European Skeptics Podcast
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| The European Skeptics Podcast | |
|---|---|
| File:ESP logo.jpg | |
| Presentation | |
| Hosted by | András Gábor Pintér Jelena Levin Pontus Böckman |
| Genre | Scientific skepticism |
| Language | English |
| Updates | Weekly |
| Production | |
| No. of episodes | 107 |
| Publication | |
| Original release | 2015-11-18 – present |
| License | CC-BY-NC[1] |
| Website | theesp |
The European Skeptics Podcast (TheESP) is a weekly podcast hosted by three skeptics representig several European skeptic organisations in Europe: András Gábor Pintér from Hungary, Jelena Levin from Latvia and Pontus Böckman from Sweden.[2][3][4] The main goal of the podcast is to "support European level actions within the skeptical movement."[5]
The idea of the podcast emerged at the meeting of a board of European Council of Skeptical Organisations during the 16th European Skeptics Congress in London in September 2015.[5][6] In September 2017, two of the hosts (András G Pintér and Pontus Böckman) were selected for the board of directors of ECSO[7].
The podcast was featured on Skeptoid[4], Token Skeptic podcast[8] and CSI's webpage[9], among others.
It was awarded the 2017 Ockham's Award in the podcast category by The Skeptic magazine during QED conference in Manchester, UK.[10][11]
Hosts[edit | edit source]
András Gábor Pintér is the initiator of the podcast. He is an original member and vice president of the Hungarian Skeptic Society. In 1999 he received the James Randi Skeptic Award from the journal Természet Világa. In 2014 he joined, as one of the first members, Susan Gerbic's Guerrilla Skepticism on Wikipedia. In 2017 he was selected as an Associate Member of the board of directors of ECSO[7]. He currently lives in Brighton, UK.[2][3][6][9]
Jelena Levin grew up in Riga, Latvia, but now lives in the UK. She is also an active GSoW member.[2][3][9]
Pontus Böckman is a vice-president of the national Swedish Skeptics Society Föreningen Vetenskap och Folkbildning. In 2017 he was selected as a Member of the board of directors of ECSO[7]. He lives in Malmö, Sweden.[2][3][9]
Segments[edit | edit source]
The podcast is divided into several recurring segments,[12] such as This Week in Skepticism, Skeptical News (news items about skepticism, mainly European centered), Really Wrong, Really Right, Quote and an interview with a person "representing an organisation or a project either of a certain European country or stretching across borders."[13] The section Events in Europe about European skeptical organisations' events, was moved to the calendar on the podcast's webpage.[14]
Episodes[edit | edit source]
| No. | Title | Release Date | Webpage Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Episode #001, feat. Gábor Hraskó" | November 18, 2015 | 001 |
| 2 | "Episode #002, feat. Catherine de Jong" | December 2, 2015 | 002 |
| 3 | "Episode #003, feat. Michael Marshall" | December 16, 2015 | 003 |
| 4 | "Episode #004, feat. Kirill Alferov" | December 30, 2015 | 004 |
| 5 | "Episode #005, feat. Diana Barbosa" | January 13, 2016 | 005 |
| 6 | "Episode #006, feat. Michael Heap" | January 20, 2016 | 006 |
| 7 | "Episode #007" | January 27, 2016 | 007 |
| 8 | "Episode #008, feat. Jay Novella" | February 3, 2016 | 008 |
| 9 | "Episode #009, feat. Leon Korteweg" | February 10, 2016 | 009 |
| 10 | "Episode #010, feat. Prof. Edzard Ernst" | February 17, 2016 | 010 |
| 11 | "Episode #011, feat. Raffaella Vitali" | February 24, 2016 | 011 |
| 12 | "Episode #012, feat. Andrew Copson" | March 2, 2016 | 012 |
| 13 | "Episode #013, feat. Vassilena Valchanova & Liubomir Baburov" | March 9, 2016 | 013 |
| 14 | "Episode #014, feat. Prof Willem Betz" | March 16, 2016 | 014 |
| 15 | "Episode #015, feat. Antonia de Oñate" | March 23, 2016 | 015 |
| 16 | "Episode #016, feat. James “The Amaz!ng” Randi" | March 30, 2016 | 016 |
| 17 | "Episode #017, feat. Marko Kovic" | April 6, 2016 | 017 |
| 18 | "Episode #018, feat. Massimo Polidoro" | April 14, 2016 | 018 |
| 19 | "Episode #019, feat. Dr Julia Offe" | April 21, 2016 | 019 |
| 20 | "Episode #020, feat. Chris Peters from Sense About Science" | April 28, 2016 | 020 |
