Episode 889
The Skeptic Zone #889 - 19.October.2025
The Skeptic Zone · Richard Saunders
October 18, 20251h 5m
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Show Notes
0:00:00 Introduction Richard Saunders and Maynard 00:07:00 Auras Is there really an invisible "energy field" of swirling colours surrounding all living things? What happens when this claim is put to a scientific test? Find out as we explore the strange world of auras and aura diagnosis. Joe Nickell - Report https://skepticalinquirer.org/2000/05/aura-photography-a-candid-shot/ The Skeptics Dictionary https://skepdic.com/auras.html James Randi tests an Aura Reader https://youtu.be/toCcR6D6d5E 0:20:12 Mind Body Spirit - Detox Join Annie McCubbin, Kate Thomas and Richard Saunders as they "detox" from a trip to Sydney's Festival of Mind Body Spirt. 0:36:04 The TROVE Archives A wander through the decades of digitised newspapers on a search for references to CSICOP #2. 1985.04.08 - The Daily News 1997.05.27 - The Kentucky New Era 2002.10.26 - The Daily Gazette http://www.trove.nla.gov.au 0:58:26 A Roll of the Dice The Loons from Canada and Psychic Penny test their powers of prediction. Also James Randi: Psychic Investigator - 1991 https://youtu.be/9jvXlJtgS7A