2016

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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Show Excerpt Categories Date

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• 17 April 2016

• Family First vows to fight move to de-register it as charity

  Categories: Skepticism , Tags: Religion, Conservative

  1 min read, 112 words. Continue Reading...

• Water fluoridation - DHBs to take control from councils under Govt proposal

  Categories: Skepticism , Tags: Pseudoscience, Fluoride

  2 min read, 236 words. Continue Reading...

• Claims chiropractors can treat ADHD, allergies 'misleading' customers

  Categories: Skepticism , Tags: Pseudoscience, Chiropractic

  7 min read, 1394 words. Continue Reading...

• Luckiest Lotto stores revealed

  Categories: Skepticism , Tags: Pseudoscience, Lottery

  1 min read, 83 words. Continue Reading...

• Skeptics' visit to the Mind Body Spirit Fair

  Categories: Skepticism , Tags: Pseudoscience, Psychic

  2 min read, 215 words. Continue Reading...

• Former anti-vaxxer's emotional plea following newborn daughter contracting whooping cough

  Categories: Skepticism , Tags: Pseudoscience, Vaccines

  1 min read, 122 words. Continue Reading...

• 13 March 2016

• Ten of the healthiest herbs and spices to keep you fighting fit

  Categories: Skepticism , Tags: Pseudoscience, Naturopathy

  2 min read, 360 words. Continue Reading...

• The Mandela Effect

  Categories: Skepticism , Tags: Conspiracy, Mandela

  2 min read, 327 words. Continue Reading...

• Adult Coloring Books and Mandalas, A Warning For Christians

  Categories: Skepticism , Tags: Religion, Mandala

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

• Call for council to make Christchurch parks spray-free

  Categories: Skepticism , Tags: Pseudoscience, Glyphosate

  2 min read, 208 words. Continue Reading...

• 21 February 2016

• Homeopathy effective for 0 out of 68 illnesses, study finds

  Categories: Skepticism , Tags: Pseudoscience, Homeopathy

  2 min read, 369 words. Continue Reading...

• Sea monster washes up in Australia

  Categories: Skepticism , Tags: Pseudoscience, Cryptozoology

  1 min read, 80 words. Continue Reading...

• Texas Board of Education hopeful believes Obama was a homosexual prostitute

  Categories: Skepticism , Tags: Conspiracy, Obama

  2 min read, 333 words. Continue Reading...

• Justice Scalia murder conspiracy

  Categories: Skepticism , Tags: Conspiracy, Murder

  2 min read, 381 words. Continue Reading...

• Shane Warne believes alien experiments turned monkeys into humans

  Categories: Skepticism , Tags: Conspiracy, Aliens

  1 min read, 139 words. Continue Reading...

• 14 February 2016

• Fast food Fakery

  Categories: Skepticism , Tags: Pseudoscience, FastFood

  2 min read, 285 words. Continue Reading...

• Whakatane flip-flops on fluoride

  Categories: Skepticism , Tags: Pseudoscience, Fluoride

• Bags with coins in spotted at Muriwai Cafe

  Categories: Skepticism , Tags: Pseudoscience, Coins

  2 min read, 266 words. Continue Reading...

• David Icke Coming to New Zealand

  Categories: Skepticism , Tags: Conspiracy, Icke

  1 min read, 87 words. Continue Reading...

• New video of 'Yeti' at ski resort sparks Internet debate

  Categories: Skepticism , Tags: Pseudoscience, Cryptozoology

  1 min read, 188 words. Continue Reading...

• 7 February 2016

• Are antioxidant-rich products good for us?

  Categories: Skepticism , Tags: Pseudoscience, Antioxidants

  1 min read, 170 words. Continue Reading...

• KFC wins payout over China mutant chicken rumours

  Categories: Skepticism , Tags: Pseudoscience, FastFood

  2 min read, 235 words. Continue Reading...

• Sandy Hook truther to face jury

  Categories: Skepticism , Tags: Conspiracy, Shooting

  1 min read, 158 words. Continue Reading...

