The Skeptic Zone #757 - 9.April.2023

<table border="0" summary="new show" width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="4"> <tbody> <tr bgcolor="#F8F8FF"> <td valign="top"><em>0:00:00</em> <div><strong>Introduction</strong><br /> Richard Saunders</div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> <hr align="center" size="1" width="75%" /></td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#F8F8FF"> <td valign="top"><em>0:03:16</em> <div><strong>New Zealand Skeptics' $100,000 Challenge</strong><br /> <br /> We talk to <strong>Craig Shearer</strong>, the chair of the New Zealand Skeptics, about the organisation's $100,000 challenge. Can psychics and their ilk in New Zealand live up to their claims? If so, they can collect the large cash reward.<br /> <br /> <a href="http://skeptics.nz/">http://skeptics.nz</a></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> <hr align="center" size="1" width="75%" /></td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#F8F8FF"> <td valign="top"><em>0:19:54</em> <div><strong>Australian Skeptics Newsletter</strong><br /> <br /> What skeptical news has caught the eye of Tim Mendham this week?<br /> Read by <strong>Adrienne Hill</strong> in tne Skeptic Zone studio.<br /> <br /> <a href= "http://www.skeptics.com.au/">http://www.skeptics.com.au</a></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> <hr align="center" size="1" width="75%" /></td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#F8F8FF"> <td valign="top"><em>0:28:02</em> <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 "Fisher's Ghost".<br /> <br /> <em>1925.02.20 - The Herald - Melbourne Vic<br /> 1925.09.24 - The Evening News - Rockhampton Qld<br /> 1927.03.09 - The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal<br /> 1948.09.27 - Tweed Daily<br /> 1897.01.30 - Australian Town and Country Journal</em><br /> <br /> <a href= "http://www.trove.nla.gov.au/">http://www.trove.nla.gov.au</a></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> <hr align="center" size="1" width="75%" /></td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#FEF9E7"> <td><em>Also</em> <div> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> <hr align="center"