Skeptoid
995 episodes - English - Latest episode: 8 days ago - ★★★★★ - 2.6K ratingsThe true science behind our most popular urban legends. Historical mysteries, paranormal claims, popular science myths, aliens and UFO reports, conspiracy theories, and worthless alternative medicine schemes... Skeptoid has you covered. From the sublime to the startling, no topic is sacred. Weekly since 2006.
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Episodes
Skeptoid #145: FEMA Prison Camps
March 17, 2009 09:00 - 12 minutes - 11.4 MBA skeptical look at the claim that FEMA maintains a network of prison camps in readiness.
Skeptoid #144: The Case of the Strange Skulls
March 10, 2009 09:00 - 15 minutes - 14.7 MBA collection of bizarre human skulls from around the world.
Skeptoid #143: The Lucifer Project
March 03, 2009 09:00 - 13 minutes - 12.3 MBSome believe that NASA is trying to turn Saturn or Jupiter into a small sun.
Skeptoid #142: Student Questions: Sugary Behavior, Secondhand Smoke, and Wal-Mart
February 24, 2009 09:00 - 14 minutes - 13.1 MBAnswering more questions sent in by students.
Skeptoid #141: Listener Feedback 6: I Want to Believe
February 17, 2009 09:00 - 12 minutes - 11.4 MBMore fun from the listener feedback files.
Skeptoid #140: The Bosnian Pyramids
February 10, 2009 09:00 - 14 minutes - 13 MBBelief that this hill in Bosnia is an ancient pyramid is driven by New Age woo and pathological science.
Skeptoid #139: Alkaline Water Systems: Change Your Water, Change Your Bank Balance
February 03, 2009 09:00 - 13 minutes - 12.2 MBSellers of new-age water treatment products charge outrageous prices for a product with zero plausibility.
Skeptoid #138: Is He Real, or Is He Fictional?
January 27, 2009 09:00 - 14 minutes - 13.1 MBGuess whether these popular characters from history were real or fictional.
Skeptoid #137: The Angel of Mons
January 20, 2009 09:00 - 11 minutes - 10.3 MBThe facts behind the story that a heavenly host saved a small group of British from a large German force in WWI.
Skeptoid #136: Student Questions: Light Therapy, the Bermuda Triangle, and Isaac Newton
January 13, 2009 09:00 - 12 minutes - 11.6 MBSkeptoid answers another round of questions submitted by students.
Skeptoid #135: The Rendlesham Forest UFO
January 06, 2009 09:00 - 16 minutes - 15.5 MBHard to believe, but it wasn't space aliens that caused blinking lights in Rendlesham Forest in 1980.
Skeptoid #134: Who Is Closed Minded, the Skeptic or the Believer?
December 30, 2008 09:00 - 12 minutes - 11.3 MBSkeptics and believers both tend to accuse each other of closed-mindedness in their thinking.
Skeptoid #133: Chasing the Min Min Light
December 23, 2008 09:00 - 11 minutes - 10.7 MBThe Australian outback's mysterious jack o' lantern has sparked some good stories, but some even better science.
Skeptoid #132: The Sargasso Sea and the Pacific Garbage Patch
December 16, 2008 09:00 - 10 minutes - 9.53 MBWe cast our skeptical eye upon two vast hazards to navigation said to lurk in the centers of the two great oceans.
Skeptoid #131: The Bohemian Club Conspiracy
December 09, 2008 09:00 - 13 minutes - 12.6 MBWealthy and powerful men gather annually at the mysterious Bohemian Grove -- but not to plot global domination.
Skeptoid #130: Space Properties for Sale
December 02, 2008 09:00 - 9 minutes - 9.03 MBIf they're offering extraterrestrial real estate or star-naming rights for sale, chances are it's a ripoff.
Skeptoid #129: The Oak Island Money Pit
November 25, 2008 09:00 - 11 minutes - 10.4 MBThis mysterious treasure pit on a Nova Scotia island has a fascinating natural explanation.
Skeptoid #128: Student Questions: the Mozart Effect, Quantum Theory, and AIDS
November 18, 2008 09:00 - 11 minutes - 10.8 MBSkeptoid answers some questions sent in by students.
Skeptoid #127: The Truth about Aspartame
November 11, 2008 09:00 - 13 minutes - 12.2 MBThe artificial sweetener aspartame is falsely accused of being the cause of nearly every disease.
Skeptoid #126: The Incorruptibles
November 04, 2008 09:00 - 11 minutes - 11 MBWe turn our skeptical eye on claims of incorruptibility - bodies that do not decay after death.
Skeptoid #125: Ten Most Wanted: Celebrities Who Promote Harmful Pseudoscience
October 28, 2008 09:00 - 13 minutes - 12.7 MBA critical look at the pseudoscientific antics of some of today's celebrities.
Skeptoid #124: Betty and Barney Hill: The Original UFO Abduction
October 21, 2008 09:00 - 14 minutes - 13 MBA critical look at the original UFO abduction story, that so many people take for granted.
Skeptoid #123: Listener Feedback Reloaded
October 14, 2008 09:00 - 9 minutes - 7.02 MBMore fun from the inbox, responding to listener feedback.
Skeptoid #122: HAARP Myths
October 07, 2008 09:00 - 13 minutes - 12.6 MBA close look at HAARP, the High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program, and the claim that it's a superweapon.
