Skeptiko: newscience

71. Michael Schmicker, Best Evidence of PSI

Alex Tsakiris — Tue, 12 May 2009 19:52:00 -0400

Guest: Michael Schmicker, Author of, Best Evidence: An Investigative Reporter’s Three-Year Quest to Uncover the Best Scientific Evidence for ESP, Psychokinesis, Mental Healing, Ghosts and Poltergeists, Dowsing, Mediums, Near Death Experiences, Reincarnation, and Other Impossible Phenomena That Refuse to Disappear

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70. Guy Harrison, 50 Reasons People Give for Believing in a God

Alex Tsakiris — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 14:24:00 -0400

Guest: Guy P. Harrison, author of, 50 Reasons People Give for Believing in a God

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69. Psychic Detective Smackdown, Ben Radford

Alex Tsakiris — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 13:25:00 -0400

Guests: Ben Radford of The Skeptical Inquirer, psychic detective Nancy Weber, police Captain Jim Moore, and NJ State Police Lieutenant Bill Hughes wrap up their discussion of the Amy Hoffman murder investigation.

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68. Psychic Detective, Vicki Warren

Alex Tsakiris — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 12:53:00 -0400

Guest: Vicki Warren, Psychic Detective and author of Coffee, Doughnuts and God.

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67. Greg Taylor, of The Daily Grail on the New Skeptics

Alex Tsakiris — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 13:56:00 -0400

Guest: Greg Taylor, creator of the popular paranormal website The Daily Grail. Here’s the link to Greg’s article on the Million Dollar Challenge:
http://www.dailygrail.com/features/the-myth-of-james-randis-million-dollar-challenge

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66. 13 Things That Don't Make Sense, Michael Brooks

Alex Tsakiris — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 14:25:00 -0500

Guest: Michael Brooks, science journalist and author of 13 Things That Don’t Make Sense: The Most Baffling Scientific Mysteries of Our Time.

Micheal’s blog post on his dialog with Rupert Sheldrake

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65. Psychic Medium John Holland

Alex Tsakiris — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 15:03:00 -0500

Guest: John Holland, renown psychic medium and author of Power of the Soul.

Also Noted:
Greg Taylor exposes a little bit of irony in the certainty of “scientific believers”.

New book by Dr. Piero Calvi-Parisetti, called “21 Days into the Afterlife” is available for
free download at www.openmindsite.com.

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64. Near-Death Experience Research, Dr. Peter Fenwick

Alex Tsakiris — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 09:53:00 -0500

Guest: Dr. Peter Fenwick, neuropsychiatrist, world renown expert on end of life phenomena, including near-death experiences and deathbed visions. His most recent book is, The Art of Dying.

View a complete transcript of this interview.

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63. Is the Dalai Lama an Atheist? Dr. Alan Wallace

Alex Tsakiris — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 15:01:00 -0500

Guest: Buddhist scholar and author of the upcoming Mind in the Balance, Dr. Alan Wallace discusses Buddhism and atheism.

View a complete transcript of this interview.

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62. The Spiritual Brain, Denyse O’Leary

Alex Tsakiris — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 09:14:00 -0500

Guest: Christian science writer, and author of The Spiritual Brain, Denyse O’Leary, on the compatibility of Christian doctrine to new discoveries in human consciousness.

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