 | The Mad Gasser of Mattoon (Skeptoid #550) - In 1944, a strange night prowler is believed to have made poison gas attacks in Illinois. Or was it something else?
December 20, 2016
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 | The Simple Proof of Man-Made Global Warming (Skeptoid #549) - The two most basic Smoking Guns proving that carbon from fossil fuels is warming the Earth.
December 13, 2016
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 | Bruce Lee Myths (Skeptoid #548) - More mythology than fact surrounds this enigmatic figure from martial arts films.
December 6, 2016
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 | The Ghost Fighter Plane of Pearl Harbor (Skeptoid #547) - Published accounts tell of a mysterious fighter plane that came into Pearl Harbor a year after the Japanese attack.
November 29, 2016
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 | There's No Such Thing as Race... Or Is There? (Skeptoid #546) - We know that genetically, race does not exist; so why are we still using it in science?
November 22, 2016
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 | First in Flight (Skeptoid #545) - So you always thought the Wright Brothers were the first to fly a plane? Not so fast.
November 15, 2016
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 | Feedback and Followups (Skeptoid #544) - Some nifty extra information for a few recent episode supplied by listeners in the know.
November 8, 2016
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 | White Hat Journal Hoaxes (Skeptoid #543) - Sometimes the best way to scrutinize an open access journal is to hoax them.
November 1, 2016
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 | Photographic Memory (Skeptoid #542) - Pop culture tells us that some people have photographic memories. What's the real story?
October 25, 2016
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 | Defusing India's Ancient Atomic Blasts (Skeptoid #541) - The facts behind an urban legend claiming a nuclear war in India some 12,000 years ago.
October 18, 2016
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 | Feng Shui Today (Skeptoid #540) - Feng shui is much more than just a debunked way to magically arrange furniture.
October 11, 2016
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 | Radiation Hormesis: Is It Good for You? (Skeptoid #539) - Is it true that exposure to small amounts of dangerous radiation can protect you from cancer?
October 4, 2016
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 | The Belgian UFO Wave (Skeptoid #538) - For two years, some say the Belgian skies were filled with triangular alien UFOs.
September 27, 2016
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 | Debunking the Moon Truthers, Part 3 (Skeptoid #537) - The hard, testable, scientific proof that we actually did land humans on the moon.
September 20, 2016
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 | Debunking the Moon Truthers, Part 2 (Skeptoid #536) - The science behind many of the specific claims made by Apollo moon landing hoax conspiracy theorists.
September 13, 2016
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 | Debunking the Moon Truthers, Part 1 (Skeptoid #535) - The history of the Apollo moon landing hoax conspiracy theory, and those who believe in it.
September 6, 2016
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 | Earthquake Lights: Do They Exist? (Skeptoid #534) - One of those things everyone seems to believe in, but for which there's almost no evidence.
August 30, 2016
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 | Don't Try It Before You Knock It (Skeptoid #533) - Shouldn't you try something before you knock it? Not if you want to know if it really works.
August 23, 2016
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 | Who Killed the Red Baron? (Skeptoid #532) - Six competing claims for who killed the Red Baron. Does any one of them ring true?
August 16, 2016
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 | The Banjawarn Bang (Skeptoid #531) - Evidence suggests a doomsday cult may have successfully tested a nuclear bomb in Australia in 1993.
August 9, 2016
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 | No, You Shouldn't Question Everything (Skeptoid #530) - Pop wisdom continually reminds us to Question Everything. But is that really practical or useful?
August 2, 2016
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 | Wrongy McWrongface (Skeptoid #529) - Skeptoid corrects another batch of errors from previous episodes.
July 26, 2016
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 | The Secret History of Majestic 12 (Skeptoid #528) - These purported UFO documents changed the course of the culture of UFO belief.
July 19, 2016
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 | Conjuring Up the Warrens (Skeptoid #527) - The Conjuring 2 tells a story that is fictional in a way you might not have guessed.
July 12, 2016
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 | Sky Trumpets (Skeptoid #526) - From all over the world come reports of strange trumpet-like blasts from the sky.
July 5, 2016
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 | Autopsy: The Clinton Body Count (Skeptoid #525) - The surprising origins of the claim that the Clintons kill any who get in their way.
June 28, 2016
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 | Colony Collapse Disorder: Science and Pseudoscience (Skeptoid #524) - So you think you know what's making honey bees die off?
June 21, 2016
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 | How Do Homing Pigeons Navigate? (Skeptoid #523) - The latest and greatest research reveals that we still have no clue how birds accomplish this amazing feat.
June 14, 2016
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 | Dark Watchers (Skeptoid #522) - The true origins of the Dark Watchers, said to go all the way back to Chumash Indian stories.
June 7, 2016
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 | The New Flat Earthers (Skeptoid #521) - The reinvented Flat Earth fad is less about geology and more about conspiracy mongering.
May 31, 2016
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 | Solving the Haunted Hoia-Baciu Forest (Skeptoid #520) - It is said to be the world's most haunted forest. Can we solve the mystery of what lies within?
May 24, 2016
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 | Alien Implants (Skeptoid #519) - Some of those who believe they've been abducted by aliens also think they were left with a souvenir.
May 17, 2016
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 | Listener Feedback: Denial and Aliens (Skeptoid #518) - Skeptoid answers some feedback sent in by listeners.
May 10, 2016
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 | Antibiotics and Hormones in Beef (Skeptoid #517) - One of pop food woo's favorite claims is that drugs given to beef cattle pose a danger to humans.
May 3, 2016
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 | Demythologizing the Shaolin Monks (Skeptoid #516) - Myth and pseudohistory plague this ancient Chinese school. Is there any truth left?
April 26, 2016
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 | All About Absinthe (Skeptoid #515) - This mysterious alcoholic drink is the subject of more urban legends than any other liquor.
April 19, 2016
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 | Your Thoughts on Making Skepticism Commercial (Skeptoid #514) - What can be done to make skeptical programming more attractive to a larger audience?
April 12, 2016
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 | Why Musical Aliens Probably Use the Same Scale We Do (Skeptoid #513) - Reliance on universal mathematical principles may mean alien music is similar to our own.
April 5, 2016
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 | Decrypting Mother Teresa (Skeptoid #512) - Is popular criticism of Mother Teresa directed at the right person?
March 29, 2016
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 | Firestorm in Waco (Skeptoid #511) - How much truth is there to the conspiracy theories that the FBI deliberately killed the Branch Davidians?
March 22, 2016
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 | Student Questions: Multiple Intelligences and the Gender Pay Gap (Skeptoid #510) - Skeptoid answers another round of questions sent in by students all around the world.
March 15, 2016
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 | Ninjas Unmasked (Skeptoid #509) - These superheroes of martial arts lore may not be exactly what you thought they were.
March 8, 2016
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 | Demythologizing the Knights Templar (Skeptoid #508) - More pseudohistory than fact surrounds this ancient order's depictions in pop culture.
March 1, 2016
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 | No, Hitler Did Not Escape (Skeptoid #507) - There is no truth to the popular myth that Hitler escaped Berlin and went to Argentina.
February 23, 2016
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 | Bad Skepticism: Why You Should Challenge Popular Assumptions (Skeptoid #506) - From swamp gas and waterspouts to alternative medicine, the harm of not challenging popular assumptions.
February 16, 2016
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 | You've Got to Be Wrong to Be Right (Skeptoid #505) - Skeptoid corrects another round of errors from past episodes.
February 9, 2016
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 | Growing Skeptical of Hair Restoration (Skeptoid #504) - As long as people lose their hair, the market will remain flooded with sham remedies.
February 2, 2016
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 | Bad Science on PBS (Skeptoid #503) - Does PBS bother to distance itself from the pseudoscience informercials aired during pledge drives?
January 26, 2016
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 | Listener Feedback: Killing the Comments (Skeptoid #502) - Your comments on our decision to remove the comments from Skeptoid episode transcript pages.
January 19, 2016
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 | Schrodinger's Cat and the Bomb Detector (Skeptoid #501) - Whatever you think you know about Schrödinger's famous cat is probably wrong.
January 12, 2016
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 | A Little Curiosity (Skeptoid #500) - Have you found your curiosity in the first 500 episodes of Skeptoid?
January 5, 2016
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 | The Hope Diamond: A Curse Deconstructed (Skeptoid #499) - Find out how the obviously false story of a curse came to be associated with this famous diamond.
December 29, 2015
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 | Did the 1914 Christmas Truce Really Happen? (Skeptoid #498) - How true are the stories of WWI soldiers laying aside their rifles on Christmas 1914?
December 22, 2015
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 | A Skeptical Look at the Rorschach Test (Skeptoid #497) - Most consider the famous inkblot test to be a window to the subconscious. Is it?
December 15, 2015
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 | The Russian Sleep Experiment (Skeptoid #496) - Russian test subjects are said to have done unspeakably horrible things when sleep deprived.
December 8, 2015
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 | Updated: Top 10 Worst Anti-Science Web Sites (Skeptoid #495) - The worst offending sites on the Internet for promoting bad misinformation.
December 1, 2015
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 | Black Mold: Peril or Prosaic? (Skeptoid #494) - Black mold is commonly believed to harbor many deadly diseases. How much truth is there to this?
November 24, 2015
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 | How Real Is the Stockholm Syndrome? (Skeptoid #493) - Is the Stockholm syndrome a real psychological phenomenon, or a media buzzword?
November 17, 2015
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 | Pouring Cold Water on Cryotherapy (Skeptoid #492) - Questioning whether this new spa treatment provides all the medical benefits it claims.
November 10, 2015
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 | 420: The Cannabis Code (Skeptoid #491) - Myths and competing claims fog the origin of the term 420, a slang code for marijuana.
November 3, 2015
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 | Deconstructing the Tasaday Tribe (Skeptoid #490) - Some say this tribe of "gentle savages", discovered in 1971, was just a hoax. Was it?
October 27, 2015
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 | The Science of X-Ray Specs and Sea Monkeys (Skeptoid #489) - These products advertised in the back of comic books promised improbable feats of science.
October 20, 2015
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 | Who Was Charles Fort? (Skeptoid #488) - This enigmatic author of the strange continues to confound.
October 13, 2015
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 | About That 1970s Global Cooling... (Skeptoid #487) - No, climatologists in the 1970s did not believe we're headed into another ice age.
October 6, 2015
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 | The Flying Saucer Menace (Skeptoid #486) - The true, interwoven history of flying saucers in American folklore.
September 29, 2015
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 | Holocaust Denial (Skeptoid #485) - Why some people think the Holocaust never happened, and what to do about it.
September 22, 2015
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 | More Unsung Women of Science (Skeptoid #484) - Some women you haven't heard of who made significant contributions to science.
September 15, 2015
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 | Unsung Women of Science (Skeptoid #483) - These important scientists are virtually unknown. Let's see if we can fix that.
September 8, 2015
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 | Franklin's Cannibals (Skeptoid #482) - The fate of Sir John Franklin's Lost Expedition gives a valuable lesson in types of evidence.