• Split verdict for 'pH Miracle' author

  Categories: Skepticism , Tags: Pseudoscience, Alkaline

  3 min read, 450 words. Continue Reading...

• Jonathan Sarfati's New Zealand Visit

  Categories: Skepticism , Tags: Religion, Creationism

  2 min read, 262 words. Continue Reading...

• Donald Trump nominated for Nobel Peace Prize

  Categories: Skepticism , Tags: Politics, Trump

  1 min read, 142 words. Continue Reading...

• 28 February 2016

• NZ gets its first Flying Spaghetti Monster marriage celebrant

  Categories: Skepticism , Tags: Religion, FSM

  2 min read, 229 words. Continue Reading...

• Sydney IV.ME clinic closed after client hospitalised

  Categories: Skepticism , Tags: Pseudoscience, IV

  1 min read, 129 words. Continue Reading...

• Acupuncture Works! (Not really)

  Categories: Skepticism , Tags: Pseudoscience, Acupuncture

  2 min read, 267 words. Continue Reading...

• NZ Natural Health Products Bill

  Categories: Skepticism , Tags: Pseudoscience, Naturpoathy

  1 min read, 98 words. Continue Reading...

• Johnson & Johnson ordered to pay more than AU$100 million in suit linking talcum powder to ovarian cancer

  Categories: Skepticism , Tags: Pseudoscience, Talc

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

• 3 July 2016

• Christchurch City Council to reduce use of weedkiller

  Categories: Skepticism , Tags: Pseudoscience, Glyphosate

• 110 Nobel laureates tell Greenpeace they are wrong about GMOs

  Categories: Skepticism , Tags: Pseudoscience, GMO

• Jail time for dad who treated son's meningitis with alternative treatments

  Categories: Skepticism , Tags: Pseudoscience, Naturopathy

• Ken Ring tells people not to trust anything

  Categories: Skepticism , Tags: Pseudoscience, Moon

• 26 June 2016

• 1,000 UK Vets say homeopathy should be banned

  Categories: Skepticism , Tags: Pseudoscience, Homeopathy

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

• Blink-182 Guitarist denies he's left band to chase UFOs

  Categories: Skepticism , Tags: Conspiracy, UFO

  1 min read, 130 words. Continue Reading...

• Tony Robbins followers injured walking on hot coals

  Categories: Skepticism , Tags: Pseudoscience, Coals

• NZ Herald prints article saying that taking selfies can damage your skin

  Categories: Skepticism , Tags: Pseudoscience, Radiation

  2 min read, 254 words. Continue Reading...

• Stuff removes article on Colloidal Silver

  Categories: Skepticism , Tags: Pseudoscience, Silver

  2 min read, 333 words. Continue Reading...

• 19 June 2016

• Bilderberg Group meeting in Watford, England

  Categories: Skepticism , Tags: Conspiracy, Bilderberg

  1 min read, 164 words. Continue Reading...

• Dr Shaun Holt warns about cancer cures

  Categories: Skepticism , Tags: Pseudoscience, Cancer

  1 min read, 171 words. Continue Reading...

• UFO Spotted in Christchurch

  Categories: Skepticism , Tags: Pseudoscience, UFO

  1 min read, 191 words. Continue Reading...

• Beauty Clinics are treating people instead of referring them

  Categories: Skepticism , Tags: Pseudoscience, Laser

  1 min read, 88 words. Continue Reading...

• CYF can't say if they pay for alternative treatments

  Categories: Skepticism , Tags: Pseudoscience, EFT

  1 min read, 128 words. Continue Reading...

• 12 June 2016

• Climate change deniers added to Christchurch coastal erosion panel

  Categories: Skepticism , Tags: Pseudoscience, Climate

  1 min read, 193 words. Continue Reading...

• National MP Maureen Pugh 'doesn't believe in pharmaceutical drugs'

  Categories: Skepticism , Tags: Pseudoscience, Chiropractic

  2 min read, 258 words. Continue Reading...

