The SciManDan Podcast

Wolife6020 joined us this week to chat flying and flat Earthers. What a legend!You can find his channel here: https://www.youtube.com/c/Wolfie6020Have a great Xmas and we'll see you again in January

Author Marcus Chown joined me this week to discuss his brilliant books and the plight of the misinformation pandemic.The Ascent of Gravity: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ascent-Gravity-Understand-Explains-Everything-ebook/dp/B01JM9PR52/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=ascent+of+gravity&qid=1637135735&qsid=262-1729873-0057205&sr=8-1&sres=147460188X%2CB005BMN446%2C0141984961%2CB08ZXSFZB2%2C0571366716%2C0241985617%2C0241957354%2CB00DWLK8LA%2CB06W9KBZ2Z%2CB007KMP4JI%2CB09GJS7RX2%2CB08DDF8878%2CB00ADNP0Y0%2C0367263335%2CB0956JPVF5%2CB00CYGFW60Breakthrough: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Breakthrough-Spectacular-scientific-discovery-particle/dp/0571366716/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=breakthrough+marcus+chown&qid=1637135775&qsid=262-1729873-0057205&sr=8-1&sres=0571366716%2CB07DPV381C%2C0571250599%2CB00VAPIYNY%2CB004GGUG9Y%2CB08BJB4GCT%2CB005NHQ054&srpt=ABIS_BOOKYou can find Marcus on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/marcuschownThanks for listening

Volcanologist and science communicator extraordinaire Dr Janine Krippner joined us this week on the podcast as we discuss the wonderful science that is volcanology as well as some of the conspiracy theories surrounding it. She also faces off against Catz in Guess the Scientist.Here is Janine's Twitter: https://twitter.com/janinekrippnerHere is her blog: http://inthecompanyofvolcanoes.blogspot.com/And her website: http://janinekrippner.weebly.com/Thank you all for listening

Conspiracy theory psychological expert Alex Olshansky joined us this week to chat about the psychology of conspiracy theories and how he got on chatting with those pesky flat Earthers at their own conference!You can find Alex on twitter here: https://twitter.com/AlexOlshanskyThank you all for listening!

Spanners & Matt join us once again in our "Science of" series, this time chatting Back to the Future. It became less of a science thing and more of a nostalgia thing as we went on. You can find Spanners & Matt over at www.missedapex.netAnd on Twitter as @spannersready and @ mattpt55Thanks for listening everyone

Just a quick one this week as I discuss the current state of Flat Earth and a new video project.As always thanks for listening!

The wonderful Jim Browning joined me this week to talk about his very admirable cause of trying to stop those awful telephone scammers in their tracks. We chat about how he does it, and some of the more popular scams to watch out for as well as his experiences with those pesky conspiracy theorists. Jim's channel can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/c/JimBrowningWatch him expose these scammers, it really is brilliant!

Gav from the brilliant Slow Mo Guys joined us this week to talk about his fantastic channel and of course THAT video of the spinning ball with water on, which the flat Earthers always use. He also faces off against Catz in The Scientist Game.You can find the Slow Mo Guys here: https://www.youtube.com/user/theslowmoguysThank you all for listening!

TikTok debunker Alexander Steward joined us this week on the podcast to talk about his rise on the short video platform, as well as all the conspiracies he's come across. And he faces off against Catz in the scientist game!You can find him here on TokTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@awrstewart?lang=enAnd here on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/awrstewart/And here is his YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/AWRStewartThanks for listening everyone!

Cody from Cody's Lab joined us this week to talk about how he got his start on YouTube and all of the epic things he does on his channel. You can find his channel here: https://www.youtube.com/user/theCodyReeder And Twitter here: https://twitter.com/CodysLab Thanks for listening everyone

Astronomer Phil Plait joined us this week to talk Bad Astronomy, his work on the Hubble space telescope and he participates in a very close game of The Scientist game with Catz. Here is Phil's website: https://www.syfy.com/tags/bad-astronomy And the crash course astronomy playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8dPuuaLjXtPAJr1ysd5yGIyiSFuh0mIL And Phil on Twitter: https://twitter.com/BadAstronomer Thank you all for listening, and please do give us a review if you have time. Thanks.

