The Skeptic Zone #707 - 24.April.2022
0:00:00 Introduction Richard Saunders 0:04:22 Homeopathy on Trial On January 13, the Center for Inquiry reached a major milestone in its groundbreaking consumer-protection lawsuits against retail giants Walmart and CVS. CFI is suing these mammoth corporations over their deceptive sale and marketing of homeopathic products under the Consumer Protection laws of the District of Columbia, and on January 13, CFI Legal Director Nick Little presented oral argument for our cases before the DC Court of Appeals. https://centerforinquiry.org/news/cfi-meets-walmart-and-cvs-in-dc-court-over-homeopathy-lawsuit/ https://cdn.centerforinquiry.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/14130827/CFI-v-Boiron-Complaint-FINAL.pdf 0:18:46 Australian Skeptics Newsletter What skeptical news has caught the eye of Tim Mendham this week? Read by Adrienne Hill. http://www.skeptics.com.au 0:26:22 The Book of Tim. With Tim Mendham Out of Body, Out of Mind. Part 2. By Prof. Marcello Costa Pinocchio, self-mutilation, having someone else's limbs and feeling presences - our sense of body is strange and wonderful thing. A reading from The Skeptic, Vol. 30 No. 1 http://www.skeptics.com.au 0:37:12 A Dive into a Trove A wander through the decades of digitised Australian newspapers on a search for references to "Naturopaths". 1995, 20 June - The Times - Victor Harbour, South Australia 1946, 14 May - The Telegraph - Brisbane 1946, 15 May - The Telegraph - Brisbane 1951, 6 Apil - The Courier-Mail - Brisbane 1953, 6 September - Truth - Brisbane https://quackwatch.org/naturopathy/ http://www.trove.nla.gov.au Also Susan Gerbic, 11am AEST Sunday 24th. - https://bond.zoom.us/j/96246943879