As one of the most visible skeptical organizations in the world, CSI owes a heightened duty to uphold skeptical ideals. Kavin will cover race, and, more broadly, diversity, equity, and inclusion as it pertains to the Skeptics community, with examples from her time working with CFI. Grab your beverage of choice and join Kavin as she takes you through crucial lessons for all skeptics and skeptical organizations — yes, even you, the one who doesn’t get involved in politics.

Brazil has surpassed the UK in the number of confirmed cases and deaths of Covid-19. Still, the federal government refuses to acknowledge reality and relies on magical thinking and denialism, promoting miracle cures, withholding information, spreading lies and inciting riots.

Join Natália Pasternak for a look at the Brazilian response to the pandemic, and what happens when a government embraces pseudoscience in the face of an international health crisis.

This event will be online, on the Skeptics in the Pub Twitch channel.

As ethnic nationalism and the far-right become stronger, race science is experiencing a revival. Even well-intentioned scientists, through their unconscious use of old-fashioned categories, betray some suspicion that race has some basis in biology. Award-winning author Angela Saini explores the concept of race, from its origins to the present day, explores why we find it so hard to let go of the notion that race is biologically real, and the political consequences of this dangerous idea.

This event will be online, on the Skeptics in the Pub Twitch channel.

Cara Santa Maria is a Los Angeles Area Emmy and Knight Foundation Award winning journalist, science communicator, television personality, author, and podcaster.

This event will be online, on the Skeptics in the Pub Twitch channel.

The universe literally encompasses everything we were, are and will be, everything we knew, know and can know. When we decide to understand the universe as a whole, new truths come to light, and unexpected perspectives illuminate our take on life. 30-Second Universe sheds light on the biggest ideas, concepts and discoveries in life, in the universe, and everything.

This event will be online, on the Skeptics in the Pub Twitch channel.

When folks believe pervasive misconceptions about human sexuality, it can feel like there’s something wrong with them or their relationship. This talk will focus on the neuroscience behind sexual arousal and libido. We will do some myth busting and discuss how to effectively approach “spicing up” your sex life - even if you’re single or stuck in quarantine.

This event will be online, on the Skeptics in the Pub Twitch channel.

The skeptical movement rightly suggests that people should place more faith in peer-reviewed scientific articles than in YouTube videos, Nick Brown will give some examples of how peer-reviewed scientific work that may attract a lot of public attention can contain remarkably elementary errors that can be detected by readers with relatively little mathematical expertise.

This event will be online, on the Skeptics in the Pub Twitch channel.

The UK has declared a 'climate emergency' and pledged to become carbon neutral by 2050. So how do we get there? Drawing on actions, policies and technologies already emerging around the world, Chris Goodall sets out the ways to achieve this.

This event will be online, on the Skeptics in the Pub Twitch channel.

Alternative medicine proponents have become really good at building a body of research that looks more and more like good science to the casual observer. Jonathan Jarry will go through three cases that illustrate how convincing the evidence for pseudoscience looks and what’s actually happening under the bonnet.

This event will be online, on the Skeptics in the Pub Twitch channel.