# The Skeptic Zone #918 - 10.May.2026

Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-skeptic-zone-509869/the-skeptic-zone-918-10-may-2026
Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-skeptic-zone-509869/the-skeptic-zone-918-10-may-2026.md
Podcast: [The Skeptic Zone](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-skeptic-zone-509869)
Published: 2026-05-09T08:59:00+00:00
Episode link: https://skepticzone.libsyn.com/the-skeptic-zone-918-10may2026
Audio file: https://traffic.libsyn.com/clean/secure/skepticzone/the_skeptic_zone_918_260510.mp3?dest-id=15261
Processing state: not_requested
JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-skeptic-zone-509869/episodes/the-skeptic-zone-918-10-may-2026
Duration seconds: 3559

## Resource

00:00:00 Introduction Maynard 00:03:06 Maynard's Spooky Action Time for Sydney Skeptics in the Pub where Maynard interviews Dr. Sue Ieraci about the placebo effect and Kate Thomas about botox and vaccines. 00:15:40 For Crying Out Loud. It's Kat McLeod We Can Reason 2026 Kat with a behind the scenes look at the Western Canadian Reason Conference in Calgary. Includes interviews with Seth Andrews and Dr Chris Labos. https://wecanreason.com 00:23:38 Australian Skeptics Newsletter What news has caught the eye of news editor Dee this week? Read by Adrienne Hill. http://www.skeptics.com.au 00:34:00 The TROVE Archives A wander through the decades of digitised newspapers to look for references to 'The Piddingtons'. 1974.03.25 - Woman's Day Magazine 1949.07.09 - The Daily Telegraph - Sydney 1949.08.15 - The Canberra Times The Piddingtons 1950 https://youtu.be/O0cu1m9XA5w www.trove.nla.gov.au

## Actions

- request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-skeptic-zone-509869/episodes/the-skeptic-zone-918-10-may-2026/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode.
- read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-skeptic-zone-509869/the-skeptic-zone-918-10-may-2026.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource.

A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed.

## Transcript

Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.