ECSO - European Council of Skeptical Organisations

Event Schedule | QED 2025 Timetable of events for the QED science and skepticism conference, 25th-26th October 2025.

Schedule released for QED! The ESP is on at 3:10 on Saturday. See you there! (or online if you get an online ticket...!)
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TheESP – Ep. #501 – Of Swans and Carp - The European Skeptics Podcast To begin with with remember Jane Goodall and we mark that the Dutch Master Kackadoris Award has been awarded to the VU University of Amsterdam – serves them right! In TWISH we hear about the adoption ...

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TheESP – Ep. #501 – Of Swans and Carp

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TheESP – Ep. #500 – Half a Thousand! - The European Skeptics Podcast It’s official boys and girls, we made it to Episode 500! We celebrated this with a live recording and joining us from all over the world were a whole bunch of the best skeptics you can imagine: Michae...

TheESP – Ep. #500 – Half a Thousand!

Joining us from all over the world for ep 500 were Michael Marshall, Chris French, Claire Klingenberg, Susan Gerbic, Deborah Hyde, Adrienne Hill, Richard Saunders, Annika Harrison and Brian Eggo.
Also available on our YouTube channel!

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The ESP live with their 500th episode! Tonight at 19:00!
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TheESP – Ep. #499 – Drones from Outer Space! - The European Skeptics Podcast Next week we’ll livestream our 500th episode (but stick around for this one first!), and also we remind all non-UK QED participants to get their ETAs before they go to Manchester later this month. In ...

TheESP – Ep. #499 – Drones from Outer Space!

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TheESP – Ep. #498 – Don't Be Like Bobby - The European Skeptics Podcast Swedish glaciers are disappearing and in TWISH we hear about the triumph for science when discovering Neptune. After that, it’s the news: INTERNATIONAL: This year’s Ig Nobel prizes FRANCE: Macrons fin...

TheESP – Ep. #498 – Don’t Be Like Bobby

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TheESP – Ep. #497 – Ötzi the Ice Man - The European Skeptics Podcast Make sure to check out András Skeptics in the Pub Online talk next week on 25 September! In TWISH we meet Ötzi the Ice Man, and a mystery death from 5300 years ago and a invaluable source of archeolog...

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TheESP – Ep. #497 – Ötzi the Ice Man

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Two videos (in English) with our own Pontus Böckman in Vilnius.

TheESP – Ep. #496 – Nail in the Coffin - The European Skeptics Podcast In the Netherlands, trust in science is increasing which is unexpected good news. We have some thoughts on the election results in Norway, plus you can now hear us on YouTube! In TWISH we hear about a...

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TheESP – Ep. #496 – Nail in the Coffin

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TheESP – Ep. #495 – Remember That Your Memory Fails - The European Skeptics Podcast After some listener feedback regarding green energy and Pontus reporting back from Lithuania, we go to TWISH where we hear about Wilhelm Ostwald, one of the fathers of physical chemistry. The, we get ...

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TheESP – Ep. #495 – Remember That Your Memory Fails

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Don't eat apricot kernels! - European Skeptics FacebookTweetLinkedIn The previous news item briefly touched on apricot kernels. Rumours circulate that they help prevent cancer. Apricot kernels contain amygdalin, also known as laetrile. Cancer cell...

Don’t eat apricot kernels!

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British woman dies of cancer due to her mother's persuasion - European Skeptics FacebookTweetLinkedIn A BBC investigation in Britain has caused a stir about a young woman who died of cancer in 2024 after refusing chemotherapy. She was estimated to have an 80% chance of being cure...

British woman dies of cancer due to her mother's persuasion

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TheESP – Ep. #494 – An Everlasting Digital Dance - The European Skeptics Podcast We’re already looking forward to QED and nominations for the Ockham Awards are still open – if you know someone who deserves it nominate them! After some listener feedback we go to TWISH and hear abou...

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TheESP – Ep. #494 – An Everlasting Digital Dance

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TheESP – Ep. #493 – Hot Summer - The European Skeptics Podcast In TWISH this week we look into the achievements of James Watt who made a whole lot of things, despite not inventing the steam engine. Then of course, there’s the news: ITALY: Government reverses appo...

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TheESP – Ep. #493 – Hot Summer

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TheESP – Ep. #492 – Conspiracy Theorists, with Steen and Claus - The European Skeptics Podcast Ever realized that there are three types of conspiracy theorists and a clear link between them and terrorism? Catch the new book by Steen Svanholm and Claus Larsen and hear them talk about their findi...

Do conspiracy theories breed terrorists? Check out today's episode!
TheESP – Ep. #492 – Conspiracy Theorists, with Steen and Claus

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TheESP – Ep. #491 – 2.5 million lives saved - The European Skeptics Podcast % We’ve got some listener feedback about the popularity of lie detectors in Ukraine, and in TWISH we hear about the man behind the number, Amedeo Avogadro. Of course, we then get into this week’s news: ...

