The TANK Vodcast

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Here’s a five-minute promotional video of The TANK Vodcast, if you want to catch some highlights from the show so far!

There may be some big news heading TANK Vodcast way… until then, make sure you check out the latest offering from Fox Studios in June…

I have the proof! Just sent in, the big glossy flyer for presenters at TAM6 this year - spot Richard Saunders!

Amazing Meeting 6 details on the JREF site, at www.randi.org.

Thanks to the encouragement of Daniel Loxton of Junior Skeptic (do check out the respective pages of Skeptic and Skepticality!) - The TANK Vodcast is now profiled with a great new page on Facebook!

This page is able to be accessed by anyone, not just the enthusiastic masses on Facebook. Our previous ‘group’ will be phased out in order to take advantage of the features that a page will bring us, including more comment-box and forum sections - just like you’ve requested!

Best of all, we’ve featured our new promotional videos there, with both a snappy five-minute introductory version and a twenty-minute ‘best of’ round-up that features highlights from our 2007 to 2008 Season One shows.

Don’t forget that the series is for sale with links right here on our blog!

The TANK for 2007 - 2008 on this double DVD set.
DVD video, mp3 audio and mp4 video.

Click here to order your TANK DVD. $20 (us) including postage world-wide.

Yes, it’s true. We have discovered that The TANK Vodcast reporters aren’t just good looking (*ahem*) images on your screen or voices of reason in the ether of cyberspace - but true skeptical investigators who can team up in the real world and have a great time whilst at it!

NSW Reporter Michael Wolloghan was on the scene at the last Skeptics in the Pub! Whilst the Sydney Skeptics were showing the spirits what getting into the spirit of things was really all about, he joined hosts Richard Saunders and Stefan Sojka, as they prepared for the last TANK Vodcast episode for the season. As footage of the evening will show, the team not only joined the spoon-bending merriment but for some rather merry renditions of what just might be ‘Waltzing Matilda’ for the benefit of Alison Smith (Mp3 of episode Sept. 4th, 2006) who needed some evidence herself of what an classic Aussie ballad was like! You’ll have to listen (and watch!) for yourself!

Then it was all points south (or way out east for one!) as the skeptics converged on Wagga Wagga, for an almighty meeting of the minds at the Australian Skeptic Conference to discuss future directions and national goals! There Queensland reporter Jayson Cooke, Richard Saunders and Western Australian reporter Kylie Sturgess were presenting, networking and interviewing for further episodes and certainly setting the example. You can look forward to interviews with Paul Willis and Dr Martin Bridgstock of Griffith University featured in the next fantastic season of The TANK Vodcast!

For the Year of Chrift 2008

Like a Biblical character of the Old Testament, it appears that The TANK Vodcast Host and Producer Richard Saunders has lived for hundreds of years!

Skeptic and troublemaker Brian Dunning alerted us to the “Poor Richard’s Almanack“, penned by one Richard Saunders, the pseudonym of none other than the Founding Father of the United States, Benjamin Franklin himself!

Poor Richard’s Almanack was an early meteorological guide, and like today’s weather predictions, it wasn’t always accurate… The Almanack was also a sort of early modern ‘gossip column’ that included tips, social commentary and wise maxims on marriage, diet, society and economy.

It was a best-seller in its day - second only to the Bible!

It seems that in any incarnation, Richard Saunders is a skeptic!

Or maybe…

…long-lived Richard is a doppelganger…

…or a vampire…