The Skeptic Zone #783 - 8.October.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, live from Sydney Skeptics in tbe Pub</div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> <hr align="center" size="1" width="75%" /></td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#F8F8FF"> <td valign="top"><em>0:02:12</em> <div><strong>Skeptical BBQ</strong><br /> <br /> Steve Roberts and Richard Saunders talk about the latest UFO shenanigans and their appreciation of one the founders of Australian Skeptics, Dick Smith.<br /> <br /> James Randi in Australia - with Dick Smith<br /> <br /> <a href= "https://youtu.be/gN-0FEqAkQM">https://youtu.be/gN-0FEqAkQM</a></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> <hr align="center" size="1" width="75%" /></td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#F8F8FF"> <td valign="top"><em>0:07:32</em> <div><strong>The Book of Tim. With Tim Mendham</strong><br /> <br /> Phoney Fauna - Part #1<em>By Tim Mendham</em><br /> <br /> Tim looks at all the strange and weird fake animals that have been invented over the years in order to delight, con, fool, or gain publicity for their creators.<br /> <br /> A reading from The Skeptic, Vol. 34 No. 4<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>0:17:06</em> <div><strong>Csicon 2023</strong><br /> <br /> Adrienne Hill, Susan Gerbic and Rob Palmer with a little promotion for the upcoming Csicon in Las Vegas this October.<br /> <br /> <a href= "https://csiconference.org/">https://csiconference.org</a></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> <hr align="center" size="1" width="75%" /></td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#F8F8FF"> <td valign="top"><em>0:20:26</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>.<br