Michael Marshall – Project Director Co-founder of the Merseyside Skeptics Society and co-organiser of the QED skeptical conference, 'Marsh' was the project leader and figurehead of the 10:23 Campaign, aimed at raising public awareness of homeopathy - resulting in international coverage and worldwide skeptical involvement. With a background in marketing and communications, his skeptical activism has included testing psychic claims, trialling sports performance wristbands, interviewing proponents of alternative beliefs and exposing the influences of PR in journalism.
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Sep 09 2015
2015 ESC Podcast: Episode #22 – Gustav Kuhn
This is the podcast of the 2015 European Skeptics Conference – the regular conference of The European Council of Skeptical Organisations, taking place in London on 11-13 September, 2015. Joining Marsh today is Gustav Kuhn, magician and Senior Lecturer in Psychology at Goldsmiths in London. Tickets for the conference are available at: http://euroscepticscon.org/. Find out how …
Sep 07 2015
2015 ESC Podcast: Episode #21 – Chris Peters
This is the podcast of the 2015 European Skeptics Conference – the regular conference of The European Council of Skeptical Organisations, taking place in London on 11-13 September, 2015. Joining Marsh today is Chris Peters, the scientific liaison office for Sense About Science. Tickets for the conference are available at: http://euroscepticscon.org/. Find out how to donate …
Sep 04 2015
Cipher machine to be auctioned to raise funds for Good Thinking & All Trials
Having authored ‘The Code Book’, Good Thinking’s founder Simon Singh has built a small collection of crypto-artefacts, including an Enigma cipher machine that is taken to schools to illustrate the importance of maths. The Enigma is usually on tour with James Grime, and you can contact him to arrange a visit. You can also book …
Sep 04 2015
2015 ESC Podcast: Episode #20 – Mark Lynas
This is the podcast of the 2015 European Skeptics Conference – the regular conference of The European Council of Skeptical Organisations, taking place in London on 11-13 September, 2015. Joining Marsh today is writer and activist Mark Lynas. Tickets for the conference are available at: http://euroscepticscon.org/. Find out how to donate to support the Good Thinking Society. …
Sep 02 2015
2015 ESC Podcast: Episode #19 – Dan Denis
This is the podcast of the 2015 European Skeptics Conference – the regular conference of The European Council of Skeptical Organisations, taking place in London on 11-13 September, 2015. Joining Marsh today is psychologist and researcher for the Sleep Paralysis Project, Dan Denis. Tickets for the conference are available at: http://euroscepticscon.org/. Find out how to donate to support the …
Aug 31 2015
2015 ESC Podcast: Episode #18 – Maciej Zatonski
This is the podcast of the 2015 European Skeptics Conference – the regular conference of The European Council of Skeptical Organisations, taking place in London on 11-13 September, 2015. Joining Marsh today is surgeon and pharmaceutical physician Maciej Zatonski. Tickets for the conference are available at: http://euroscepticscon.org/. Find out how to donate to support the Good Thinking …
Aug 30 2015
Sunday Times on our Peter Popoff Investigation: “Debt-busting ‘con’ comes to Britain”
Over the last six months, we have been investigating ‘faith healer’ Peter Popoff and his highly-lucrative current business of promising to heal sickness and cancel debts in exchange for ‘seed faith’, in other words: cash donations. In May of this year we attended Popoff’s event at The Troxy Theatre, London, to covertly record his miraculous claims and supposed acts …
Aug 28 2015
2015 ESC Podcast: Episode #17 – Richard Wiseman
This is the podcast of the 2015 European Skeptics Conference – the regular conference of The European Council of Skeptical Organisations, taking place in London on 11-13 September, 2015. Joining Marsh today is best-selling popular science writer and professor of psychology, Richard Wiseman. Tickets for the conference are available at: http://euroscepticscon.org/. Find out how to donate …
Aug 26 2015
2015 ESC Podcast: Episode #16 – Pete Tobias
This is the podcast of the 2015 European Skeptics Conference – the regular conference of The European Council of Skeptical Organisations, taking place in London on 11-13 September, 2015. Joining Marsh today is author and rabbi of the Liberal Synagogue Elstree, Rabbi Pete Tobias. Tickets for the conference are available at: http://euroscepticscon.org/. Find out how to …
Aug 24 2015
2015 ESC Podcast: Episode #15 – Barbara Rowlands
This is the podcast of the 2015 European Skeptics Conference – the regular conference of The European Council of Skeptical Organisations, taking place in London on 11-13 September, 2015. Joining Marsh today is is health journalist and journalism lecturer at City University London, Barbara Rowlands. Tickets for the conference are available at: http://euroscepticscon.org/. Find out how …