• Alt Med peddler Chris Savage stopped at Auckland airport

  Categories: Skepticism , Tags: Pseudoscience, Vaccines

  2 min read, 284 words. Continue Reading...

• Singer Bobby Brown claims he had sex with a ghost

  Categories: Skepticism , Tags: Pseudoscience, Ghost

  1 min read, 165 words. Continue Reading...

• Dodgy claims made about sawdust therapy in Auckland

  Categories: Skepticism , Tags: Pseudoscience, Sawdust

  1 min read, 76 words. Continue Reading...

• 5 June 2016

• 1080 blamed for kiwi bird deaths

  Categories: Skepticism , Tags: Pseudoscience, 1080

  1 min read, 170 words. Continue Reading...

• Family First research 'high school level' statistics

  Categories: Skepticism , Tags: Religion, Conservatism

  2 min read, 276 words. Continue Reading...

• Osteopath admits performing acupuncture without qualifications

  Categories: Skepticism , Tags: Pseudoscience, Acupuncture

  1 min read, 126 words. Continue Reading...

• Rush Limbaugh weighs in on Harambe the gorilla

  Categories: Skepticism , Tags: Religion, Creationism

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

• 18 September 2016

• Free Effective Altruism book

  Categories: Skepticism , Tags: Science, Altruism

  1 min read, 119 words. Continue Reading...

• Atheist documentary maker comes to NZ

  Categories: Skepticism , Tags: Religion, Atheism

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

• Homeopathy Column being removed from local paper

  Categories: Skepticism , Tags: Pseudoscience, Homeopathy

  1 min read, 181 words. Continue Reading...

• Trump gets medical opinion from Oz

  Categories: Skepticism , Tags: Politics, Trump

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

• Stuff uncritically publishes more medical nonsense

  Categories: Skepticism , Tags: Pseudoscience, Juicing

  2 min read, 257 words. Continue Reading...

• 28 August 2016

• We should all drink alcohol for our health

  Categories: Skepticism , Tags: Pseudoscience, Alcohol

  1 min read, 157 words. Continue Reading...

• Chiropractic for Pregnancy Issues?

  Categories: Skepticism , Tags: Pseudoscience, Chiropractic

  2 min read, 293 words. Continue Reading...

• Are processed foods causing mental illness?

  Categories: Skepticism , Tags: Pseudoscience, Vitamins

  2 min read, 216 words. Continue Reading...

• SBH press complaints

  Categories: Skepticism , Tags: Pseudoscience, Chiropractic

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

• 21 August 2016

• Brian Cox argues with Australian senator about climate change

  Categories: Skepticism , Tags: Pseudoscience, Climate

  1 min read, 187 words. Continue Reading...

• Not all water in NZ is chlorinated

  Categories: Skepticism , Tags: Science, Fluoride, Chlorine

  2 min read, 219 words. Continue Reading...

• Naturopathic Murder

  Categories: Skepticism , Tags: Pseudoscience, Naturopathy

  1 min read, 129 words. Continue Reading...

• Stuff article on superfoods actually talks sense!

  Categories: Skepticism , Tags: Pseudoscience, Superfood

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

• Witch Doctor in Wellington

  Categories: Skepticism , Tags: Pseudoscience, Magic

  2 min read, 253 words. Continue Reading...

• 7 August 2016

• David Icke Auckland Talk

  Categories: Skepticism , Tags: Conspiracy, Reptoid

  3 min read, 566 words. Continue Reading...

• 17 July 2016

• Muslim call "For Public Purity", asking for people to hide dogs, appears to be a hoax

  Categories: Skepticism , Tags: Religion, Islam

  1 min read, 138 words. Continue Reading...

• Sad news for Pastafarianism

  Categories: Skepticism , Tags: Religion, FSM

  1 min read, 78 words. Continue Reading...

• FYI needs help categorising OIA requests

  Categories: Skepticism , Tags: Information, FYI

  1 min read, 51 words. Continue Reading...

• The NZ Herald does it again with "natural" remedies for glandular fever

  Categories: Skepticism , Tags: Pseudoscience, Naturopathy

  1 min read, 115 words. Continue Reading...

