The European Skeptics Podcast is an independent project run buy individuals from across Europe, to provide a forum for European skeptical activism. Hosts: András Pintér and Pontus Böckman
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We start by saying farewell to the good Captain Picard, Sir Patrick Stewart. In TWISH it’s about the founding (and funding) of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Then we get to the news:
CLIMATE CRISIS: 1.5-degree target blown, European heatwave death toll, and COP31 coming up next week
SERBIA: Election results – people had enough of Russian influence?
INTERNATIONAL: Computerized clairvoyance – who saw that coming?
AUSTRIA: Das Goldene Brett finalists revealed
RFK jr. gets his second Really Wrong Award for spreading misinformation about cellphones and clearly not knowing how science work.
Enjoy!
https://theesp.eu/podcast_archive/theesp-ep-556.html (https://theesp.eu/podcast_archive/theesp-ep-556.html)
Segments:
0:00:27 Intro
0:00:51 Greetings
0:13:51 TWISH
0:23:13 News
0:46:38 Really Wrong
0:53:33 Quote
0:54:55 Outro
0:56:17 Outtakes
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30 Oct 2026
TheESP – Ep. #555 – Telescopes Cause Stars
And it’s a rare revisit by Annika! We catch up on Luna and on Skeptival, and announce a special Patreon bonus. In the interview segment Annika interviews… Pontus(!) who has taken on another new role, as if he had the time to do so. In TWISH we hear about German TV-personality Peter Lustig and then, we turn to the news:
GERMANY: Satanic ritual murder in Germany?
FRANCE: Despite media reports, cancer rates are not skyrocketing
The Really Wrong Award goes to Polish douche bag and political far-right leader Grzegorz Braun and then we have Kiwi phrase to explain in Word of the Week.
Enjoy!
https://theesp.eu/podcast_archive/theesp-ep-555.html (https://theesp.eu/podcast_archive/theesp-ep-555.html)
Segments:
0:00:27 Intro
0:00:54 Greetings
0:08:26 Interview
0:22:30 TWISH
0:30:13 News
0:38:51 Really Wrong
0:45:11 Word of the Week
0:49:28 Quote
0:51:21 Outro
0:52:43 Outtakes
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23 Oct 2026
TheESP – Ep. #554 – Back from Liverpool!
We’re back from ESC Liverpool and have a lot to catch up on! We report about the winners of the Ockham Award and the Rusty Razor and debunk some disinformation about the unrest in France. Instead of a TWISH we have a short interview with Lizzi Collinge, a skeptic and a UK MP(!). Then, we tackle the news:
UKRAINE / RUSSIA: Did Ukraine’s strikes lead to a decline in Russian disinformation?
EUROPE: European governments withdraw support for disinformation conference following US pressure
FRANCE: A landmark legal victory for medical science and skepticism
UKRAINE: Ukraine still uses polygraph machines
DENMARK: Can you tell a real photograph from an AI-generated image? New research suggests you probably can’t.
GERMANY: When conspiracy theories turn dangerous
The Really Wrong Award for this week goes to all religious schools that cannot stop indoctrinating their students. We also have a fun Word of the Week: ‘Escroc’.
Enjoy!
https://theesp.eu/podcast_archive/theesp-ep-554.html (https://theesp.eu/podcast_archive/theesp-ep-554.html)
Segments:
0:00:27 Intro
0:00:51 Greetings
0:15:28 Interview
0:25:53 News
0:52:13 Really Wrong
0:54:19 Word of the Week
0:57:27 Quote
0:58:41 Outro
1:00:04 Outtakes
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