The European Skeptics Podcast - The ESP

No mercy for No-vaxx DjokovicSweden had some unusual northern lights last weekend (which Pontus missed) and the Tonga volcanic eruption had an impact on Annika’s plans. Don’t miss Pontus on next week’s Skeptic Zone with Richard Saunders! In TWISH we hear about Baron d’Holbach who created an important encyclopedia and organised great Skeptics in the Pub meetings back in the 1700s. Pope Francis hates that people are getting pets instead of generating new baby Catholics, totally missing the irony of himself opting out of parenthood. Then we take a look at the news:EUROPE: Increase in attacks against journalists for reporting on COVIDITALY: Nurse in Palermo arrested for administering fake jabsWORLD: 2021 was the fifth warmest year on recordINTERNATIONAL: YouTube called on by factcheckers to tackle misinformationINTERNATIONAL: Homeopaths urging WHO to begin training homeopathsSWEDEN: Tik Tok – Children get bombarded with news of imminent Russian invasionSWITZERLAND: Publisher Frontier in crisis?UK: Edzard Ernst did it again… new book coming!Novak Djokovic is this week’s Really Wrong Award winner for his covid pass shenanigans and anti-vaxx nonsense.Enjoy!Segments: Intro; Greetings; TWISH; Pontus Pokes The Pope; News; Really Wrong; Quote And Farewell; Outro; Out-Takes;

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.