The Skeptic Zone #912 - 29.March.2026

About this episode

The episode explores various topics including astrology, the Mind Body Spirit festival, and the Westall UFO event while discussing the implications of false memories.

Mind Body Wallet - Australian Skeptics News - UFOs 00:00:00 Introduction Richard Saunders Includes a brief clip of Maynard interviewing singing star Gene Pitney with a strange story concerning astrology. 00:07:26 A Journey into the Land of Woo Join Lara Benham, Tim Mendham, Kate Thomas and Richard Saunders as they once again venture through the doors of Sydney's Mind Body Spirit festival. What outrageous products and magical thinking did they discover this time? 00:17:58 UFOs and False Memories To acknowledge the 60th anniversary of the so-called Westall UFO event, the Skeptic Zone takes a look at the problems with false memories and the passage of time. Can we really expect people to clearly remember something that happened decades ago? Also the problem of memory cross contamination can cloud recollections of the original event. 00:19:30 Australian Skeptics Newsletter What news has caught the eye of news editor Dee this week? Read by Adrienne Hill. Sign up for Newsletter https://www.skeptics.com.au 00:35:54 The TROVE Archives A wander through the decades files for bumpf from Mind Body Spirit. www.trove.nla.gov.au Also.... Kate Thomas with Dr Karl - Shirtloads of Science…

People in this episode

Host: Richard Saunders

Guests: Gene Pitney, Lara Benham, Tim Mendham, Kate Thomas

Topics covered

• UFOs
• false memories
• Mind Body Spirit festival
• astrology
• Australian Skeptics news
• memory
• woo

Keywords

• astrology
• UFOs
• false memories
• Mind Body Spirit
• Australian Skeptics
• memory
• woo

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Australian Skeptics, Mind Body Spirit, TROVE, Shirtloads of Science

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