When the NZ Skeptics committee chose to discontinue its long-standing journal, the NZ Skeptic, in 2020, they replaced it with a weekly newsletter. It was soon realised that the material being written for the newsletter by its editors, secretary Mark Honeychurch and chair Craig Shearer, was contemporary and interesting enough to be presented in an accompanying podcast. Joined by committee member Bronwyn Rideout, the podcast was released as as biweekly, hour long episodes.
Since its inception, the Yeah… Nah! podcast has entertained and informed skeptics in New Zealand, taking a look at the weird and wonderful, and exposing misinformation and pseudoscience in all its forms.
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Bronwyn Rideout is the Chair of the NZ Skeptics. She is fascinated by all things esoteric, and loves dissecting MLMs. She is currently studying for her PhD in Midwifery. Bronwyn is originally from Canada, but much prefers the coffee in New Zealand.
Mark Honeychurch is the current Secretary of the NZ Skeptics, and a past Chair. He’s fascinated by all the weird and wonderful beliefs out there, and wants to experience them all! In his day job he is a software developer, and on weekends he likes to practice lock picking, write code and watch bad movies. Mark emigrated from England back in 2005.
Katrina Borthwick is a huge science nerd and her main interests are in psychology, astronomy and science fiction. She has been a skeptic ever since she read ‘Demon Haunted World’ by Carl Sagan in the 90s and is super interested in what makes people think the way they do. She lives in Wellington with her husband Alan, her two young daughters and two annoying cats.
Brad MacClure has been a committee member of the NZ Skeptics since 2014. He’s a musician and piano technician from Invercargill. Brad believes that the world would be a better place for us all if we could learn to think critically, be intellectually humble and embrace the possibility that we might be wrong. Brad composed and recorded the theme music for the podcast.
