About this episode

Mike discusses the nocebo effect while Alice shares a personal injury story.

Mike looks at a new article in the Guardian which claims the nocebo effect will make you sick. Meanwhile, Alice manages to sustain an injury while driving. You can find all the details on the European Skeptics Congress at escliverpool.org . Tickets are priced at the early bird rate of £140, or £120 for members of ECSO-affiliated organisations . Sign up for the Skeptics with a K Patreon at https://patreon.com/skepticswithak, or to support Merseyside Skeptics as well as the podcast, donate at https://patreon.com/merseyskeptics . You can also chat with us on the Skeptics in the Pub Discord server . Mixed and edited by Morgan Clarke.

People in this episode

Hosts: Mike, Alice

Topics covered

• nocebo effect
• health
• injury
• skepticism
• podcast
• ECSO
• community

Keywords

• nocebo effect
• health
• injury
• ECSO
• podcast
• skepticism
• Merseyside Skeptics

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Skeptic Media Limited, Guardian, ECSO, Merseyside Skeptics

Places: Liverpool

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