

Skeptics with a K: Episode #030

Mike — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 11:33:22 +0000

Bananaman, Vodafone, the Man in the Moon and Dennis Quaid. Plus magnetic feet, deformed children and the three-legged football player. It’s the big 30 for Skeptics with a K!

Skeptics with a K: Episode #029

Mike — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 20:54:55 +0000

Homeopathy! Again! The Skeptics with a K take a break from the regular show format to talk about the prevalence of homeopathy in English Primary Care Trusts. Plus, the latest information on QED. http://www.qedcon.org/

Skeptics with a K: Episode #028

Mike — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 20:50:17 +0000

Psychics, pets, infertility, vodka, caramel slices and Bisphenol A. Plus Vesuvius, Red Rum, swastikas and the world’s best ampersand joke. Featuring guest hosts Al and Harris! QED.

Skeptics with a K: Episode #027

Mike — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 08:26:59 +0000

More homeopathy (!), treating impotence, victimising Bosnians and permanent gastric fistulas. Diagnosed by passages from the Koran, it’s Skeptics with a K.

Skeptics with a K: Episode #026

Mike — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 10:30:31 +0000

Malaria condoms, Michael Jackson, Dastardly & Mutley and the Million Ghost March. Plus, psychics seeking privacy, the accidental serial killer and Rick Moranis. Ruining the case for the defence, it’s Skeptics with a K.

Skeptics with a K: Special #005

Mike — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 07:00:20 +0000

From the archives! Back in February, Marsh visited Radio 5 Live to talk about homeopathy shortly before the publication of Evidence Check 2: Homeopathy; and during the aftermath of our own 10:23 Campaign.

Skeptics with a K: Episode #025

Mike — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 13:38:03 +0000

Extended episode! Blasphemy in Pakistan, Jenkins in the Guardian, and homeopathy in parliament. Plus, Schrödinger’s Christ, Nelson’s Column, Marilyn Manson and woo in the workplace.

Skeptics with a K: Episode #024

Mike — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 10:00:07 +0000

“Don’t breathe on shit”; “I was addicted to pornography”; “He procured of the Devil a girdle”; “His head was given to a fish”; “The town of Cornwall, in England”; “He has to grow new feet”; “I’m angling for some free Pepsi”

Skeptics with a K: Episode #023

Mike — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 11:00:02 +0000

Acupuncture in Vietnam, ghosts and homeopathy, psychic pet detectives and the Man with the Golden Nose. Plus the horrors of the Evian factory, Ice Cream Man Lawyers and the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Skeptics with a K: Special #004

Mike — Thu, 27 May 2010 10:00:59 +0000

Marsh from ‘Skeptics with a K’ calls into BBC Radio Oxford to talk about psychics and psychic healers – including an encounter with “Energy Worker” Adrian Pengelly.

Skeptics with a K: Episode #022

Mike — Thu, 20 May 2010 10:40:00 +0000

Mice and the Mail; Voyager and Vista; Foxes and Fleas and; Homeopathy and Healing IBS.

Skeptics with a K: Episode #021

Mike — Thu, 06 May 2010 18:07:44 +0000

Batman and the Health Ranger; Iron Man and Wheatgrass Juice; the Pope and the Civil Service; Scotland and Cannibals; and Fizzy Drinks and Old Age.

Skeptics with a K: The Inside Story

Marsh — Tue, 04 May 2010 09:00:15 +0000

Interview with Marsh on The Skeptical Review

Never one for self-promotion (*cough cough cough cough*), I have to admit to being flattered when, last week, I got an interview request from charming podcaster-type Karl Mamer, of the Conspiracy Skeptic podcast. Karl, alongside being an experience podcaster and generally dapper individual, is also something called a ‘Canadian’.

