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 committee member of the NZ Skeptics and is a keen astronomer, having worked for the Wellington Observatory and hosted dark skies nights at Stonehenge Aotearoa. She loves getting into the nitty gritty of science news, especially when fraud or incompetence is involved.
Brad MacClure is a committee member of the NZ Skeptics as well as being a talented musician, playing many different instruments and writing many of his own songs – he’s even written some skeptical songs that he’s performed at past conferences.
