29 July 2012 by Kim Hebert
Well, this is a bit late, as it got lost in the draft pile for a while. But better late than never. It’s 2012, which means we’re mere months away from a flurry of white-manufactured Mayan exoticism. It also means looking back at the psychic predictions that came out in 2011! In the past I’ve [...]
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17 January 2011 by Kim Hebert
As it was last year, and likely will be again next year unless the Reptilians get us, it’s December. Unsurprisingly, psychics in late 2008 made their various predictions about 2009 and I examined the claims of two: self-proclaimed psychic Sylvia Browne and Nostradamus fanboi John Hogue. I wonder if they did any better for 2010, [...]
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03 August 2010 by Jonathan Abrams
For my weekly podcast, The Reality Check, we often have a short “skeptical” parody of a song before the show starts. Many people wanted a full-length parody song, so for our 100th episode we parodied that obvious: Journey’s Don’t Stop Believing. I hope you enjoy the song and video: If you want a high quality [...]
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06 January 2010 by Kim Hebert
This is Part 2 in a series looking at psychic predictions for 2009 by John Hogue and Sylvia Browne. See Part 1 for John Hogue. Sylvia Browne Your son is dead. Oops. If there’s one positive thing we can learn from Sylvia Browne, it’s that absolutely anyone can do anything to make money. A secondary [...]
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