September 1, 2015
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 | Captain Kidd's Treasure (Skeptoid #481) - Many stories tell of Captain Kidd's buried treasure. But is there any reason to believe it exists?
August 25, 2015
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 | The Nazi of Nanking (Skeptoid #480) - This most unlikely of guardian angels saved hundreds of thousands of Chinese lives.
August 18, 2015
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 | Chemicals (Skeptoid #479) - Chemicals are deadly, delicious, essential and basically, everything.
August 11, 2015
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 | Listener Feedback: Natural History (Skeptoid #478) - Today we're going to answer questions sent in by listeners pertaining to episodes having to do with our natural world.
August 4, 2015
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 | Wag the Dogman (Skeptoid #477) - They say that a half-canine cryptid stalks the woods of Northern Michigan. Are they right?
July 28, 2015
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 | The Chess-Playing Mechanical Turk (Skeptoid #476) - An overview of the amazing chess playing robot of the 1700s.
July 21, 2015
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 | Listener Feedback: History vs. Pseudohistory (Skeptoid #475) - Brian responds to listener feedback about past history episodes.
July 14, 2015
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 | Solfeggio Frequencies (Skeptoid #474) - Are certain, specific sonic frequencies the key to love, intuition, and spiritual order?
July 7, 2015
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 | The Loveland Frog (Skeptoid #473) - A series of sightings of a frog-like humanoid in the suburb of Loveland, Ohio prompts an enduring folkloric legend.
June 30, 2015
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 | Lysenko and Lesser Science Grifters (Skeptoid #472) - Trofim Lysenko mixed pseudoscience and ideology to set back Soviet biology
June 23, 2015
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 | Male Circumcision (Skeptoid #471) - Infant male circumcision remains common in the United States. What are the motivations for this, and does it help?
June 16, 2015
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 | Marijuana (Skeptoid #470) - In the last 50 years, marijuana has gone from menace to medicine. Which is it?
June 9, 2015
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 | Jade Helm 15 (Skeptoid #469) - Conspiracy theory that a military training exercise is going to lead to martial law.
June 2, 2015
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 | Listener Feedback: Fads (Skeptoid #468) - Brian responds to some listener feedback concerning the topic of fads.
May 26, 2015
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 | Baby Myths (Skeptoid #467) - A look at some common myths about babies and children.
May 19, 2015
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 | 5 Answers for Creationists (Skeptoid #466) - Creationists have presented 5 questions they don't think 'evolutionists' can answer. Here are some answers.
May 12, 2015
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 | Agenda 21 (Skeptoid #465) - Does Agenda 21 want to save the world or take it over?
May 5, 2015
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 | The Lake Michigan Triangle (Skeptoid #464) - Could there be a region in the Great Lakes where ships and planes mysteriously disappear?
April 28, 2015
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 | Transgender: Fact or Fiction? (Skeptoid #463) - The Internet believes a lot of things about transgender people. But how much of it is true?
April 21, 2015
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 | Satanic Ritual Abuse (Skeptoid #462) - The history of claims that secret Satanic cults are abusing children.
April 14, 2015
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 | Cryptids That Turned Out To Be Real (Skeptoid #461) - When speculative animals turn out to be real, does that validate cryptozoology as a science?
April 7, 2015
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 | Plastic Bags (Skeptoid #460) - The answer to "paper or plastic?" turns out to be surprisingly complicated.
March 31, 2015
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 | Listener Feedback: The Environment (Skeptoid #459) - Brian responds to listener feedback on past episodes about environmental topics.
March 24, 2015
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 | Science Fails (Skeptoid #458) - Science has let you down time after time, and that's one reason why it gets better and better.
March 17, 2015
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 | Forgetting the Alamo (Skeptoid #457) - Is the Alamo worth remembering? We'll examine the myths and truths behind the events that made this structure famous.
March 10, 2015
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 | Cattle Mutilation (Skeptoid #456) - Do alien visitors really abduct and mutilate unsuspecting ungulates?
March 3, 2015
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 | Ghost Photography (Skeptoid #455) - The history of ghost photography and its many problems as evidence.
February 24, 2015
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 | GMO Facts and Fiction (Skeptoid #454) - See if you know how many of these GMO "facts" are right.
February 17, 2015
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 | Cooking Myths (Skeptoid #453) - As the busiest part of the house, the kitchen has collected more folklore than any other room in it.
February 10, 2015
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 | The Stone Spheres of Costa Rica (Skeptoid #452) - In Costa Rica, mysterious stone spheres left behind by the country's previous inhabitants seem to defy explanation.
February 3, 2015
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 | Ideomotor Response (Skeptoid #451) - The Ideomotor Response underlies a number of occult phenomena and alt-med practices.
January 27, 2015
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 | Robert Ripley: Believe Him... or Not? (Skeptoid #450) - We examine Believe it or Not! and determine if we can believe this stuff.
January 20, 2015
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 | Ancient Astronauts (Skeptoid #449) - Did aliens visit the ancient Earth and inspire human cultures? Some people claim so.
January 13, 2015
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 | The Columbus Poltergeist (Skeptoid #448) - Did a poltergeist infest a home in Columbus, Ohio? Or was this the work of a mischievous teen?
January 6, 2015
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 | Listener Feedback: Cryptozoology (Skeptoid #447) - We respond to questions about cryptids asked by listeners to our recent episodes.
December 30, 2014
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 | The Fallibility of Memory (Skeptoid #446) - We are a story our brain tells itself. And our brains are habitual liars.
December 23, 2014
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 | Megalodon (Skeptoid #445) - The Discovery Channel wants you to think that a giant prehistoric shark may still swim our oceans.
December 16, 2014
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 | Myths of Alcatraz (Skeptoid #444) - Alcatraz Island is veiled in the fog of myth.
December 9, 2014
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 | SS Iron Mountain (Skeptoid #443) - A large riverboat vanished without a trace on the Mississippi River in 1872. Or did it?
December 2, 2014
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 | Griffins (Skeptoid #442) - Griffins, considered absurd mythological beasts today, were actually our first attempt to explain fossils.
November 25, 2014
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 | The Skookum Cast (Skeptoid #441) - The first "full body cast" of an alleged Bigfoot left many experts with a different impression.
November 18, 2014
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 | That Elusive Fibromyalgia (Skeptoid #440) - Some say fibromyalgia is a real disease, while others question the diagnosis.
November 11, 2014
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 | A Skeptical Look at the News (Skeptoid #439) - How we look at the news is as important as where we get it.
November 4, 2014
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 | The War of the Worlds Panic Broadcast (Skeptoid #438) - On October 30, 1938, Orson Welles panicked a nation with a single broadcast. Or did he?
October 28, 2014
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 | Tube Amplifiers (Skeptoid #437) - Are tube amplifiers superior to solid state?
October 21, 2014
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 | Ionithermie (Skeptoid #436) - What is Ionithermie, and is it effective for slimming and cellulite removal?
October 14, 2014
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 | The St. Clair Triangle UFO (Skeptoid #435) - In 2000, Illinois police officers chased what has come to be known as the St. Clair Triangle UFO. What was it?
October 7, 2014
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 | The Braxton County Monster (Skeptoid #434) - A group of 7 West Virginians looked for a crashed UFO in the hills and ended up getting the fright of their lives.
September 30, 2014
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 | The Water Woo of Masaru Emoto (Skeptoid #433) - Masaru Emoto believes that water entangles with human consciousness. Is there anything behind Emoto's water woo?
September 23, 2014
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 | The Death of Rasputin (Skeptoid #432) - Legend says that Grigori Rasputin, the "Mad Monk", was hard to kill. What does the history say?
September 16, 2014
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 | Acupuncture (Skeptoid #431) - Is acupuncture really ancient Chinese medicine? Does it work? Is it safe?
September 9, 2014
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 | Harry Houdini and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Skeptoid #430) - The clash between the champions of scientific skepticism and supernaturalism.
September 2, 2014
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 | The Many Voices of Frank's Box (Skeptoid #429) - Frank's ghost box is a radio designed to hear communications from ghosts. What can we actually learn from it?
August 26, 2014
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 | The Haunted Dybbuk Box (Skeptoid #428) - A popular tale tells of a haunted Jewish wine box that brought ill fortune upon its owners... apparently.
August 19, 2014
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 | The Legend of the Flying Dutchman (Skeptoid #427) - What is the real source of the ancient nautical legends of the Flying Dutchman ghost ship?
August 12, 2014
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 | The Baldoon Mystery (Skeptoid #426) - The surprising truth behind Canada's most famous ghost story.
August 5, 2014
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 | Albinism Facts and Fiction (Skeptoid #425) - Even in developed countries, myths persist about people who have albinism.
July 29, 2014
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 | The Santa Barbara Simoom of 1859 (Skeptoid #424) - Stories of a lethally hot storm wind in Santa Barbara in 1859 persist to this day.
July 22, 2014
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 | 12 Step Programs (Skeptoid #423) - Are religious-based twelve step programs better at stopping addiction than other programs?
July 15, 2014
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 | Lie Detection (Skeptoid #422) - Has technology ever been able to reliably discriminate between lies and truths?
July 8, 2014
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 | Student Questions: Internet Tracking and Plasma Cosmology (Skeptoid #421) - Skeptoid answers another round of questions sent in by students all around the world.
July 1, 2014
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 | Hillary vs. Mallory: The First to Everest (Skeptoid #420) - Did George Mallory really beat Sir Edmund Hillary to the summit of Mount Everest in 1924?
June 24, 2014
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 | Slacktivism: Raising Awareness (Skeptoid #419) - Does clicking a "Like" button on a web site really accomplish anything useful?
June 17, 2014
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 | Left Brained, Right Brained, or Hare Brained? (Skeptoid #418) - Pop psychology tells us we're all either left brain dominant or right brain dominant. Really?
June 10, 2014
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 | The Riddle of Flight 19 (Skeptoid #417) - What caused the 1945 loss of these five aircraft that disappeared in the Bermuda Triangle?
June 3, 2014
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 | 5 Conspiracy Theories that Turned Out to Be True... Maybe? (Skeptoid #416) - Skeptoid listeners are always asking for conspiracy theories that turned out to be true. Here are the best I found.
May 27, 2014
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 | In Which I Am the Very Picture of Error Personified (Skeptoid #415) - Skeptoid corrects another round of mistakes made in previous episodes.
May 20, 2014
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 | Killing Princess Diana (Skeptoid #414) - Some say the death of Princess Diana in 1997 was actually a murder plotted by her government.
May 13, 2014
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 | 3-7-77: The Montana Vigilance Code (Skeptoid #413) - This mysterious code representing vigilante justice has a history steeped in mystery.
May 6, 2014
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 | Animal Predictors: Psychic, Sensitive, or Silly? (Skeptoid #412) - Many animals are presented in the popular media as being psychic. Is this the best explanation?
April 29, 2014
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 | Your Body's Alleged Energy Fields (Skeptoid #411) - We are constantly bombarded with marketing references to your body's energy field. Is there such a thing?
