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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Skeptoid #95: Bend Over and Own Your Own Business
April 08, 2008 09:00 - 11 minutes - 10.7 MBIf someone wants you to be their salesperson and is calling it a "business opportunity", be very skeptical.
Skeptoid #94: Fire in the Sky: A Real UFO Abduction?
April 01, 2008 09:00 - 11 minutes - 10.5 MBThe evidence shows that Travis Walton's famous story of having been abducted by aliens probably never happened.
Skeptoid #93: Apocalypse 2012
March 25, 2008 09:00 - 11 minutes - 10.6 MBThe real science behind the events predicted in 2012.
Skeptoid #92: Rethinking Nuclear Power
March 18, 2008 09:00 - 12 minutes - 11.8 MBThere are many good reasons why environmentalists are turning again to nuclear power for the future.
Skeptoid #91: More Outrageous Listener Feedback
March 11, 2008 09:00 - 10 minutes - 10.1 MBMy responses to some of the more "out there" feedback I've received.
Skeptoid #90: Can You Hear the Hum?
March 04, 2008 09:00 - 12 minutes - 11.3 MBAn exploration of the mysterious rumble that some people hear all over the world.
Skeptoid #89: Despicable Vulture Scumbags
February 26, 2008 09:00 - 11 minutes - 10.4 MBMy thoughts on a company that sells useless pseudoscientific hardware to an ALS victim.
Skeptoid #88: Super Sized Fast Food Phobia
February 19, 2008 09:00 - 11 minutes - 10.4 MBUnlike what's said in highly dramatized Hollywood shockumentaries, fast food is not especially unhealthy.
Skeptoid #87: Water: Alternative Fuel of the Future?
February 12, 2008 09:00 - 10 minutes - 9.98 MBCranks love to make the claim on YouTube, but you cannot run your car on water.
Skeptoid #86: MonaVie and Other "Superfruit" Juices
February 05, 2008 09:00 - 12 minutes - 11.7 MBSuperfruit juices are nothing more than super ripoffs. Don't waste your money.
Skeptoid #85: World Trade Center 7: The Lies Come Crashing Down
January 29, 2008 19:43 - 11 minutes - 10.2 MBThe collapse of 7 World Trade Center was not a controlled demolition.
Skeptoid #84: Magic Jewelry
January 22, 2008 09:00 - 11 minutes - 10.6 MBAll sorts of marvelous health claims are made for jewelry such as the Q-Ray bracelet.
Skeptoid #83: The Detoxification Myth
January 15, 2008 09:00 - 12 minutes - 11.6 MBDespite its sciencey-sounding name, there is no such thing as "detoxification" beyond what your body already does.
Skeptoid #82: What Do Creationists Really Believe?
January 08, 2008 09:00 - 11 minutes - 10.7 MBCreationism is not one set of beliefs - it is a battleground of dramatically conflicting world views.
Skeptoid #81: Ghost Hunting Tools of the Trade
January 01, 2008 09:00 - 12 minutes - 11.6 MBWhy the use of electronic equipment by TV ghost hunters is so stupid.
Skeptoid #80: Are Microwave Ovens Safe?
December 25, 2007 09:00 - 11 minutes - 10.7 MBAn examination of the various claims that microwaved food and water are poisonous.
Skeptoid #79: Aliens in Roswell
December 18, 2007 09:00 - 13 minutes - 12.4 MBPop culture says it was an alien spaceship -- but history tells us what was really found in the New Mexico desert.
Skeptoid #78: Medical Myths in Movies and Culture
December 11, 2007 09:00 - 9 minutes - 8.99 MBA skeptical examination of pop-culture medical beliefs, like dramatically stabbing someone in the heart with a syringe.
Skeptoid #77: Orang Pendek: Forest Hobbit of Sumatra
December 04, 2007 09:00 - 11 minutes - 10.7 MBA description of Sumatra's own little miniature Bigfoot legend.
Skeptoid #76: Who Kills More, Religion or Atheism?
November 27, 2007 09:00 - 9 minutes - 8.66 MBNeither religion nor atheism been responsible for a greater death toll throughout human history.
Skeptoid #75: How to See Your Aura
November 20, 2007 09:00 - 10 minutes - 10.1 MBDespite promotional claims, neither auras nor aura photography are things.
Skeptoid #74: A Magical Journey through the Land of Logical Fallacies - Part 2
November 13, 2007 09:00 - 11 minutes - 11 MBThe second part of our exploration of logical fallacies.
Skeptoid #73: A Magical Journey through the Land of Logical Fallacies - Part 1
November 06, 2007 09:00 - 13 minutes - 12.9 MBAn examination of many of the most common logical fallacies.
Skeptoid #72: Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity: Real or Imagined?
October 30, 2007 09:00 - 17 minutes - 15.7 MBSome claim to be hypersensitive to electromagnetism. Science has already solved what's really going on.
Skeptoid #71: How to Drink Gnarly Breast Milk
October 23, 2007 09:00 - 9 minutes - 9.04 MBProponents of colostrum supplements believe that it has a whole range of benefits.
