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Saturday, February 28, 2015

Episode 0021: Weasel words

In this episode we look at Weasel Words.

Euphemisms

Chaser Media circus - police using euphemisms:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJhzU2x-EdA

Dysphemisms

Bill Maher GM foods:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csSw3fYnICc&app=desktop

From some of our commentary on GM foods:

Monsanto terminator seeds: http://www.monsanto.com/newsviews/pages/terminator-seeds.aspx
Testing for allergic reactions: http://www.nytimes.com/1996/03/14/us/genetic-engineering-of-crops-can-spread-allergies-study-shows.html

Direct download: https://archive.org/download/HH101/HH101e0021.mp3

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Saturday, February 14, 2015

Episode 0020: Stacking the deck (original episode)

This is an original episode on Stacking the Deck.

Here's the link to the entire section of the interview that I used:http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=GZcJ2zzvEwY
Here's the link to the Time article on the Hannah Poling case - Case Study: Autism and Vaccines.
Steven Novella's post on this case - Has the Government Conceded Vaccines Cause Autism?
Stop Jenny McCarthy

And the actual "Coalition of the Willing" - as opposed to Michael Moore's version...

Direct download: https://archive.org/download/HH101/HH101e0020.mp3

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Saturday, January 31, 2015

Episode 0019: Unfounded generalisation

In this episode we look at Unfounded Generalisation

The clips for this episode come from QANDA episode Monday 10 November, 2014
This is your Brain on Climate Change

Some further reading:

A review of Susan Greenfield’s book: http://www.literaryreview.co.uk/bell_10_14.php
A Ben Goldacre post from 2011: http://www.badscience.net/2011/11/why-wont-professor-greenfield-publish-this-theory-in-a-scientific-journal/

Direct download: https://archive.org/download/HH101/HH101e0019.mp3

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Saturday, January 17, 2015

Episode 0018: False cause; correlation error (original episode)

In this podcast we discuss the False Cause; Correlation Error. It’s the 1st pod in a series we did on the air head actress Jenny McCarthy and her fallacious views on autism.

The "cut down" video podcast version:

Here's the youtube link from where I obtained the interview: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36PLQIMW69c
Stop Jenny McCarthy

Direct download of the podcast: https://archive.org/download/HH101/HH101e0018.mp3

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Saturday, January 3, 2015

Episode 0017: Ad hominem (original episode)

This is an original episode on Ad Hominem.

Show notes (stuff we mentioned that you might want to follow up, or not, whatever… totally up to you):

Reading from the book (Ad Hominem)

The master of vitriolic Ad Hominem and Browbeating - Gordon Ramsay - fromKitchen Nightmares (I think...)

Reductio Ad Hitlerum and Goodwin’s Law

An example of likening a contemporary political leader to Hitler from people who’d been to see a talk by Al Gore organised by moveon.org (no points for guessing the leader of who I speak...) . This is obviously a case of cherry picking, but nonetheless…. Here's the youtube clip I used: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiOpOGJsLhU. (I also slipped in a bit of Monty Python here (Gumbies)

Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and the earwax incident (prior to being elected)

Blackadder Goes Fourth - Captain Cook

The evil brain teaser I mentioned

Direct download: https://archive.org/download/HH101/HH101e0017.mp3

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Saturday, December 20, 2014

Episode 0016: Immunised hypothesis

In this episode Ben and I discuss Immunised Hypotheses: http://www.skepticsfieldguide.net/2013/01/immunised-hypothesis.html

Clips from:

Derren Brown investigates: Ghost Hunter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hfDIveFQHg

The Refining Reason Debate: Special Pleading fallacy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJApqf0xaAA

Phony Karate Master - No Touch KO Debunked https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Z0_n7tGnK0

Also discussed, Kiai Master vs MMA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEDaCIDvj6I

Direct download: https://archive.org/download/HH101/HH101e0016.mp3

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Saturday, December 6, 2014

Episode 0015: Gibberish (original episode)

This podcast is an original episode on Gibberish: http://www.skepticsfieldguide.net/2012/12/gibberish.html

One example we use is from Yes Prime Minister - The Smoke Screen.

The other examples are from Richard Dawkins' Tanner Lectures. (The gibberish comes in the form of questions asked to Richard Dawkins.)

Richard Dawkins - The Religion of Science - Part 2 - at about 31 minutes into the audio if you want to hear the original.
Richard Dawkins - The Science of Religion - Part 2 - at about 11 minutes.

Direct download: https://archive.org/download/HH101/HH101e0015.mp3