April 22, 2014
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 | The Black Eyed Kids (Skeptoid #410) - An urban legend says that children with completely black eyes go around trying to be allowed inside.
April 15, 2014
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 | Oil Pulling (Skeptoid #409) - This New Age alternative health fad claims to be based on ayurveda... but is it?
April 8, 2014
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 | 15 Phreaky Phobias (Skeptoid #408) - Are phobias really irrational, or does the brain have a good reason for creating them?
April 1, 2014
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 | The Death of Mad King Ludwig (Skeptoid #407) - Was Bavaria's Mad King who built castles like Neuschwanstein truly murdered, or did he commit suicide?
March 25, 2014
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 | The Disappearance of Glenn Miller (Skeptoid #406) - What happened to American band leader Glenn Miller when he disappeared in WWII?
March 18, 2014
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 | Aromatherapy: Sniffing Essential Oils (Skeptoid #405) - The essences of certain flowers and herbs produce a pleasing smell, but is it also medicinal?
March 11, 2014
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 | The Boggy Creek Monster (Skeptoid #404) - Is Arkansas' Fouke Monster a real zoological specimen, or an important part of local folklore?
March 4, 2014
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 | Out of Place Artifacts (Skeptoid #403) - Some objects found around the world seem to defy rational explanation.
February 25, 2014
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 | Listener Feedback: Ancient Mysteries (Skeptoid #402) - I respond to questions and feedback sent in by listeners around the world.
February 18, 2014
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 | Hemp, Hearst, and Prohibition (Skeptoid #401) - A popular urban legend claims that William Randolph Hearst conspired to make cannabis illegal in the United States.
February 11, 2014
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 | It's Just Science (Skeptoid #400) - Some pseudoscience promoters attack the messenger rather than the evidence.
February 4, 2014
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 | The Moving Coffins of Barbados (Skeptoid #399) - An old tale tells of coffins that jumbled themselves up in a crypt in Barbados.
January 28, 2014
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 | Solving the Lead Masks of Vintem Hill (Skeptoid #398) - Two dead bodies were found in Brazil in 1966 with mysterious masks made of lead.
January 21, 2014
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 | Fukushima vs Chernobyl vs Three Mile Island (Skeptoid #397) - Years after the disaster, some claim that Fukushima radiation is still going to cause widespread death.
January 14, 2014
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 | The Biggest, the Oldest, and the Baddest (Skeptoid #396) - A tour of the Earth's biggest, oldest, and most lethal living creatures.
January 7, 2014
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 | Student Questions: Food Woo, Food Woo, and More Food Woo (Skeptoid #395) - Skeptoid answers questions sent in by students, all of them this week pertaining to popular food pseudoscience.
December 31, 2013
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 | Finding Butch and Sundance (Skeptoid #394) - Were outlaws Butch Cassidy and the Sundance killed in South America, or did they survive?
December 24, 2013
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 | The Hair of Samson (Skeptoid #393) - Is there any truth to the belief that long hair can provide great strength?
December 17, 2013
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 | Listener Feedback: Consumer Ripoffs (Skeptoid #392) - Skeptoid responds to comments sent in by listeners who don't accept that they've been ripped off.
December 10, 2013
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 | 8 Secret Bases: Real or Fictional? (Skeptoid #391) - Do you know which of these secret military bases around the world are real?
December 3, 2013
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 | The Red Haired Giants of Lovelock Cave (Skeptoid #390) - Some say that an early Native American tribe were giant cannibals.
November 26, 2013
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 | The JFK Assassination (Skeptoid #389) - How should we regard the conspiracy theories about the assassination of John F. Kennedy?
November 19, 2013
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 | 6 Problems with Wind Turbine Syndrome (Skeptoid #388) - Some believe that wind turbines are sickening people. Might there be anything to this?
November 12, 2013
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 | Who Discovered the New World? (Skeptoid #387) - Which of all the many claims of Europeans being first to the New World is true?
November 5, 2013
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 | Tracking the Tasmanian Tiger (Skeptoid #386) - Does this supposedly extinct marsupial still live in the wilds of Tasmania?
October 29, 2013
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 | The Disappearance of Frederick Valentich (Skeptoid #385) - A young pilot who disappeared in 1978 might have been having a little fun, Spielberg style.
October 22, 2013
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 | Asking the Socratic Questions (Skeptoid #384) - A line of reasoning named for Socrates helps us help believers in the strange re-examine their beliefs.
October 15, 2013
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 | 5 False Arguments for Raw Milk (Skeptoid #383) - Some people who enjoy raw milk also make up false claims that regular milk is more dangerous.
October 8, 2013
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 | Into the Maelstrom (or Not) (Skeptoid #382) - Infamous legends tell of a maelstrom that devours ships and men. Is such a thing possible?
October 1, 2013
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 | An Enthusiast's Primer on Study Types (Skeptoid #381) - A quick look at many of the most common scientific study types.
September 24, 2013
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 | The Riddle of the L-8 Blimp (Skeptoid #380) - The crew of a blimp mysteriously vanished in 1942, but their blimp came back OK... without them.
September 17, 2013
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 | I Think, Therefore I Err (Skeptoid #379) - Skeptoid corrects a bunch of errors made in previous episodes.
September 10, 2013
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 | Legendary Places: Real or Fictional? (Skeptoid #378) - We look at twelve legendary places that you've heard of, but may not know whether they're real or not.
September 3, 2013
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 | Student Questions: Hangovers, Manuka Honey, and Probiotics (Skeptoid #377) - Skeptoid answers another round of questions sent in by students all around the world.
August 27, 2013
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 | Salt Therapies (Skeptoid #376) - A new trend in spas is to let people relax in salt caves. Is there any benefit to this?
August 20, 2013
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 | The Patterson-Gimlin Bigfoot Film (Skeptoid #375) - The true history behind the iconic Bigfoot film that launched the legend.
August 13, 2013
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 | Listener Feedback: Alternative Medicine (Skeptoid #374) - Skeptoid answers a raft of listener emails pertaining to alternative medicine.
August 6, 2013
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 | The Secrets of MKULTRA (Skeptoid #373) - How true is it that the CIA conducted unethical mind control experiments on unwitting human subjects?
July 30, 2013
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 | Prove Your Supernatural Power and Get Rich (Skeptoid #372) - If you can demonstrate a power unknown to science, there are people looking to write you a check.
July 23, 2013
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 | The Vanishing Village of Angikuni Lake (Skeptoid #371) - Did the population of a remote Eskimo village completely disappear in 1930?
July 16, 2013
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 | The Science of Muzak (Skeptoid #370) - Can background music really influence our buying decisions?
July 9, 2013
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 | Student Questions: Magic Wristbands, Laser Danger, and ManBearPig (Skeptoid #369) - Skeptoid answers another round of questions sent in by students all around the world.
July 2, 2013
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 | Legislating Pseudoscience (Skeptoid #368) - Lawmakers are often pressured by ideologues to pass laws based on bad science.
June 25, 2013
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 | Who Is the Grinning Man? (Skeptoid #367) - A mysterious "grinning man" is said to appear and terrorize UFO witnesses.
June 18, 2013
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 | The Sedona Energy Vortex (Skeptoid #366) - Do a series of spiritual energy vortexes, of a type unknown to science, exist in Sedona, AZ?
June 11, 2013
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 | The Black Knight Satellite (Skeptoid #365) - Is a mysterious 13,000-year-old alien satellite orbiting the Earth?
June 4, 2013
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 | Listener Feedback: Conspiracies (Skeptoid #364) - Skeptoid answers questions sent in by listeners pertaining to conspiracy theories.
May 28, 2013
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 | All About Graphology (Skeptoid #363) - Can handwriting analysis really tell us about the personality and aptitudes of the writer?
May 21, 2013
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 | Polybius: Video Game of Death (Skeptoid #362) - Did a 1981 video arcade game sicken players while government agents collected the data?
May 14, 2013
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 | The 16 Personalities of Sybil (Skeptoid #361) - The book and movie "Sybil" told the story of a woman purported to have Multiple Personality Syndrome.
May 7, 2013
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 | Lincoln Kennedy Myths (Skeptoid #360) - An old story claims a long list of astonishing similarities between the assassinations of Lincoln and Kennedy.
April 30, 2013
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 | Cupping for the Cure (Skeptoid #359) - Some believe that bruise-causing suction on the skin provides a variety of health benefits.
April 23, 2013
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 | Listener Feedback: Aliens and UFOs (Skeptoid #358) - Skeptoid digs into the feedback mailbag and answers questions about aliens and UFOs.
April 16, 2013
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 | The Aquatic Ape Theory (Skeptoid #357) - There is a popular fringe theory about human evolution that claims we went through an aquatic phase.
April 9, 2013
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 | John Titor, Time Traveler (Skeptoid #356) - An Internet legend claims that a man named John Titor is a visitor from the year 2036.
April 2, 2013
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 | The Airplane that Wasn't There (Skeptoid #355) - A B-25 bomber ditched in a Pennsylvania river in broad daylight 1956 and, seemingly impossibly, was never found.
March 26, 2013
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 | The Pentagon and the Missile (Skeptoid #354) - Some say that it wasn't an airliner that struck the Pentagon on 9/11, but a missile.
March 19, 2013
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 | Pope Joan (Skeptoid #353) - Was a Middle Ages pope actually a woman in disguise?
March 12, 2013
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 | Facts and Fiction of the Schumann Resonance (Skeptoid #352) - This cavity in our atmosphere resonates radio frequency at 7.83 Hz. But is that all it does?
March 5, 2013
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 | Men in Black (Skeptoid #351) - A look at the mysterious government agents said to intimidate those who witness flying saucers.
February 26, 2013
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 | Trinity: Interview with Dr. Oz, Alex Jones, and Deepak Chopra (Skeptoid #350) - Skeptoid interviews three of the most popular and controversial figures in modern pseudoscience.
February 19, 2013
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 | Top 10 Best Pro-Science Celebrities (Skeptoid #349) - A list of ten Hollywood celebrities who have leveraged their fame into the promotion of science.
February 12, 2013
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 | Ganzfeld Experiments (Skeptoid #348) - The true history of the experiment that is said to present the strongest evidence yet for telepathic abilities.
February 5, 2013
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 | The Lost Dutchman Gold Mine (Skeptoid #347) - This most famous of all fabled "lost mines" has a history that fails to stand up to skeptical scrutiny.
January 29, 2013
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 | Listener Feedback: Me and My Terrible Arguments (Skeptoid #346) - Skeptoid responds to another round of listener feedback.
January 22, 2013
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 | The Cult of Nikola Tesla (Skeptoid #345) - The name of Nikola Tesla is associated with crazy conspiracy claims that have nothing to do with his real work.
January 15, 2013
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 | Olgoi-Khorkhoi: The Mongolian Death Worm (Skeptoid #344) - Mongolian tradition holds that a strange and deadly worm lives beneath the sands of the Gobi desert.
