The CUSP

In which we discuss local and global news (and olds), including but not limited to: James Randi's personal life, Gut Bacteria, Fish and Chips, Church Billboards and the spiritual life of native american salmon.

We also have email and complaints from our 3 listeners...

And we interview Broadcaster Graeme Hill about skepticism and the media...

1. Email and News
2. Interview with Graeme Hill
3. Word of the Day and Quote

Links:

http://www.stmatthews.org.nz/index.php

http://www.thehealingcompany.co.nz/

The following is a response to Rebecca Barry's Opinion piece in the NZ Herald on Mar 23th by floyd_akl on the NZ Skeptics Mailing list

Rebecca Barry, in her column of March 23 asks "Why is religious faith such a scary concept that atheists need to hold a global convention?". Before answering this question, it's worth pointing out some obvious truths.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/3255716/UFO-papers-to-be-made-public

Good comment from Vicki Hyde...

I've just read this:

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10619800&p...

The guys from the No God Ads campaign are organising an official letter (/article) to the papers but I'm bored so here's my half-assed debunking:

I questioned the first sentence, suggesting that it was inconsistent with what we know about our fine-tuned physical and biological world.

Check out the trailer for the new animated movie of Tim Minchin's 9-minute beat poem Storm:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9bT73BM2Ic

I'm excited...

This looks awesome!

Official blog:
http://www.stormmovie.net/blog/