Archive - Empowered!

Lessons in critical thinking: Reader feedback from last week's post - podcast

Audio version of this week’s Empowered! post, "Lessons in critical thinking: Reader feedback from last week's post"

Nov 17 •

21:25

Lessons in critical thinking: Reader feedback from last week's post

Last week's post on Nature magazine's Trump election meltdown provoked reader comments that provide useful instruction in critical thinking skills.

Nov 17 •

Academia and the new dark age: Part 11 - Nature's Trump meltdown - podcast

Audio version of this week’s Empowered! post, "Academia and the new dark age: Part 11 - Nature's Trump meltdown"

Nov 9 •

28:56

Academia and the new dark age: Part 11 - Nature's Trump meltdown

According to one of the world's leading science journals, science as we know it is coming to an end.

Nov 9 •

November open thread for paid subscribers - US election edition

It’s already the 5th of November here in Australia.

Nov 5 •

Antinutrient villain or bone health superhero? The secret life of phytate - podcast

Audio version of this week’s Empowered! post, "Antinutrient villain or bone health superhero? The secret life of phytate."

Nov 2 •

27:48

Antinutrient villain or bone health superhero? The secret life of phytate.

Maligned as a mineral-sapping antinutrient for decades, it turns out that phytate is good to the bone.

Nov 1 •

October 2024

Unpacking the ‘ketogenic diet cures cancer’ myth: Part 2 - podcast

Audio version of this week’s Empowered! post, "Unpacking the 'ketogenic diet cures cancer' myth: Part 2"

Oct 27 •

26:31

Unpacking the ‘ketogenic diet cures cancer’ myth: Part 2

Continuing my analysis of distortions and misrepresentations in Dr Thomas Seyfried's interview on Diary of a CEO.

Oct 25 •

Unpacking the 'ketogenic diet cures cancer' myth: Part 1 - podcast

Audio version of this week’s Empowered! post, "Unpacking the 'ketogenic diet cures cancer' myth: Part 1"

Oct 20 •

35:34

Unpacking the 'ketogenic diet cures cancer' myth: Part 1

Dr Thomas Seyfried claims that a ketogenic diet can prevent and cure cancer. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence; let's see if he…

Oct 19 •

COVID insanity is NOT over

A bizarre reader tale

Oct 15 •

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