The Skeptic Zone #787 - 5.November.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>0:02:58</em> <div><strong>CSICON 2023</strong><br /> <br /> We catch up with...<br /> <br /> <strong>Melanie Trecek-King</strong><br /> An Associate Professor of Biology at Massasoit Community College, where she teaches a general-education science course designed to equip students with empowering critical thinking, information literacy, and science literacy skills. Melanie will aslo be appearing at Skepticon, Melbourne.<br /> <br /> <a href= "https://thinkingispower.com/">https://thinkingispower.com</a><br /> <br /> <a href= "https://youtube.com/@ThinkingPowers">https://youtube.com/@ThinkingPowers</a><br /> <br /> <strong>Ross Blocher</strong><br /> An accomplished animation professional who has worked on award-winning films including The Princess and the Frog and The Simpsons Movie. He is also a co-host of Oh No, Ross and Carrie!<br /> <br /> <a href= "https://ohnopodcast.com/">https://ohnopodcast.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>0:17:00</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 /> <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>0:30:56</em> <div><strong>Maynard's Spooky Action</strong><br /> <br /> Maynard heads for Sydney Skeptics in the Pub to ask what Australians think of Halloween.</div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> <hr align="center" size="1"