Beehive Skeptics
Join Beehive Skeptics founder Shane and his wife and co-host Kirsten as we discuss current group activities, skepticism in Utah, and anything else that comes to mind. Shane and Kirsten offer a uniquely human take on skepticism as they come down from their elitist thrones and discuss each subject with the viewpoint of the average person. Beehive Skeptics is Utah's official skeptical activism group. Promoting Science and Critical Thinking in Utah. meetup.com/beehiveskeptics
Episodes
Kirsten and Shane talk about the Placebo effect.
In this episode Kirsten and Shane give you a brief overview of Homeopathy.
Kirsten decided to talk about Alzheimer's just to listen to Shane flounder trying to say it. But turns out there is a lot of miss-information about it!
Kirsten and Shane talk about vaccines, the myths, the conspiracies, and their safety.
Kirsten gets her swifty on! Talking about the media outrage and conspiracy theories around Taylor Swift.
Part two of our Critical Thinking series, Kirsten and Shane give you an overview of your personal biases.
Check out School of Thought for more critical thinking resources: www.schoolofthought.org
Kirsten and Shane go over the logical fallacies in a Critical Thinking crash course!
Check out School of Thought here: https://www.schoolofthought.org/
In this episode Kirsten and Shane give an update on 2023 psychic readings, and we provide all the predictions we've found and some of our own for 2024!
Help us out by updating the tracker!
Utah Psychic Prediction Tracker: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/16uwQKRX-UpzXFbdCicSDVZdnSUpiS1zEmZsph43guQU/edit?usp=sharing
In this episode we interview a special guest Amara, A local trans woman.
Kirsten reviews "Lost in Trans Nation" by Miriam Grossman.
And Shane goes over the science of Gender Affirming Care.
The science is extensive and dry, so we are posting our show notes in the following folder for listeners interested in reviewing our sources. Those notes are here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/12bthN1C7eogQIlyTMjTLes5DdVjQ...
Kirsten and Shane look into Alkaline water. It's everywhere now! Does it help? Is it actually Alkaline? Is it worth the extra money?
Kirsten Learns about the life and exploits of James Randi! Learn along, or if you've heard of him, here's a bit of nostalgia!
Your Homework:
Uri Geller on Jonny Carson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqCJDpNnHNI
Project Alpha Lookback with Michael Edwards: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9n7i9_kAFw
James Randi and project Alpha: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1S5CRcqJQo
James Randi exposes Hydrick: https://www.youtube...
Kirsten and Shane are still at CSICon 2023 in Vegas Baby! We got to sit down and talk with Susan Gerbic and Mark Edward about their lucrative career in busting hot reading psychics! We never do find out exactly why they name their projects after food though...
Kirsten and Shane talk generally about some common food myths, specifically about food coloring, Organic/GMO foods, and aspartame myths.
https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/science-sushi/httpblogsscientificamericancomscience-sushi20110718mythbusting-101-organic-farming-conventional-agriculture/
Our first guest Lauren Steadman! Lauren and Shane tell Kirsten about our psychic readings!
Get involved by tracking our readings here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/16uwQKRX-UpzXFbdCicSDVZdnSUpiS1zEmZsph43guQU/edit?usp=sharing
You can also request access and update with your own readings with the goal of a public prediction tracker for local psychics!
Kirsten explains feminism. Shane talks about misogamy in skepticism.
Happy Halloween! Kirsten and Shane talk about Satanic Panic.
Kirsten and Shane discuss UAP's and the recent UAP hearings.
Kirsten and Shane discus the pseudoscience around "Energy Healing", Kirsten's life experiences, Shane's interaction with the founder of the Energy Healing Conference, and Energy healing study review.
In our first episode Shane updates us on Beehive Skeptic's first ever challenge!
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