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Alice looks at the biohackers, who try to change their lifestyles and biology to promote physical health and longevity. Meanwhile, Mike gets a new pet kitten.
From the pages of The Skeptic magazine, this is The Skeptic podcast, bringing you the best of the magazine's expert analysis of pseudoscience, conspiracy theory and claims of the paranormal since its relaunch as online news source in September 2020.
Episode 54 of our satirical, skeptical comedy podcast recorded live at QED 2023. Your host is Andy Wilson (@InKredulosi) of the Merseyside Skeptics Society and co-organiser of QED conference. Appearing are:
Like its cousin 'greenwashing', 'socialwashing' uses confusing and unclear labelling to mislead consumers about the social impacts of a product.
The post Socialwashing: How fair is ‘Fair Trade’, and how is the average consumer meant to know? appeared first on The Skeptic.
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