The Skeptic Zone #760 - 30.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>0:03:12</em> <div><strong>You Can Count on Adrienne</strong><br /> <br /> An interview with Abhijit Chanda from India, host of the "Rationable" Podcast and skeptical activist. One of Abhijit's skeptical interests is the alternative medicine known as Ayurveda or Ayurvedic. This is a system of traditional medicine native to India, which uses a range of treatments, including panchakarma ('five actions'), yoga, massage, acupuncture and herbal medicine, that claims to encourage health and wellbeing. Abhijit also talks about palm reading in India.<br /> <br /> <a href= "https://www.berationable.com/">https://www.berationable.com</a></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> <hr align="center" size="1" width="75%" /></td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#F8F8FF"> <td valign="top"><em>0:20:40</em> <div><strong>The Book of Tim. With Tim Mendham</strong><br /> <br /> SKEPTICS TEST PSYCHIC SURGEON <em>By Mark Plummer</em><br /> <br /> When a small paragraph advertisement in "The Age" on January 3rd 1981 stated that an English medium-psychic surgeon would be commencing practice in Melbourne the Australian Skeptics swung into action.<br /> <br /> A reading from The Skeptic, Vol. 1 No. 1<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>0:30:16</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 Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Fairies.<br /> <br /> <a href= "http://www.trove.nla.gov.au/">http://www.trove.nla.gov.au</a></div> </td> </tr> <