Nonsense Podcast

[arthwollipot]

I am now officially a co-host for the upcoming Nonsense Podcast. We don't actually have a link yet, because we're still in the planning stages. But we have a Facebook group (http://www.new.facebook.com/group.php?gid=53753826978).

The Nonsense Podcast is intended to highligh the latest in pseudoscientific news and lack of critical thinking by journalists in the mainstream media. The podcast will also include interviews and research performed by the Nonsense Team (so far, Jason and Me).

We don't actually have anything as yet, although if you'd like to hear a sample of the kind of things I intend to contribute, here's my "audition tape": An examination of the phenomenon of speaking in tongues (http://www.arthwollipot.com/spokenword/speakingintongues/).

Jason and I have some big plans for publicity and outreach. I will definitely keep the JREF up to date on the developments in this project.

Let me know if you would like to be involved.

[Darat]

Great news.

[arthwollipot]

I got back tonight from an afternoon in Sydney, doing primary recording for Episode Zero of the Nonsense Podcast. We should have it online and available for download within a few days. The link will be nonsensepodcast.com (don't go there just yet...) but we'll also have it available on iTunes and all major podcast hosts.

In Episode Zero, we introduce the podcast and what it's all about, outline the various segments we are planning, and interview each other for our "Get to know a skeptic" segment. By the end of the Quickies, we were riffing off each other like pros. It took us only a couple of hours recording, plus three hours editing on Jason's part, and it's all done.

It was fun. It was a lot of fun. Of course, I did have the delightful Navigatrix to keep me company on the drive up and back, which was nice.

[Orphia Nay]

Looking forward to it, Arth.

[amb]

One thing's for sure. You will never run out of material, the whole bable is at your disposal. :)

[Orphia Nay]

One thing's for sure. You will never run out of material, the whole bable is at your disposal. :)

:newlol That's an amusing typo, and I don't think it's because I've been drinking.

[JoeyDonuts]

Hoo-rah!

[lionking]

Joined your group, although I am a novice on Facebook.

And you have a very good speaking voice wolli. Good luck.

[arthwollipot]

Why thank you. Where did you hear my speaking voice? Was is something that I'd posted here before?

[plumjam]

Why thank you. Where did you hear my speaking voice? Was is something that I'd posted here before?

He's under your bed. And so am I.

[arthwollipot]

He's under your bed. And so am I.What, both of you? Together?

[amb]

No, the three of us. We were all under your bed holding our breath. :)

Did you know that you talk in your sleep?

[lionking]

Why thank you. Where did you hear my speaking voice? Was is something that I'd posted here before?

That was you on the "speaking in tongues" link that I downloaded?

[arthwollipot]

That was you on the "speaking in tongues" link that I downloaded?Yes, that would be the one. That was my "audition tape" for the podcast. I think it sounds too scripted, because it was. The actual podcast recording was a lot more impromptu, and sounds like it.

[arthwollipot]

Episode Zero has been posted!


...in the wrong format.

Not to worry, Jason's doing the conversion right now, and very shortly we'll have it available as an mp3.

iTunes submission will probably take a couple of days, but in the meantime, if you can manage m4a files, the link is:

http://nonsensepodcast.libsyn.com/

[arthwollipot]

Now re-posted in MP3 format.

In Episode Zero, Jason and I introduce the podcast, and outline what the plans are for the future. We also introduce ourselves by interviewing each other for the Get To Know Your Skeptic segment.

Enjoy! Episode One (which will be the first to follow the structure we outline here) will be posted in about two weeks.

[Orphia Nay]

Yay! Let me know when it's available on iTunes, and I'll iPod you, Arth.

[arthwollipot]

The Nonsense Podcast is officially available on iTunes!

Search for "Nonsense Podcast" and subscribe to the one by Jason Hameister. That's us!

[plumjam]

I've subscribed. Let's hope it manages to live up to its name ;)

[arthwollipot]

Thanks Plumjam. I think...

Want to be interviewed? :D

[wexer9]

Sounds good...will definitely give it a listen!

