Comments for The Skeprechauns' Podcast

Comment on Episode 20 – I Was A Teenage Skeprechaun by Greg

Greg — Wed, 09 May 2012 20:18:58 +0000

Spreadshirt (who make the shirts in Germany) ship worldwide, although obviously it is a bit pricey and substantially better value if you order a few… as someone who gets a lot of shirts coming the other way and has to pay through the nose for shipping – welcome to my world! Greg
See http://dublinskeptics.spreadshirt.ie/

Comment on Episode 20 – I Was A Teenage Skeprechaun by melxspringer

melxspringer — Wed, 09 May 2012 20:14:55 +0000

How would one go about getting a t-shirt to someone in the states? I really want a ‘Check the facts, to be sure, to be sure” shirt desperately bad.

Comment on Episode 22 – Season of the Skeprechauns by Rebecca

Rebecca — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 19:26:23 +0000

Hey Chris – glad you’re still enjoying our show!
Wildlife and hunting laws are fascinating as well as baffling

Sounds like an interesting book – might have to put it on my reading list.

Comment on Episode 22 – Season of the Skeprechauns by Chris

Chris — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 08:05:32 +0000

There is more about our degenerate deer/elk/moose:
http://www.americanscientist.org/issues/pub/jefferson-buffon-and-the-moose

(I am trying to finish reading 1493, which is about the results surrounding globalization, including ecological issues with transferring living things to one continent to another, and that includes pests.)

Comment on Episode 22 – Season of the Skeprechauns by Chris

Chris — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 07:56:58 +0000

Again, an awesome podcast. I am trying to get a certain teenage daughter to listen, but with three midterms and a senior project to present, she has some real time constraints. My father hunts for elk, and occasionally deer in the American southwest state of Arizona (a strange place where governors have various legal issues). He was an Army officer and we lived in Texas before he retired, and the size of deer hunted there was very small. It seems that deer size is quite variable (elk are really a very large deer). And we also have moose (a very big deer). The funny thing is that there was "scientific" movement in France that decided that the Americas were "degenerate." It was where all the animals, including humans, were reduced in size and vigor. Except it was propagated by those who never left Europe. The whole thing was hilarious. What can I say, where I live we had very big sloths. Le sigh.

Comment on Episode 21 – Voyage of the Skeprechauns by Rebecca

Rebecca — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 20:21:34 +0000

Hi Alex!
That is the exact graphic I cite in my talk – I love it! As a non-scientific person it makes the data so easy to digest and understand while relying on a very good source.
No bee goo, very little testing of that as the mechanism is very dubious… the same for the snail goo. I still a little embarrassed I ever bought that…
Hope to talk to you again soon

Comment on Episode 21 – Voyage of the Skeprechauns by Greg

Greg — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 01:17:02 +0000

Control+F on the site is your friend
The RSS subscribe link is on the right-hand side under Site Administration – Entries RSS. It’s basically http://skeprechauns.com/?feed=rss2. I have the feed from this displaying in iGoogle for testing purposes so I know it works!

Comment on Episode 21 – Voyage of the Skeprechauns by Steven

Steven — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 01:06:09 +0000

Maybe I’m blind, but I can’t for the life of me find the RSS feed for the show. I’m not interested in downloading iTunes to get it as I don’t use an iPod. I saw one comment from Rebecca on the Skeptics Ireland blog that alluded to a Subscription Options link, but I can’t find it on their site or the Skeprechauns’ site. I’ve tried looking in the source code for both pages and Googling “skeprechauns rss,” but all attempts have failed. Could you please post the link for the RSS feed of the podcast in a conspicuous location? I’d love to listen to the show.

Comment on Episode 21 – Voyage of the Skeprechauns by Alex Stoker

Alex Stoker — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 10:57:57 +0000

Morning Skeprechauns
Short missive to say how much I enjoyed the ‘cast. Came to you via Skeptic Zone, and am going to work the back catalogue. Good to hear an Irish take on things.
As you were discussing health supplements, wondered if you’d seen this:
http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/play/snake-oil-supplements/
An elegant graphical representation of the evidence base for different supplements. Not sure it includes bee/snail goo, but might be of interest? Link via Rationally Speaking podcast.
Anyway,
cheers &c.

Comment on A Skeprechaun visits the SkepticZone by Finn

Finn — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 11:31:24 +0000

I think the state of her room accurately reflects the age she is

I think it’s important to educate people as to how things were, how far we have come & how much more there is left to do.

I think the politics in America has woken people up to the fact that not everyone has caught up to equal rights. (it’s not just in america btw, it’s just rigth now the spotlight is on ye).