We’ve got some listener feedback about the popularity of lie detectors in Ukraine, and in TWISH we hear about the man behind the number, Amedeo Avogadro. Of course, we then get into this week’s news:

• NORWAY: Russian disinformation regarding made up ecological catastrophe
• RUSSIA / EU: Putin’s disinformation efforts are changing for the worse
• GLOBAL: COVID Vaccines saved 2.5 Million lives in the first 4 years of the pandemic
• UK: Has the government learned the lessons from the Southport riots?
• UK: Funding to promote anti-LGBT conversion practices surges
• INTERNATIONAL: Happy 15th anniversary, Retraction Watch!

The Really Wrong award goes to the Swedish fundamentalist evangelical Genesis organisation and the Really Right award to Prof. Dan Larhammar for his excellent take down of creationist nonsense.

Enjoy!

https://theesp.eu/podcast_archive/theesp-ep-491.html

Segments:

0:00:27 Intro

0:00:50 Greetings

0:08:06 TWISH

0:24:29 News

0:53:34 Really Wrong / Really Right

0:59:19 Quote

1:01:16 Outro

1:02:39 Outtakes

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Congratulations to friend of the show Deborah Hyde who has been appointed patron of Humanists UK! In TWISH we hear about to unsolved mystery of the disappearance of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry and after that, we dig into the news:

• IRELAND: Excavation of mass grave of infants in Irish “mother and baby home”
• INTERNATIONAL: YouTube and Meta seem to finally crack down on political disinformation
• UKRAINE: Zelensky’s new law mandates regular lie detector tests
• SCOTLAND: Trump caught on tape cheating in golf?
• DENMARK / INTERNATIONAL: No link between aluminum in vaccines and chronic disease
• UK / INTERNATIONAL: Nominations for the Ockham Awards are now open!

Nigel Farage, leader of Reform UK and general spreader of disinformation, is demonstrably lying about the crime situation in the UK, and for that he gets this week’s award for being Really Wrong.

Enjoy!

https://theesp.eu/podcast_archive/theesp-ep-490.html

Segments:

0:00:27 Intro

0:00:51 Greetings

0:14:50 TWISH

0:29:34 News

1:01:11 Really Wrong

1:07:30 Quote

1:09:17 Outro

1:10:39 Outtakes

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It’s the episode nobody could expect! Least of all András, who in Pontus’ continued absence gets put on the spot by the hot Scot known as Eggman. Can you match the skills of the Magyar Man? Tune in and find out.

Enjoy!

Segments:

0:00:27 Intro

0:00:57 Greetings

0:03:18 Quiz

0:05:32 round 1

0:20:58 round 2

0:40:40 round 3

0:54:02 Farewell

0:56:11 Outro

0:57:34 Outtakes

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