January 8, 2013
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 | The Hollow Earth Theory (Skeptoid #343) - Throughout history there have been a number of different beliefs that the Earth might be hollow.
January 1, 2013
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 | Was the Wow! Signal Alien? (Skeptoid #342) - A signal received by a radio telescope in 1977 may be the best evidence yet for extraterrestrial intelligence.
December 25, 2012
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 | Free Energy Machines (Skeptoid #341) - Some believe they've cracked the secret of free energy forever with no fuel needed. Is it true?
December 18, 2012
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 | Listener Feedback: A Cacophony of Conspiracies (Skeptoid #340) - How you can convince your friends that their conspiracy theories are nonsensical.
December 11, 2012
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 | Setting the Bloop Straight (Skeptoid #339) - The solution to the Bloop mystery sound is finally revealed, and Skeptoid corrects some errors from other episodes.
December 4, 2012
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 | The Flat Earth Theory (Skeptoid #338) - Rumor has it some people think the Earth is flat. Do they really? And have they ever really?
November 27, 2012
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 | The Bermuda Triangle and the Devil's Sea (Skeptoid #337) - Two regions of ocean are said to be mysteriously dangerous. What's the truth behind this popular belief?
November 20, 2012
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 | How to Tell a Good Website from a Crap Website (Skeptoid #336) - When you find a science article on the web, how do you know whether it's reliable or not?
November 13, 2012
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 | Cleansing Diets: Why or Why Not? (Skeptoid #335) - Cleansing diets are trendier than ever. But do they actually provide any of the claimed benefits?
November 6, 2012
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 | The Betz Mystery Sphere (Skeptoid #334) - A mysterious silver ball that seemed to move on its own came to a Florida family in 1974. Was it alien?
October 30, 2012
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 | Student Questions: Dancing Plague and the Cinnamon Challenge (Skeptoid #333) - Skeptoid answers another round of student questions sent in from all around the world.
October 23, 2012
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 | The Phantom Time Hypothesis (Skeptoid #332) - A number of theories claim that several centuries never actually happened, and were faked by the Church.
October 16, 2012
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 | The Kelly-Hopkinsville Encounter (Skeptoid #331) - A rural family spent half a night battling what they thought were space aliens.
October 9, 2012
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 | Hypnotism: Hijacking Your Brain? (Skeptoid #330) - The facts and the fiction of one of the most intriguing psychological phenomena.
October 2, 2012
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 | Is She Real, or Is She Fictional? (Skeptoid #329) - A look at some famous women through history. Do you know who's real and who's not?
September 25, 2012
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 | Secrets of the Stradivarius (Skeptoid #328) - What is the secret of the incomparable sound of history's greatest stringed instrument, the Stradivarius violin?
September 18, 2012
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 | Raiding the Ark of the Covenant (Skeptoid #327) - The true history of the most famous holy relic from Biblical times.
September 11, 2012
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 | The Mystery of the Vitrified Forts (Skeptoid #326) - Some 60 ancient stone forts in Scotland have vitrified walls, with the stone melted into glass. How was it done?
September 4, 2012
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 | The Golden Ratio (Skeptoid #325) - For centuries, claims both scientific and pseudoscientific have been made for the golden ratio.
August 28, 2012
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 | Listener Feedback: That Darned Science (Skeptoid #324) - Skeptoid responds to some listener emails that question the validity of the scientific method.
August 21, 2012
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 | 8 Spooky Places, and Why They're Like That (Skeptoid #323) - These strange places around the world rank among the most macabre, but have interesting explanations.
August 14, 2012
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 | Negative Calorie Food Myths (Skeptoid #322) - Negative calorie foods, said to require more energy to digest than they provide, are a popular food fad.
August 7, 2012
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 | Skinwalkers (Skeptoid #321) - Navajo witches are said to be able to shapeshift into animals. Is it just a tall tale, or is there some truth to it?
July 31, 2012
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 | The Suicide Dogs of Overtoun Bridge (Skeptoid #320) - There's a bridge in Scotland where dogs are said to deliberately commit suicide.
July 24, 2012
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 | Student Questions: Food Woo and Iron Man at the Airport (Skeptoid #319) - Skeptoid answers another round of questions sent in by students all around the world.
July 17, 2012
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 | The Loch Ness Monster (Skeptoid #318) - The world's most famous cryptid is said to swim in Scotland's most famous loch.
July 10, 2012
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 | Attack of the Nanobots! (Skeptoid #317) - Is it possible for nanotechnology to result in an army of self-replicating machines that consume and destroy society?
July 3, 2012
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 | Al-Ghazali and Arab-Islamic Science (Skeptoid #316) - Some say that Persian theologian al-Ghazali was solely responsible for the end of the Golden Age of science.
June 26, 2012
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 | The Tehran 1976 UFO (Skeptoid #315) - Declassified military documents show that Iranian fighter planes engaged a UFO in 1976. What really happened?
June 19, 2012
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 | Botches and Bungles (Skeptoid #314) - Skeptoid goes back and corrects some errors from previous episodes.
June 12, 2012
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 | Area 51 Facts and Fiction (Skeptoid #313) - Some say alien spacecraft are tested at Nevada's legendary Area 51 site; what does history have to say?
June 5, 2012
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 | Student Questions: Marauding Mammoths and Queen Elizabeth the Man (Skeptoid #312) - Skeptoid answers another round of questions sent in by students all around the world.
May 29, 2012
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 | Deconstructing the Rothschild Conspiracy (Skeptoid #311) - Some believe that world governments and economies are secretly controlled by the Rothschild banking family.
May 22, 2012
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 | Left Handed Myths and Facts (Skeptoid #310) - Many popular anecdotes tell how and why some people are left-handed, but the true facts are even more interesting.
May 15, 2012
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 | The Science and Politics of Global Warming (Skeptoid #309) - Global warming is the poster boy for failed science communication. What went wrong?
May 8, 2012
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 | Picnic at Hanging Rock (Skeptoid #308) - Is this classic tale of the disappearance of a group of schoolgirls fact or fiction?
May 1, 2012
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 | The Siberian Hell Sounds (Skeptoid #307) - Russian scientists are said to have drilled a borehole that broke into hell and released the screams of the damned.
April 24, 2012
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 | Listener Feedback XX (Skeptoid #306) - Skeptoid dips into the feedback mailbag to respond to comments from listeners.
April 17, 2012
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 | I Can't Believe They Did That: Human Guinea Pigs (Skeptoid #305) - A look at some of history's most famous scientists who experimented upon themselves.
April 10, 2012
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 | Catching Jack the Ripper (Skeptoid #304) - A look at what is and isn't known about history's most infamous serial killer.
April 3, 2012
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 | Are Vinyl Recordings Better than Digital? (Skeptoid #303) - Many audio aficionados split into two camps, those supporting modern digital audio, and those supporting vinyl records.
March 27, 2012
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 | De Loys' Ape (Skeptoid #302) - A geologist claimed to have discovered a new species of great ape in Venezuela in the early 20th century.
March 20, 2012
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 | The Beale Ciphers (Skeptoid #301) - Treasure hunters comb Virginia search for a legendary hoard of gold and silver.
March 13, 2012
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 | The Secret of the Gypsy Queen (Skeptoid #300) - A little girl saves her kingdom when she is the only one who does not fall for the pop pseudoscience of the day.
March 6, 2012
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 | Star Jelly (Skeptoid #299) - Jellylike blobs have been reported to fall from the sky during meteor showers. What are they?
February 28, 2012
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 | Student Questions: Free Energy and Faster-than-Light Neutrinos (Skeptoid #298) - Skeptoid answers another round of questions sent in by students all over the world.
February 21, 2012
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 | A Magical Journey through the Land of Reasoning Errors (Skeptoid #297) - Four common types of analytical errors in reasoning that we all need to beware of.
February 14, 2012
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 | The Versailles Time Slip (Skeptoid #296) - Did two women visiting Versaille in 1901 time-travel back to the days of Marie Antoinette?
February 7, 2012
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 | Finding Amelia Earhart (Skeptoid #295) - Popular modern reports claim Amelia Earhart made it to an island and survived for a time. Might that be true?
January 31, 2012
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 | Frequent Listener Feedback (Skeptoid #294) - Skeptoid answers some listener emails that present common flaws in scientific thinking.
January 24, 2012
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 | Wunderwaffen: Nazi Wonder Weapons (Skeptoid #293) - Did the Nazis really have super-advanced technology, even anti-gravity flying saucers?
January 17, 2012
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 | The Grey Man of Ben MacDhui (Skeptoid #292) - A thin, dark phantom three times the height of a man is said to stalk this peak in the Cairngorms.
January 10, 2012
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 | The Toxic Lady (Skeptoid #291) - In 1994, fumes from a woman's body knocked out most of an emergency room staff. What happened?
January 3, 2012
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 | Approaching a Subject Skeptically (Skeptoid #290) - My process for examining a new topic, to learn whether it's fact or fiction.
December 27, 2011
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 | The Mystery of the Mary Celeste (Skeptoid #289) - The facts, as we know them, about what really happened to maritime lore's most famous missing crew.
December 20, 2011
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 | Pit Bull Attack! (Skeptoid #288) - Pit bulls have a reputation for being the most dangerous dog breed. Is this reputation deserved?
December 13, 2011
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 | Korean Fan Death (Skeptoid #287) - An urban legend in Korea states that running an electric fan at night can kill you.
December 6, 2011
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 | Listener Feedback: Dorothy and Her Straw Man (Skeptoid #286) - Skeptoid responds to some feedback emails notable for their dependence on straw man arguments.
November 29, 2011
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 | Slips and Goofs (Skeptoid #285) - Skeptoid corrects another round of errors found in previous episodes.
November 22, 2011
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 | The Fate of Fletcher Christian (Skeptoid #284) - Did the leader of the Bounty mutineers die on Pitcairn Island, or did he eventually make it back to England?
November 15, 2011
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 | Top 10 Worst Anti-Science Websites (Skeptoid #283) - My list of the worst offenders on the web in the promotion of scientific and factual misinformation.
November 8, 2011
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 | The Jersey Devil (Skeptoid #282) - This creature has been haunting New Jersey for nearly 300 years. From whence did it come?
November 1, 2011
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 | The Science of Voting (Skeptoid #281) - Are democratic elections actually as free and fair as we think they are?
October 25, 2011
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 | Finding Shakespeare (Skeptoid #280) - Was William Shakespeare the author of his own works, or was he merely someone else's pseudonym?
October 18, 2011
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 | Noah's Ark: Sea Trials (Skeptoid #279) - Could a wooden vessel like Noah's Ark actually have been made seaworthy?
October 11, 2011
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 | Brainwashing and Deprogramming (Skeptoid #278) - Can people really be brainwashed, and then deprogrammed back to who they were before?
October 4, 2011
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 | Student Questions: A Few Good Myths (Skeptoid #277) - Skeptoid answers another round of questions sent in by students all around the world.
September 27, 2011
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 | The Monster of Glamis (Skeptoid #276) - Did a living beast actually haunt Scotland's Glamis Castle for the better part of a century?
