The Skeptic Zone #891 - 2.November.2025

0:00:00 Introduction
Richard Saunders 00:06:12 Orgone not Gone!

Something that should've been confined to the trash bin of bad ideas a century ago is still skulking around our modern society. So-called "Orgone Energy", a fictitious magical force is being used to sell products to this day. We look at one website selling these devices and question why, in this day and age, things like this are still allowed to be sold.

Biotensor Testing (not a sendup)
https://youtu.be/HUeUVeyJ_aQ

Videos from Monica Smit
https://www.youtube.com/@ReigniteDemocracy/videos

Choice Magazine Review
https://www.choice.com.au/electronics-and-technology/gadgets/tech-gadgets/articles/geoclense-home-harmonizer-review

Investigation of Monica Smit
https://luckylosing.com/2021/10/09/monica-smit-interview-inaccurate-harmful-offensive-say-abc/ 0:22:50 The Loons from Canada

Kate and Allie, with giggles and gumption, head once again to Concordia University in Edmonton, Canada, with Dr. Rodney Schmaltz and his MacEwan University Psychology 441 class to embark on another ghost hunt. This is the second spooky soiree that Kate and Allie have joined to chase the elusive ghostly skeleton named Larry. The students shuffle through a smorgasbord of supernatural shenanigans, seeking infrasound, snapping shots of suspicious orbs and probable pareidolia while sleuthing for signs of Larry. Allie monitors the psychomantium, a dimly lit room with an inclined mirror where students might encounter the restless residents on the other side. Meanwhile, Kate channels cosmic karma, divining with her pendulum and Ouija board, hoping that Larry is a little more loquacious than he has been in the past. Will our ghost hunting gang get goosebumps or giggles? Listen to find out. 0:40:20 The TROVE Archives

A wander through the decades of digitised newspapers on a search for references to Skeptics in New Zealand.

1987.05.27 - The Press - NZ
1983.12.16 - The Press - NZ
1988.08.17 - The Press - NZ
1986.02.08 - The Press - NZ
1987.06.19 - The Press - NZ


http://www.trove.nla.gov.au Also Sydney Skeptics in the Pub - 6th Nov. - Kate Thomas with Woo Watch!
https://meetu.ps/e/PwcXw/SSz1/i