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Oxford Skeptics in the Pub events podcast
Thinking and drinking. That is the unlikely goal of our meeting. Each month we invite a speaker to talk about an area of belief and to invite critical debate. We encourage skeptical thought and we enjoy challenging discussions.
Michael Marshall: Lifting The Lid - Ongoing adventures in the world of pseudoscience
27-12-2015
Michael Marshall shows what happens when you begin to crack the surface of the pseudosciences that surround us – revealing the surprising, sometimes-shocking and often-comic adventures that lie beneath.
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Martin Robbins: Bad Science in the Developing World - Trailing homeopaths in East Africa
26-12-2015
Martin Robbins talks about his visits to homeopathic projects in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania.
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Lloyd Chapman: Aid works (on average)
25-12-2015
Lloyd Chapman examines the successes of foreign aid and the dramatic impact they have for the overall success of aid.
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Tim Miles: No laughing matter? Why comedy is important to higher education
19-12-2015
Studying comedy offers us fascinating insights and important possibilities. The talk will explore a path through evolutionary psychology, neuroscience, health care, pedagogy, cultural anthology and the performing arts.
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Jon Butterworth: Smashing Physics - News from the energy frontier
04-05-2015
The discovery of the Higgs boson was the culmination of the largest experiment ever run, the ATLAS and CMS experiments at CERN's Large Hadron Collider. But what is a Higgs boson? How was it found? And what will the LHC do next?
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John Sweeney: Church of Fear - Inside The Weird World Of Scientology
24-04-2015
Award-winning journalist John Sweeney tells the story of his investigation of the Church of Scientology
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Sanal Edamaruku: Superstition and Rationalism - the Indian battleground
15-04-2015
The president of the Indian Rationalist Association challenges the gurus and godmen who have such a pervasive influence in society.
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Neil Denny, 4 September 2013
08-04-2015
The Little Atoms Road Trip: A Scientific Odyssey across America
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Andy Lewis, 18 Mar 2013
31-03-2015
What every parent needs to know about Steiner Schools: Anthroposophy and Spiritual Science
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Andrew Steele, 9 Jan 2013
08-09-2013
Our investment in science is woefully small compared to the scale of the problems it's trying to solve. Dr Andrew Steele explains why our miniscule spending on science doesn't make sense, and why it's vital that we make science funding a political issue.
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