Notes from an Evil Burnee: Monsters in an area of confusion

Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Monsters in an area of confusion

As discussed on Skepticule Extra 28, the Goddess Roundtable podcast is a festival of woo. After hearing co-host Paul Thompson describe this particular episode I decided to give it a listen. I posted a link on Facebook and commented as it progressed:

Listening to this now — it's hilarious:

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/goddessroundtable/2010/10/29/the-monster-in-the-vagina-testament-to-vaginal-exorcisms

- Paul Jenkins It's also depressing — that there are people living such fantasy and believing it's real.
  Sunday at 15:41 ·
- Paul Jenkins Now at about 16 minutes, and wondering if it's actually an allegory for sensible sexual health maintenance...
  Sunday at 15:44 ·
- Paul Jenkins ‎"interdimensional beings" and "energy vortexes"
  Sunday at 15:46 ·
- Paul Jenkins Oh, it's a phone-in show. Why does she need the phones? Can't she just communicate telepathically or something?
  Sunday at 15:54 ·
- Paul Jenkins ‎"elohim" (There should be a paranormal bingo card for this show.)
  Sunday at 16:08 ·
- Paul Jenkins ‎"chakras", "meridians", "spiritual anatomy"
  Sunday at 16:11 ·
- Paul Jenkins ‎"generational curses", "demonic entities"
  Sunday at 16:12 ·
- Paul Jenkins This caller says she has "some confusion in the womb area". I presume this is a euphemism.
  Sunday at 16:17 · · 1
- Paul Jenkins The host's advice is essentially "Buy my book!"
  Sunday at 16:21 ·
- Paul Jenkins Now she's claiming her book is divinely inspired (channelled).
  Sunday at 16:23 ·
- Paul Jenkins Not sure why it's called Goddess Roundtable — she nattered bollocks (in more than one sense) for half an hour, then responded with barnum statements and cold reading of the deludons who called her show.
  Sunday at 16:28 ·
- Paul Jenkins It's over. Now, is a cup of tea a good remedy for a potentially exploding skull?
  Sunday at 16:30 ·