The European Skeptics Podcast - live at QED 2024

The award-winning European Skeptics Podcast is about to enter its tenth year of covering skeptical news and promoting skeptical activism. Their back catalogue of around 450 episodes contains analyses of skeptical trends and concerns, as well as hundreds of interviews with people from all over the world. The current hosts are based in Hungary, Germany, and Sweden and the show’s outreach is truly international, with an active network beyond Europe.

András Pintér has an enthusiasm for science that started in childhood, and he has identified as a skeptic all his adult life, having been active in the Hungarian skeptic movement since 1997. A biology and environmental science teacher by training, he has worked as a travelling tour director and guide for 15 years, meeting like-minded skeptics and making connections along the way wherever he could. An initiator and co-host of the European Skeptics Podcast, he’s also the current president of the Hungarian Skeptic Society and a board member of the European Council of Skeptical Organisations.

Pontus Böckman has an educational background in finance, but has always had a great interest in history, sci-fi and popular science. He became involved with the skeptical movement in 2010, organising ‘Skeptics in the Pub’ and giving lectures on skepticism in local schools. He is a member of the board of the Swedish Skeptics (VoF) in 2013, where he served as President between 2018 and 2022. In 2017 he was elected to the board of ECSO (the European Council of Skeptical Organisations) and was elected president in 2024.

Brian Eggo has been running Glasgow Skeptics since 2015. He also writes for the Skeptic magazine, and is part of the Skeptics in the Pub Online livestream team. Outside of his Skeptical life, he works in training and development by day, and has a sizable family to occupy his evenings and weekends.

Claire Klingenberg is former President of the European Council of Skeptical Organisations - ECSO. In the Czech Republic, she leads the critical thinking project, Don't Let Yourself Be Fooled! which provides seminars on critical thinking to high schools. She has been involved in the skeptical movement since 2013 - originally as co-organizer of the Paranormal Challenge. She has been a consultant for various projects where science meets the supernatural. Claire is the protagonist of the documentary series 'Investigátori,' co-produced by Czech and Slovak state TVs, bringing a skeptic and science-popularizing perspective on the paranormal to the wider public. She contributes to the Czech religious studies journal Dingir and its news site, the Religious Infoservice.

Entry into the live recording of the European Skeptics Podcast is included with all in-person QED tickets.