The Skeptic Zone #939 - 4.October.2026

Wellness? - Not-A-Con - Bent Spoon

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Introduction
Richard Saunders

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You Can Count on Adrienne. With Adrienne Hill
Adrienne talks with returning guest Dr. Nick Tiller, author of The Health and Wellness Lie: Exposing the hype, hacks and hidden agendas of the well-being machine, about curious concoctions in the wellness and workout world.

Dr Nick Tiller
https://www.nbtiller.com

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Barry Williams Media Award
$4000 Prize
The Barry Williams Award for Skeptical Journalism recognises the best piece of journalism, in any medium, that takes a critical and skeptical approach to a topic within the remit of Australian Skeptics: the scientific investigation of pseudoscience and the paranormal. It is awarded annually with a citation and now a $4000 prize, double the amount of recent years.

https://www.skeptics.com.au/media-prize-2026-4000

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Maynard's Spooky Action
Not-A-Con Interviews
Annie McCubbin from the 'Why Smart Women' podcast.

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The TROVE Archives
A wander through the decades of digitised newspapers to look for references to The Bent Spoon #9.

    2009.12.01 - The Daily Telegraph
    2010.07.28 - The Sydney Morning Herald
    2012.12.03 - The Sydney Morning Herald
    2015.10.15 - The Sydney Morning Herald

www.trove.nla.gov.au