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Token Skeptic #55 - On The Geek Manifesto - Interview With Mark Henderson
Category: Science & Medicine
Duration: 00:20:19
Publish Date: 2011-02-14 16:34:00
Description: A special episode about The Geek Manifesto! When I was in London, I was fortunate enough to secure an interview with Mark Henderson, who is the Science Editor of The Times. He's in the process of writing and crowd-sourcing information for his book about science and politics. It’s called The Geek Manifesto, and it will be published next spring by Bantam Press. As he writes on his site at www.geekmanifesto.wordpress.com: The idea behind the book is fairly simple. The geeks, nerds and dorks of this world are no longer apologising for their slightly obsessive interest in science and critical thinking. Through events such as Simon Singh’s libel case, the sacking of Professor David Nutt as the British Government’s chief drugs adviser, and the Science is Vital campaign to protect British science against spending cuts, they’re beginning to gather the confidence to fight for the causes that matter to them. They are creating an emerging political force, and one that is sorely needed. Thanks to James O'Malley of The Pod Delusion and the fine people of Westminster Skeptics, the talk he gave about The Geek Manifesto on Monday 11th January with Evan Harris was recorded. You can listen to it here. This show is available on Zune, mp3 via Libsyn or iTunes. Visit www.tokenskeptic.org – and I’d love to hear your feedback at tokenskeptic@gmail.com. Theme songs are 'P&P' by Derek K Miller of www.penmachine.com and '365' by Milton Mermikides, of www.miltonmermikides.com
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