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28th August 2023

28 August 2023

Hi there

This week I’m concentrating on climate change misinformation through a bunch of slightly connected items.

This past weekend I (and Mark and Bronwyn) had the pleasure of interviewing one of our conference guests - Melanie Trecek-King. Have you got your conference tickets yet? You can get them at great early-bird rates. Just visit the conference website.

One of our NZ Skeptics members sent an email to the committee asking for help with an email a friend had forwarded that contained some climate change denying stuff. And while I’m not a climate scientist, I did a little investigating of the content and came to some conclusions.

Also this week, Bronwyn has contributed another great item about MLMs.

Have a great week!

Craig Shearer

Interview with Melanie Trecek-King

Craig Shearer - 28 August 2023

Interview with Melanie Trecek-King

This weekend the Yeah… Nah! Podcast crew - that is me, Mark and Bronwyn recorded an interview with Melanie Trecek-King who is one of our international guests at our conference in November. (You can get tickets here!) We've released the podcast as a bonus episode.

15 Minute Cities

Craig Shearer - 28 August 2023

15 Minute Cities

OK, so another item related to climate change. I've recently started listening to an entertaining podcast - The Climate Denier's Playbook.

Trouble at RCR?

Craig Shearer - 28 August 2023

I've mentioned the Voices for Freedom bunch a few times in this newsletter, but looking at the latest Reality Check Radio had me amused. From their email: