This week we start the new year with an update on the Swedish pandemic laws and recommend you check out the speech that András gave at Monterrey Skepticamp 2021. In skeptical history we celebrate the birth of Alfred Russel Wallace and Pontus pokes the Pope for ‘firing’ a Cardinal and an Archbishop. We get a Covid vaccine update and then we look at the news:

Swedish Skeptical Awards for 2020 – Enlightener and Confounderer of the year
Latest book by Edzard Ernst – in German
Edzard Ernst’s challenge unanswered by homeopaths
German pilot draws syringe on the map to remind everyone of the COVID-vaccine
Dramatic change in opinion – 71% of Swedes say they will vaccinate against covid
Enjoy!

Segments:
Intro; Greetings; This Week; Covid Update; News; Really Wrong; Quote and Farewell; Outro; Out-takes

Events Calendar: https://theesp.eu/events_in_europe