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Explore controversial science with leading researchers and their critics.

49. Craig Hogan, Your Mind Is Not Your Brain

Guest: R. Craig Hogan, author of Your Eternal Self claims studies unmistakably point to the finding that the mind is separate from the brain.

Transcript for this episode coming soon.

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0 Comments Published: Jul. 23, 2008 Listen

48. Jonathan Balcombe on Animal Rights

Guest: Dr. Jonathan Balcombe author of, Pleasurable Kingdom: Animals and the Nature of Feeling Good.

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0 Comments Published: Jul. 9, 2008 Listen

47. Skeptical Researcher, Dr. Clive Wynne Tackles DogsThatKnow

Guest: Dr. Clive Wynne on the University of Florida’s participation in the DogsThatKnow experiment.


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46. Dr. Rupert Sheldrake and the Skeptics

Guest: Dr. Rupert Sheldrake is abiologist and author of more than 75 scientific papers and ten books. As a former Research Fellow of the Royal Society, he studied natural sciences at Cambridge University, where he was a Scholar of Clare College,

0 Comments Published: Jun. 17, 2008 Listen

45. Researching Psychic Mediums

Guest: Dr. Julie Beischel, on the survival of consciousness and her proof-focused studies on psychic mediums.

The Windbridge Institute for Applied Research in Human Potential

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43. From the desk of James Randi

Chronicles the email exchange between Skeptiko host, Alex Tsakiris and noted Skeptic, James Randi regarding DogsThatKnow experiment.

Read the entire email exchange

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0 Comments Published: May. 9, 2008 Listen

42. Chris Carter, Parapsychology, Skepticism and Ideology

Part 2 of Chris Carter, Parapsychology and the Skeptics. Examines how the Skeptical community and magazines like the Skeptical Inquirer deal with scientific evidence for psi, telepathy and ESP:

“… you have to remember, the

0 Comments Published: May. 1, 2008 Listen

41. Psychic Dog Video, Skeptical Bias

Host discusses video of telepathic dog experiment recently posted on YouTube:

“if you look at how skeptics look at this stuff, there’s an almost unavoidable urge to make decisions that undermine the results. This can be

0 Comments Published: Apr. 15, 2008 Listen

40. Chris Carter, Parapsychology and Skepic Bullies

Guest: Chris Carter on the scientific argument for ESP, telepathy and other psi phenomena – and how Skeptics misjudge, misinterpret and get it wrong:

“… I think magazines like Skeptical Inquirer and originations like

0 Comments Published: Apr. 9, 2008 Listen

39. Clive Wynne, Animal Consciousness, Making Friends With Skeptics


Guest: Dr. Clive Wynne, on animal behavior research, our tendency to anthropomorphize animal behavior, and whether animal…

0 Comments Published: Mar. 26, 2008 Listen

38. Marc Beckoff, Animal Emtions, the Fox and the Hedgehog

Guest: Dr. Marc Bekoff, University of Colorado biology professor, and author of, The Emotional Lives of Animals, discusses his research into animal emotions, and the controversy surrounding research suggesting animal

0 Comments Published: Mar. 12, 2008 Listen

37. Controversy Over Dog Intelligence

Guest:

Dr. Stanley Coren, dog intelligence expert and author, explains why dog intelligence, and even dog consciousness, is consistent with…

0 Comments Published: Feb. 28, 2008 Listen

36 Academic Snobbery and the Journal of Scientific Exploration

Guest: Dr. Peter Sturrock, on academic snobbery. Hard-core skeptic Dr Clive Wynne, and Ethologist Dr. Marc Bekoff on whether controversial science encounters a double-standard when published. Sturrock on the legitimacy of the…

0 Comments Published: Feb. 13, 2008 Listen

Dr. Steven Novella and Dr. Richard Wiseman on "Dogs That Know" Research

Skeptiko Host, Alex Tsakiris, offers a point-by-point response the comments of noted Skeptics, Dr. Steven Novella, and Dr. Richard Wiseman. During the 30-minute show Tsakiris examines Dr. Rupert Sheldrake’s, "Dogs

0 Comments Published: Dec. 30, 2007 Listen

Response to Skeptics' Guide Host, Dr. Steven Novella

Skeptiko host, Alex Tsakiris, responds to Skeptics Guide to the Universe’s, Dr. Steven Novella. In a point-by-point response, Tsakiris claims Novella’s recent broadcast provides further evidence that prominent Skeptics are

0 Comments Published: Dec. 7, 2007 Listen
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