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Why police don’t use psychic detectives. Even though they’re effective |284|
Interview with renowned psychic detective Noreen Renier. photo by Samuel Globus Join host Alex Tsakiris for an interview with Noreen Renier...
151. Science Journalist Ben Radford “Believes” Psychic Detective
How reliable is the reporting of science journalists who are also part of the "Skeptical community"? Join Skeptiko host Alex Tsakiris for a review of his work investigating psychic detectives: Alex Tsakiris: A couple of years ago, I did a fairly lengthy investigation of psychic detective case with Ben Radford. It’s taken two years, but next week I’m going to have a chance to do an interview with Ben Radford again, and hopefully close the loop on some of that work that we did. Background on this case: 78. Psychic Detective, Noreen Renier and Skepticality Response 69: Psychic Detective Smackdown, Ben Radford 58. Psychic Detectives and Police 57. The Psychic Detective Challenge Play It: Download MP3 (15:00 min.) Read It: Welcome to Skeptiko, where we explore controversial science with leading researchers, thinkers, and their critics. I’m your host, Alex Tsakiris, and on today’s episode we’re going to look at a topic that I haven’t touched on in quite some time, and that is psychic detective work. The idea, of course, of psychics and law enforcement working together to solve crimes. In particular, we’re going to focus on how that work is reported in the media. Hey, by the way, what do you think of the title of this episode? The title again is “Science Journalist Ben Radford Believes Psychic Detective.” Let me tell you how I put that together. See, I took the first part, which is true—Ben Radford is a science journalist, so I took that, Ben Radford, science journalist. And then I took the part that I wished was true, “Believes Psychic Detective,” and I added that onto the end and I got a good title. A title that I wanted.
...78. Psychic Detective, Noreen Renier and Skepticality Response
Guest: Psychic detective Noreen Renier discusses the current state of psychic detective work and provides an overview of some of her current cases. ...
69: Psychic Detective Smackdown, Ben Radford
Guests: Ben Radford of The Skeptical Inquirer, psychic detective Nancy Weber, police Captain Jim Moore, and NJ State Police Lieutenant Bill Hughes wrap up their discussion of the Amy Hoffman murder investigation. download skeptiko-2009-04-16-58402.mp3 Listen Now: Read the Transcript: THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED On this episode of Skeptiko, psychic detective investigations with Ben Radford of the Skeptical Inquirer. Ben: How do you explain the fact that in at least, you know, if you want to take five, six criteria, how do you explain the fact that in several occasions, at least four instances, the two police detectives remember Nancy Weber saying something different than what she says? How do you explain that? Alex: I do not have to explain that because Bill Hughes and Jim Moore did a great job of explaining it. We will play that, we will play these interviews, they were good interviews, and we will let everyone else decide. Stay with us for Skeptiko.
...68. Psychic Detective, Vicki Warren
Guest: Vicki Warren, Psychic Detective and author of Coffee, Doughnuts and God. Download MP3 (28:30min, 13MB)
58. Psychic Detectives and Police
Guest: Lt. Bill Hughes of the New Jersey State Police and Captain (retired) Jim Moore of the Parsippany New Jersey police department discuss their...
57. The Psychic Detective Challenge
Guest: Psychic detective Nancy Weber recounts her amazing work in the Amie Hoffman murder case. Download MP3 (20:56min, 10MB) On this episode of...
54. Ben Radford Debunks Psychic Detective
Guest: Ben Radford, managing editor of Skeptical Inquirer magazine discusses his debunking of the Charles Capel psychic detective case. Play...
53. Noreen Renier, Psychic Detectives and Skeptics
Guest: Psychic detective Noreen Renier Download MP3 (34:08min, 16MB) Alex: Welcome to Skeptiko where we explore controversial science with...
50. Skeptical Inquirer Editor, Ben Radford
Download Audio of This Interview (MP3) (61:10min, 28MB) Alex: Welcome to skeptiko, where we explore controversial science with leading...