These recordings were made from various public talks, lectures and private interviews, most of which were held in association with The Skeptic. Full credits and attributions are provided.
David Barrett at the APRU
Listen/Download [mp3 25MB | 1 hour 12 mins]
This is the presentation given by David Barrett at the APRU on 18/11/2011. Details of David’s talk are below.
Title: “The Church of Scientology – a Scientific or an Esoteric Religion?“
Vrooom: George Hrab & Milton Mermikides
George Hrab (@georgehrab) & Milton Mermikides (@miltonline) performing a guitar duet of Vrooom by King Crimson for Skepsoc (@skepsoc) at the University of Surrey on 09/02/2011.
Rob Brotherton on The Skeptical Experience
Listen/Download [mp3 88MB | 48mins]
This is the discussion between Robert Brotherton and Richard Godbhere on Wired Radio’s The Skeptical Experience programme, on 02/02/2011.
Title: “Episode 2: Conspiracy Theories”
Daniela Rudloff at the APRU
Listen/Download [mp3 39MB | 57mins]
This is the presentation given by Daniela Rufloff at the APRU on 23/11/2010. Details of Daniela’s talk are below.
Title: “Mental ‘Short-Cuts’ – The Good, the Bad and the Ugly”
Prof. Chris French on The Skeptical Experience
Listen/Download [mp3 52MB | 54mins]
This is the discussion between Chris French and Richard Godbhere on Wired Radio’sThe Skeptical Experience programme, on 17/11/2010.
Title: “Episode 1: The Psychology of Scepticism”
Deborah Hyde at the APRU
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This is the presentation given by Deborah Hyde at the APRU on 26/10/2010. Details of Deborah’s talk are below.
Title: “Demons and Nightmares: Why do People Believe in the Malign Supernatural?”
Dr Cara Laney the APRU
This is the presentation given by Dr Cara Laney at the APRU on 06/10/2009. Details of Dr Laney’s talk are below.
Title: “True vs. False Memories: Is There a Definitive Difference?“
Dr Mark Vernon at the APRU
This is the presentation given by Dr Mark Vernon at the APRU on 24/11/2009. Details of Dr Vernon’s talk are below.
Title: “Happiness: The Failure of a New Science“
Prof Chris French at the APRU
This is the presentation given by Prof. Chris French at the APRU on 10/11/2009. Details of Prof. French’s talk are below.
Title: “Something Wicked This Way Comes: Causes and Interpretations of Sleep Paralysis”
Prof Richard Wiseman at the APRU
This is the presentation given by Prof. Richard Wiseman at the APRU on 16/03/2010. Details of Prof. Wiseman’s talk are below.
Title: “Heads I Win, Tails You Lose”: How Parapsychologists Nullify Null Results
Dr Sam Parnia at the APRU
This is the presentation given by Dr Sam Parnia at the APRU on 23/03/2010. Details of Dr Parnia’s talk are below.
Title: “Near Death Experiences During Cardiac Arrest”
Prof. David Colquhoun at Skeptics in the Pub
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This is the presentation given by Professor David Colquhoun at London Skeptics in the Pub on 19/02/2008. Details of Prof. Colquhoun’s talk are below.
Dr Matthew Smith at Skeptics in the Pub
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This is the presentation given by Dr Matthew Smith at London Skeptics in the Pub on 19/02/2008. Details of Dr Smith’s talk are below.
Prof. Chris French at Weird Science
Listen/Download [mp3 32MB] (Edited/partial recording due to technical issues)
This is the presentation given by Prof. Christopher French at Weird Science, hosted by CFI UK on 17/01/2009. Review of Prof. French’s talk from Martin of Impartialism/No Double Standards(below). Audio from video clips has been dubbed from YouTube.
Dr Raj Persaud at Science & Religion
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This is the presentation given by Dr Raj Persaud at Science and Religion, hosted by CFI UK on 25/04/2009.
Wiseman & Goldacre short interviews
Prof. Richard Wiseman and Dr Ben Goldacre were recently both interviewed for the Pulse Project, an endeavour which “offers a wide range of freely accessible audio and video lectures for both general and specialised audiences, and delivered by eminent academics”.
Below are the resulting videos, kindly donated to the archive by Colin Murphy, which feature Wiseman and Goldacre seaking about science, psychology, scepticism and quackery. (Added on 20/08/2009).
James Randi full interview (52 mins)
Inside the relaunch issue of The Skeptic is an interview conducted with James Randi on Sunday 20th April 2008, the day after his first presentation to a British audience in over a decade. The video below has been released to accompany the print copy of the interview.
Randi kindly allowed our small group into his Vauxhall hotel room, where we filmed prior to his departure to visit the Magic Circle. He was a very gracious and accommodating host.
In the full 52 minute interview (teaser below), Randi discusses his Canadian education, walking out of an English Literature exam, truancy, magic and his 22 jailbreaks, Uri Geller, Project Alpha and fooling scientists, exposing Peter Popoff and miracle healing, thinking critically and independently, mortality, heart bypass surgery and medical science.