[Orphia Nay]

Just finished listening to it... a great introductory episode! I like the variety of segments you've got planned. The interviews with famous skeptics should be good, if your interviewing of each other is anything to go by - that was my favourite bit - it was good banter. Well done, Arth!

[plumjam]

Thanks Plumjam. I think...

Want to be interviewed? :D

No thanks. I'm sure there's a limit to the amount of nonsense your listeners will be willing to bear ;)

On a more serious note, do you think it'll be easy to get willing interviewees for a show named 'The Nonsense Podcast', and described in iTunes as "Demystifying the nonsense people believe"?
What could budding 'nonsense-believing' interviewees reasonably hope to gain by going on a show which has that kind of billing?
Even if you treat them with kid gloves during the interview, the implication is still that these are people who believe in nonsense.
Unless, perhaps, the idea is to interview people about other people who purportedly believe in nonsense.

Anyway, I listened to the first one and thought you both came across very well. I could see you (actually, hear you) having your own radio show.
There wasn't much content, but that's understandable in a first show.

[amb]

It has enormous potential, with one proviso. Like Plumjam I think you may struggle a little to get good subjects and bunkum believing interviewees though. I wish you both the best of luck.

[arthwollipot]

Well, yes. That's why I was at pains in Episode Zero to stress the purpose of the God's Word segment. I'm pretty sure that most followers of the various relitions would agree that there is a lot of nonsense around religion. I'm hoping to be able to get people to talk about that. My ultimate ambition is to get an interview with a Jesuit...

[arthwollipot]

I've just tonight finished primary recording for Episode One of the podcast. This episode will feature Barry the Giant Sea Worm, UFOs, biodynamic farming practices, and getting to know Richard Saunders of the Australian Skeptics and the Skeptic Zone.

We also recorded a promo piece which Richard has promised to add to the Skeptic Zone - same episode as the Stephen Fry interview! :yahoo

Fame and fortune, here we come!

Well, fame, anyway. Moderate fame. Okay, a little bit of fame. As of a few days ago we apparently had a hundred-and-fifty-something downloads on iTunes, and our Rating is towards the top end of the bar. We also have 201 members in our Facebook group, and we're the second top result in a Google search for "Nonsense Podcast".

My big news for this week is that Nate Phelps has informally agreed to do an interview with me for the God's Word segment. That will be fascinating. All we have to do is work out the 10-hour time difference...

[Orphia Nay]

Wow, lots to look forward to!

Congrats on your success so far, Arth. Let us know when the next episode is up.

[arthwollipot]

Episode 1 is live! Download today!

[arthwollipot]

This is a bit of a teaser, but for the next episode I'm hoping for a God's Word segment.

I'm trying to line up an interview with Nate Phelps, an estranged son of Westboro Baptist Church pastor Fred Phelps. I've had some fairly significant technical difficulties, so I've got some backups, but with any luck...

[arthwollipot]

Let me just say here that Jason's editing skills are legendary. There was so much more to the original recording that was really not necessary, and Jason managed to cut it so that the pacing worked - especially during the Pseudo News segment.

[kmortis]

Arth,
I like the podcast, although I have one minor complaint. Your mic seems to be too low. When you and Jason are chatting, he comes booming through and I have to strain to hear you.

That being said, I'm happy that you guys are trying to not be just another podcast. The "Get to know a skeptic" segment is fun. keep it up.

[arthwollipot]

Yes, I understand. It's not the first time someone's mentioned that. :) Well, the problem is basically that Jason is a professional audio engineer and I'm an IT phone jockey. Hence he has expensive high quality microphones and I have a cheap headset. Plus, he lives in Sydney and I live in Canberra, so we do the recordings over Skype.

I am hoping to rectify the problem sometime soon with a decent mike and setup, but right now I have to make do with what we've got.

Anyway, Derek and Swoopy reckon the first five episodes are always awful. The important thing is that we're doing it. We'll get on our feet after another few episodes.

[kmortis]

Yes, I understand. It's not the first time someone's mentioned that. :) Well, the problem is basically that Jason is a professional audio engineer and I'm an IT phone jockey. Hence he has expensive high quality microphones and I have a cheap headset. Plus, he lives in Sydney and I live in Canberra, so we do the recordings over Skype.

