This week, James Randerson is joined in the pod by Ian Sample and Nell Boase to discuss placebos and the claims that Prozac and other anti-depressants provide no medical benefits whatsoever.
Also in the show, Andy Lewis from the Quackometer website updates us on his battles to expose charlatans and hocus pocus. Polly Toynbee gives us her take on the politics and ethics of organ donation in the latest edition of Thought for the Pod. And we hear from our friends at Null Hypothesis who have just hosted GeekPop08 - an online concert showcasing some of the best scipop songs around.
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And if you follow this link, you can also listen to a recording of this year's annual Sense About Science lecture, delivered by Alan Sokal, on the science of enquiry.
