Posts Tagged ‘science’

Belle Gibson, Apple Cider Vinegar, Influencers and Grifters

Posted: February 23, 2025 in Uncategorized
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Image from Netflix showing Belle Gibson wearing sunglasses to court (to hide the fact she’s always lying).

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On episode 305 we discuss the story of “illness influencer” Belle Gibson and the TV series Apple Cider Vinegar (Netflix). We also cover broader themes of “conspirituality” (drawing on Naomi Klein’s book Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World), evidence-based versus non-evidence-based medicine, influencers and grifters.

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Clips: The Adventures of Lano & Woodley: Season 1, Episode 1 – The Girlfriend.

Intro music: Embrace by ItsWatR.

Outro music: The Blackest Bouquet by Leonell Cassio.

Episode 276: Is the Environmental Movement Promoting the Most Effective Individual Actions for the Climate?

Posted: January 25, 2022 in Uncategorized
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Image based on page 4 of the Wynes and Nicholas article linked to below.

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Nick is joined by Adam Cardilini to discuss the movie Don’t Look Up (Netflix) and compare individual actions for the climate commonly promoted in the environmental movement with scientific research on the most effective actions. We do this by discussing the actions promoted on the website https://www.count-us-in.org/en-gb/project/ and the following scientific article: Wynes, S. and Nicholas, K. A. 2017. The climate mitigation gap: education and government recommendations miss the most effective individual actions. Environ. Res. Lett., 12(7), 1-9.

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Music and other clips:

Animal liberation by Los Fastidios, Clip from Don’t Look Up (Netflix), Union speaker Luke on just transitions for fossil fuel workers – from the Climate Crisis National Day of Action event in Melbourne, The Voracious March of Godliness by Bad Religion, Work-Rest-Play-Die (live) by Subhumans.

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Episode 233: Hooked on Growth – Barriers to Meaningful Action on Climate Change

Posted: October 4, 2019 in Uncategorized
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We discuss the Global Climate Strike and economic growth as a barrier to meaningful action on climate change.

Links:

https://twitter.com/SebKonyn/status/1175893609813381120
  • For more on the environmental problems with economic growth, you can listen to a very recent discussion Nick did on Freedom of Species with Meghan Street from Green Left Radio, which covered this topic, the Melbourne Climate Strike, plus a critical examination of environmental vegan activism: MEGHAN STREET – CONNECTING ANIMAL ACTIVISM WITH ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENTS.

Book Recommendation:

Fight Like A Girl by Clementine Ford.

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Clips:

Sole ‘Flood’, Austin Powers ‘Sharks with Lasers’, Akala ‘Fire in the Booth – part 1’, Kesha ‘Rich, White, Straight Men’.

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Episode 204: We’re Skeptical about this Episode because it features a lot of Hokum(s Razor)

Posted: April 12, 2018 in Uncategorized
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On this episode we look into skepticism and rationality, with the help of scientist Dr Adam Cardilini, host of VeganSci podcast. We particularly focus on how skepticism and rationality relate to radical, anarchist, environment, veganism, Left etc politics.

More specifically, we cover: “drop babies”, ghosts and “the Ghostbusters ruling”, GMOs, Derren Brown, alternative medicine, veganism and medication/vaccinations, atheist critiques of “new atheists”, and fresh versus frozen/tinned food.

We also return to the topic we covered last episode #203 and look into the (lack of) evidence supporting the arguments behind trickle-down economics.

If you enjoyed this episode, you may want to check out our episodes on atheism (#87 and #88) and fake news (#180 and #181). We also recommend the skeptic podcasts The Infinite Monkey Cage and Token Skeptic.

Book recommendation:

Trick or Treatment by Professor Edzard Ernst and Simon Singh.

Clips:

Dead Prez ‘Psychology’, Cursive ‘Big Bang’.

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