I am hoping to rectify the problem sometime soon with a decent mike and setup, but right now I have to make do with what we've got.

Anyway, Derek and Swoopy reckon the first five episodes are always awful. The important thing is that we're doing it. We'll get on our feet after another few episodes.

True. I guess if my biggest complaint is that half the team is a little soft, volume wise, then it's not that bad, huh?

Well, the volume and those outrageous accents. Did you learn to podcast from Rich Orman? ;)

[arthwollipot]

True. I guess if my biggest complaint is that half the team is a little soft, volume wise, then it's not that bad, huh?

Well, the volume and those outrageous accents. Did you learn to podcast from Rich Orman? ;)What outrageous accents?? :D

Who's Rich Orman?

[kmortis]

What outrageous accents?? :D
Pfft...yeah, like those are your natural voices. You kidder.
Who's Rich Orman?
aka Tsar Bomba, the publisher of the Dogma Free America podcast.

[arthwollipot]

Pfft...yeah, like those are your natural voices. You kidder.Are you accusing me of putting on a fake accent? Just for a podcast?

aka Tsar Bomba, the publisher of the Dogma Free America podcast.Ah - gotcha.

[arthwollipot]

Completed recording of the second episode tonight. We'll be featuring media reporting of acupuncture, the Case of the Fake Popemobile, condoms, the Mind/Body/SpiritWallet festival, and getting to know Ordinary Guy from the BrainsMatter podcast.

We actually had a small technical difficulty this time. While Jason has the entire session recorded at his end, we normally do a recording from my end as a backup. For some reason the Skype call dropped out halfway through and I only managed to get the stuff before the dropout. For some reason my system did not record the second half of the session.

The good news is that I have a decent microphone. It wasn't ready for this session, but I'm hoping that I'll have the setup... er, set up... ready for Episode 3.

[kmortis]

Are you accusing me of putting on a fake accent? Just for a podcast?

Well, yeah. It's a well known fact1 that all non-English languages and non-American accents are put on for the benefits of Americans. It makes it so that it seems like we're not alone. We really do appreciate the effort.




1by "fact" I mean, of course, that I made it up out of whole cloth, one drunken night in Montreal.

[arthwollipot]

Of course, because everyone knows that American English is the only true English, and that English English is just an affectation.

BTW, turns out that the technical problem I mentioned is pretty serious and we have to re-record the second half of the show tomorrow night. Jason's recording is plagued by broadband-induced compression artefacts and can't be used.

[kmortis]

Of course, because everyone knows that American English is the only True Englishtm, and that English English is just an affectation.

BTW, turns out that the technical problem I mentioned is pretty serious and we have to re-record the second half of the show tomorrow night. Jason's recording is plagued by broadband-induced compression artefacts and can't be used.

Fixed that for you.

Too bad to hear. Or, rather not hear yet. Of course, when I first read your post, I thought you were referring to an EMI problem. Then I realized that not everything is work related.

[Fitter]

<snip> I thought you were referring to an EMI problem. Then I realized that not everything is work related.

Engine monitoring indicator?:confused:

[kmortis]

Engine monitoring indicator?:confused:

Electromagnetic interference. It's what I try to help my designers avoid.

[arthwollipot]

And, in fact, usually the source of Electronic Voice Phenomena. What a coincidence!

[arthwollipot]

Episode 2: Featuring a puzzling riddle, a skeptical look at recent news and part one of two, discussing our trip to The Living Planet Vegan Festival and the Mind, Body, Spirit Festival.

http://www.nonsensepodcast.com/

[Orphia Nay]

Episode 2: Featuring a puzzling riddle, a skeptical look at recent news and part one of two, discussing our trip to The Living Planet Vegan Festival and the Mind, Body, Spirit Festival.

http://www.nonsensepodcast.com/

I'm enjoying the podcast a lot, arth. Keep up the good work!

Near the end of Episode two, Jason and the other guy were wondering what logical fallacy was being committed by the ear candling guy at the MBS show who kept saying "but I've been doing this for 13 years" to all your questions. I believe this is the sunk-cost fallacy (http://www.skepdic.com/sunkcost.html).

