The Skeptic Zone #704 - 3.April.2022

<table border="0" summary="new show" width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="4"> <tbody> <tr> <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>0:04:38</em> <div><strong>AVN Lose Again</strong><br /> <br /> We talk to noted skeptical activist Ken McLeod about the Federal Court of Australia and its decision made against the Australian Vaccination Risks Network. Why is it that this anti-vax organisation keeps losing court battles?<br /> <br /> PDF of the court's ruling<br /> <br /> <a href= "https://tinyurl.com/2hfubwkj">https://tinyurl.com/2hfubwkj</a></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> <hr align="center" size="1" width="75%" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"><em>0:16:38</em> <div><strong>Nurses and Midwives Protest</strong><br /> <br /> Once again nurses and midwives in New South Wales feel compelled to take to the streets to voice their concerns. Richard Saunders catches up with some nurses after a recent protest in Sydney to hear about their concerns regarding staff to patient ratios.</div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> <hr align="center" size="1" width="75%" /></td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#F8F8FF"> <td valign="top"><em>0:21:25</em> <div><strong>The Book of Tim. With Tim Mendham</strong><br /> <br /> The Call of the Quack. Part 2. <em>By Tim Harding</em><br /> <br /> A look at the history of the word 'Quack'. This week, ancient Rome.<br /> <br /> A reading from The Skeptic, Vol. 33 No. 3<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> <td valign="top"><em>0:32:12</em> <div><strong>A Dive into a Trove</strong><br /> <br /> A wander through the decades of digitised Australian newspapers on a search for references to James Randi, Skeptical Convention, Bent Spoon. <ul> <li>1994, 24 June - Austr