• US Pastor says that Pokemon are "digital demons"

  Categories: Skepticism , Tags: Religion, Pokemon

  1 min read, 182 words. Continue Reading...

• 10 July 2016

• Noah's Ark "replica" opens in Kentucky, US

  Categories: Skepticism , Tags: Religion, Ark

  2 min read, 217 words. Continue Reading...

• Bee Venom is supposedly an effective cosmetic

  Categories: Skepticism , Tags: Pseudoscience, Bee, Venom

  1 min read, 160 words. Continue Reading...

• US man thinks he knows "the secret" to winning the lottery

  Categories: Skepticism , Tags: Pseudoscience, Lottery

  2 min read, 280 words. Continue Reading...

• Sensing murder episodes are being rerun on TVNZ

  Categories: Skepticism , Tags: Pseudoscience, Psychic

  6 min read, 1078 words. Continue Reading...

• 18 December 2016

• Colin Meads using "magic water" for his cancer

  Categories: Skepticism , Tags: Pseudoscience, MMS, Cancer

  4 min read, 675 words. Continue Reading...

• Applied Kinesiology

  Categories: Skepticism , Tags: Pseudoscience, Kinesiology

  5 min read, 860 words. Continue Reading...

• Earthquake "predictor" shows his true colours

  Categories: Skepticism , Tags: Pseudoscience, Scientology, Scam

  2 min read, 206 words. Continue Reading...

• MMM Scam hits Nigeria

  Categories: Skepticism , Tags: Scam, MMM

  2 min read, 225 words. Continue Reading...

• Fiji Government conned by scam artist

  Categories: Skepticism , Tags: Pseudoscience, Scam

  1 min read, 190 words. Continue Reading...

• 4 December 2016

• NZ Skeptics Conference

  Categories: Skepticism , Tags: Events, NZSkeptics

  2 min read, 383 words. Continue Reading...

• 27 November 2016

• Skeptics Conference

  Categories: Skepticism , Tags: Events, NZSkeptics

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

• Bioptron call me

  Categories: Skepticism , Tags: Pseudoscience, Bioptron

  2 min read, 203 words. Continue Reading...

• Lots of earthquake nonsense

  Categories: Skepticism , Tags: Pseudoscience, Earthquake

  3 min read, 589 words. Continue Reading...

• 13 November 2016

• Go Green Expo full of woo

  Categories: Skepticism , Tags: Pseudoscience, Expo

  2 min read, 382 words. Continue Reading...

• The Vice President-Elect is crazy!

  Categories: Skepticism , Tags: Religion, Trump

  2 min read, 220 words. Continue Reading...

• 21 October 2016

• Indonesian "Bigfoot" caught on camera

  Categories: Skepticism , Tags: Cryptozoology, Bigfoot

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

• Chinese Man telling women's futures by touching their breasts!

  Categories: Skepticism , Tags: Pseudoscience, Psychic

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

• MedSafe has registered over a thousand unproven homeopathic health products as medicines

  Categories: Skepticism , Tags: Pseudoscience, Homeopathy

  3 min read, 505 words. Continue Reading...

• Rival "health" bracelet sellers in NZ end up in punch-up

  Categories: Skepticism , Tags: Pseudoscience, Magnets

  2 min read, 279 words. Continue Reading...

• 25 September 2016

• Dodgy Thai cancer clinic criticised

  Categories: Skepticism , Tags: Pseudoscience, Cancer

  2 min read, 269 words. Continue Reading...

• Anti Fluoride Group to promote DHB Candidates

  Categories: Skepticism , Tags: Pseudoscience, Fluoride

  2 min read, 204 words. Continue Reading...

• Homeopathy Column removed from local paper

  Categories: Skepticism , Tags: Pseudoscience, Homeopathy

  2 min read, 308 words. Continue Reading...

• New Sensing Murder Episode being recorded

  Categories: Skepticism , Tags: Pseudoscience, Psychic

  2 min read, 358 words. Continue Reading...