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

September 27, 2025 64 mins
0:00:00
Introduction
Richard Saunders

00:04:56
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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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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Introduction
Richard Saunders

00:03:00
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

00:06:06
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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August 29, 2025 65 mins
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Richard Saunders

00:06:14
Comet 3I Atlas and TikTok Tales of Doom

As another interstellar visitor races through our solar system, we look at various predict...
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August 23, 2025 62 mins
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Richard Saunders

00:03:28
Alien Abductions?

We take a look at the history, implications and possibilities of aliens travelling across the Milky Way to not o...
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August 16, 2025 60 mins
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Richard Saunders

00:03:34
The World Without the Modern Skeptical Movement

We imagine what society would be like if James Randi and people like him never sta...
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August 9, 2025 65 mins
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Richard Saunders

00:02:50
Msynard's Spooky Action

Maynard heads to Sydney Skeptics in the Pub for a special screening of the remastered documentary "James R...
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August 2, 2025 65 mins
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Richard Saunders

00:04:08
Radical Thinking

Radical Thinking is a book about how you view the world. It's about the things that shape your thoughts, from wha...
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July 26, 2025 50 mins
 
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Introduction
Richard Saunders

00:02:16
Dr Eugenie Scott - Scopes Monkey Trial 100th Anniversary - #2

We chat to the one and only Dr Eugenie Scott w...
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July 19, 2025 63 mins
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Richard Saunders

00:02:16
Dr Eugenie Scott - Scopes Monkey Trial 100th Anniversary - #1

We chat to the one and only Dr Eugenie Scott who reflects on the 100...
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July 12, 2025 62 mins
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Psychic Penny

00:02:36
Skeptoid Adventure Interviews

From around the Bermuda Triangle comes interviews with Adrienne Hill, Ben Radford, Ross Blocher, Susan ...
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July 5, 2025 62 mins
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Kat McLeod

00:03:04
You Can Count on Adrienne

In part 1 of adventures with Adrienne and Susan, Adrienne Hill chats cheerfully with Susan Gerbic about their ...
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June 28, 2025 63 mins
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Richard Saunders

0:04:04
The Book of Tim. For Tim Mendham

This week we pay tribute to retiring editor of the Skeptic Magazine, Tim Mendham. After many years...
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June 21, 2025 58 mins
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Introduction
Richard Saunders

00:04:06
Science and Psudoscience

Americans (Kind of) Smarter on Science

We look at a news report from 2007 on the state of science and ps...
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June 14, 2025 57 mins
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Richard Saunders

00:04:22
You Can Count on Adrienne. With Adrienne Hill.

Adrienne interviews Sebastian Toews, Dawson VonStein, and D.J....
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June 7, 2025 61 mins
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Introduction
Richard Saunders

00:03:22
Randi Restored

45 years ago, James Randi flew to Australia at the invitation of Dick Smith. He came to test a score of water divin...
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May 31, 2025 57 mins
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Introduction
Richard Saunders

00:03:06
Armidale SitP

Join Tim Mendham and Richard Saunders as they travel to Armidale in the New England area of Australia to enjoy the h...
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May 24, 2025 63 mins
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Richard Saunders

00:05:06
Is that a Ghost?

Ghosts, ghouls, phantoms and apparitions. Are you living in a haunted house? This week Richard Saunders looks at ...
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May 17, 2025 60 mins
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Richard Saunders

00:06:40
For Crying Out Loud!

This week Kat McLeod (with a little help from Adrienne Hill) interviews attendees and guests from the recent ...
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