The Skeptic Zone

The Skeptic Zone

The Podcast from Australia for Science and Reason. Join Richard Saunders and the crew for interviews and reports from around the world.

Episodes

January 17, 2026 62 mins
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Richard Saunders

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Erich von Daniken 1935 - 2026

We look at the life, times and legacy of the controversial author who popularise the idea that our a...
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Richard Saunders

00:06:32
Manifesting

Have you heard of manifesting? Or as it's been more recently labelled the law of attraction? Manifesting is the relati...
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January 3, 2026 65 mins
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December 27, 2025 57 mins
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Maynard's Disclosure
Urgent and dramatic news from Maynard. What doom and gloom is coming our way?

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Richard Saunders

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NO Future Seen in Fortune Telling

The GWUP (Gesellschaft zur wissenschaftlichen Untersuchung von Parawissenschaften - Society for ...
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December 20, 2025 57 mins
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Richard Saunders

00:04:26
2026 Bent Spoon

Now's your chance to nominate an individual, company or product in Australia that, in your opinion, is worthy of t...
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December 13, 2025 65 mins
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Richard Saunders

00:06:46
TikTok Psychic Attack

Only the Skeptic Zone podcast is brave enough to investigate the important but little spoken about public he...
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December 6, 2025 79 mins
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Richard Saunders

00:02:00
The "Why Smart Women Zone" Podcast - Part #1

LIVE from the Occidental Hotel in Sydney Australia, comes a combination of two of Aus...
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November 29, 2025 61 mins
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Richard Saunders

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3i Atlas Update

As Comet 3i Atlas emerges from behind the sun, we take a look at the latest news from NASA that confirms the object...
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November 22, 2025 68 mins
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Richard Saunders

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The Think Tank

Our international team spent time with Dr Siouxsie Wiles from New Zealand. Dr Siouxsie has been the victim of outra...
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November 15, 2025 70 mins
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Richard Saunders

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I Think We Need to Think. With Susan Gerbic

An interview with Susan about her recent feature in major Australian newspapers talking...
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November 8, 2025 65 mins
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Richard Saunders

00:02:44
Woo Watch! With Kate Thomas

This week Kate is interviewed at Skeptics in the Pub by Maynard.

Kate Thomas on TikTok and Instagram
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November 1, 2025 63 mins
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Richard Saunders

00:06:12
Orgone not Gone!

Something that should've been confined to the trash bin of bad ideas a century ago is still skulking around our m...
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October 25, 2025 54 mins
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Richard Saunders

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3i Atlas Update

As the interstellar comet streams through the inner solar system, we look at some of the claims about it being mad...
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October 18, 2025 65 mins
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Richard Saunders and Maynard

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Auras

Is there really an invisible "energy field" of swirling colours surrounding all living things? What happens when...
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October 11, 2025 61 mins
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Introduction
Richard Saunders

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Woo Watch! With Kate Thomas

Wellness Patches

This week, pharmacist and skeptic Kate Thomas takes a look at the latest sticky heal...
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October 4, 2025 61 mins
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Richard Saunders. Also the winners of the Australian Skeptics Awards for 2025, live from Skepticon Melbourne with Tim Mendham.

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Divination

We look ...
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September 27, 2025 64 mins
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Richard Saunders

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You Can Count on Adrienne. With Adrienne Hill

This week Adrienne takes us to Portugal on a trip of discovery of the local supersti...
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September 20, 2025 60 mins
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Richard Saunders and Maynard

00:05:58
Woo Watch! With Kate Thomas

We interview Pharmacist Kate Thomas, a rising TikTok star from Sydney who fights medical m...
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September 13, 2025 61 mins
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Richard Saunders

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Cryptozoology

We take a look into the history and likelihood of strange creatures roaming the earth, yet to be discovered by scien...
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September 5, 2025 53 mins
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Richard Saunders and Tim Mendham

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A Look into the Stars

We take a sceptical look at the claims and promises of the age old practice of Astrology. Ca...
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