Yeah... Nah!

In our shiny new episode of the Yeah… Nah! Podcast, we’re all over the show. Mark starts by talking about Givealittle, and their lacklustre response to concerns he and Dan Ryan raised with them a couple of years ago. Then he transitions to talking about Iran’s issue with sycophancy and fake technological advances. Bronwyn looks into the Guinness World Records, and how the organisation has changed over the years - and not for the better. And finally Katrina has been pondering some recent Alzheimer’s Treatments in the context of both statistical and clinical significance.

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Articles we talk about:

Breaking the record for obsolescence? The history and controversies of Guinness World Records

Iran’s Potemkin Problem

Don’t say it don’t use it - Alzheimer’s treatments and the stats vs effect dilemma

When it’s not okay to Givealittle

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2026-04-28

We’re back with a guest for this episode of the Yeah… Nah! Podcast, as Aaron joins us to talk about the Jehovah’s Witnesses, and a recent pamphlet created by Lloyd Evans that can be handed to members, warning them about being misled. Mark talks about Scientology Runs, and whether trespassing on Scientology property is a good thing or not. Bronwyn talks about how one of Edmund Hillary’s later expeditions promised to look for the Yeti, and Katrina debunks yet another claim that NASA has found aliens.

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Our Guests:

Aaron Davies

Articles we talk about:

Everything I know about Skepticism I learned from the Bible

Has NASA found alien technology in our skies?

Going on a Yeti hunt: Sir Edmund Hillary and the 1960 - 1961 Silver Hut Expedition

Speed Running Scientology

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2026-03-30

2026-04-13

We start off this week’s episode of the Yeah… Nah! Podcast talking about a recent change in New Zealand legislation, removing the alcohol restrictions on religious holidays in bars and restaurants. As well as this small but meaningful change, Katrina looks into microplastics to see if they’re a ticking timebomb inside our bodies, Mark double checks whether sugar feeds cancer, and where this idea came from, and Bronwyn looks into the history of Youth With a Mission (YWAM), a Christian mission organisation, and uncovers some interesting connections to New Zealand.

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Articles we talk about:

Should We Be Worried About Microplastics?

Sugar Feeds Cancer?

Youth with a Mission (YWAM)

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2026-03-30

We’re joined on this episode of the Yeah… Nah! podcast by NZ Skeptics committee member Dan Ryan, who recently found that Falun Gong were being less than honest when running stalls at his local market. We also hear from Katrina about Louis Theroux’s new documentary on the “manosphere”, Mark about the Auckland Deep Thinkers group, who don’t appear to be thinking very deeply, and Bronwyn, who has been looking into the history of Friday the 13th and its superstitious beliefs.

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Articles we talk about:

Friday the 13th x 3: The mayhem, the meme, and some math

Inside the Manosphere – Louis Theroux

Auckland Shallow Thinkers

A Cult has infiltrated my Market

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2026-03-16

In this episode of the Yeah… Nah! podcast, we start off with a short chat about Thomas Driver, followed by an extended amount of blathering from Mark, who fills us in on both his visiting Mormons and some emails the NZ Skeptics have been receiving recently asking if we can publish their articles on our website. Bronwyn has debunked one of Mark’s pet theories, the idea that there’s been an uptick in mushrooms being sold as complementary medicine recently because of companies who were planning to grow marijuana having to repurpose their equipment. And finally Katrina has found the curious case of a French academic who seems to have not only created a fake award to make himself look important, but also faked the existence of multiple organisations that are supposedly linked to the award.

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Articles we talk about:

Medical Marijuana and Mushroom Mania

My first Book of Mormon Stories

Philology Fictionology

Fragment 176–191: Poisoning AI Summaries?

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2026-03-02