Skeptoid #70: Raging (Bioidentical) Hormones
October 16, 2007 09:00 - 7 minutes - 7.42 MBAn examination of the popular trend in women's health, bioidentical hormone therapy.
Skeptoid #69: Ann Coulter, Scientist
October 09, 2007 09:00 - 8 minutes - 7.77 MBConservative pundit Ann Coulter should stick to politics; her science is too screwed up for words.
Skeptoid #68: More Wet and Wild Listener Feedback
October 02, 2007 09:00 - 14 minutes - 13.7 MBAnother round of listener feedback from the past several months.
Skeptoid #67: Do Your Body Features Measure Up?
September 25, 2007 09:00 - 11 minutes - 10.8 MBAn examination of phrenology, physiognomy, palmistry, and iridology.
Skeptoid #66: The Greatest Secret of Nostradamus
September 18, 2007 09:00 - 15 minutes - 14.1 MBVirtually nothing that pop culture tells us about Nostradamus is true.
Skeptoid #65: How to Debate a Young Earth Creationist
September 11, 2007 09:00 - 16 minutes - 15 MBLearn the basic arguments against science made by Young Earthers, and how to rebut them.
Skeptoid #64: The Attack of Spring Heeled Jack
September 04, 2007 09:00 - 9 minutes - 9.11 MBA look at the theories surrounding Spring Heeled Jack, the scourge of England in the early 1800s.
Skeptoid #63: Subliminal Seduction
August 28, 2007 09:00 - 9 minutes - 9.24 MBWilson Key's magnum opus textbook about subliminal advertising was almost pure fiction.
Skeptoid #62: Crop Circle Jerks
August 21, 2007 09:00 - 13 minutes - 12.3 MBCrop circles are commonly known to be man made, yet some still insist they must be of alien origin.
Skeptoid #61: Irradiation: Is Your Food Toxic?
August 14, 2007 09:00 - 9 minutes - 8.55 MBFood that has been sterilized with irradiation is not radioactive and will not hurt you.
Skeptoid #60: Will Drinking from Plastic Bottles Kill You?
August 09, 2007 09:00 - 8 minutes - 8.04 MBA popular fad holds that plastic water bottles leach toxic chemicals into your water. Don't believe it.
Skeptoid #59: Who Are the Raelians, and Why Are They Naked?
August 04, 2007 09:00 - 11 minutes - 10.3 MBThe Raelians are naked and they worship space aliens.
Skeptoid #58: All About Fluoridation
July 30, 2007 09:00 - 10 minutes - 9.26 MBA few fringe activists claim that fluoridation of water carries more danger than benefit.
Skeptoid #57: Email Myths
July 25, 2007 09:00 - 13 minutes - 12.1 MBA look at some of those persistent hoax emails that you receive almost every day.
Skeptoid #56: Bizarre Places I'd Like to Go
July 20, 2007 09:00 - 12 minutes - 11.1 MBCalifornia is home to a wealth of places rich with mystery and intrigue.
Skeptoid #55: Autism and Chelation: A Recipe for Risk
July 15, 2007 09:00 - 11 minutes - 10.5 MBAn examination of the lethal pop-culture fad of chelating autistic children.
Skeptoid #54: The Twin Towers: Fire Melting Steel
July 10, 2007 09:00 - 10 minutes - 9.48 MBThe Oakland freeway collapse was not a government ploy to prove that the Twin Towers collapsed from fire.
Skeptoid #53: Borley Rectory: the World's Most Haunted House?
July 05, 2007 09:00 - 13 minutes - 13 MBThis "world's most haunted house" was the invention of an imaginative showman and author.
Skeptoid #52: Science Magazines Violating Their Own Missions
June 30, 2007 09:00 - 7 minutes - 7.4 MBScience magazines continue to undermine themselves by publishing ads for pseudoscientific products.
Skeptoid #51: Ethanol: Miracle Fuel, or Not?
June 25, 2007 09:00 - 8 minutes - 8.02 MBEthanol as a fuel may be carbon neutral, but offers few other benefits.
Skeptoid #50: How to Identify a "Good" Scientific Journal
June 15, 2007 09:00 - 10 minutes - 10.1 MBHere is how to tell whose "scientific journal" article is actually more reputable.
Skeptoid #49: Unconscious Research of Global Consciousness
June 10, 2007 09:00 - 12 minutes - 11.7 MBSome say that the collective emotions of humans can influence electronic hardware.
Skeptoid #48: The Bible Code: Enigmas for Dummies
June 05, 2007 09:00 - 11 minutes - 10.2 MBDespite claims of divine origin, "Bible Codes" are found in every long manuscript, even random text.
Skeptoid #47: Free Range Chicken and Farm Raised Fish
May 26, 2007 09:00 - 10 minutes - 9.7 MBFree range chickens and farm raised fish probably have almost none of the benefits you think they do.
Skeptoid #46: Support Your Local Reptoid
May 21, 2007 09:00 - 10 minutes - 9.72 MBThe conspiracy theory that reptilian beings control our governments has a fascinating history.