When one makes a hopeless investment, one sometimes reasons: I can’t stop now, otherwise what I’ve invested so far will be lost. This is true, of course, but irrelevant to whether one should continue to invest in the project. Everything one has invested is lost regardless. If there is no hope for success in the future from the investment, then the fact that one has already lost a bundle should lead one to the conclusion that the rational thing to do is to withdraw from the project.

To continue to invest in a hopeless project is irrational. Such behavior may be a pathetic attempt to delay having to face the consequences of one's poor judgment. The irrationality is a way to save face, to appear to be knowledgeable, when in fact one is acting like an idiot.

[arthwollipot]

I'm enjoying the podcast a lot, arth. Keep up the good work!

Near the end of Episode two, Jason and the other guy were wondering what logical fallacy was being committed by the ear candling guy at the MBS show who kept saying "but I've been doing this for 13 years" to all your questions. I believe this is the sunk-cost fallacy (http://www.skepdic.com/sunkcost.html).Cool! I'll pass that along. I knew about that fallacy, but I didn't know its name.

[Typicallucas]

"I'd hit it"

[arthwollipot]

Episode 3 is ready for download!

According to Jason, we received over 1200 downloads over the month of May! How cool is that?

[amb]

Great work arth. That boy is lucky he wasn't taken to a homeopath, he would now be dead.

[arthwollipot]

I haven't actually had time to listen to the final cut yet.

[arthwollipot]

I've listened to the final edit now, and I'm a little disappointed that Jason didn't use The Guru this time around... :cool:

In other podcasting news, I'm in the process of arranging an interview with none other than Jesus Christ himself!

[arthwollipot]

I just finished an excellent interview with Brian Dunning from Skeptoid.com. We should have it ready for episode 4 or 5. :yahoo

[Orphia Nay]

Episode 3 is ready for download!

According to Jason, we received over 1200 downloads over the month of May! How cool is that?

Yay, and yay!

I've downloaded Episode 3 and am looking forward to listening to it when I'm on holiday this week.

[amb]

Am so looking forward to the interview with Jeezus! :D

[arthwollipot]

Actually, he doesn't do interviews "in character" - it'll be an interview with Neil Saavedra, not with Jesus.

[amb]

I'll be interested as I don't know who Neil Saaverda is. If a kook, it still will be good for a giggle.

[arthwollipot]

This is his show: http://www.premiereradio.com/shows/view/jesus_christ.html

It's syndicated on a number of American radio stations, but of course we don't get it out here. Susan Lancaster facilitated our "meeting". It's going to be an interesting afternoon.

Oh, and I have a new microphone. Its debut was the Brian Dunning interview. It makes me sound like I actually have a proper voice, so I'll be using it for all podcast recordings from here on.

[arthwollipot]

Episode 4 is online. See the link in my sig. This episode features the Brian Dunning interview, amongst other things. It's also the first episode recorded with my new microphone, which makes me sound a whole lot more like I'm really there and not so much like I'm linked in electronically from 400km away.

[arthwollipot]

Episode 5 available for download right now!

Featuring Crop Circles, Alien Abduction, Affirmations, Detox, PETA and Forced Abductions/Stolen Generation. Plus an interview with Ordinary Guy from the BrainsMatter Podcast.

I heard on the Skepticality 100th episode that your first five podcasts are always crap, and that you get your groove on after that. Well, we're now over that hurdle. Hopefully from here we will only get better.

Our sixth episode is going to be a Special Report from TAM!

[arthwollipot]

Episode 6, and this is a big one.

We cover my experience of TAM7 in Vegas, we feature my interview with Neil Saavedra - who is about the furthest from being a kook that it has been my pleasure to spend time with - and we are getting to know none other than Adam Savage of the Mythbusters!

It's a really good episode, guys. Check it out.

[arthwollipot]

Episode 7 of the Nonsense Podcast (http://www.nonsensepodcast.com/index.php?post_id=509979) has been posted. Featuring the CSC's assessment of the state of teenage sexual health during the Bush Adminstration, Australian journalists being silenced, and whether Connie Sonne was actually dowsing or not. We also conduct a Nonsense Investigation into the science of milk, and an interview with Tim Farley (krelnik) of whatstheharm.net.