September 20, 2011
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 | All About Fracking (Skeptoid #275) - Hydraulic fracturing of natural gas wells incites powerful emotions. How much of the hype is justified?
September 13, 2011
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 | Listener Feedback Revolutions (Skeptoid #274) - Another batch of listener emails answered and dissected. And served.
September 6, 2011
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 | Wi-Fi, Smart Meters, and Other Radio Bogeymen (Skeptoid #273) - Are common radio transmitters carcinogenic or otherwise harmful?
August 30, 2011
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 | Are We Alone? (Skeptoid #272) - Are we alone in the galaxy, or might we have been visited by other civilizations?
August 23, 2011
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 | The Zionist Conspiracy (Skeptoid #271) - Are the rumors true that Jews are planning to take over the world's governments and banks?
August 16, 2011
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 | The Hessdalen Lights (Skeptoid #270) - Some seek a high-tech explanation for these aerial lights in Norway. But is the true cause much simpler?
August 9, 2011
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 | The Abominable Snowman (Skeptoid #269) - How likely is it that the Yeti of the Himalayas is a real creature?
August 2, 2011
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 | Student Questions: Energy Shots and Sunscreen (Skeptoid #268) - Skeptoid answers another round of questions sent in by students.
July 26, 2011
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 | Zeno's Paradoxes (Skeptoid #267) - Greek philosopher Zeno proved that movement was impossible with a few simple paradoxes.
July 19, 2011
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 | Feedback through a Fine Toothed Comb (Skeptoid #266) - Prepare to have your mind blown by these listener emails from conspiracy theorists.
July 12, 2011
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 | "Curing" Gays (Skeptoid #265) - Do therapies intended to help gays become straight actually work?
July 5, 2011
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 | Conspiracy Theorists Aren't Crazy (Skeptoid #264) - We usually dismiss conspiracy theorists as crazy people; but that doesn't tell the whole story.
June 28, 2011
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 | Anastasia (Skeptoid #263) - Did the Grand Duchess Anastasia survive her family's 1918 execution, and go on to live in the United States?
June 21, 2011
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 | The Haitian Zombies (Skeptoid #262) - Are Haiti's legendary zombies real, or just an imaginative fiction?
June 14, 2011
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 | Near Death Experiences (Skeptoid #261) - A comparison of the effects of hypoxia to the reports of a brush with the afterlife.
June 7, 2011
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 | Military Dolphins: James Bonds of the Sea (Skeptoid #260) - Are dolphins actually trained to attack divers and place limpet mines on ships?
May 31, 2011
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 | Mao's Barefoot Doctors: The Secret History of Chinese Medicine (Skeptoid #259) - Westerners' belief that Chinese have long relied on alternative medicine is due in part to clever book publishers.
May 24, 2011
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 | Spontaneous Human Combustion (Skeptoid #258) - People can catch on fire... but can it really happen when there is no external source of ignition?
May 17, 2011
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 | The Secret of Plum Island (Skeptoid #257) - Does this secret government lab really create genetic mutants and biological weapons?
May 10, 2011
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 | Student Questions: Supermoons and an Apple a Day (Skeptoid #256) - Skeptoid answers another round of questions sent in by students from around the world.
May 3, 2011
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 | Superhuman Strength during a Crisis (Skeptoid #255) - Popular stories tell of mothers lifting cars off their children. Can the human body really do such feats?
April 26, 2011
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 | Finding the POW/MIAs (Skeptoid #254) - Are American POW/MIAs still being held captive inside Vietnam?
April 19, 2011
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 | The Port Arthur Massacre (Skeptoid #253) - Was a 1996 mass murder in Tasmania secretly a plot by the government to get firearms banned?
April 12, 2011
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 | The Voynich Manuscript (Skeptoid #252) - The true history and meaning of history's most famous undeciphered book.
April 5, 2011
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 | Listener Feedback: Nobody Ever Posts Twice (Skeptoid #251) - Skeptoid answers more listener feedback. Recorded live at the 250th Episode party.
March 29, 2011
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 | The History of Knowledge (Skeptoid #250) - A trip through the centuries to see how human knowledge is reflected through music.
March 22, 2011
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 | Student Questions: Airport X-Rays, Shampoo, and the Moon (Skeptoid #249) - Skeptoid answers another round of science questions sent in by students all around the world.
March 15, 2011
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 | The Exorcism of Anneliese (Skeptoid #248) - Can exorcisms such as the one that killed Anneliese Michel truly help critically ill people?
March 8, 2011
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 | The Miracle of Calanda (Skeptoid #247) - They say God doesn't heal amputees... but apparently he did, once. Or did he?
March 1, 2011
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 | Corrections, Errata, Blunders, and Boo-Boos (Skeptoid #246) - Skeptoid revisits another batch of episodes with errors, and rights the wrongs.
February 22, 2011
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 | Finding the Lost Colony of Roanoke (Skeptoid #245) - What really happened to the population of the Roanoke colony, found completely abandoned?
February 15, 2011
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 | Nuclear War and Nuclear Winter (Skeptoid #244) - Will atmospheric smoke from a nuclear war result in devastating global cooling?
February 8, 2011
Read | Listen (11:49) |
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 | Student Questions: Orbo, EVPs, and Shakespeare (Skeptoid #243) - Skeptoid answers another round of questions sent in by students all around the world.
February 1, 2011
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 | Scientology (Skeptoid #242) - The real facts behind the most notorious religion on Earth and its space opera backstory.
January 25, 2011
Read | Listen (13:08) |
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 | The Alien Buried in Texas (Skeptoid #241) - Some believe a space alien is buried in a rural cemetery in Aurora, Texas.
January 18, 2011
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 | Mystery Spots (Skeptoid #240) - Are various "mystery spots" around the world actually gravitational anomalies, or might the explanation lie elsewhere?
January 11, 2011
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 | Gluten Free Diets (Skeptoid #239) - Are gluten free diets really good for your general wellness?
January 4, 2011
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 | More Hollywood Myths (Skeptoid #238) - Was John Wayne's cancer death caused by filming downwind of the Nevada Test Site? ...and other Hollywood rumors.
December 28, 2010
Read | Listen (11:39) |
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 | Hollywood Myths (Skeptoid #237) - Skeptoid looks into some of the classic Hollywood legends that you've always believed are true.
December 21, 2010
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 | Whales and Sonar (Skeptoid #236) - Navy sonar is said to be lethal to whales. What does the latest research actually tell us?
December 14, 2010
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 | IQ Testing (Skeptoid #235) - How valid are IQ tests, what do they really measure, and where do you fit in?
December 7, 2010
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 | The South Atlantic Anomaly (Skeptoid #234) - Was this mysterious region in the south Atlantic responsible for the crash of Air France flight 447?
November 30, 2010
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 | Student Questions: Bird Gender and Bad Karma (Skeptoid #233) - Skeptoid answers questions sent in by students all around the world.
November 23, 2010
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 | Listener Feedback Rides Again (Skeptoid #232) - A peek inside the Skeptoid inbox, ranging from the sane to the insane.
November 16, 2010
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 | The Mystery of STENDEC (Skeptoid #231) - What was the significance of this mysterious final transmission of an airliner just before its crash?
November 9, 2010
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 | DDT: Secret Life of a Pesticide (Skeptoid #230) - Is DDT a killer of birds, a savior against malaria, or a little of each?
November 2, 2010
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 | Speed Reading (Skeptoid #229) - Speed reading classes claim to be able to turbocharge your words per minute. Is this really possible?
October 26, 2010
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 | My Favorite Things (Skeptoid #228) - A few of my favorite moments looking back on 228 Skeptoid episodes.
October 19, 2010
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 | Boost Your Immune System (or Not) (Skeptoid #227) - Is "boosting your immune system" for real? Is that possible, and can you really buy it in a bottle?
October 12, 2010
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 | The Brown Mountain Lights (Skeptoid #226) - A ghost light in North Carolina has people scratching their heads. What's the explanation?
October 5, 2010
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 | Beware the Bilderberg Group! (Skeptoid #225) - Once a year, the world's top power brokers meet. Are they really planning Global Domination?
September 28, 2010
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 | Alien Downpour: The Red Rain of India (Skeptoid #224) - News agencies have long been promoting a 2001 red rainfall as being of alien origin. What's the evidence?
September 21, 2010
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 | The Frog in the Stone (Skeptoid #223) - Stories abound of living frogs being found encased in solid rock. What's really going on here?
September 14, 2010
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 | Toil and Trouble: The Curse of Macbeth (Skeptoid #222) - The Curse of Macbeth should make Shakespeare's play too dangerous to perform. Is this the case?
September 7, 2010
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 | The Myers-Briggs Personality Test (Skeptoid #221) - A critical look at the world's most popular psychological metric, the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator.
August 31, 2010
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 | Yonaguni Monument: The Japanese Atlantis (Skeptoid #220) - A look at a massive stone structure off the coast of Japan, said to be a manmade pyramid.
August 24, 2010
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 | Stalin's Human-Ape Hybrids (Skeptoid #219) - Did Josef Stalin order the creation of an army of half-ape, half-human hybrids, and did these experiments take place?
August 17, 2010
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 | The Astronauts and the Aliens (Skeptoid #218) - A close look at some of the stories of UFOs said to have been reported by NASA astronauts.
August 10, 2010
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 | Some New Logical Fallacies (Skeptoid #217) - Skeptoid looks at some newer logical fallacies, often used in place of sound arguments.
August 3, 2010
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 | The Things We Eat... (Skeptoid #216) - Do you really know which kinds of food are good for you, and which are bad?
July 27, 2010
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 | Listener Feedback Resurrection (Skeptoid #215) - More vitriol from the Skeptoid inbox exposed.
July 20, 2010
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 | Student Questions: Gold as an Investment and FEMA Coffins (Skeptoid #214) - Another round of answering questions sent in by students everywhere.
July 13, 2010
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 | Mozart and Salieri (Skeptoid #213) - Was Wolfgang Mozart actually murdered by his rival composer Antonio Salieri?
July 6, 2010
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 | Things About Which I Have In Error Been (Skeptoid #212) - More additions to the corrections and errata files for Skeptoid.
June 29, 2010
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 | Attack on Pearl Harbor (Skeptoid #211) - Did the American government have advance knowledge of the Pearl Harbor attack, and allow it to happen?
June 22, 2010
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 | The North American Union (Skeptoid #210) - Are the United States, Canada, and Mexico planning to merge into a single huge police state?
June 15, 2010
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 | The Lost Ship of the Desert (Skeptoid #209) - The facts behind tall tales from the American southwest of ships found in the middle of the desert.
June 8, 2010
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 | The Westall '66 UFO (Skeptoid #208) - 200 students watched a strange craft fly near their school in Australia in 1966. What did they see?
June 1, 2010
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 | Dinosaurs Among Us (Skeptoid #207) - Are some examples of ancient art proof that dinosaurs and humans coexisted?