Now, being from this sceptred, splendid, God’s-own isle I’d previously never spoken to a Canadian – let alone ever been to Canadia – but seeing as outreach is one the stated goals in the MSS constitution (it’s amendment #3 right after the rule stating everyone has to have bare right arms, and right before the allowance of members to search for people having seizures), so I figured I’d give it a whirl. Still, forewarned is forearmed, so I thought it worth finding out a little more about this ‘Canadia’ place, before I allowed myself to be thrown to the mooses.

The archaic name of the country originally started with a silent ‘o’, however the land is only ever referred to as ‘Ocanada’ during the singing of the national anthem
The country has a fine heritage of cultural exports, including puppet ‘Ed The Sock‘, health activist Jim Carrey, and long-established comedy duo Terrence and Philip – who are often likened to our very own venerable Morecambe and Wise
We used to frickin’ own it! When the global economy crashed in 1931, the mortgage payments got too high, and Britain officially pawned Canada to some local lumberjacks. To this very day, the Queen’s name remains on the deeds, forcing proud Canadians to accept her as their great and glorious leader
Uber-skeptic James Randi was once Canadian, until an incident involving Alice Cooper and some Mounties while touring. Sometimes what happens on tour, doesn’t stay on tour, I guess
Current Prime Minister of Canada is Steve Harper, who supplements his wage by also playing goalkeeper for Newcastle United FC
Canadians don’t understand football, and they call it soccer, or soccerball, or goalsphere
It is the law that everything in Canada is written in both English AND in French / C’est la loi que chaque phrase ecrit en Canada est ecrit en Anglaise ET en Francais

Thus is the fruits of my Googling, and armed thus I ‘met’ with said Mr Mamer to thrash out an interview. Stylishly attired in a lumberjack shirt and matching hockey blades, Karl and I chatted about all things Skeptics-with-a-K-sy, while enjoying lashings of maple syrup and partaking in some customary transatlantic stereotyping.

Should you so wish, you can read the interview in full on The Skeptical Review website.

Skeptics with a K: Episode #020

Mike — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 11:32:29 +0000

The Skeptics with a K discuss CRIMINON, skeptical limericks and speaking German after a coma. Plus Pet Sematary, osteopaths and free falling from 18,000 ft.

Skeptics with a K: Episode #019

Mike — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 15:34:13 +0000

Sausages, bacon, black pudding, pig’s blood, swine flu and Peppa Pig. Plus wanding what ails you, frozen sea captains and an uncle named Olaf… Of course it’s Skeptics with a K!

Skeptics with a C: Special #003

Mike — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 07:00:00 +0000

Mike, Marsh and Colin return to talk about arrogant Darwinists, the Moral Compass and green children. Plus dolphin chi, matter transmitters and contacting Jesus – what else but Skeptics with a C?

Skeptics with a K: Episode #018

Mike — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 19:00:33 +0000

Abraham Lincoln, John F Kennedy, Ronald Reagan, Susan Miller, Patricia Martin, Peter Fisher, Edzard Ernst, Robert Mathie and Barabbas. All these people, plus Mike, Marsh, Colin and the British Hirsute Andrews – it’s Skeptics with a K!

Skeptics with a K: Episode #017

Mike — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:00:17 +0000

Homéopathes Français, Flat Earthers and the Old, Old, Very Old Man. With testicles both large and sound, it is Skeptics with a K.

Skeptics with a K: Episode #016

Mike — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 23:38:32 +0000

In this special episode of Skeptics with a K, recorded in front of a live audience at Liverpool Skeptics in the Pub, Mike, Marsh and Colin discuss the Liverpool Mind/Body/Spirit festival, Otto Von Bismark, dinner party guests and shooing away broken bones. Plus, a special bonus lecture from Marsh on PR and the Media.

Skeptics with a K: Episode #015

Mike — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 23:00:26 +0000

Clueless men, the scent of a woman, Gandhi’s glasses and logical fallacies. With two big mistakes to correct from last episode (whoops!) the guys return with a new episode of Skeptics with a K.

Skeptics with a K: Episode #014

Mike — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 18:34:56 +0000

The Health Ranger vs the Shorty Awards; electrohypersensitivity revisited, dinosaur names and flying to the moon using only water. Find out what the skeptics really believe in episode 14 of Skeptics with a K.

