It's busy as anything time... but at least it's not reality TV in my life! Fellow co-host of the Global Atheist Convention and awesome comedian and pop-culture commentator extraordinaire has something to say about the phenomenon: … [Read more...]
NECSS Presentation – Sharon Hill With Sounds Sciencey
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Here Comes The Undead Apocalypse! With Your Help!
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Seriously, this looks frickin' awesome and has cheered me up no end. UNDEAD! Kickstarter! I want a Zombie! Undead Apocalypse: War of the Damned: Grr, argh agrhh ... mucnh.. brains brains gagrhrhhhh hhuuuuuuuuuurrrrrr... *snort* barbrabbrbbbbbr uh? REEEEEEEEEEEEEk. Okay, that's not the sales pitch. But it should be. Ahem. Hi, I'm Ben Radford. Actually, I'm not. But this is bloody brilliant anyway and he needs your help: So for the past year I’ve been developing Undead … [Read more...]
New Article Out On CSICOP… And Yes, Lots Of People Support Vaccination
June 4, 2013 By 2 Comments
Firstly, a beautiful view: Okay, take my word for it, it's lovely. Right? Lovely, lovely. Going for a walk after this. Firstly, huge admiration to everyone who genuinely cares about stamping out anti-vaccination efforts in this country. I do too. Here's the article I wrote in 2012: Wings over the Woodford Folk Festival - Protesting by Plane with the Stop The Anti-Vaccination Network - January 25, 2012. There's even a podcast and encouragement to sign a petition. Here's the article … [Read more...]
Working On WA Day – A Before-Travel Blogpost
June 3, 2013 By Leave a Comment
What is WA Day? Here you go. Hello - I used to blog regularly and now it seems I stumble across here on my way to either podcast, post radio assignments, attend classes, try to catch up with family and friends, grade essays, write exams for classes or keep the 365 Days of Philosophy blog updated. Hello blog! I love blogging and I do feel the gap in my life when I'm not keeping my writing skills up, particularly the posts that go into research. But a few nasty hits behind my back got me … [Read more...]
Documentary Jabbed Seeks Feedback
June 1, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Just landed in the email: Following the broadcast of the television documentary, 'JABBED - love, fear and vaccines' on SBS One, Sunday 26 May 2013, we seek your feedback. If you missed the documentary you can watch it, in Australia, free of charge, on the SBS website: http://www.sbs.com.au/jabbed And on Wednesday Melburnians can participate in a public forum with Sonya, Gus Nossal, Ingrid Scheffer and Jenny Royle: Backed by leading scientists in the field, including Sir Gustav Nossal, Prof … [Read more...]
Little Kitten – Patrick Stewart Gives Passionate Response to Question At Comicpalooza 2013
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I have more stories about my recent adventures that have me not-blogging coming up soon - but first: … [Read more...]
Little Kitten – A Game Of StarCraft
May 29, 2013 By Leave a Comment
This morning, I have: 1) Chased a mouse out of my house with the help of a naked man at 5am; 2) Did an hour of vox pop interviews only to discover that the audio didn't record; 3) Scheduled three interviews; 4) Ate one breakfast wrap and had apple juice; 5) Proposed an idea for a band interview that was perfect (for someone else to do) ...so, cheer up, we always have this: … [Read more...]
Twitter Trends And Storify on Jabbed: Love, Fear And Vaccines – Documentary On SBS #JabbedSBS
May 26, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Storify of Jabbed: Love, Fear and Vaccines, aired May 26th on SBS Australia. I first learned of this documentary when I interviewed the director back in 2012. SBS has it for on demand viewing here: http://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/video/30004803525/Jabbed-Love-Fear-And-Vaccines First - an event coming up in June: NB - JABBED FORUM: Melbourne, 5th June. At the forum Sonya will discuss why she made JABBED and how it has changed her view of vaccination and the conversations we need to have. … [Read more...]
On Vaccinations – Australia Continues To Take A Stand For Health – Token Skeptic Podcast
May 25, 2013 By Leave a Comment
New Token Skeptic podcast: Episode One Hundred And Sixty One – On Vaccinations – Interview With Associate Professor Peter Richmond. Tomorrow morning's Sunday Telegraph in Australia - and already online: Grieving parents speak out against anti-vaccination extremists - The Sunday Telegraph: ...As Toni held her tiny baby, she couldn't comprehend the loss, or how they would survive the sorrow. Little did they know then that Dana's death from whooping cough, and the media coverage … [Read more...]
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