I also have a special request for my friends. Very soon we're going to have a contact email address set up so that listeners can write in and tell us how fantastic we are. :D

I also want to start thinking about a new segment - Listener Questions. Basically, we want people to email in with interesting questions for us to research and report on.

Is there anything you'd like us to investigate on the podcast? Think about it for now (or reply in this thread) and we'll have our email address set up by the next episode.

[arthwollipot]

The Nonsense Podcast (http://www.nonsensepodcast.com/) Episode Eight: In this episode; organic food, fortune tellers offending gays, complimentary medicine, a review of medium Mitchell Coombes, aliens living in America, the campaign against the AVN, and a chat with DJ Grothe from the Point Of Inquiry podcast.

[ohp]

I've just discovered this podcast.. It's sounding really good.. Slowly working my way back through the episodes.

Do you have someone on the ground at TAM London?

[arthwollipot]

I've just discovered this podcast.. It's sounding really good.. Slowly working my way back through the episodes.

Do you have someone on the ground at TAM London?Are you volunteering? :D

[ohp]

Possibly... how could I be of assistance?

[arthwollipot]

Possibly... how could I be of assistance?It's up to you really. You could just record a straightforward event report, or if you're up for it I'll email the organisers and see if I can get you Get To Know Your Skeptic interviews with cool people like Richard Dawkins and Tim Minchin. You could have a Press pass like I did at TAM Vegas!

[ohp]

If you're up for it I'll email the organisers and see if I can get you Get To Know Your Skeptic interviews with cool people like Richard Dawkins and Tim Minchin. You could have a Press pass like I did at TAM Vegas!

*gulp* I'd be up for that. I'd probably need to brush up on my interviewing technique though!

I don't think Richard Dawkins is coming to London TAM, but there are a fair few others there.

I've got digital recording equipment, and microphones, so I'm all kitted up!

[arthwollipot]

*gulp* I'd be up for that. I'd probably need to brush up on my interviewing technique though!

I don't think Richard Dawkins is coming to London TAM, but there are a fair few others there.

I've got digital recording equipment, and microphones, so I'm all kitted up!Awesome. PM me your email address and we'll start coordinating!

[vIQleS]

Am I the only one having a problem with the bass level?

When I heard you mention that there had been complaints about sound - I assumed they were complaining about the fact that the bass has been cranked way up...

I have to set the EQ to 'Full Treble' otherwise its just unlistentoable...

I'm pretty sure this isn't a problem on my PC as eveything else that I play works fine at normal EQ...

ETA: Show's pretty good so far, not quite SGU yet, but I'm going to keep listening to it.

One other suggestion tho: voices could be a little bit more conversational - a little less "I'm on the RADIO, and I'm TALKING like a RADIO guy..." :-D

(I'm exagerating in order to try and explain myself - you're not quite that bad... :-P)

[vIQleS]

Just listened to ep 7, and I take back that last comment - your voices are fine - keep doing what you're doing...

:)

One thing that i've just noticed tho (and this may just be me) but it's "Ho Me opathy", not "Hom ee opathy"

[arthwollipot]

I think the intro has far too much bass, but the sound (especially my voice) very much improved at about episode 4 when I got a real mic.

And we're not going to quibble about pronunciation :) Jason says "PEETA" where I say "PETTA"...

[vIQleS]

Hmm - I'll have another listen, but I'm pretty sure the bass is too high all the way through... (You are right tho - it's on only one of the mics... Maybe over-compensating for the tinny mic?)

[Temecula]

I've subscribed via iTunes so i will be listening to episode #8 tomorrow at work.

[arthwollipot]

Episode 9 is up, but there's a bit of a flaw in the initial cut. Jason's re-doing it right now, and we should have the right cut up pretty soon.

For contents, see my sig.

[ohp]

Episode 9 is up, but there's a bit of a flaw in the initial cut. Jason's re-doing it right now, and we should have the right cut up pretty soon.

For contents, see my sig.

