Show Notes 0:00:00 Introduction Richard Saunders 0:04:55 Area 51 - No Aliens Set Free We chat to noted paranormal expert Ben Redford about the fiasco at area 51. A good day for those who like to dance, but alas no aliens were set free to travel back to their home planet. https://squaringthestrange.wordpress.com 0:13:56 The Wallaby Award Australian Skeptics Inc is once again offering an annual award for the best piece of skeptical journalism. The Barry Williams Award for Skeptical Journalism recognises the best piece of journalism (in any medium) that takes a critical and skeptical approach to a topic that falls within our remit, which is the scientific investigation of pseudoscience and the paranormal. https://www.skeptics.com.au/2019/09/26/australian-skeptics-calls-for-nominations-for-media-prize 0:19:10 The Raw Skeptic Report... With Heidi Robertson A Queensland chiropractor-turned-alternative healer sold bottled water as a vaccine for the deadly Hendra virus. - By Warren Barnsley https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/6394940/qld-healer-sold-water-as-hendra-vaccine 0:26:52 From the pages of The Skeptic - Did We Say That? Creationists Farewell Some Old Friends. Imagine for a moment that you were the proud possessor of an infallible science textbook. Imagine further that you could contact the infallible author of this textbook at any time and receive guidance as to the books correct interpretation. With a system like this in place, you'd be pretty right, wouldn't you? I mean, you wouldn't keep putting your foot in it, blundering along all over the place and having to post long lists of your egregious errors on your Internet site. Now would you? - By Brian Baxter http://www.skeptics.com.au Also Skepticon 2019 - https://skepticon.org.au Sydney Skeptics in the Pub - https://www.meetup.com/en-AU/AustSkeptics Maynard's Movie Night - 3 October - http://www.tinyurl.com/fhmaynard