{"podcast":{"title":"Skeptics with a K","slug":"skeptics-with-a-k-913533","podcast_index_feed_id":913533,"rss_url":"http://feeds.feedburner.com/swak","website_url":"https://www.merseysideskeptics.org.uk/podcasts/skeptics-with-a-k","image_url":"https://www.merseysideskeptics.org.uk/_app/immutable/assets/skeptics-with-a-k.DLSCC-C6.jpg","author":"Skeptic Media Limited","episode_count":485,"summary":"Skeptics with a K is the podcast for science, reason and critical thinking from the Merseyside Skeptics Society. Each episode features Mike Hall, Michael Marshall, and Dr Alice Howarth chatting about the things which interest them, often from a skeptical angle.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-23T20:20:17.508804+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/skeptics-with-a-k-913533"},"episode":{"title":"Episode #444","slug":"episode-444","published_at":"2025-12-11T10:23:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/skeptics-with-a-k-913533/episode-444","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/skeptics-with-a-k-913533","url":"http://www.merseysideskeptics.org.uk/podcasts/skeptics-with-a-k/episode-444","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/swak/swak444.mp3","summary":"Marsh talks about what happened when he asked every Trading Standards office about consumer complaints and Cancer Act investigations. Meanwhile, Mike still has no luck trying to find a massage. The Good Thinking Society video investigating psychics in Blackpool can be found on YouTube. You can 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.","meta_description":"Marsh talks about what happened when he asked every Trading Standards office about consumer complaints and Cancer Act investigations. Meanwhile, Mike stil…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":null,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/skeptics-with-a-k-913533/episodes/episode-444/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/skeptics-with-a-k-913533/episode-444.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}