May 25, 2010
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 | Morgellons Disease (Skeptoid #206) - In this newly described condition, some patients report strange plastic fibers growing from their skin.
May 18, 2010
Read | Listen (11:57) |
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 | Beyond Listener Feedback (Skeptoid #205) - Another trip to the Listener Feedback files, including my favorite yet.
May 11, 2010
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 | Mengele's Boys from Brazil (Skeptoid #204) - Is the unusually high twin rate of a town in Brazil due to continued medical experiments by Josef Mengele?
May 4, 2010
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 | Therapeutic Touch (Skeptoid #203) - Therapeutic touch is a healing method that claims human bodies produce huge magnetic fields. Is this true?
April 27, 2010
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 | The Mystery of Pumapunku (Skeptoid #202) - Were the stone structures at Pumapunku truly so advanced that the ancients could not have made them unassisted?
April 20, 2010
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 | The Virgin of Guadalupe (Skeptoid #201) - Is the Virgin of Guadalupe a miraculous apparition, a dismissable religious icon, or does it have more importance?
April 13, 2010
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 | Buy It! (Skeptoid #200) - Don't blindly turn to science when you need answers - instead, seek out those who want to sell you something.
April 6, 2010
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 | Cargo Cults (Skeptoid #199) - Some native religious groups in the South Pacific hope to recreate WWII's influx of material goods.
March 30, 2010
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 | The Georgia Guidestones (Skeptoid #198) - Dubbed "America's Stonehenge", this granite monument in Georgia appeals to all sorts of conspiracy theorists.
March 23, 2010
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 | Listener Feedback Strikes Back (Skeptoid #197) - Another perilous dive into the listener feedback files.
March 16, 2010
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 | Zeitgeist: The Movie, Myths, and Motivations (Skeptoid #196) - The Internet movie Zeitgeist uses dishonesty to make an ideological point that could have easily been made ethically.
March 9, 2010
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 | Student Questions: Mosquito Repellent and Einstein's Gestation (Skeptoid #195) - Skeptoid answers more questions sent in by students all around the world.
March 2, 2010
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 | The Denver Airport Conspiracy (Skeptoid #194) - Is the Denver International Airport a headquarters for the New World Order? (Hint: no)
February 23, 2010
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 | The Faces of Belmez (Skeptoid #193) - Faces appearing on the floor of a house in Spain were easily faked. Why does their story carry so much influence?
February 16, 2010
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 | Ball Lightning (Skeptoid #192) - We've all heard of it, we all believe it exists - but what does science have to say?
February 9, 2010
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 | Did Jewish Slaves Build the Pyramids? (Skeptoid #191) - It's a popular story, but all the evidence tells us that no Jews were in Egypt at the time of the Pyramids.
February 2, 2010
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 | The Bell Island Boom (Skeptoid #190) - Was the cause of this shattering boom in Newfoundland natural, or a test of a superweapon?
January 26, 2010
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 | Bullshido: Martial Arts Magic (Skeptoid #189) - Some call it Bullshido: Martial arts tricks like touchless attacks and the Touch of Death.
January 19, 2010
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 | Student Questions: String Theory, the Asian Flush, and the Peltzman Effect (Skeptoid #188) - Skeptoid answers some questions sent in by students around the world.
January 12, 2010
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 | Emergency Handbook: What to Do When a Friend Loves Woo (Skeptoid #187) - How you can help a friend or loved one with a potentially harmful pseudoscientific belief
January 5, 2010
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 | More Things I'm Wrong About (Skeptoid #186) - Going back over a few previous Skeptoid episodes to correct errors (head is hung in shame).
December 29, 2009
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 | Is Barefoot Better? (Skeptoid #185) - Some advocate that going barefoot is better for the health and strength of your feet.
December 22, 2009
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 | The Antikythera Mechanism (Skeptoid #184) - Does this ancient device, 1000 years ahead of its time, prove we were visited by aliens or time travelers?
December 15, 2009
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 | The Naga Fireballs (Skeptoid #183) - What is the source of the glowing balls that rise from the Mekong river each October?
December 8, 2009
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 | Listener Feedback X (Skeptoid #182) - Another dip into the listener feedback files for Skeptoid.
December 1, 2009
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 | The Baigong Pipes (Skeptoid #181) - Do modern metal pipes buried in ancient Chinese stone prove that aliens must have visited?
November 24, 2009
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 | Vaccine Ingredients (Skeptoid #180) - Do vaccines really contain the horrifying poisons claimed by antivaccine activists?
November 17, 2009
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 | The Scole Experiment (Skeptoid #179) - Said to be the best evidence yet for the afterlife -- but how good is that evidence?
November 10, 2009
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 | Student Questions: The Montauk Monster and Bee Sting Therapy (Skeptoid #178) - Skeptoid answers some more questions sent in by students, on a variety of short topics.
November 3, 2009
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 | The Bloop (Skeptoid #177) - A mysterious sound captured by NOAA hydrophones... could it be a sea monster?
October 27, 2009
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 | Network Marketing (Skeptoid #176) - Call them Network Marketing, Multilevel Marketing, or MLM, these pyramid plans are proven not to work.
October 20, 2009
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 | Shadow People (Skeptoid #175) - What are some likely explanations for these shadowy ghosts?
October 13, 2009
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 | More Medical Myths (Skeptoid #174) - More myths about the human body that you've always heard, and probably believe.
October 6, 2009
Read | Listen (11:31) |
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 | All About Astrology (Skeptoid #173) - Does astrology have any plausible foundations; and does it actually work?
September 29, 2009
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 | Daylight Saving Time Myths (Skeptoid #172) - What does daylight saving time really do for us, and what are the real reasons we have it?
September 22, 2009
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 | The Battle of Los Angeles (Skeptoid #171) - At the beginning of WWII, the American defense forces in Los Angeles fought a battle against a UFO.
September 15, 2009
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 | It's Raining Frogs and Fish (Skeptoid #170) - What's the real explanation of frogs and fish raining from the sky? Hint: It's not waterspouts.
September 8, 2009
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 | Bride of Listener Feedback (Skeptoid #169) - More replies to some of Skeptoid's more colorful listener feedback.
September 1, 2009
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 | Decrypting the Mormon Book of Abraham (Skeptoid #168) - Mormon Prophet Joseph Smith allegedly translated the adventures of Abraham in Egypt.
August 25, 2009
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 | Should Science Debate Pseudoscience? (Skeptoid #167) - Do debates against pseudoscience advance the cause of science, or do they do more harm than good?
August 18, 2009
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 | Organic vs. Conventional Agriculture (Skeptoid #166) - Is organic agriculture truly safer or better for the environment than modern farming?
August 11, 2009
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 | Real or Fictional: Food and Fashion (Skeptoid #165) - See if you can tell whether these food and fashion products are named after real people or fictitious people.
August 4, 2009
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 | What's Up with the Rosicrucians? (Skeptoid #164) - Are they truly an ancient mystical order, or merely a mail-order New Age literature business?
July 28, 2009
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 | How to Make Skepticism Commercial (Skeptoid #163) - Critical thinking offers the opposite of what seems to be popular. How do we get people to want it?
July 21, 2009
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 | Locally Grown Produce (Skeptoid #162) - Is locally grown produce as green as its proponents seem to think it is?
July 14, 2009
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 | Listener Feedback Episode VIII: No New Hope (Skeptoid #161) - Some more jabs and punches between Skeptoid and its most vocal listeners.
July 7, 2009
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 | Sarah Palin Is Not Stupid (Skeptoid #160) - Is an ad hominem attack really the best way to express disagreement?
June 30, 2009
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 | The Mothman Cometh (Skeptoid #159) - A skeptical look at the Mothman, an alleged prophet of disaster.
June 23, 2009
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 | Student Questions: Swine Flu and Depleted Uranium (Skeptoid #158) - Skeptoid answers questions sent in by students all around the world.
June 16, 2009
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 | High Fructose Corn Syrup: Toxic or Tame? (Skeptoid #157) - A skeptical look at whether high fructose corn syrup is really any worse for you than sugar.
June 9, 2009
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 | Falling into Mel's Hole (Skeptoid #156) - Mel's Hole is said to be a mysterious bottomless pit in eastern Washington state.
June 2, 2009
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 | NLP: Neuro-linguistic Programming (Skeptoid #155) - Is Neuro-linguistic Programming really a scientific psychotherapy breakthrough, or just a New Age self-help trend?
May 26, 2009
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 | Was Chuck Yeager the First to Break the Sound Barrier? (Skeptoid #154) - We all know that Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier in 1947, but did others beat him to it?
May 19, 2009
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 | Revenge of the Listener Feedback (Skeptoid #153) - Another peek into the mailbag to see who loves us, and who hates us.
May 12, 2009
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 | Attack of the Globsters! (Skeptoid #152) - Are mysterious blobs of flesh washed up on the world's beaches really unworthy of skeptical attention?
May 5, 2009
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 | The Placebo Effect (Skeptoid #151) - We all know what placebos can't do; how about what they can do?
April 28, 2009
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 | Screwed! (Skeptoid #150) - A secret recording of an actual meeting of the Illuminati.
April 21, 2009
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 | Coral Castle (Skeptoid #149) - Was one man able to move these huge coral blocks using some unknown technology?
April 14, 2009
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 | Student Questions: Zero Point Energy and Missing Time (Skeptoid #148) - Skeptoid answers some interesting questions sent in by students.
April 7, 2009
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 | Binaural Beats: Digital Drugs (Skeptoid #147) - The science behind binaural beats: What they are, what they are claimed to do, and what they can actually do.
March 31, 2009
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 | How Old Is the Mount St. Helens Lava Dome? (Skeptoid #146) - Young Earthers point to an infamous dating error as evidence that the Earth is only as old as the Bible says.
March 24, 2009
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 | FEMA Prison Camps (Skeptoid #145) - A skeptical look at the claim that FEMA maintains a network of prison camps in readiness.
March 17, 2009
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 | The Case of the Strange Skulls (Skeptoid #144) - A collection of bizarre human skulls from around the world.
March 10, 2009
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 | The Lucifer Project (Skeptoid #143) - Some believe that NASA is trying to turn Saturn or Jupiter into a small sun.
March 3, 2009
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 | Student Questions: Sugary Behavior, Secondhand Smoke, and Wal-Mart (Skeptoid #142) - Answering more questions sent in by students.
February 24, 2009
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 | Listener Feedback 6: I Want to Believe (Skeptoid #141) - More fun from the listener feedback files.
February 17, 2009
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 | The Bosnian Pyramids (Skeptoid #140) - Does the world's oldest and largest ancient pyramid stand unnoticed in the open in a tiny village in Bosnia?
February 10, 2009
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 | Alkaline Water Systems: Change Your Water, Change Your Life (Skeptoid #139) - Sellers of new-age water treatment products charge outrageous prices for a product with zero plausibility.
February 3, 2009
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 | Is He Real, or Is He Fictional? (Skeptoid #138) - A look at some popular characters from history. Were they real or fictional?
