The Skeptic Zone #867 - 18.May.2025

0:00:00 Introduction
Richard Saunders 00:06:40 For Crying Out Loud!

This week Kat McLeod (with a little help from Adrienne Hill) interviews attendees and guests from the recent "We Can Reason" conference in Calgary, Canada.

Includes Seth Andrews, Leslie Rosenblood, Brenda Hill, Forrest Valkai, Rodney Schmaltz and Lei Pinter. 0:19:04 The Book of Tim. With Tim Mendham

Unnatural Selection By Tim Mendham

Part 4 of 5

Alfred Russel Wallace (1823 - 1913) was an English naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist, biologist and illustrator. He independently conceived the theory of evolution through natural selection; his 1858 paper on the subject was published that year alongside extracts from Charles Darwin's earlier writings on the topic.

A reading from The Skeptic, Vol. 44 No. 2

http://www.skeptics.com.au 0:27:50 Psychic Penny's Horoscopes

Exclusive to The Skeptic Zone, Psychic Penny casts a horoscope and looks deep into the stars. Is your fate in her hands?

This week her mystic insights for Leo, Virgo, Libra and Scorpio. 0:33:12 The TROVE Archives

A wander through the decades of digitised Australian newspapers on a search for references to so-called psychic detective, Dorothy Allison and James Randi.

1980.10.23 - The Ledger
1997.08.19 - The Ludington Daily News
1999.12.03 - The Banger Daily News

http://www.trove.nla.gov.au Also Dr Karl - Artificial Intelligence or Artificial Idiocy? Tue, 27 May, 6pm - 7:15pm
https://events.humanitix.com/artificial-intelligence-or-artificial-idiocy