by Admin | Jan 25, 2021 | Conspiracy theories, Folklore, Health and Medicine, Investigation, Media Literacy, News, Reviews, Skepticism, Squaring the Strange
In the recent episode of Squaring the Strange we discuss the Capitol rioters, then debunk many vaccine fears including about Andrew Wakefield’s bogus MMR-autism link study and myths about Covid vaccine harms. Check it out HERE! ...
by Admin | Jan 23, 2021 | Bad Clowns, Benjamin Radford, Books, Folklore, Media Appearances, Media Literacy, News, Podcasts
I’m a guest on the Passport podcast, talking about scary clowns, fear of clowns, and miscellaneous clown weirdness. Paris: The Serious Business of Clowning Around Clowns: freaky, funny or downright mystifying? This week, we tread the boards of the French...
by Admin | Jan 20, 2021 | Benjamin Radford, Media Appearances, News, Research, Skepticism
I’m delighted to join Margaret Downey, Chip Taylor, Leonard Tramiel, Jim Underdown, Celestia Ward, Penn & Teller, Jamy Ian Swiss, Richard Saunders, Angie Mattke, Susan Gerbic, Geo Hrab, Brian Engler, and many others in offering our remembrances of our...
by Admin | Jan 17, 2021 | Benjamin Radford, Media Literacy, News, Podcasts, Reviews, Skepticism, Squaring the Strange, Squaring the Strange
In the new episode of Squaring the Strange we look back at some of our favourite episodes of 2020. I know you probably want to forget last year… but check it out anyway, we had some great shows!
by Admin | Jan 6, 2021 | Benjamin Radford, Gender Issues, Investigation, Media Literacy, Psychology, Research, Skepticism, Squaring the Strange
This penultimate episode in our moral panic series starts with a discussion of the TikTok worries that interrupted schools last week as authorities braced for possible gun violence. Then we talk cinema and television from old to new, and the themes in moral panicking...