Skeptoid #121: Scalar Weapons: Tesla's Doomsday Machine?
September 30, 2008 09:00 - 11 minutes - 10.6 MBNo, Nikola Tesla did not design a superweapon capable of vaporizing whole parts of the earth.
Skeptoid #120: The World According to Conservapedia
September 23, 2008 09:00 - 12 minutes - 11.2 MBA new Young Earth Fundamentalist online encyclopedia rears its ugly head.
Skeptoid #119: Student Questions: Body Searches and Theta Healing
September 16, 2008 09:00 - 10 minutes - 9.92 MBSkeptoid answers some more questions from students. Send yours in today!
Skeptoid #118: Demystifying the Bell Witch
September 09, 2008 09:00 - 12 minutes - 11.2 MBAn exploration of the best way to evaluate an old, unsubstantiated folk legend like The Bell Witch.
Skeptoid #117: How Dangerous Is Cell Phone Radiation?
September 02, 2008 09:00 - 11 minutes - 10.7 MBThere is neither evidence nor plausible hypothetical foundation for cell phone signals to be at all dangerous.
Skeptoid #116: How to Be a Skeptic and Still Have Friends
August 26, 2008 09:00 - 9 minutes - 8.83 MBBeing known as a skeptic is not necessarily good for your social life. Here's how to overcome the difficulties.
Skeptoid #115: Search for the Missing Cosmonauts
August 19, 2008 09:00 - 14 minutes - 13.2 MBA pair of young Italian brothers probably didn't uncover evidence of Soviet cosmonauts dying in space.
Skeptoid #114: Student Questions: Fish Oil, Charities, and Rumors
August 12, 2008 09:00 - 10 minutes - 9.55 MBSkeptoid answers some questions sent in by students.
Skeptoid #113: The Most Effective Homeopathy Podcast Ever
August 08, 2008 09:00 - 10 minutes - 9.59 MBFor the first time ever, the active ingredients in homeopathic preparations are revealed.
Skeptoid #112: Genetically Modified Organisms: Jeopardy or Jackpot?
August 05, 2008 09:00 - 15 minutes - 14 MBDespite the popular fearmongering, GMO technologies promise a boon to agriculture and humanity.
Skeptoid #111: Should Tibet Be Free?
July 29, 2008 09:00 - 12 minutes - 11.4 MBMisinformation and fantasy surrounds the popular Tibet notions.
Skeptoid #110: Illuminating the Fatima Miracle of the Sun
July 22, 2008 09:00 - 11 minutes - 11 MBThe pope canonized them, but these three children didn't actually predict anything in 1917.
Skeptoid #109: Will the Large Hadron Collider Destroy the Earth?
July 15, 2008 09:00 - 12 minutes - 11.2 MBSome people believe that CERN's Large Hadron Collider will create black holes that will destroy the Earth.
Skeptoid #108: Mystery at Dyatlov Pass
July 08, 2008 09:00 - 10 minutes - 10.1 MBA look at one of Russia's most bizarre mysteries of mass death.
Skeptoid #107: Spy Radio: Numbers Stations
July 01, 2008 09:00 - 11 minutes - 10.4 MBA look at mysterious shortwave "numbers stations" around the world.
Skeptoid #106: King Tut's Curse!
June 24, 2008 09:00 - 11 minutes - 10.6 MBA look at the tale, the popular explanation, and the real science behind it.
Skeptoid #105: When People Talk Backwards
June 17, 2008 09:00 - 11 minutes - 11 MBSome people believe that your brain encodes its actual meaning in reverse within everything you say.
Skeptoid #104: Yet More Winning Listener Feedback
June 10, 2008 09:00 - 12 minutes - 11.7 MBAnother visit to the endless well of listeners comments and criticisms.
Skeptoid #103: Should You Take Your Vitamins?
June 03, 2008 09:00 - 10 minutes - 9.83 MBVitamin C does nothing to prevent or reduce the severity of colds.
Skeptoid #102: What You Didn't Know about the Stanford Prison Experiment
May 27, 2008 09:00 - 10 minutes - 10.1 MBThe Stanford Prison Experiment, said to have proven that evil environments produce evil behavior, was completely unscientific and unreliable.
Skeptoid #101: Things I'm Wrong About
May 20, 2008 09:00 - 12 minutes - 11.1 MBA look back correcting some of the facts and figures that Skeptoid has gotten wrong.
Skeptoid #100: Is Peak Oil the End of Civilization?
May 13, 2008 09:00 - 10 minutes - 10.2 MBWhen we run out of oil, society will likely peacefully and gradually adapt.
Skeptoid #99: Reassembling TWA Flight 800
May 06, 2008 09:00 - 12 minutes - 11.2 MBTWA Flight 800 was not shot down by US friendly fire.
Skeptoid #98: The Crystal Skull: Mystical, or Modern?
April 29, 2008 09:00 - 9 minutes - 8.89 MBDespite their reputation for mystical powers, crystal skulls are neither ancient nor mysterious.
Skeptoid #97: The Face on Mars Revealed
April 22, 2008 09:00 - 10 minutes - 9.44 MBNew high resolution imagery has proven that this hill on Mars doesn't look quite so much like a carved face after all.
Skeptoid #96: What's Wrong with The Secret
April 15, 2008 09:00 - 11 minutes - 10.3 MBThe Secret teaches that victims are always to blame, and that anyone can have anything simply by wishing.