Skeptics with a K: Episode #013

Mike — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 22:34:58 +0000

Welcome to 2010. Mike, Marsh and Colin return to talk about Project Pterosaur, EFT, Ear Candling and the Man in the Iron Mask. Also, the latest news from the 10:23 Campaign.

Skeptics with a K: Episode #012

Mike — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 12:00:33 +0000

Mike looks back at some of the unused stories we recorded for Skeptics with a K this year. Featuring the LHC Sabotaging itself from the future, Guy the Space Clown and the film which claims homeopathy can cure autism.

Skeptics with a K: Episode #011

Mike — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 13:00:18 +0000

Christmas Special! The guys take a skeptical look at the traditional nativity story. Plus interdimensional portals over Norway, two full moons in the sky in January and your crazy homeopathic remedies.

Skeptics with a K: Episode #010

Mike — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 12:15:23 +0000

Homeopathy Special! In this extended episode, Mike, Marsh and Colin discuss the government’s Evidence Check session on homeopathy, the Merseyside Skeptics Open Letter to Boots and the trials which support homeopathy. Plus, we have a psychic Power double, Jesus in the UK and a Fantastic Fact!

Skeptics with a K: Episode #009

Mike — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:00:56 +0000

Lots about religion, lots about psychics. Emergency telephone numbers and (of course) Jesus’ cock. What else could it be? It’s the latest Skeptics with a K!

Skeptics with a K: Episode #008

Mike — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:15:12 +0000

Seances and twitter, Mr T ‘s graduation, syndicated culture and lunacy. All this plus the homeopaths guide to physics, drugs classification and the result of our T-Shirt Competition in the latest edition of Skeptics with a K.

Skeptics with a K: Episode #007

Mike — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:10:47 +0000

Acupuncture, pain pixies, breast enlargement by hypnosis and the fruit fly sexual tsunami. All this and more in the latest Skeptics with a K!

Skeptics with a K: Episode #006

Mike — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 14:15:04 +0000

TAM London, the Revival Fellowship, curing sleep and Conservapedia. These things, and more, in episode 6 of Skeptics with a K!

Skeptics with a K: Special #002

Mike — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 14:00:08 +0000

Marsh returns to City Talk FM to discuss astrology with clairvoyant and astrologer Claire Petulengro.

Skeptics with a K: Episode #005

Mike — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 12:35:42 +0000

Mike, Marsh and Colin return to talk about mobile phones and cancer, geopathic stress, reality distortion fields and mars bars.

Skeptics with a K: Episode #004

Mike — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 12:00:09 +0000

Muzzled babies, Princess Diana’s psychic and the God Spot. Mike, Marsh and Colin talk about all this, plus Freddie Mercury, Madame Tussauds, woo in New York City, Liberace and more!

Skeptics with a K: Special #001

Mike — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 11:45:25 +0000

Mike and Marsh from ‘Skeptics with a K’ visit their local radio station, City Talk FM, to talk about scientific skepticism, the Merseyside Skeptics Society, and chat live with believers, including psychic Katie Keeley and Steve Goddard from shipoffools.com

Skeptics with a K: Episode #003

Mike — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 08:30:48 +0000

Swine flu paranoia, UFOs over Glastonbury and transplanted personalities. Mike, Marsh and Colin return to take on these topics, plus one-legged cows, gangsta gnomes and more.

Skeptics with a K: Episode #002

Mike — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 11:00:29 +0000

The guys discuss Mars, Ben Stein, giant sun-reflecting clouds, and more. Simon Perry from the Adventures in Nonsense blog calls in to talk about his campaign against chiropractors who claim to treat colic.

Skeptics with a K: Episode #001

Mike — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 17:17:27 +0000

Our first episode! Mike, Marsh and Colin talk about electrohypersensitivity, moon landing denial, palm readers, holistic dentistry and more.