Skeptoid
995 episodes - English - Latest episode: 3 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 #900: Mussolini's Aliens
September 05, 2023 09:00 - 19 minutes - 17.9 MBHow an old Italian UFO hoax became proof of alien visitation to the US Congress
Skeptoid #899: Berberine: Thin Body, or Thin Evidence?
August 29, 2023 09:00 - 14 minutes - 13.8 MBThis supplement is claimed by social media influencers to be Nature's Ozempic.
Skeptoid #898: Finding the Third Man
August 22, 2023 09:00 - 15 minutes - 14.8 MBReports from some extreme adventurers say that a benevolent presence sometimes appears to provide comfort.
Skeptoid #897: The Secret of the Norden Bombsight
August 15, 2023 09:00 - 14 minutes - 13.2 MBPop culture tells us the famous Norden bombsight from World War II was actually terribly inaccurate. Was it?
Skeptoid #896: The Treasures of the Copper Scroll
August 08, 2023 09:00 - 16 minutes - 15.5 MBThis greatest of all imaginable treasures from the Dead Sea Scrolls probably never existed.
Skeptoid #895: The Hottest Temperature on Earth
August 01, 2023 09:00 - 16 minutes - 15.8 MBIs the world record highest air temperature a solid measurement, or might it be invalid?
Skeptoid #894: The Klerksdorp Spheres
July 25, 2023 09:00 - 14 minutes - 13.9 MBAre these remarkable stones natural, or proof of an ancient advanced civilization?
Skeptoid #893: Finding the Lost Tribesmen: Aure and Aura
July 18, 2023 09:00 - 15 minutes - 14.2 MBWere these two men from an Amazon tribe that had been massacred, or could their story be explained more simply?
Skeptoid #892: The UFO That Wasn't Swamp Gas
July 11, 2023 09:00 - 14 minutes - 13.7 MBA look into the origin story of swamp gas as the explanation for UFOs.
Skeptoid #891: How to Change a Conspiracy Theorist's Mind
July 04, 2023 09:00 - 14 minutes - 13.4 MBA roundup of the ways that work — and that don't work — to help a conspiracy theorist free himself from the rabbit hole.
Skeptoid #890: Skeptoid Scared Straight
June 27, 2023 09:00 - 14 minutes - 13.5 MBIn which I issue yet another round of corrections to past episodes.
Skeptoid #889: Handling Fentanyl: A Touchy Topic
June 20, 2023 09:00 - 14 minutes - 13.4 MBPopular wisdom tells us that just touching fentanyl can produce a lethal overdose. What's the fact and what's the fiction?
Skeptoid #888: On the Trail of the Mapinguari
June 13, 2023 09:00 - 13 minutes - 12.9 MBAre ground sloths that somehow survived their extinction responsible for cryptid sightings in the Amazon?
Skeptoid #887: The Hard Fall of the Nephilim
June 06, 2023 09:00 - 14 minutes - 13.7 MBDid giants really walk the Earth in our recent past?
Skeptoid #886: Student Questions: College of Central Florida, Part 2
May 30, 2023 09:00 - 14 minutes - 13.3 MBSkeptoid answers a round of student questions recorded during a visit to the College of Central Florida.
Skeptoid #885: Student Questions: College of Central Florida, Part 1
May 23, 2023 09:00 - 14 minutes - 13.2 MBSkeptoid answers a round of student questions recorded during a visit to the College of Central Florida.
Skeptoid #884: Hunting the Florida Skunk Ape
May 16, 2023 09:00 - 15 minutes - 14.5 MBThis Bigfoot-like cryptid is said to haunt the swamps of Florida. But has the story been around as long as people think?
Skeptoid #883: Lies, Damned Lies, and Polls
May 09, 2023 09:00 - 13 minutes - 13 MBWatch out next time you take a poll... is someone trying to learn about you, or manipulate you?
Skeptoid #882: The Treasure of Victorio Peak, Part 3
May 02, 2023 09:00 - 15 minutes - 14.2 MBThe hunt for the greatest treasure of gold ever imagined.
Skeptoid #881: The Treasure of Victorio Peak, Part 2
April 25, 2023 09:00 - 12 minutes - 11.7 MBThe hunt for the greatest treasure of gold ever imagined.
Skeptoid #880: The Treasure of Victorio Peak, Part 1
April 18, 2023 09:00 - 13 minutes - 12.4 MBThe hunt for the greatest treasure of gold ever imagined.
Skeptoid #879: Alien Octopi
April 11, 2023 09:00 - 14 minutes - 13.5 MBA popular Internet claim asserts that the DNA of the octopus is literally alien in origin.
Skeptoid #878: Reining In the Expanding Earth
April 04, 2023 09:00 - 15 minutes - 14.5 MBAlthough the Expanding Earth may seem like a silly conjecture, it was actually one of the leading geophysical models quite recently.
Skeptoid #877: What the Oil Companies Really Knew, Part 2
March 28, 2023 09:00 - 15 minutes - 14.6 MBIs it true that the oil companies knew how much harm they were doing as far back as the 1970s?
Skeptoid #876: What the Oil Companies Really Knew, Part 1
March 21, 2023 09:00 - 14 minutes - 13.5 MBIs it true that the oil companies knew how much harm they were doing as far back as the 1970s?