Robin Ince joined us this week to tell us all about how he got his interest in science, the birth of the Infinite Monkey Cage Podcast AND he faces off against Catz in a fake flat Earth debate! It really is epic! You can find the infinite monkey cage podcast here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00snr0w/episodes/downloads And you can find all the Cosmic Shambles stuff here: https://cosmicshambles.com/ And here is Robin's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robinince1969/ Thank you all for listening!

The wonderful Cara Santa Maria joined us this week to chat all things skeptical, how she got her start in science and of course she faces off against Catz in the Scientist game. You can find Cara here on twitter: @CaraSantaMaria And of course on The Skeptics Guide to the Universe too: https://www.theskepticsguide.org/ And here is her Talk Nerdy Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/talk-nerdy-with-cara-santa-maria/id832350989 Thank you all so much for listening and we'll see you next week.

The brilliant Dr Shini Somara joined us this week to talk science, her TV work and those pesky conspiracy theorists! You can find her here: http://www.drshinisomara.com/ And here are the brilliant Crash Course Physics videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoO5d5P0Jn4&list=PL58rKAc12lkJZ_AEYekzyKqFtiFXPD2g8 Thanks for listening and we'll see you next week!

Catz and I take your questions this week and we do our best to get through as many as possible. Thanks to those who posted a question, and thank you as always for listening!

This week we are joined by prolific Flat Earth and 5G deabter and debunker MCToon and his colleague Raynard, who is a conspiracy theory researcher. They tell us all about the current 5G conspiracy world, and how they infiltrated the 5G conspiracy ranks to break them from within. Here is MCToon's channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCf0loVAqbGflAY959UKq9gA MCToon on Anti 5G Court case: https://youtu.be/hxGqPE0pxyo https://youtu.be/C2OfaWne0-w https://youtu.be/QGJiC_M-rcE MCToon and Raynard's undercover Mark Steele interviews: 1. On Her 5G's Secret Service: https://youtu.be/xME1_NCyAK4 2. A View to a Kill Grid: https://youtu.be/Mi9hl9MA_g4 3. The Living Streetlights: https://youtu.be/tu14ntyzi7I Oh and Catz amazes us about bats! Thank you all for listening.  See you next week!

Mick West joined me this week to chat his rise to the top of the debunking world, his book Escaping the Rabbit Hole and pretty much all things conspiracy! Here is Micks website: https://www.metabunk.org/home/ Here is his YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/mickword And of course his book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Escaping-Rabbit-Hole-Conspiracy-Theories/dp/1510755772/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1626249208&sr=8-1 Thanks for listening everyone and I'll see you next week!

Catz and I discuss the COVID vaccines, how they work, how they were produced so quickly, and the potential side effects. Hopefully this can go at least someway to alleviate any concerns people may have? Thanks for listening. See you next week.

WE ARE BACK! Thank you all for your patience but Catz and I are finally back where today we chat with prolific flat Earth debater Craig from the channel FTFE.  We chat with him about his debates, those pesky flat earthers in general and he goes up against Catz in the first ever Scientist game! Here is FTFE's channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrwpQai5rQkhd2EckS9VaFA Thanks for listening everyone!

Two fantastic atheist YouTubers joined us this week to discuss all things atheism, and how they deal with other conspiracy theories. Catz gives us the science behind golf balls and everyone tries to roast me. You can find Paulogia on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIS4cWaXgWpznjwovFYQBJQ Paulogia Twitter: https://twitter.com/paulogia0 And Shannon Q here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0qhPJh8DeoR-3JhMrIvw0g Shannon Twitter: https://twitter.com/Shann_Q0 That's it for a while. We'll see you in 5 or 6 weeks when the SciManDan Podcast returns! Thank you all very much for listening!