I listened to it this morning, and I did worry for a moment you might be talking to yourself :)

And why am I not surprised you had to bleep out part of the interview with Rebecca? :)

[arthwollipot]

I listened to it this morning, and I did worry for a moment you might be talking to yourself :)

And why am I not surprised you had to bleep out part of the interview with Rebecca? :)The amended version is now online.

And yes, I forgot to warn Rebecca that we had the "clean" label in iTunes... :D

[imjohn]

I listened and dug episodes 8 and 9. Very nice job!

[politas]

How much more stuff have you got from TAM to dole out slowly?

[arthwollipot]

There are three more GTKYS interviews - Alison Smith, Jeff Wagg and George Hrab.

(Thinks - already had Tim Farley, Joe Nickell, Rebecca, DJ, Adam... I think that's about the lot.)

I also had a recording of the Connie Sonne press conference, but the Skeptic Zone already aired their copy, which was better quality than mine.

[arthwollipot]

Just finished recording for Episode 12. This was a fun one - I got to put on my journalist's pants and actually go cover a story. Check out my photos of the rally in the JREF Forums Picture Thread.

http://forums.randi.org/showthread.php?postid=5213828#post5213828

Should be up within the next couple of days.

Incidentally, today I did the interviews with the Voice Memo app on my iPhone. The quality is MUCH better than the TAM interviews I got with my little Panasonic recorder.

[politas]

Just finished recording for Episode 12.

Just listened to Ep 12. It should be pointed out to Jason that someone being sentenced to jail for a period of time implies that they have been convicted, not merely charged.

It was interesting to hear the babbling loonies on Mt Ainslie. They sound like foolish adults making "baby talk".

If I were speaking in tongues, it'd sound much better than that. I'd throw in clicks and glottal noises and other phonemes not used in English.

[arthwollipot]

If I were speaking in tongues, it'd sound much better than that. I'd throw in clicks and glottal noises and other phonemes not used in English.But that would make it different. And you can't just change the Language of the Angels arbitrarily... :D

[AdinDraco]

Whoa, you're one of the hosts? I've been listening for weeks and somehow missed that. Keep up the good work....I'll probably listen to your latest one at work tomorrow.

[arthwollipot]

Whoa, you're one of the hosts? I've been listening for weeks and somehow missed that. Keep up the good work....I'll probably listen to your latest one at work tomorrow.Heh. Yeah. I'm the one who reads out the riddles. :D

[AdinDraco]

Dang, stuffed the riddle up. I was too busy thinking metaphorically/laterally to even come close (circle of life, that sort of crap). Thanks for whoever found the top ten worst bible passages thing and the Catch the Fire investigation/recording was great.

[arthwollipot]

I've just recorded and interview with an ex-Scientologist for the Nonsense Podcast (http://www.nonsensepodcast.com/), which was both utterly fascinating and just a tiny bit creepy.

James was a scientologist for twenty-five years before leaving the church in February of this year. We chatted about a number of subjects. One of the things he said, which I aleady suspected, was that lower-level members do not know about Xenu. He hadn't even heard of Xenu until this year.

He was also Sea Org. Look that up, because the Sea Org is the really scary part of the church. They believe that it is their ordained mission to save humanity - whether humanity wants to be saved or not.

After the recording we discussed the e-meter, and this is where it started to get a little creepy, as he was telling me about the questioning techniques that the meter is used in conjunction with.

Apparently L. Ron Hubbard drew up a chart of all the world's governments and religions, and he's going to see if he can get me a copy of it. That'll be interesting.

Anyway, he's agreed to stay in touch, and act as a kind of a "consultant" on matters scientological. I'm looking forward to speaking to him again.

The interview probably won't go online until early February. We're not doing an end-December episode - the latest is our last for this year. The mid-January episode probably won't happen because that's when Jason's baby is due. But this interview will definitely be in the next episode.

[Orphia Nay]

Awesome. Looking forward to that interview, Arth.

[arthwollipot]

It's looking like we may be able to get a mid-Jan episode in after all.


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[imjohn]

Very cool. I am enjoying what you guys are doing. It's fun to be here in Colorado and hear about what's going on in Australia.

