Yeah... Nah! is a fortnightly podcast from the New Zealand Skeptics focusing on the latest news of skeptical interest both locally and internationally.
The feedback continues in this episode of the Yeah… Nah! podcast, with more emails from newsletter readers about how we should handle reporting of unsettled science. Bronwyn also lets us all know about a supposedly haunted Cat in the Hat costume. The team talks about Do Less, a book that promised to help Katrina organise her life but instead delivered a lot of pseudoscientific mumbo-jumbo. Bronwyn dives into the numbers for how charities spend their money, seeing where the sweet spot is for spending on administration costs vs doing good works. And Mark wonders whether he’ll get a better night’s sleep if he tapes his mouth shut, and what the science says about this Tik Tok trend.
About this episode
Articles we talk about:
Do Less: Delegate it to the Universe
Making Cents of Charity: Admin costs - Is 30% too much, or not enough?
Mouth Taping
Newsletter issues these articles appear in:
2026-09-30
20 Sept 2026
Robot Child Destiny
We’ve had a bunch of feedback to the last newsletter, rightly calling out an article on UV that relied on weak evidence. The resulting conversation, continued in this episode of the Yeah… Nah! Podcast, revolves around how (if at all) we publish articles that aren’t on solid ground when it comes to the level of evidence for their claims. We also wonder whether robot vacuums are secretly spies living in our houses, talk about how child sponsorships don’t always deliver what you’ve been promised, and try to figure out why people think their destinies are being stolen.
About this episode
Articles we talk about:
Response to Lance Kennedy's UV article
Are the Robot Vacuums out to get us?
Making cents of charity: Child Sponsorship
Making cents of charity: Child Sponsorship, Part 2
Destiny Swapping
Newsletter issues these articles appear in:
2026-08-31
2026-09-14
6 Sept 2026
Sue Angel Amphitheatre
The crew are incensed in this episode of the Yeah… Nah! Podcast, first talking about rude Mormons. Then the conversation turns to “psychic” Sue Nicholson, and some of the outlandish claims she made at a recent Spiritualist Church fundraiser in Wellington. Mark explains the idea behind Angel Numbers, and reveals a surprising critic. And Katrina details an “ancient” amphitheatre that turns out to be nowhere near as old as it’s claimed to be.
About this episode
Articles we talk about:
Sue Nicholson at the Petone Spiritualist Church
Angel Numbers
The ancient amphitheatre that has stood for… decades
Newsletter issues these articles appear in:
2026-08-17
2026-08-31
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