2015

Here are the topics I chose to talk about on RadioLive for the year. Some of them may not have been mentioned on the radio due to a lack of time.

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• December 13, 2015

• Save the Wellington Astrology Centre

  Categories: Skepticism , Tags: Pseudoscience, Astrology

  1 min read, 71 words. Continue Reading...

• Faith healer Rod Parsley seeks conventional treatment for throat cancer

  Categories: Skepticism , Tags: Religion, Cancer

  2 min read, 234 words. Continue Reading...

• Eighty children get chickenpox at school that calls for 'tolerance' of vaccine dodgers

  Categories: Skepticism , Tags: Pseudoscience, Vaccines

  1 min read, 154 words. Continue Reading...

• Disciplined osteopath George McKenzie yet to apologise

  Categories: Skepticism , Tags: Pseudoscience, Osteopathy, CAM

  4 min read, 650 words. Continue Reading...

• Marlborough clairvoyant steals $250,000 from couple in rest home

  Categories: Skepticism , Tags: Pseudoscience, Psychic, Scam

  1 min read, 189 words. Continue Reading...

• Bronx priest stole more than $1M from two NYC churches

  Categories: Skepticism , Tags: Religion, Priest, Scam

  1 min read, 133 words. Continue Reading...

• Anti-vaxxer's baby hospitalised with whooping cough

  Categories: Skepticism , Tags: Pseudoscience, Vaccines

  1 min read, 82 words. Continue Reading...

• November 15, 2015

• End of the World Predictions

  Categories: Skepticism , Tags: Religion, Apocalypse, Armageddon

  4 min read, 771 words. Continue Reading...

• October 11, 2015

• The world ends... again

  Categories: Skepticism , Tags: Prediction, Apocalypse, Armageddon

  2 min read, 392 words. Continue Reading...

• Perth Electrical Engineer finds errors in climate models

  Categories: Skepticism , Tags: Pseudoscience, Climate

  1 min read, 121 words. Continue Reading...

• MagneSleep lost an ASA complaint

  Categories: Skepticism , Tags: Pseudoscience, ASA, Magnet

  2 min read, 228 words. Continue Reading...

• NHS wants to employ a Spiritual Healer

  Categories: Skepticism , Tags: Religion, Reiki, CAM

  2 min read, 210 words. Continue Reading...

• Zimbabwe prophet's attempt to prove he can walk on air' falls flat

  Categories: Skepticism , Tags: Religion, Miracle, Prophet

  1 min read, 180 words. Continue Reading...

• Online real estate agency offers ghost-free home certification

  Categories: Skepticism , Tags: Pseudoscience, Ghost

  1 min read, 146 words. Continue Reading...

• October 4, 2015

• Clairvoyant solves phantom freaking out Dunedin

  Categories: Skepticism , Tags: Pseudoscience, Ghost

  1 min read, 101 words. Continue Reading...

• Haka gives ABs more than a psychological lift

  Categories: Skepticism , Tags: Pseudoscience, Haka, Sport

  1 min read, 184 words. Continue Reading...

• NASA Confirms Evidence That Liquid Water Flows on Today's Mars

  Categories: Skepticism , Tags: Conspiracy, Mars, NASA

  2 min read, 224 words. Continue Reading...

• Doctors and pharmacists clash over complementary medicines

  Categories: Skepticism , Tags: Pseudoscience, Pharmacy, CAM

  2 min read, 277 words. Continue Reading...

• More sex for a healthy prostate - report

  Categories: Skepticism , Tags: Pseudoscience, CAM

  2 min read, 240 words. Continue Reading...

• September 27, 2015

• Kiwi traveller in Peru dies after Amazon drug ritual

  Categories: Skepticism , Tags: Pseudoscience, Ayahuasca, CAM

  1 min read, 118 words. Continue Reading...

• California's Drought Is A Government Conspiracy

  Categories: Skepticism , Tags: Conspiracy, Drought

  1 min read, 121 words. Continue Reading...

• Blood Moon on September 28 will bring huge earth-destroying earthquakes

  Categories: Skepticism , Tags: Pseudoscience, Moon

  2 min read, 294 words. Continue Reading...

• Dalai Lama Says a Female Successor Should Be Very Attractive

  Categories: Skepticism , Tags: Religion, Buddhism

  1 min read, 60 words. Continue Reading...

• Jesus brain scan a miracle

  Categories: Skepticism , Tags: Religion, Miracle

  1 min read, 103 words. Continue Reading...

• September 20, 2015

• GOP Candidates and Vaccines

  Categories: Skepticism , Tags: Politics, Republicans

  3 min read, 487 words. Continue Reading...

• Appetite for diet supplements benefits few, experts say

  Categories: Skepticism , Tags: Pseudoscience, CAM, Vitamins, Supplements

  1 min read, 149 words. Continue Reading...

• IgNobel Prizes

  Categories: Skepticism , Tags: Science, IgNobel

  3 min read, 525 words. Continue Reading...

• August 16, 2015

• Advertising Standards Authority Complaints

  Categories: Skepticism , Tags: Skeptics, ASA, CAM

  1 min read, 49 words. Continue Reading...

• Martin Harris is Supreme Winner at the Pharmacy Awards

  Categories: Skepticism , Tags: Pseudoscience, Pharmacy

  2 min read, 350 words. Continue Reading...

• Bravo Award

  Categories: Skepticism , Tags: Science, NZSkeptics, Award

  1 min read, 64 words. Continue Reading...

• Waisake Naholo's miracle healing

  Categories: Skepticism , Tags: Pseudoscience, CAM

  1 min read, 192 words. Continue Reading...

• Dr Jim Mason - Creationist

  Categories: Skepticism , Tags: Religion, Creationism

  1 min read, 57 words. Continue Reading...

• Resene Promotes Colour Therapy

  Categories: Skepticism , Tags: Pseudoscience, Paint

  1 min read, 31 words. Continue Reading...