Skeptics with a K

Episode #446

January 8, 2026

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  • The hosts of Skeptics with a K, Episode #446, found that predictions for 2025 from prominent psychics like Sally Morgan and Craig Hamilton Parker were overwhelmingly generic, obvious, or demonstrably false. 
  • The discussion highlighted a perceived decline in the mainstream celebrity psychic, with Sally Morgan pivoting to broader, less specific claims like numerology and astrology for her annual predictions. 
  • Psychic predictions for 2025 often relied on Barnum statements or predictions about events already in the news cycle (like geopolitical instability or celebrity scandals), making them easy to claim as hits despite lacking genuine foresight. 

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Podcast Introduction and Context
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  • Key Takeaway: Episode #446 of Skeptics with a K, recorded before Christmas 2025, reviews psychic predictions for the year 2025.
  • Summary: The episode is the first of 2026, hosted by Mike Hall with Marsh and Alice, and focuses on evaluating psychic predictions made for the preceding year, 2025. The show is produced by Skeptic Media in association with the Merseyside Skeptic Society. The hosts clarify the recording date to account for any late-breaking 2025 events.
Decline of Celebrity Psychics
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  • Key Takeaway: The era of the massive, touring celebrity psychic in the UK, exemplified by figures like Sally Morgan, appears to be waning, with no clear successor emerging.
  • Summary: Marsh notes a parabolic decline in the prominence of major psychics, observing that Sally Morgan no longer plays the large venues she once did, often playing smaller theaters. This decline is occurring without a new psychic rising to fill that large-scale touring gap. Many current practitioners rely on smaller online presences, like TikTok lives, which are easier to manage but do not translate to major theater runs.
Sally Morgan’s Generic 2025 Predictions
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  • Key Takeaway: Sally Morgan’s published 2025 predictions, based on numerology (Universal Year Nine) and astrology, were extremely generic, covering universal themes like completion, transformation, and balancing ambition.
  • Summary: Morgan’s numerology reading for 2025 (a universal year nine) focused on letting go of the past and preparing for a new cycle, which is applicable to any year. Her astrological analysis mentioned Jupiter in Gemini emphasizing communication and the Aries/Libra eclipse axis highlighting individuality versus partnership, both being vague statements. The hosts criticized these predictions as being so weak that they are underwhelming even compared to her past specific readings.
Sally Morgan’s Geopolitical Predictions
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  • Key Takeaway: Sally Morgan incorrectly predicted a third world war would start in 2025 or 2026 and also incorrectly stated that Donald Trump would not win the 2024 US Presidential election.
  • Summary: In an interview from October 2024, Morgan predicted an invasion attempt on the UK in 2025 or 2026, which did not materialize. Her failure to predict the outcome of the 2024 US election further undermined her credibility. She also suggested that war would make things more reasonable, a claim the hosts found dubious.
Craig Hamilton Parker’s Political Predictions
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  • Key Takeaway: Craig Hamilton Parker, dubbed the ’new Nostradamus,’ made several obvious political predictions for 2025, such as a ‘politically bumpy year’ in the UK and major Tory defections to Reform, while failing on specific leadership changes.
  • Summary: Parker predicted Yvette Cooper would become a caretaker Prime Minister after Keir Starmer was ousted, which did not happen; Andy Burnham was seen as the more likely successor. He correctly noted Tory defections to Reform but incorrectly named Boris Johnson and Jacob Rees-Mogg as the specific figures who would defect. He also predicted Harry and Meghan would divorce, which was inaccurate for 2025.
Nicholas Ojula’s Mixed 2025 Forecast
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  • Key Takeaway: Nicholas Ojula’s 2025 predictions included several highly probable or already established trends, such as advancements in lab-grown organs and slow UK economic growth, while failing on major events like a third world war or royal reconciliation.
  • Summary: Ojula claimed to have predicted COVID-19 and the Notre Dame fire, but his 2025 predictions included the highly likely event of slow UK economic growth and continued climate change effects. He incorrectly predicted William and Harry would reconcile with press photos, and that Katy Perry would have marriage problems, which she did by divorcing Orlando Bloom.
Psychic World’s Failed Predictions
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  • Key Takeaway: Psychic World psychics failed to predict a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine by summer 2025 and incorrectly forecasted a stronger US dollar and a less radical Trump foreign policy.
  • Summary: Trish Rainbow and Star Brown predicted a ceasefire in Ukraine before the end of summer 2025, which did not occur. They also claimed the US dollar would surpass the Euro, which was demonstrably false by the end of the year. Furthermore, they predicted a pragmatic Trump foreign policy, contradicting his observed actions involving military escalation.
Skeptical Conclusion and Event Promotion
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  • Key Takeaway: The hosts concluded that the failure rate of psychic predictions confirmed their skeptical stance, and they promoted an upcoming Liverpool Skeptics in the Pub event featuring Joe Ondrek on conspiracy theories.
  • Summary: The hosts affirmed their skepticism, noting that the psychics’ tendency to update predictions (as seen with Trusted Psychics) confirms the unreliability of the initial forecasts. The next Liverpool Skeptics in the Pub event on January 15th will feature Joe Ondrek discussing conspiracy theories as the ‘found footage horror of the internet.’