Here is the deal.
The podcasts are in the blog sections.
It you really want to download the podcasts, the best way is to subscribe on iTunes, or use Juice or other aggregator.
Here is a list of the podcasts, when they were produced, with links to the mp3. The enhanced podcasts (m4a) are on the enhanced podcast page. The mp3 can also be had on the standard podcast page, but really, use an aggregator and the RSS feed. So much less of a headache.
Do the old right click to save link or whatever, depending on browser and operating system, if you want to download the file.
QuackCast 1. Opening Salvo. A review of Supplements, Complementary and Alternative Medicine (SCAMS) 5/4/06
QuackCast 2. Echinacea. A review of Supplements, Complementary and Alternative Medicine (SCAMS) 5/6/06
QuackCast 3. Homeopathic Theory . Of all the kinds of alt.med available, Homeopathy has to be the most retarded. And thats saying something. Listen and see why. 5/7/06
QuackCast 4. Homeopathy Clinical Trials. Clinical trials of homeopathy are of poor quality and treat self limited diseases. The better the study, the less well homeopathy does. In the best meta analysis to date, it is concluded that homeopathy doesn't work. Duh. 5/12/06
QuackCast 5. Placebo Effect. Alt.med effects are often attributed to the placebo effect. Turns out the placebo effect does not exist. So when the effect of alt.med is equal to placebo effect, it is the same as saying it is equal to nothing. How true, how true. 5/22/06
QuackCast 6. Prayer. A review of the medical literature suggests that prayer is not an efficacious therapeutic intervention for medical illnesses. And I am almost certainly going to h e double toothpicks, if you know what I mean. 6/25/06
QuackCast 7. Theory of Acupuncture. The theory of acupuncture is reviewed and found to be wanting when compared with reality. It has no biologic or physiologic plausibility. 7/11/06
QuackCast 8. Acupuncture's Efficacy. The efficacy of acupuncture is reviewed and found to be wanting when compared with reality. It doesn't work and has the potential to cause real harm. 8/5/06
QuackCast 9. Lies, Damn Lies and the use of alt med. 34% to 42% of Americans use alternative medicine each year. True? Of course not. See how data is misrepresented to support nonsense. 8/31/06
QuackCast 10. History and Theory of Chiropractic. The theory of chiropractic is reviewed and found to be wanting when compared with reality. It has no biologic or physiologic plausibility. But it doesn't stop the AMA having its legal rear handed them by the Chiropractors. 9/30/06
QuackCast 11. Evidence to Support Efficacy and Complications of Chiropractic. Does Chiropractic work for low back pain? Other diseases? Is it safe? What does it take to get into Chiropractic School? The answer to all this and more in this podcast. 11/20/06
QuackCast 12. How to Identify Quackery and Homeopathic Horrors . Seven rules of thumb to identify quackery, with examples. Also more on the potential dangers of homeopathy. 12/24/06
QuackCast 13. Herbal "Remedies". Like "Fresh" Fish. A tour of some popular herbs. Reviewing the medical literature with commentary of the following herbs: echinacea, ginkgo, st johns wort, black cohash, saw palmetto, and glucosamine/chondroitin. 1/22/07
QuackCast 14. Naturopathy Quacks of all trades, masters of none. A review of the practice of naturopathy, not particularly favorable for some odd reason. 2/27/07
QuackCast 15. Magnet ‘Therapy’. review of magnets as a medical intervention. I really should have called it the crap cast, because this is crap. Not the podcast. Magnetic therapy. 4/2/07
QuackCast 16. Probiotics. A review of probiotics: theory, use and complications. 5/15/07
QuackCast 17. Update 1 NUCCA and Hypertension. An evaluation of "Atlas vertebrae realignment and achievement of arterial pressure goal in hypertensive patients: a pilot study." Published in 2007 in the journal of Human Hypertension. 6/28/07
QuackCast 18. Update 2 Echinacea Meta Anal Ysis. The Lancet published a meta anal ysis of echinacea and concluded it was effective. Is it true? Well, what is truth? Listen to the podcast and hear my truth. 8/16/07
QuackCast 19. Iridology. A look at the iridology, a form of fiction mistaken as a diagnostic modality. 9/19/07
QuackCast 20. Influenza myths. The flu can kill you. What YOU can do to prevent it. Tonight on the 10 o'clock news. Plus, the truth behind Brittany's hair. 10/22/07
QuackCast 21. Acupuncture update. Quackcast 21, my podcast can now drink in Oregon. A review of the medical literature of SCAMS: supplements, complementary and alternative medicine. 11/20/07
QuackCast 22. Boost your immune system And die. A cursory review of the immune system and then a review of some medical literature that suggests boosting it will cause you to die die die die die die die die die die die die die........ Got carried away. Were all gonna DIE!!!!!!!!!!!! Sorry. I panic easy.12/27/07
QuackCast 23. Trust No One. But me. What an article says and what people say it says, and what people say it says it says etc are often not the same thing. I tediously dissect a medical paper and comment of what two commentators say it says. 1/20/08
QuackCast 24. The Yeast Dis Connection 3/2/08
QuackCast 25. Fungi Shui. 5/12/08
(Preowned) QuackCast 26. Alternative Aviation. Recycled material from the Science Based Medicine Blog. 5/26/08
Quackcast 27. Acupuncture and Chiropractic Update. A review of Supplements, Complementary and Alternative Medicine ie SCAMS. This podcasts reviews 2 papers on acupuncture and pain, and one on chiropractic and stroke. 7/1/08
QuackCast 28. Vitamin C and the Common Cold. Because the Peter Principle rules, millions were spent to demonstrate clearly that Vitamin C has minimal effects on the common cold. Someone needs to return his Nobel prize. . 8/31/08
QuackCast 29. Reiki and Therapeutic Touch. Energy Therapies abound in SCAM’s. Here are two. Reiki and Therapeutic Touch. 11/23/08
QuackCast 30. Lets Kill The Children or A Defense of Vaccines Why vaccines, to quote Mr. Pooh, "Are a Good Thing." 2/22/09
QuackCast 31. Green our SCAM. Why SCAMs are bad for you and the environment. Gaia cries when you take a TCM remedy. 4/09
QuackCast 32. Huffpo. 32 Sentences and 57 taradiddles. 5/15
QuackCast 33. Update on Acupuncture, Chiropractic and Herbal Remedies. 7/5/9
QuackCast 34. Flu Woo for You. 8/19/9
QuackCast 35. Flu vaccine efficacy. Plus 18 taradiddles.
QuackCast 36. Hi Ho Silver. Should you use colloidal silver? Was there WMD's in Iraq. Same quality data.
QuackCast 37. Acai. Spanish for take the money and run. 11/09
Quackcast 38. Mesotherapy. Will it make your meso morph? 12/09
Quackcast 39. Measles Update. 12/27
QuackCast 40. Literature update. Chiropractic and ginkgo. 01/10
Quackcast 41. YOU, acupuncture and the military. 1/23/10