The Skeptic Zone #449 - 28.May.2017

The Skeptic Zone - A podcast by Richard Saunders

0:00:00 Introduction Richard Saunders 0:07:28 The Raw Skeptic Report... with Heidi Robertson 'Your presence here will cause babies to die' - Dr Lance O'Sullivan stuns guests at anti-vax doco by leaping on stage to explain why their message is a killer. https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/watch-your-presence-here-cause-babies-die-dr-lance-osullivan-stuns-guests-anti-vax-doco-leaping-stage-explain-why-their-message-killer?auto=5445517891001 0:24:10 Disabled boy in danger of malnutrition removed from parents Online petition calls for malnourished son of anti-vaxxer to be returned home. Supporters of a prominent anti-vaxxer whose disabled and malnourished young son was taken by family services have launched an online petition to have him returned. Documents obtained by the ABC show the four-year-old boy, whose family lives in Newcastle, was severely underfed and was at immediate risk of serious harm. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-05-22/petition-calls-for-anti-vaxxers-malnourished-son-to-return-home/8547506 0:29:33 Brew Ha Ha: Science in less time than it takes to order a coffee Interview with Casey Harrigan https://www.australiascience.tv Casey joins us from Australia Science TV to chat about how Brew Ha Ha is made and her role in collecting interesting science reports each week. 0:38:44 Mind Body Wallet for May 2017 We tag along with the Stranger Things Downunder group to discover and rediscover the "wonders" of Mind Body Wallet. https://www.facebook.com/StrangerThingsDownUnder/ 0:49:12 “Experimental” Webster technique approved by Chiropractic Australia Chiropractic is in the news again (or should that be, “still in the news”). ABC Radio National’s The World Today program ran a piece on chiropractors who are still advertising their provision of the Webster technique to pregnant women, in defiance of warnings from the Chiropractic Board and the College of Obstetricians to stop it. http://www.skeptics.com.au/2017/05/23/experimental-webster-technique-approved-by-chiropractic-australia/ Also... NECSS - New York https://necss.org CSI Con - Las Vagus http://csiconference.org European Skeptics Congress - Wroclaw http://euroscepticscon.org SkepticCal - California http://www.skepticalcon.com QED - Manchester qedcon.org Skepticon Sydney http://www.skeptics.com.au Mayanrd's FREE 2017 Calendar http://maynard.com.au/2017-maynard-calendar/