Skepticamp 2024 – Talk 8 – A Boney M to pick: debunking Rasputin – Tom Williamson

16/01/2025 15 min
Skepticamp 2024 – Talk 8 – A Boney M to pick: debunking Rasputin – Tom Williamson

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Episode Synopsis

This audio is a part of the Skepticamp 2024 event, that happened on October 18th 2024 in Mercure Piccadilly Hotel, Manchester and was livestreamed at https://www.twitch.tv/sitp



About the talk:
In 1978, German pop group Boney M released their single Rasputin. The lyrics cemented the reputation of one Grigory Rasputin, one of the most loathed men in Russia, for all time.



About the speaker:
One half of the Retrospecticus podcast, Tom is a PhD-trained scientist with a passion for modern history. Also known as skepticism’’s resident vexillologist (flag nerd), you’ll find him hanging out with The Merseyside Skeptics Society, blasting out some terrible karaoke or streaming on Twitch.



The music used in this episode is by Thula Borah and is used with permission.

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