Category: Radio – vic skeptics

September 13, 2015

Dr Ken Harvey on the Radio – Chiropractic Advertising

Dr Ken Harvey
Dr Ken Harvey

By Mal Vickers

Dr Ken Harvey, a friend of the Vic Skeptics was recently interviewed on ABC Radio National. (play the interview below)

The subject up for discussion was advertising by chiropractic businesses. The interview was prompted by an article Dr Ken Harvey recently authored for the MJA (Australian Medical Journal).

In the article, Ken expresses his concerns that not much has changed in the last five years since the regulator, AHPRA (incorporating the Chiropractic Board of Australia, CBA), issued a warning via a newsletter for chiropractors to clean up their advertising.

AHPRA stated:

The Board asks all chiropractors to review their advertising including their websites as a priority to ensure that the content meets the advertising requirements of the National Law and the provisions of the Guidelines on Advertising. There are criminal penalties for breaching section 133 of the National Law, which is set out in the attachment to this communiqué.

AHPRA newsletter, Aug. 2010

Since then, a CBA statement has also reminded chiropractors about their advertising obligations “in more than six publications in the past three years…” View More Dr Ken Harvey on the Radio – Chiropractic Advertising

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December 11, 2011

Terry Kelly on SYN FM

President, Terry Kelly

Last week our illustrious president Terry Kelly was interviewed on the SYN FM show Strength of Unicorns.

This is an atheist-themed radio show, so it’s actually a rare opportunity to hear a prominent Skeptic talk about issues of religion and spirituality.

Terry also talks about the sort of work in which the Australian Skeptics get involved, like the recent Sensaslim saga and the Australian Skeptics Paranormal Challenge.

It was a great interview and our thanks go to David and Milo for having Terry on the show.

You can listen to the audio here:

or download the MP3 file.

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March 24, 2011

Steve Roberts on the Radio

Well-known Victorian Skeptic Dr Steve Roberts has been invited to comment on radio recently – on two separate occasions in fact.
The first sound bite below is about the world ending in 2012. (Please stop laughing).  I really don’t think Steve gets a fair go here.  What do you think?
[or download the MP3 file]
The second sound file is longer. It has to do with a psychic named Lisa bringing her  “speaking-to-dead-people” routine to Melbourne. Steve can be heard from the 19-minute point onwards.
[or download the MP3 file]

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August 11, 2010

Skeptical Podcast Review


If you like to keep up with Skeptical news, either locally or around the world, I think podcasts are a great. I know not all Skeptics like to listen to podcasts.  The main complaint I hear is, “Oh… I don’t have time for that”. You might have more time to listen than you think: maybe you haven’t considered all that time you spend commuting every day.
Are you the same as me?  Do you spend two hours a day in a car or on public transport, as part of your daily grind?  That adds up to 10 hours a week of being totally bored on a tram whilst maintaining your poker-face mask, or being assaulted by the nonsense of commercial radio in your car.  Yes you could listen to your favourite music; I’m not suggesting you must listen to podcasts all the time. Try mixing it up perhaps.  Surely The Best of ABBA is wearing a bit thin by now?  How about trying something new? Listen to something worthwhile instead, something with skeptical content by critical thinkers like yourself.
How to get and play podcasts? It’s very easy, but perhaps I should do a more detailed description View More Skeptical Podcast Review

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May 14, 2010

How to assess evidence beyond your own expertise


Eran Segev, Australian Skeptics President spoke on ABC Radio National’s Ockham’s Razor program recently.
How do you assess evidence if it’s not your area of expertise?  Eran speaks about Skeptics “rules of thumb” to help guide us when assessing evidence.  Rules of thumb such as:

Ockham’s razor

Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence

Anecdote and testimonials are not reliable

Experts do know more

Trust the scientific method

Listen:

Or visit the ABC Ockham’s Razor site.

Worth listening to,  Mal.

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