Jan 20, 2008 Show, Stop Sylvia Brown

[Brian Now]

I really liked this show. It was "meaty" so to speak. It didn't have the theory or the unverifiable, extreme claims that have been in a lot of recent episodes.

However, personally I can't imagine spending as much time and effort in chasing one person as the guest does. It's not that I have too much of a life (I don't!), it's just that I think it would get old. But more power to him! It's good that at least somebody is publicly challenging people like Sylvia Brown...America's favorite white trash psychic.

On a side note, I actually am very interested in psychic/medium stuff, but while I am open to the phenomenon and I very skeptical of the people who claim those abilities.

[valiens]

I thought that too. It's kinda cool that there's someone out there tearing down frauds who isn't a complete wall of disbelief like Randi et. al.... but it's also kinda...I dunno, sad? Weird? To obsess like that. Still better that than stalking I always say!

[CapnG]

Somebody's got to do it. I say more power to 'im!

[derekcbart]

I haven't listened to the show yet, but Robert Lancaster is just amazing I've heard/seen him a few times and his website www.stopsylviabrowne.com is just wonderful.

[nikki630]

I totally enjoyed the show. Robert was well spoken, presented his opinion in a rational way and even though he thinks Sylivia Brown is a fraud, never once made an ad hominem attack on her.

I think it is great that there are people taking on the frauds in this field, and at the risk of being thought an anti-religious zealot (I'm not), I wish someone would take on the tele-evangelists in the same way. I don't see how what someone like Pat Robertson does is any different from what Sylvia Brown does.

[valiens]

I'm glad you two finally found out where she came from, how she became famous, and how she stays famous. It's these questions that baffled me more so than her predictions.