The Skeptic Zone #698 - 20.February.2022

<p><em>0:00:00</em></p> <div><strong>Introduction</strong><br /> Richard Saunders</div> <hr align="center" size="1" width="75%" /> <p><em>0:05:22</em></p> <div><strong>Nurses' Protest</strong><br /> <br /> We head to the parliament building in Sydney Australia to report on the protest by nurses and midwives about the tough conditions they are facing since the outbreak of COVID-19. What we find is a sea of blue scrubs and a sea of blue facemasks. This report includes interviews with some of the nurses who took the time to make their voices heard in the protest.</div> <hr align="center" size="1" width="75%" /> <p><em>0:17:12</em></p> <div><strong>The Book of Tim. With Tim Mendham</strong><br /> <br /> This week Tim looks at the origins of the word "bunk". Why do we call something bunkum? Where was this term first used and why do we use it today?<br /> <br /> This reading comes from The Skeptic, Vol. 33 No. 3<br /> <br /> <a href= "http://www.skeptics.com.au/">http://www.skeptics.com.au</a></div> <hr align="center" size="1" width="75%" /> <p><em>0:29:07</em></p> <div><strong>A Dive into a Trove</strong><br /> <br /> A wander through the decades of digitised Australian newspapers on a search for references to "Festival of Mind Body Spirit".<br /> <br /> <a href= "http://www.trove.nla.gov.au/">http://www.trove.nla.gov.au</a></div> <hr align="center" size="1" width="75%" /> <p><em>Also</em></p> <div>Richard Saunders on the radio to talk about the Great Australian Psychic Prediction Project.<br /> <br /> <a href= "https://www.4bc.com.au/podcast/australian-skeptics-release-the-results-of-its-great-australian-psychic-prediction-project/"> https://www.4bc.com.au/podcast/australian-skeptics-release-the-results-of-its-great-australian-psychic-prediction-project</a><br /> <br /> <a href= "https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/feburary-gold-coast-skeptics-in-the-pub-online-tickets-251674534307"> https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/feburary-gold-coast-skeptics-in-the-pub-online-tickets-251674534307</a></div>