| 21 | "Episode #021, feat. Marit M. Simonsen" | May 5, 2016 | 021 |
| 22 | "Episode #022, feat. Sanal Edamaruku" | May 13, 2016 | 022 |
| 23 | "Episode #023" | May 21, 2016 | 023 |
| 24 | "Episode #024, feat. Amardeo Sarma" | May 28, 2016 | 024 |
| 25 | "Episode #025" | June 4, 2016 | 025 |
| 26 | "Episode #026, feat. Susan Gerbic" | June 10, 2016 | 026 |
| 27 | "Episode #027" | June 21, 2016 | 027 |
| 28 | "Episode #028, feat. Claire Klingenberg" | June 25, 2016 | 028 |
| 29 | "Episode #029" | July 2, 2016 | 029 |
| 30 | "Episode #030, feat. Linda Strand Lundberg" | July 9, 2016 | 030 |
| 31 | "Episode #031" | July 16, 2016 | 031 |
| 32 | "Episode #032, feat. Brian Eggo" | July 23, 2016 | 032 |
| 33 | "Episode #033, feat. Penny Lane" | July 30, 2016 | 033 |
| 34 | "Episode #034, feat. Deborah Hyde" | August 6, 2016 | 034 |
| 35 | "Episode #035" | August 13, 2016 | 035 |
| 36 | "Episode #036, feat. Fiona O’Leary" | August 20, 2016 | 036 |
| 37 | "Episode #037" | August 27, 2016 | 037 |
| 38 | "Episode #038, feat. Ovidiu Covaciu" | September 4, 2016 | 038 |
| 39 | "Episode #039" | September 10, 2016 | 039 |
| 40 | "Episode #040, feat. Isil Arican" | September 18, 2016 | 040 |
| 41 | "Episode #041" | September 26, 2016 | 041 |
| 42 | "Episode #042, feat. Natalie Grams" | October 3, 2016 | 042 |
| 43 | "Episode #042+1" | October 10, 2016 | 043 |
| 44 | "Episode #044, feat. Claus Larsen" | October 17, 2016 | 044 |
| 45 | "Episode 045 – QED special" | October 23, 2016 | 045 |
| 46 | "Episode #046, feat. Simon Singh" | October 31, 2016 | 046 |
| 47 | "Episode #047, feat. Edinburgh Skeptics & QED" | November 8, 2016 | 047 |
| 48 | "Episode #048, feat. Prof. Chris French" | November 14, 2016 | 048 |
| 49 | "Episode #049" | November 21, 2016 | 049 |
| 50 | "Episode #050, feat. Britt Hermes" | November 29, 2016 | 050 |
| 51 | "Episode #051" | December 6, 2016 | 051 |
| 52 | "Episode #052" | December 12, 2016 | 052 |
| 53 | "Episode #053" | December 19, 2016 | 053 |
| 54 | "Episode #054 – Christmas" | December 27, 2016 | 054 |
| 55 | "Episode #055" | January 1, 2017 | 055 |
| 56 | "Episode #056, feat. Richard Saunders" | January 9, 2017 | 056 |
| 57 | "Episode #057" | January 15, 2017 | 057 |
| 58 | "Episode #058, feat. Michael Motskin (Pint of Science)" | January 22, 2017 | 058 |
| 59 | "Episode #059" | January 30, 2017 | 059 |
| 60 | "Episode #060, feat. Tomasz Witkowski" | February 7, 2017 | 060 |
| 61 | "Episode #061" | February 14, 2017 | 061 |
| 62 | "Episode #062, feat. Michael Marshall and Fiona O’Leary" | February 22, 2017 | 062 |
| 63 | "Episode #063" | March 1, 2017 | 063 |
| 64 | "Episode #064, feat. Florent Martin" | March 8, 2017 | 064 |
| 65 | "Episode #065" | March 15, 2017 | 065 |
| 66 | "Episode #066, feat. Hayley Stevens" | March 22, 2017 | 066 |
| 67 | "Episode #067" | March 29, 2017 | 067 |
| 68 | "Episode #068, feat. Sofie Vanthournout" | April 5, 2017 | 068 |
| 69 | "Episode #069" | April 13, 2017 | 069 |
| 70 | "Episode #070, feat. Bethania Palma from Snopes.com" | April 21, 2017 | 070 |
| 71 | "Episode #071" | April 29, 2017 | 071 |
| 72 | "Episode #072, feat. Alan Henness" | May 6, 2017 | 072 |
| 73 | "Episode #073" | May 14, 2017 | 073 |
| 74 | "Episode #074, feat. Teddy Winroth" | May 19, 2017 | 074 |
| 75 | "Episode #075" | May 27, 2017 | 075 |
| 76 | "Episode #076, feat. Susan Gerbic" | June 4, 2017 | 076 |
| 77 | "Episode #077" | June 11, 2017 | 077 |
| 78 | "Episode #78, feat. Luigi Garlaschelli" | June 19, 2017 | 078 |
| 79 | "Episode #079" | June 25, 2017 | 079 |
| 80 | "Episode #080, feat. Diego Fontanive" | July 4, 2017 | 080 |
| 81 | "Episode #081" | July 11, 2017 | 081 |
| 82 | "Episode #082" | July 18, 2017 | 082 |
| 83 | "Episode #083" | July 26, 2017 | 083 |
| 84 | "Episode #084, feat. Holm Gero Hümmler" | July 31, 2017 | 084 |
| 85 | "Episode #085, feat. Leo Igwe" | August 6, 2017 | 085 |
| 86 | "Episode #086, feat. Konrad Talmont-Kaminski" | August 15, 2017 | 086 |
| 87 | "Episode #087" | August 24, 2017 | 087 |
| 88 | "Episode #088, feat. Dr Susan Blackmore" | August 30, 2017 | 088 |
| 89 | "Episode #089" | September 4, 2017 | 089 |
| 90 | "Episode #090 – feat. Claire Klingenberg" | September 11, 2017 | 090 |