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TheESP – Ep. #491 – 2.5 million lives saved

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TheESP – Ep. #490 – A theory is not a person - The European Skeptics Podcast Congratulations to friend of the show Deborah Hyde who has been appointed patron of Humanists UK! In TWISH we hear about to unsolved mystery of the disappearance of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry and after ...

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TheESP – Ep. #490 – A theory is not a person

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TheESP – Ep. #489 – The Scottish Inquisition - The European Skeptics Podcast It’s the episode nobody could expect! Least of all András, who in Pontus’ continued absence gets put on the spot by the hot Scot known as Eggman. Can you match the skills of the Magyar Man? Tune in an...

TheESP – Ep. #489 – The Scottish Inquisition
It’s the episode nobody could expect! Least of all András, who gets put on the spot by the hot Scot known as Eggman @brianeggo.bsky.social

Enjoy!

Segments: Intro; Greetings; Quiz; Farewell; Outro; Outtakes

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TheESP – Ep. #488 – Grok and Troll - The European Skeptics Podcast As Pontus is off on som some mysterious quest or whatnot, Brian Eggo (Eggman) sneaks back into the driver’s seat of the show. In TWISH we hear about the myths surrounding the death of the last tsar of...

Finally the long awaited episode #488. Sorry for the delay!
TheESP – Ep. #488 – Grok and Troll
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TheESP – Ep. #487 – Religion has no place in science - The European Skeptics Podcast The heat wave in Europe is back, and in TWISH we learn about the Russell-Einstein Manifesto which was published 70 years ago this week, and we wonder why we haven’t come any further than we have. Then...

TheESP – Ep. #487 – Religion has no place in science
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Muntejp Att tejpa munnen innan man går och lägger sig ska enligt förespråkare ge dig mer energi, en manligare käklinje och förbättrad hjärthälsa.

Skeptisk måndag med VoF - Muntejp
Se upp för hur du andas! Att tejpa för munnen på natten är ett råd som påstås göra dig både snyggare och friskare. Finns det några belägg för det?
#skeptiskmåndag

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TheESP – Ep. #486 – Orbánned! - The European Skeptics Podcast Viktor Orbán got his behind handed to him when trying to ban Budapest Pride and that makes us very happy! In TWISH we learn about Attila Pataky who can not only sing but has also repeatedly been abduc...

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TheESP – Ep. #486 – Orbánned!

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TheESP – Ep. #485 – Barbara Bananas - The European Skeptics Podcast Is the virus metaphor for spreading misinformation really as good as we have been led to think? Some psychologists disagree. We again ask everyone to show support their support for the Naked Scientist...

Good morning, new episode out!
TheESP – Ep. #485 – Barbara Bananas

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TheESP – Ep. #484 – Mystery Moon - The European Skeptics Podcast URGENT! The great podcast the Naked Scientists is in great danger of being cancelled by Cambridge University and we urge everyone to protest this! Information about how to to that is here: https://www...

Time for this week's ESP!
TheESP – Ep. #484 – Mystery Moon

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Cambridge University has taken the stupid and shortsighted decision to pull funding for the Naked Scientists Podcast in order to cut expenses!
Please let them know how wrong that would be!
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TheESP – Ep. #483 – Uri Geller vs. Greta Thunberg - The European Skeptics Podcast As Eggman sits in for András, we look forward to SkeptiCamp at QED and Mike Hall’s Skeptics in the Pub Online talk and are happy to note that not only do we follow the ECDC, but they follow us back. I...

New episode, with special guest Brian Eggo!
TheESP – Ep. #483 – Uri Geller vs. Greta Thunberg

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YouTube video by Australian Skeptics Inc James Randi in Australia - 45th Anniversary Edition

James Randi dowsing in Australia in 1980. The great Richard Saunders (of the Skeptic Zone) has brought this gem back from the dead and enhanced both video and sound in a fantastic way. Check it out!
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TheESP – Ep. #482 – On the Highway of Misinformation - The European Skeptics Podcast We have some listener feedback about the name of ‘Grok’ and a tip to sign a very important petition regarding NASA. In TWISH we hear how a timely letter kicked Darwin into action and made him finally ...

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TheESP – Ep. #482 – On the Highway of Misinformation

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TheESP – Ep. #481 – with Deborah Hyde! - The European Skeptics Podcast Deborah Hyde joins us this week, it’s been far too long. We recommend her Youtube series ‘The Green Children of Woolpit‘! The Romanian presidential election is still contentious, and we congratulate I...

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TheESP – Ep. #481 – with Deborah Hyde!

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TheESP – Ep. #480 – People Are the Worst - The European Skeptics Podcast Viktor Orbán is coming down hard on free speech and Romania seems to (maybe) avoid chaos after their second attempt on presidential elections. In TWISH we get into classical skepticism and have a look...

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TheESP – Ep. #480 – People Are the Worst
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