[arthwollipot]

Episode 17 is going to be a bit special. Because of Jason's new bubs, and his pretty hectic workload this month, I am doing this episode entirely solo. It will feature a look at the news, my interview with the ex-Scientologist, and Getting To Know Mike McRae - aka athon.

All I need to do now is teach myself how to edit it all together.

[arthwollipot]

It's done! Episode 17 is completed and awaiting upload.

Remarkably frustration-free, in the end. It features 10^23 and DDOS attacks on Australian Government websites, an interview with ex-Scientologist James, and getting to know Mike McRae.

My very first completely solo episode! In the end, it was remarkably frustration-free.

[AdinDraco]

Cool, looking forward to it....

[arthwollipot]

Episode 17 has finally been posted! Expect us to go back to something like our regular schedule very soon.

[AdinDraco]

Thanks, it's in my ipod playlist, docked into a speaker ready for tomorrows housework...

[arthwollipot]

I thought I waffled a bit in the Pseudo News.

[arthwollipot]

Episode 18 recorded. A couple of days' editing and we'll be ready to go.

[Orphia Nay]

Episode 18 recorded. A couple of days' editing and we'll be ready to go.

Waiting... waiting. :p :)

[arthwollipot]

The Nonsense Podcast is unfortunately on indefinite hold while Jason gets his life in order. In the meantime, I've got some plans of my own... bwah hah hah hah!!!

[Orphia Nay]

Best wishes to Jason, and yay/eek to Arth's plans! :)

[amb]

Don't tell me he is in love again so soon! :)

[arthwollipot]

I'm in the planning stage of a Canberra-based skeptical podcast. I have three, possibly four, correspondents lined up and I have a plan and a structure. The only things I need to do now are settle on a name, arrange hosting and a site, and we can start recording.

[Orphia Nay]

Humanists on the Hill?

Capital Critical Thinking?

:)

[arthwollipot]

My working title is "Capital Beat" but I probably can't actually use it.

[Orphia Nay]

Ah, yes, I see. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_Beat

Capital Chat?

[arthwollipot]

Something like that, yes.

[amb]

Perhaps Arth can get an interview with our first ever lady PM. Wouldn't that be a scoop?

[arthwollipot]

Perhaps Arth can get an interview with our first ever lady PM. Wouldn't that be a scoop?Yeah, like that's going to happen.

[amb]

She is agnostic I believe, she may even be atheist, she looks smart enough. :p

You never know if you don't ask. I know she's extremely busy now, but she is approachable. If you pulled that off, you'd have an audience of a million at least.

[arthwollipot]

She is agnostic I believe, she may even be atheist, she looks smart enough. :p

You never know if you don't ask. I know she's extremely busy now, but she is approachable. If you pulled that off, you'd have an audience of a million at least.No way. Now that she's PM, every public appearance will be stage-managed by her PR machine. The only way I could get anything is to go to press conferences and join the gaggle, which quite frankly I don't have a great interest in doing.

[Orphia Nay]

Lionking's met her... I'm sure he's got her phone number. ;) :D

[quadraginta]

No way. Now that she's PM, every public appearance will be stage-managed by her PR machine. The only way I could get anything is to go to press conferences and join the gaggle, which quite frankly I don't have a great interest in doing.


You don't give yourself enough credit. You bear all the respect and cachet that accompanies a bona fide member of the JREF Forums community.

Your entry will be smoothed by the affirmation of thousands of fellow Forumites.

Well ... hundreds.

Tens?

[quadraginta]

Lionking's met her... I'm sure he's got her phone number. ;) :D


See, Arth?

It's starting already.

(Oh, wait.

Lionking ... :confused:.)

Okay, so you've never heard of JREF, but your dedicated and influential podcast fans number in the thousands ...

[politas]

She is agnostic I believe, she may even be atheist, she looks smart enough. :p

From her answer to a direct question, yes she is an atheist, but I doubt she's going to actually say so, preferring to continue referring to herself as a "not religious, non-practising Baptist".

[amb]

Judging from the letters to the editor on my local newspaper most admire her for coming out and saying she's atheist, while others think she cannot run the country properly been an atheist. One guess who those writers are. :)