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.
Michael Marshall
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Aug 21 2015
2015 ESC Podcast: Episode #14 – Chris French
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 Professor Chris French of the Anomalistic Psychology Unit at Goldsmith University.. Tickets for the conference are available at: http://euroscepticscon.org/. Find out how to …
Aug 17 2015
2015 ESC Podcast: Episode #13 – Mike Heap
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 Michael Heap, from the Association for Skeptical Enquiry. Tickets for the conference are available at: http://euroscepticscon.org/. Find out how to donate to …
Aug 14 2015
2015 ESC Podcast: Episode #12 – Antonin Pavlicek
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 Antonin Pavlicek, lecturer at the University of Prague and member of the Czech Skeptical Society Sysyfos. Tickets for the conference are available at: http://euroscepticscon.org/. …
Aug 10 2015
2015 ESC Podcast: Episode #11 – Klaus Schmeh
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 computer scientist, cryptographer and member of the German skeptics, Klaus Schmeh. Tickets for the conference are available at: http://euroscepticscon.org/. Find out how to donate …
Aug 07 2015
2015 ESC Podcast: Episode #10 – Caroline Watt
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 parapsychologist and founder member of the University of Edinburgh’s Koestler Parapsychology, Caroline Watt. Tickets for the conference are available at: http://euroscepticscon.org/. Find out how …
Aug 03 2015
Good Thinking Supporters August 2015 Newsletter
August 2015 Newsletter: Our unmissable investigation into palm reading, coverage of Good Thinking in the media and our RPS article on homeopathy.
Aug 03 2015
2015 ESC Podcast: Episode #09 – Andrew Copson
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. Today, Marsh is joined by Andrew Copson, Chief Executive of the British Humanist Association. Tickets for the conference are available at: http://euroscepticscon.org/. Find out how to donate …
Jul 31 2015
2015 ESC Podcast: Episode #08 – Susan Bewley
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. Today, Marsh is joined by Susan Bewley, Professor of Complex Obstetrics at Kings College London and trustee of the charity Healthwatch. Tickets for the conference are available …
Jul 31 2015
Good Thinking Investigates: Palmistry (Part 3)
In our previous readings with a palm reader, our volunteers from the Merseyside Skeptics Society were given advice they felt was misleading and irresponsible. Perhaps even worse, each of our readings began to sound eerily familiar, as demonstrated by this compilation of our clips from the three visits to the same psychic by different investigators… …
Jul 29 2015
Good Thinking Investigates: Palmistry (Part 2)
In our last investigation, we visited a palmist in Blackpool, and were disappointed with the accuracy and the high cost of the reading that we received. Having visited our chosen palmist once, we partnered with the Merseyside Skeptics Society to find out how the palm reader would deal with clients in a genuinely serious situation. Our investigator Alice …
