The Skeptic Zone #909 - 8.March.2026

0:00:00 Introduction
Richard Saunders 00:05:48 Bend Spoon Award Nomination

Vivacious Living Centre of Perth, WA bills itself as "a Multi-modality Health & Wellness Centre", offering such services as Crystal Healing, Reiki, Acupressure, Reflexology and Talking to the Dead!

All of these services are worthy of a Bent Spoon nomination, however it is the claims to diagnose and treat bodily conditions via a device known as the Metatron NLS (Non-linear System), a device from Russia, that is the focus of this nomination.

https://www.skeptics.com.au/about/activities/bent-spoon/nominations 00:16:16 Woo Watch! With Kate Thomas

A bit of a Stretch

We travel to Kate's studio to find out her opinions on the topic of stretching! Do you stretch before or after exercising? What does Kate have to say on the topic?

Kate Thomas on TikTok and Instagram
https://linktr.ee/PrescribeorPass 00:26:14 Sydney Skeptics in the Pub Trivia

Once again, skeptics turned up to test their general knowledge and skeptical trivia. Hosts Richard Saunders and Lara Benham supplied the brain teasers while the President of Australian Skeptics Jessica Singer paid tribute to Ian Bryce who has retired from the committee after 45 years of service.

https://www.meetup.com/austskeptics 0:37:46 The TROVE Archives

A wander through the decades of digitised newspapers on a search for references to Chakras.

1984.03.06 - Tharunka
1977.03.28 - Woroni
1991.07.06 - Tharunka
1989.04.16 - The Observer Reporter


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