January 27, 2009
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 | The Angel of Mons (Skeptoid #137) - Did a mysterious heavenly host save a small group of British from a large German force in World War I?
January 20, 2009
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 | Student Questions: Light Therapy, the Bermuda Triangle, and Isaac Newton (Skeptoid #136) - Skeptoid answers another round of questions submitted by students.
January 13, 2009
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 | The Rendlesham Forest UFO (Skeptoid #135) - Did a UFO with flashing colored lights harass a USAF base in England in 1980?
January 6, 2009
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 | Who Is Closed Minded, the Skeptic or the Believer? (Skeptoid #134) - Skeptics and believers both tend to accuse each other of similar faults in their thinking.
December 30, 2008
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 | Chasing the Min Min Light (Skeptoid #133) - What is the source of the Australian outback's mysterious channel country jack o' lantern?
December 23, 2008
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 | The Sargasso Sea and the Pacific Garbage Patch (Skeptoid #132) - We cast our skeptical eye upon two vast hazards to navigation said to lurk in the centers of the two great oceans.
December 16, 2008
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 | The Bohemian Club Conspiracy (Skeptoid #131) - Are the wealthy and powerful men at the Bohemian Grove actually there to plot global domination?
December 9, 2008
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 | Space Properties for Sale (Skeptoid #130) - Many companies offer extraterrestrial real estate or star-naming rights for sale. Is it legitimate?
December 2, 2008
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 | The Oak Island Money Pit (Skeptoid #129) - Is a pirate treasure buried in this mysterious pit in Nova Scotia?
November 25, 2008
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 | Student Questions: the Mozart Effect, Quantum Theory, and AIDS (Skeptoid #128) - Skeptoid answers some questions sent in by students.
November 18, 2008
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 | The Truth about Aspartame (Skeptoid #127) - The artificial sweetener aspartame is falsely accused of being the cause of nearly every disease.
November 11, 2008
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 | The Incorruptibles (Skeptoid #126) - We turn our skeptical eye on claims of incorruptibility - bodies that do not decay after death.
November 4, 2008
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 | Ten Most Wanted: Celebrities Who Promote Harmful Pseudoscience (Skeptoid #125) - A critical look at the pseudoscientific antics of some of today's celebrities.
October 28, 2008
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 | Betty and Barney Hill: The Original UFO Abduction (Skeptoid #124) - A critical look at the original UFO abduction story, that so many people take for granted.
October 21, 2008
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 | Listener Feedback Reloaded (Skeptoid #123) - More fun from the inbox, responding to listener feedback.
October 14, 2008
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 | HAARP Myths (Skeptoid #122) - A close look at HAARP, the High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program, and the claim that it's a superweapon.
October 7, 2008
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 | Scalar Weapons: Tesla's Doomsday Machine? (Skeptoid #121) - Did Nikola Tesla really design a superweapon capable of vaporizing whole parts of the earth?
September 30, 2008
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 | The World According to Conservapedia (Skeptoid #120) - A new Young Earth Fundamentalist online encyclopedia rears its ugly head.
September 23, 2008
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 | Student Questions: Body Searches and Theta Healing (Skeptoid #119) - Skeptoid answers some more questions from students. Send yours in today!
September 16, 2008
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 | Demystifying the Bell Witch (Skeptoid #118) - An exploration of the best way to evaluate an old, unsubstantiated folk legend like The Bell Witch.
September 9, 2008
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 | How Dangerous Is Cell Phone Radiation? (Skeptoid #117) - Popular stories and Internet videos say that cell phone signals are dangerous. Is there any truth to this?
September 2, 2008
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 | How to Be a Skeptic and Still Have Friends (Skeptoid #116) - Being known as a skeptic is not necessarily good for your social life. Here's how to overcome the difficulties.
August 26, 2008
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 | Search for the Missing Cosmonauts (Skeptoid #115) - Did a young pair of Italian brothers uncover evidence of Soviet cosmonauts dying in space?
August 19, 2008
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 | Student Questions: Fish Oil, Charities, and Rumors (Skeptoid #114) - Skeptoid answers some questions sent in by students.
August 12, 2008
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 | The Most Effective Homeopathy Podcast Ever (Skeptoid #113) - Does homeopathy contain any useful content, or is it just a lot of nothing?
August 8, 2008
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 | Genetically Modified Organisms: Jeopardy or Jackpot? (Skeptoid #112) - Are GMO crops dangerous, or a boon to mankind?
August 5, 2008
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 | Should Tibet Be Free? (Skeptoid #111) - Misinformation and fantasy surrounds the popular Tibet notions.
July 29, 2008
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 | Illuminating the Fatima Miracle of the Sun (Skeptoid #110) - Did three children miraculously predict a dancing sun in Portugal in 1917?
July 22, 2008
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 | Will the Large Hadron Collider Destroy the Earth? (Skeptoid #109) - Some people believe that CERN's new Large Hadron Collider will create black holes that will destroy the Earth.
July 15, 2008
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 | Mystery at Dyatlov Pass (Skeptoid #108) - A look at one of Russia's most bizarre mysteries of mass death.
July 8, 2008
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 | Spy Radio: Numbers Stations (Skeptoid #107) - A look at mysterious shortwave "numbers stations" around the world.
July 1, 2008
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 | King Tut's Curse! (Skeptoid #106) - A look at the tale, the popular explanation, and the real science behind it.
June 24, 2008
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 | When People Talk Backwards (Skeptoid #105) - Some people believe that your brain encodes its actual meaning in reverse within everything you say.
June 17, 2008
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 | Yet More Winning Listener Feedback (Skeptoid #104) - Another visit to the endless well of listeners comments and criticisms.
June 10, 2008
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 | Should You Take Your Vitamins? (Skeptoid #103) - Will daily doses of vitamin C really help prevent a cold?
June 3, 2008
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 | What You Didn't Know about the Stanford Prison Experiment (Skeptoid #102) - Did the infamous Stanford Prison Experiment really prove that evil environments produce evil behavior?
May 27, 2008
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 | Things I'm Wrong About (Skeptoid #101) - A look back correcting some of the facts and figures that Skeptoid has gotten wrong.
May 20, 2008
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 | Is Peak Oil the End of Civilization? (Skeptoid #100) - When we run out of oil, will there be widespread panic and destruction, or will society adapt?
May 13, 2008
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 | Reassembling TWA Flight 800 (Skeptoid #99) - Was TWA Flight 800 brought down by US friendly fire?
May 6, 2008
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 | The Crystal Skull: Mystical, or Modern? (Skeptoid #98) - Is the crystal skull truly an ancient Mayan artifact with mysterious powers?
April 29, 2008
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 | The Face on Mars Revealed (Skeptoid #97) - Is the face on Mars an artificial sculpture made by alien hands, or merely a natural hill?
April 22, 2008
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 | What's Wrong with The Secret (Skeptoid #96) - The Secret teaches that victims are always to blame, and that anyone can have anything simply by wishing.
April 15, 2008
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 | Bend Over and Own Your Own Business (Skeptoid #95) - Are business opportunities offered for sale truly worth it?
April 8, 2008
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 | Fire in the Sky: A Real UFO Abduction? (Skeptoid #94) - What evidence is there that Travis Walton was abducted for 5 days from an Arizona forest in 1975?
April 1, 2008
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 | Apocalypse 2012 (Skeptoid #93) - The real science behind the events predicted in 2012.
March 25, 2008
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 | Rethinking Nuclear Power (Skeptoid #92) - Are modern nuclear reactors as bad for us as the environmentalists have painted them?
March 18, 2008
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 | More Outrageous Listener Feedback (Skeptoid #91) - My responses to some of the more "out there" feedback I've received.
March 11, 2008
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 | Can You Hear the Hum? (Skeptoid #90) - An exploration of the mysterious rumble that some people hear all over the world.
March 4, 2008
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 | Despicable Vulture Scumbags (Skeptoid #89) - My thoughts on a company that sells useless pseudoscientific hardware to an ALS victim.
February 26, 2008
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 | Super Sized Fast Food Phobia (Skeptoid #88) - Unlike what's said in highly dramatized Hollywood shockumentaries, fast food is not especially unhealthy.
February 19, 2008
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 | Water: Alternative Fuel of the Future? (Skeptoid #87) - Can simple water really be burned to solve our energy problems?
February 12, 2008
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 | MonaVie and Other "Superfruit" Juices (Skeptoid #86) - Are superfruit juices anything more than super ripoffs?
February 5, 2008
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 | World Trade Center 7: The Lies Come Crashing Down (Skeptoid #85) - Was the collapse of 7 World Trade Center actually a controlled demolition? (Hint: no)
January 29, 2008
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 | Magic Jewelry (Skeptoid #84) - All sorts of marvelous health claims are made for jewelry such as the Q-Ray bracelet.
January 22, 2008
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 | The Detoxification Myth (Skeptoid #83) - Everyone wants to "detoxify" their bodies. Is this for real?
January 15, 2008
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 | What Do Creationists Really Believe? (Skeptoid #82) - Creationism is not one set of beliefs - it is a battleground of dramatically conflicting world views.
January 8, 2008
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 | Ghost Hunting Tools of the Trade (Skeptoid #81) - Why the use of electronic equipment by TV ghost hunters is so stupid.
January 1, 2008
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 | Are Microwave Ovens Safe? (Skeptoid #80) - An examination of the various claims that microwaved food and water are poisonous.
December 25, 2007
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 | Aliens in Roswell (Skeptoid #79) - What was actually recovered from the Roswell desert in New Mexico in 1947?
December 18, 2007
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 | Medical Myths in Movies and Culture (Skeptoid #78) - Do doctors ever really stab people in the heart with a syringe? Does chocolate really cause acne?
December 11, 2007
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 | Orang Pendek: Forest Hobbit of Sumatra (Skeptoid #77) - A description of Sumatra's own little miniature Bigfoot legend.
December 4, 2007
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 | Who Kills More, Religion or Atheism? (Skeptoid #76) - Has religion or atheism been responsible for the greater death toll throughout human history?
November 27, 2007
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 | How to See Your Aura (Skeptoid #75) - Is aura photography actually possible, and does it tell us anything useful about the person?
November 20, 2007
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 | A Magical Journey through the Land of Logical Fallacies - Part 2 (Skeptoid #74) - The second part of our exploration of logical fallacies.
November 13, 2007
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 | A Magical Journey through the Land of Logical Fallacies - Part 1 (Skeptoid #73) - An examination of many of the most common logical fallacies.
November 6, 2007
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 | Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity: Real or Imagined? (Skeptoid #72) - Are sufferers of electrosensitivity reacting to electromagnetism, or just to simple stress?
October 30, 2007
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 | How to Drink Gnarly Breast Milk (Skeptoid #71) - Proponents of colostrum supplements believe that it has a whole range of benefits.
October 23, 2007
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 | Raging (Bioidentical) Hormones (Skeptoid #70) - An examination of the popular trend in women's health, bioidentical hormone therapy.
