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EP 942 25 October 2026 Featured in this episode are...

Bigfoot

Mediumfoot

Coldfeet

Sorefoot

Bootfoot

Bigfoot - News - Spoons

00:00:00
Introduction
Richard Saunders

00:04:12
Capturing Bigfoot - Review
We are joined by Ross Blocher and Lara Benham to discuss the recent Bigfoot documentary.

Capturing Bigfoot is a 2026 American documentary film directed by Marq Evans. The film reports new information about the often-cited 1967 film clip purported to show a walking Bigfoot, known as the Patterson–Gimlin film, and the men who filmed it, Roger Patterson and Robert "Bob" Gimlin.

Official 4K Scan of the Patterson-Gimlin Bigfoot Film
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18KLMt8amms

00:14:40
Australian Skeptics Newsletter
What news has caught the eye of news editor Dee this week? Read by Adrienne Hill.

http://www.skeptics.com.au

    00:27:48
The TROVE Archives
A wander through the decades of digitised newspapers to look for references to the Bent Spoon Award #12.

Includes a radio interview with Tim Mendham.

This week Ross Coulthart, for promoting UFO conspiracies based on unsubstantiated hearsay or debunked claims. Maria Carmela Pau, for selling useless COVID vaccination exemption certificates, and claiming medical qualifications she did not have. Craig Kelly MP, for spreading misinformation about COVID and vaccinations, and offering dubious cures and conspiracy theories.

    2021.11.21 - The Guardian Australia
    2021.11.22 - Australian Doctor Group
    2022.07.20 - ABC Online
    2021.11.02 - Australian Lawyer
    2022.07.20 - ABC Online
    2023.12.04 - Sydney Morning Herald Online
    2024.06.11 - Sydney Morning Herald

www.trove.nla.gov.au

Next Wave presents SciFight - (with Richard Saunders) Wednesday 25 November 2026 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Allan Border Oval Pavilion
29 Myahgah Rd, Mosman, NSW, 2088
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EP 941 18 October 2026 Featured in this episode are...

SGU

Mic Man

Your Host

Bigfoot - Razor - Spoons

00:00:00
Introduction
Richard Saunders

00:04:38
Bigfoot puts it's Feet up!
A report on the expectations of the upcoming documentary "Capturing Bigfoot" together with a newspaper clipping from 1977.

1977.06.14 - The Sydney Morning Herald

Official 4K Scan of the Patterson-Gimlin Bigfoot Film
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18KLMt8amms

00:15:28
Maynard’s Spooky Action
Not-A-Con Interviews
From the Skeptics' Guide to the Universe podcast, Cara Santa Maria.

00:33:46
Rusty Razor award
Each year The Skeptic, the UK’s long-running publication for analysis of pseudoscience, conspiracy theory and claims of the paranormal, names their pseudoscientist of the year, and awards them the Rusty Razor award.

The prize this year goes to Lord Toby Young and the Daily Sceptic, for their promotion of antivaccine misinformation and climate change denialism.

https://www.skeptic.org.uk

00:39:44
The TROVE Archives
A wander through the decades of digitised newspapers to look for references to the Bent Spoon Award #11.

SBS-TV program Medicine or Myth - Sarah Stevenson/Sarah’s Day - National Institute of Complementary Medicine and the University of Western Sydney for the continued promotion of disproved and unproved alternative medicine practice - Judy Wilyman, Brian Martin, and the University of Wollongong.

2026.07.19 - The New York Post

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Dick Smith on Wonder World
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnVAMEacj8s

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