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 was contemporary and interesting enough to be presented in an accompanying podcast, with guest article writers being invited onto the podcast. The podcast was released as biweekly, hour long episodes in early February 2022 (just as the occupation of the Parliament grounds started). Since then we have seen a some changes in the podcast hosts, as new committee members have put their hands up to help out, and existing hosts have stepped back.
Throughout these changes, 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.
