{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"The Skeptic Zone #842 - 24.November.2024","description":"   &amp;nbsp;   0:00:00 Introduction Richard Saunders        00:02:32 Ben Radford in Sydney  A chat with Ben Radford about his first trip to Australia and his adventures and the Squaring the Strange Podcast.        0:07:24 The Bent Spoon Award for 2024  The announcement of the 2024 Australian Skeptics Awards.        0:18:56 Australian Skeptics Newsletter  What skeptical news has caught the eye of Tim Mendham this week? Read by Adrienne Hill.  http:\/\/www.skeptics.com.au        0:28:06 Maynard's Spooky Action  From Sydney Skeptics in the Pub, Maynard talks to Dr Liam Brierley a Research Fellow at the University of Glasgow, UK. He uses biostatistics, computer science, and AI to investigate how viruses evolve and transmit between animal species. Liam is also a Media Ambassador for the Royal Statistical Society and has worked with national press including The Guardian and BBC's Panorama to make sense of health data.        0:37:42 The TROVE Archives  A wander through the decades of digitised Australian newspapers on a search for references to the Alien Autopsy of 1995.  1995.06.29 - The Canberra Times  http:\/\/www.trove.nla.gov.au    &amp;nbsp;    &amp;nbsp; ","author_name":"The Skeptic Zone","author_url":"http:\/\/www.skepticzone.tv","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/34121636\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/181521186"}