Skeptoid #875: Pop Quiz: St. Patrick's Day
March 14, 2023 09:00 - 15 minutes - 14.5 MBToday's quiz tests whether you've been skeptical of what you think you know about St. Patrick's Day.
Skeptoid #874: The Devil's Tramping Ground
March 07, 2023 10:00 - 14 minutes - 13.6 MBPopular tales claim no plants at all will grow inside this round clearing in North Carolina, said to have been made by the Devil himself.
Skeptoid #873: Earthquake Prediction
February 28, 2023 10:00 - 14 minutes - 13.7 MBAfter every earthquake, there's always someone who claims to have predicted it. Is earthquake prediction possible?
Skeptoid #872: Climate Change Checkup: 2023 Edition
February 21, 2023 10:00 - 16 minutes - 15.3 MBThe state of the climate so far... how we're doing, and what do we need to work on the most.
Skeptoid #871: 7 Valentine's Day Myths
February 14, 2023 10:00 - 15 minutes - 13.9 MBSee if you can tell whether each of these popular beliefs about Valentine's Day are true or false.
Skeptoid #870: The Dirty Secret of Dirty Electricity
February 07, 2023 10:00 - 15 minutes - 14.6 MBIs there such a thing as a type of electricity running through your home's wiring that delivers horrific health impacts to anyone living there?
Skeptoid #869: The Goat Man of Pope Lick Bridge
January 31, 2023 10:00 - 13 minutes - 12.4 MBStories of goat men are all over the world. Why is the Pope Lick goat man disproportionately famous?
Skeptoid #868: Top 10 Most Harmful Anti-Experts: 2023 Edition
January 24, 2023 10:00 - 17 minutes - 15.7 MBOnce again we round up the people working hardest to spread misinformation.
Skeptoid #867: Student Questions: Guidestones and Tachyons
January 17, 2023 10:00 - 14 minutes - 13.7 MBSkeptoid answers another round of questions sent in by friendly folks all over the world.
Skeptoid #866: What THEY Don't Want You to Know About UFOs
January 10, 2023 10:00 - 16 minutes - 15.1 MBSome great ways to think about all the current UFO craze.
Skeptoid #865: The Non-Mystery of Nan Madol
January 03, 2023 10:00 - 17 minutes - 16.4 MBWas this megalithic site in the South Pacific built by the people who lived there at the time, or by aliens?
Skeptoid #864: Ask Me Anything, 2022 Edition
December 27, 2022 10:00 - 14 minutes - 13.3 MBIn which we wrap up 2022 by letting Skeptoid premium members Ask Me Anything.
Skeptoid #863: Pulsed Electromagnetic Field Woo
December 20, 2022 10:00 - 14 minutes - 13.3 MBThe latest form of magnet therapy promises to cure everything from headaches to cancer.
Skeptoid #862: Human Mosquito Magnets
December 13, 2022 10:00 - 13 minutes - 12.6 MBIs it true that mosquitoes like some people better than others?
Skeptoid #861: Marketing with Logical Fallacies
December 06, 2022 10:00 - 15 minutes - 13.9 MBA look at some of the logically fallacious statements used to sell many of today's most popular products.
The Big UFO Update!
November 29, 2022 23:00 - 3 minutes - 3.51 MBThe latest news, and some clips, from my indie documentary The UFO Movie THEY Don't Want You to See!
Skeptoid #860: Illuminating the Hornet Spooklight
November 29, 2022 10:00 - 15 minutes - 14 MBLegend has it this ghost light has been spooking people in Missouri for hundreds of years.
Skeptoid #859: How to Spot Fake News
November 22, 2022 10:00 - 13 minutes - 12.9 MBA roundup of easy techniques anyone can employ to better discern accurate news reports from false ones.
Skeptoid #858: Resignation Syndrome
November 15, 2022 10:00 - 14 minutes - 13.5 MBIn this bizarre psychiatric condition, healthy children lapse into a coma that may last for years.
Skeptoid #857: On the Health Benefits of Drinking Alcohol
November 08, 2022 10:00 - 14 minutes - 13 MBSome say that drinking moderate amounts of alcohol actually has certain health benefits.
Skeptoid #856: A Cavalcade of Corrections
November 01, 2022 09:00 - 15 minutes - 14.3 MBSkeptoid corrects another round of errors from past episodes.
Skeptoid #855: Sniffing for Human Sex Pheromones
October 25, 2022 09:00 - 15 minutes - 14.3 MBDo humans use pheromones to turn each other on? The science so far says... uhh, we have no idea.
Skeptoid #854: The Day Science Was Overthrown
October 18, 2022 09:00 - 14 minutes - 13.8 MBA look at six times when there was a major paradigm shift in science.
Skeptoid #853: Brazil's Roswell: The Varginha UFO
October 11, 2022 09:00 - 14 minutes - 13.2 MBThis story of alien visitation in Brazil from 1996 claims to be the most convincing proof we have.
Skeptoid #852: Electric Cars and the Power Grid
October 04, 2022 09:00 - 14 minutes - 13.5 MBOpponents of electric cars claim that the power grid can't keep up with the growing demand for electricity.