The Skeptic Zone #699 - 27.February.2022

0:00:00 Introduction Richard Saunders 0:03:26 UFOs... Again? Today's skeptics tend to look upon reports of UFOs with more a sense of nostalgia than any real expectation of new and startling evidence of alien visitation being produced. As decade after decade passes and the aliens remain... shy... we can look back at all the UFO documentaries, books, TV specials and so on that each promised so much, but delivered so little. https://www.facebook.com/282292778554961/posts/4813523685431825/ UFO TV Special https://youtu.be/bSMfOPw8JA0 Mick West videos https://tinyurl.com/35znrfrs 0:12:58 Australian Skeptics Newsletter What skeptical news has caught the eye of Tim Mendham this week? Read by Adrienne Hill. http://www.skeptics.com.au 0:21:56 The Book of Tim. With Tim Mendham This week Tim looks at Movies, Monsters and Magicians. This reading comes from The Skeptic, Vol. 41 No. 4 http://www.skeptics.com.au 0:29:10 A Dive into a Trove A wander through the decades of digitised Australian newspapers on a search for references to "UFOs". http://www.trove.nla.gov.au Also https://www.nswnma.asn.au/demand-for-safe-staffing-ratios-echoes-across-nsw/

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The Podcast from Australia for Science and Reason. Join Richard Saunders and his team of reporters for your weekly dose of skeptical news and interviews, reports and comments. Past guests have included, James Randi, Stephen Fry, Tim Minchin, Eugenie Scott, Dr Phil Plait, Michael Marshall, Dr Steve Novella, Dr Pamela Gay, Jon Ronson, Dr Ben Goldacre, Simon Singh, Prof. Richard Wiseman, Dick Smith, Banachek, Prof. Chris French, George Hrab, Tim Ferguson, Dr Paul Willis and many, many more. Featuring Australian radio legend Maynard with his Spooky Action, Jo Alabaster from the 'Evidence Please' blog, Eran Segev's Grain of Salt, Dr Rachael Dunlop with 'Dr Rachie Reports' and Heidi Robertson aka 'The Raw Skeptic'.