| 91 | "Episode #091" | September 19, 2017 | 091 |
| 92 | "Episode #092" | September 27, 2017 | 092 |
| 93 | "Episode #093" | October 7, 2017 | 093 |
| 94 | "Episode #094" | October 12, 2017 | 094 |
| 95 | "Episode #095 – QED 2017 Edition" | October 18, 2017 | 095 |
| 96 | "Episode #096" | October 25, 2017 | 096 |
| 97 | "Episode #097" | November 2, 2017 | 097 |
| 98 | "Episode #098, feat. Austra Muizniece" | November 8, 2017 | 098 |
| 99 | "Episode #099 – Prince Charles, homeopathy and onions in your ears" | November 16, 2017 | 099 |
| 100 | "Episode #100 – Superheroes of Skepticism" | November 23, 2017 | 100 |
| 101 | "Episode #101 – Belgian UFOs, the King of Germany and András goes into politics" | November 30, 2017 | 101 |
| 102 | "Episode #102 – More Superheroes!" | December 6, 2017 | 102 |
| 103 | "Episode #103 – Vaccinations, threats over glyphosate, the John Maddox Prize & the Nobel-disease" | December 15, 2017 | 103 |
| 104 | "Episode #104 – Pre-Holidays show with Gleb Tsipursky and David Fitzgerald" | December 22, 2017 | 104 |
| 105 | "Episode #105 – Smallpox, fake news and the Taoiseach is a coward" | December 29, 2017 | 105 |
| 106 | "Episode #106 – Brian Dunning & Science Friction" | January 5, 2018 | 106 |
| 107 | "Ep. #107 - Memories & predictions, LSD, disease outbreak prevention & animal brothels" | January 13, 2018 | 107 |
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "TheESP – Ep. #093". October 7, 2017. Archived from the original on November 30, 2017. Retrieved October 9, 2017.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "The Hosts – The European Skeptics Podcast". The European Skeptics Podcast. February 20, 2016. Archived from the original on October 2, 2017. Retrieved August 9, 2017.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "Episode #001, feat. Gábor Hraskó". The European Skeptics Podcast. November 18, 2015. Archived from the original on September 5, 2017. Retrieved August 9, 2017.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Van de Casteele, Bruno (December 20, 2015). "ESP: not pseudoscience but a new European Skeptics Podcast". Skeptoid. Archived from the original on October 9, 2017. Retrieved August 9, 2017.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "About TheESP". The European Skeptics Podcast. October 10, 2012. Archived from the original on October 9, 2017. Retrieved August 9, 2017.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Skepticism in the media. András G Pintér and Kaja Bryx". Racjonalista TV. August 31, 2017. Archived from the original on September 1, 2017. Retrieved September 1, 2017.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 "ECSO: Skeptics in Europe – About". ECSO website. Archived from the original on September 25, 2017. Retrieved September 25, 2017.
- ↑ Sturgess, Kylie (November 29, 2015). "Token Skeptic 210 – On No Jab No Pay and The European Skeptics Podcast". acast. Archived from the original on August 9, 2017. Retrieved August 9, 2017.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 Gerbic, Susan (February 18, 2016). "The Real ESP—Building a Bridge for Skeptics". CSI. Archived from the original on August 9, 2017. Retrieved August 9, 2017.
- ↑ The Skeptic [@TheSkepticMag] (2017-10-14). "The #Ockhams2017 winner in the podcast category is @espodcast_eu" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 2017-10-17. Retrieved 2017-10-14 – via Twitter.
- ↑ "2017's Ockham Awards for Excellence in Skeptical Activism – The Skeptic". The Skeptic. July 22, 2017. Archived from the original on October 17, 2017. Retrieved October 17, 2017.
On Saturday 14th October, the 2017 Ockham Awards were presented at QEDcon in Manchester. The winners were (…) The European Skeptics Podcast in the podcast category (…).
- ↑ "Building a bridge for skeptics across Europe". The European Skeptics Podcast. Archived from the original on September 17, 2017. Retrieved August 9, 2017.
- ↑ "Episode #085, feat. Leo Igwe". The European Skeptics Podcast. August 6, 2017. Archived from the original on October 1, 2017. Retrieved August 9, 2017.
- ↑ "Skeptic events in Europe". The European Skeptics Podcast. October 10, 2012. Archived from the original on August 9, 2017. Retrieved August 9, 2017.