October 16, 2007
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 | Ann Coulter, Scientist (Skeptoid #69) - Conservative pundit Ann Coulter should stick to politics; her science is too screwed up for words.
October 9, 2007
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 | More Wet and Wild Listener Feedback (Skeptoid #68) - Another round of listener feedback from the past several months.
October 2, 2007
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 | Do Your Body Features Measure Up? (Skeptoid #67) - An examination of phrenology, physiognomy, palmistry, and iridology.
September 25, 2007
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 | The Greatest Secret of Nostradamus (Skeptoid #66) - How much of the pop-culture information about Nostradamus is true?
September 18, 2007
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 | How to Debate a Young Earth Creationist (Skeptoid #65) - Learn the basic arguments against science made by Young Earthers, and how to rebut them.
September 11, 2007
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 | The Attack of Spring Heeled Jack (Skeptoid #64) - Spring Heeled Jack terrorized England in the early 1800's ... or did he?
September 4, 2007
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 | Subliminal Seduction (Skeptoid #63) - How true is Wilson Key's magnum opus work about subliminal advertising?
August 28, 2007
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 | Crop Circle Jerks (Skeptoid #62) - Crop circles are finally commonly known to be man made. Why do some people maintain that they're not?
August 21, 2007
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 | Irradiation: Is Your Food Toxic? (Skeptoid #61) - How concerned should we be about the popular arguments against irradiated food?
August 14, 2007
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 | Will Drinking from Plastic Bottles Kill You? (Skeptoid #60) - A recent fad states that plastic water bottles leach toxic chemicals. Is it true?
August 9, 2007
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 | Who Are the Raelians, and Why Are They Naked? (Skeptoid #59) - The Raelians are naked and they worship space aliens.
August 4, 2007
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 | All About Fluoridation (Skeptoid #58) - A few fringe activists claim that fluoridation of water carries more danger than benefit.
July 30, 2007
Read | Listen (9:20) |
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 | Email Myths (Skeptoid #57) - A look at some of those persistent hoax emails that you receive almost every day.
July 25, 2007
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 | Bizarre Places I'd Like to Go (Skeptoid #56) - California is home to a wealth of places rich with mystery and intrigue.
July 20, 2007
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 | Autism and Chelation: A Recipe for Risk (Skeptoid #55) - An examination of the lethal pop-culture fad of chelating autistic children.
July 15, 2007
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 | The Twin Towers: Fire Melting Steel (Skeptoid #54) - Was the Oakland freeway collapse a government ploy to prove that the Twin Towers collapsed from fire?
July 10, 2007
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 | Borley Rectory: the World's Most Haunted House? (Skeptoid #53) - Were the events at Borley Rectory a real haunting, or the product of a hoaxster?
July 5, 2007
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 | Science Magazines Violating Their Own Missions (Skeptoid #52) - Do science magazines undermine themselves by publishing ads for pseudoscientific products?
June 30, 2007
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 | Ethanol: Miracle Fuel, or Not? (Skeptoid #51) - Is ethanol really nature's wonder fuel? Is corn really going to save us?
June 25, 2007
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 | How to Identify a "Good" Scientific Journal (Skeptoid #50) - Everyone says their scientific journal is more reputable than your scientific journal. Who's right?
June 15, 2007
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 | Unconscious Research of Global Consciousness (Skeptoid #49) - Some say that the collective emotions of humans can influence electronic hardware.
June 10, 2007
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 | The Bible Code: Enigmas for Dummies (Skeptoid #48) - Do messages hidden within the Bible really predict the future?
June 5, 2007
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 | Free Range Chicken and Farm Raised Fish (Skeptoid #47) - Do free range chickens and farm raised fish truly have the pros and cons that popular culture believes?
May 26, 2007
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 | Support Your Local Reptoid (Skeptoid #46) - What started the conspiracy theory that reptilian beings control our governments?
May 21, 2007
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 | The Importance of Teaching Critical Thinking (Skeptoid #45) - Teaching critical thinking to students needs to be much more than simply asking the Socratic questions.
May 16, 2007
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 | The Truth About Remote Viewing (Skeptoid #44) - The psychic technique of remote viewing is consistent with simple, well known magic tricks.
May 11, 2007
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 | A Mormon History of the Americas (Skeptoid #43) - Can the history of the American continent as presented in the Book of Mormon be true?
May 6, 2007
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 | Whacking, Cracking, and Chiropracting (Skeptoid #42) - Defined in 1895, chiropractic treats imaginary conditions with dangerous manipulations.
May 1, 2007
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 | The Alien Invasion of Phoenix, Arizona (Skeptoid #41) - Yet another rehash of the infamous Phoenix Lights episode.
April 26, 2007
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 | Neanderthals in Present Day Asia (Skeptoid #40) - Does the legendary Almas represent a population of relic Neanderthals?
April 21, 2007
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 | Heating Up to Global Warming (Skeptoid #39) - Do we really understand how much power we have to address global warming?
April 16, 2007
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 | The Marfa Lights: A Real American Mystery (Skeptoid #38) - What is the cause of the mysterious ghost lights outside Marfa, Texas?
April 11, 2007
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 | How to Spot Pseudoscience (Skeptoid #37) - This 15-point checklist will help you tell science from pseudoscience.
April 6, 2007
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 | Mercury Fillings (Skeptoid #36) - Do mercury amalgam fillings release toxic levels of mercury into the body?
April 1, 2007
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 | Revisionist Darwinism: The Theory That Couldn't Sit Still (Skeptoid #35) - Some creationists claim that evolutionary theory is invalid because it improves as our knowledge increases.
March 27, 2007
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 | Homeopathy: Pure Water or Pure Nonsense? (Skeptoid #34) - Most homeopathy users believe that it's some kind of herbal remedy. Is it?
March 22, 2007
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 | Best of Listener Feedback (Skeptoid #33) - The best of listener feedback from the first 32 Skeptoid episodes.
March 17, 2007
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 | Blood for Oil (Skeptoid #32) - Is the war in the Middle East really being waged for oil?
March 12, 2007
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 | The Devil Walked in Devon (Skeptoid #31) - Was the devil responsible for a set of 100-mile footprints in 1855?
March 7, 2007
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 | Raw Food - Raw Deal? (Skeptoid #30) - Raw food is well and good, but is cooked food as terrible as raw foodists make it out to be?
March 1, 2007
Read | Listen (11:50) |
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 | Orbs: The Ghost in the Camera (Skeptoid #29) - Are orbs really ghosts, or a common artifact of photography?
February 24, 2007
Read | Listen (8:08) |
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 | Natural Hygiene: Health Without Medicine (or Wisdom) (Skeptoid #28) - Can Natural Hygiene really lead to a longer life?
February 19, 2007
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 | Chemtrails: Real or Not? (Skeptoid #27) - Some believe that airplane contrails are really dangerous chemicals being sprayed by the government.
February 15, 2007
Read | Listen (9:06) |
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 | Biodynamic Agriculture (Skeptoid #26) - Is biodynamic agriculture a modern innovation, or a throwback to the Dark Ages?
February 10, 2007
Read | Listen (9:08) |
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 | Scientists Are Not Created Equal (Skeptoid #25) - Does calling someone a "scientist" mean that he knows anything at all?
February 5, 2007
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 | Reflexology: Only Dangerous If You Use It (Skeptoid #24) - Reflexology is really no more than a foot massage - so why might it be dangerous? Here's why.
January 28, 2007
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 | Paganism: A Naked Rebellion (Skeptoid #23) - What is paganism, and how is different from regular religions?
January 23, 2007
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 | Skepticism and Flight 93 (Skeptoid #22) - What thought process led you to your conclusion about the cause of Flight 93's crash?
January 19, 2007
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 | Living Stones of Death Valley (Skeptoid #21) - An examination of the mysterious stones that move by themselves across the desert floor.
January 15, 2007
Read | Listen (3:46) |
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 | The Real Amityville Horror (Skeptoid #20) - America's most popular true ghost story was a hoax.
January 11, 2007
Read | Listen (7:38) |
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 | Organic Food Myths (Skeptoid #19) - Is it a revolution in health and the environment, or a counterproductive fad?
January 5, 2007
Read | Listen (10:18) |
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 | The "New" Bill of Rights (Skeptoid #18) - An amended Bill of Rights to better reflect modern American values.
January 1, 2007
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 | Internet Paranoia (Skeptoid #17) - Are Internet viruses and trojan horses really as dangerous as we've been led to believe?
December 28, 2006
Read | Listen (8:25) |
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 | The Real Philadelphia Experiment (Skeptoid #16) - Did a US Navy warship completely disappear in 1943?
December 24, 2006
Read | Listen (6:50) |
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 | SUV Phobia (Skeptoid #15) - Are SUVs truly as evil as we're supposed to think?
December 20, 2006
Read | Listen (8:00) |
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 | Cell Phones on Airplanes (Skeptoid #14) - Cell phones are perfectly safe on airplanes. So why can't we use them?
December 15, 2006
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 | A Primer on Scientific Testing (Skeptoid #13) - Understand the basics of scientific testing.
December 11, 2006
Read | Listen (9:22) |
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 | Killing Faith: Deconstructionist Christians (Skeptoid #12) - Is proving the Bible really doing the work of God?
December 7, 2006
Read | Listen (5:31) |
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 | Killing Bigfoot with Bad Science (Skeptoid #11) - Is anyone doing any justice to the Bigfoot claim?
December 3, 2006
Read | Listen (9:54) |
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 | An Evolution Primer for Young Earth Creationists (Skeptoid #10) - Evolution 101 for Young Earth Creationists who want to know better.
November 30, 2006
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 | Sin: What's It Good For? (Skeptoid #9) - There seems to be very little point to classifying some wrong actions as sins.
November 26, 2006
Read | Listen (7:30) |
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 | Nocturnal Assaults: Aliens in the Dark (Skeptoid #8) - Alien abductions and Old Hags: things that go bump in the night.
November 21, 2006
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 | Pond Magnet Foolishness (Skeptoid #7) - Do magnets really have a mystical positive effect on pond water chemistry?
November 14, 2006
Read | Listen (7:11) |
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 | Wheatgrass Juice (Skeptoid #6) - Is the magical mystery juice all it's blended up to be?
November 9, 2006
Read | Listen (6:49) |
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 | Sustainable Sustainability (Skeptoid #5) - Focus on the year's undisputed overused buzzword: "Sustainable"
November 1, 2006
Read | Listen (6:08) |
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 | Ethics of Peddling the Paranormal (Skeptoid #4) - Is it OK for non-believers to sell the paranormal?
October 24, 2006
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 | Rods: Flying Absurdities (Skeptoid #3) - Do these invisible flying creatures really exist?
October 19, 2006
Read | Listen (6:47) |
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 | Religion as a Moral Center (Skeptoid #2) - Religion is not necessary for a good moral center.
October 11, 2006
Read | Listen (4:31) |
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 | New Age Energy (Skeptoid #1) - An examination of energy, as new agers use the term.
October 3, 2006
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