Skeptoid
989 episodes - English - Latest episode: 14 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 #584: Eclipse Myths and Science
August 15, 2017 09:00 - 13 minutes - 12.7 MBA look at the science-based myths and misconceptions about eclipses, plus some things you might not know.
Skeptoid #583: Fate of the Feedback
August 08, 2017 09:00 - 13 minutes - 12.7 MBSkeptoid responds to some listener feedback, updating a few episodes and clarifying some others.
Skeptoid #582: Lonnie Zamora and the Socorro UFO
August 01, 2017 09:00 - 13 minutes - 12 MBThis famous 1964 UFO sighting by a New Mexico police officer has several interesting explanations.
Skeptoid #581: Are You Following a Crank?
July 25, 2017 09:00 - 14 minutes - 13 MBLet's have a look at the traits that define a crank, to make sure your new hero isn't one.
Skeptoid #580: Amelia Earhart Redux: Competing Networks, Competing Craziness
July 18, 2017 09:00 - 15 minutes - 14 MBThrough their constant promotion of false history, TV networks may have done Amelia Earhart's legacy irreparable harm.
Skeptoid #579: Measuring the Age of the Grand Canyon
July 11, 2017 09:00 - 15 minutes - 13.9 MBThe Grand Canyon is millions of years old, not thousands; despite the efforts of Young Earthers.
Skeptoid #578: Student Questions: Bitters, Gas, and Diet Woo
July 04, 2017 09:00 - 12 minutes - 11.7 MBSkeptoid answers another round of questions sent in by students all around the world.
Skeptoid #577: What Are the Chances You're Psychic?
June 27, 2017 09:00 - 15 minutes - 13.8 MBWe analyze some of your stories of precognitive experiences.
Skeptoid #576: Lights in the Sky
June 20, 2017 09:00 - 13 minutes - 12.9 MBHow likely is the most common type of UFO report to be an alien spacecraft?
Skeptoid #575: How to Surprise a Skeptical Podcaster: Part 2
June 13, 2017 09:00 - 13 minutes - 12.8 MBHere are the podcast episodes with conclusions that surprised me the most (part 2).
Skeptoid #574: How to Surprise a Skeptical Podcaster: Part 1
June 06, 2017 09:00 - 13 minutes - 12.6 MBHere are the podcast episodes with conclusions that surprised me the most (part 1).
Skeptoid #573: There Is No Finland: Birth of a Conspiracy Theory
May 30, 2017 09:00 - 14 minutes - 13.1 MBA study of how a conspiracy theory as absurd as "There is no Finland" can even exist.
Skeptoid #572: True or False Pregnancy
May 23, 2017 09:00 - 13 minutes - 12.6 MBFalse pregnancies are not only real, they're probably more complex than you imagined.
Skeptoid #571: Thawing the Minnesota Iceman
May 16, 2017 09:00 - 13 minutes - 12.3 MBThis sideshow attraction convinced a few real scientists that it was an actual ape-man.
Skeptoid #570: More Space Missions You Should Know
May 09, 2017 09:00 - 14 minutes - 13.3 MBWe take a look at some more of the most exciting space missions, past, present, and future.
Skeptoid #569: Principles of Curiosity
May 02, 2017 09:00 - 14 minutes - 13.5 MBThree simple steps anyone can follow to learn to tell what's true and what's not.
Skeptoid #568: 2 Listener 2 Feedback
April 25, 2017 09:00 - 13 minutes - 12.5 MBI respond to some listener feedback that enhances some recent episodes of the show.
Skeptoid #567: Feral Children
April 18, 2017 09:00 - 14 minutes - 13 MBThose stories about children raised by animals probably aren't what you've been led to believe.
Skeptoid #566: The Mercury Rivers of Emperor Qin Shi Huang
April 11, 2017 09:00 - 14 minutes - 12.9 MBA miniature of all China's waterways in liquid mercury is said to be at the heart of the First Emperor's tomb.
Skeptoid #565: The Shag Harbour UFO
April 04, 2017 09:00 - 13 minutes - 12.9 MBComparing the actual evidence to the Canadian claim of best evidence for alien visitation.
Skeptoid #564: Into Thin Error
March 28, 2017 09:00 - 13 minutes - 12.5 MBSkeptoid issues another round of corrections to past episodes.
Skeptoid #563: Grounding the Ghost of Flight 401
March 21, 2017 09:00 - 12 minutes - 11.8 MBThe unexpected facts behind this famous ghost story from the 1970s.
Skeptoid #562: Rhino Horn: Cure or Curse?
March 14, 2017 09:00 - 14 minutes - 13.3 MBRhinos are still being killed for their horns, but probably not for the reasons you thought.
Skeptoid #561: Beethoven's Hair
March 07, 2017 09:00 - 15 minutes - 14.6 MBPopular stories claim Beethoven died of lead poisoning, but the science so far doesn't hold up.
Skeptoid #560: Remembering the Mandela Effect
February 28, 2017 09:00 - 13 minutes - 12.6 MBSome claim that certain common false memories are evidence for alternate realities.
Skeptoid #559: Hitler's Antarctic Fortress Unmasked
February 21, 2017 09:00 - 14 minutes - 13.6 MBDeconstructing a wild tale about a Nazi military base deep inside Antarctica.
Skeptoid #558: Listener Feedback: Electric Boogaloo
February 14, 2017 09:00 - 11 minutes - 11.1 MBSkeptoid answers another round of listener feedback, keeping the show on the straight and narrow.
Skeptoid #557: Who Were the Berserkers?
February 07, 2017 09:00 - 13 minutes - 12.4 MBThese mighty Norse warriors fought with a frenzy that seems all but inexplicable.
Skeptoid #556: Exploring Kincaid's Cave
January 31, 2017 09:00 - 13 minutes - 12.2 MBSome say a marvelous cave of Egyptian wonders is hidden in the Grand Canyon.
Skeptoid #555: Thorium Reactors: Fact and Fiction
January 24, 2017 09:00 - 14 minutes - 13 MBThese next-generation reactors have attracted a nearly cultish following. Here are the real facts.
Skeptoid #554: How Your Credit Card Got Stolen
January 17, 2017 09:00 - 14 minutes - 13.2 MBHere are the most likely ways that your credit card got stolen, and how you can prevent it in the future.
Skeptoid #553: How Your Password Got Stolen
January 10, 2017 09:00 - 13 minutes - 12.4 MBThe facts, fiction, and real risk to you of all these high-profile data breaches online.
Skeptoid #552: The D. B. Cooper Mystery
January 03, 2017 09:00 - 13 minutes - 12.2 MBThe world's only unsolved hijacking case is filled with misinformation.
Skeptoid #551: Space Missions You Should Know
December 27, 2016 09:00 - 13 minutes - 12.8 MBA roundup of the most exciting and important space missions you really need to know about.
Skeptoid #550: The Mad Gasser of Mattoon
December 20, 2016 09:00 - 13 minutes - 12.5 MBIn 1944, a strange night prowler is believed to have made poison gas attacks in Illinois. Here's what we know.
Skeptoid #549: The Simple Proof of Man-Made Global Warming
December 13, 2016 09:00 - 14 minutes - 13 MBThe two most basic Smoking Guns proving that carbon from fossil fuels is warming the Earth.
Skeptoid #548: Bruce Lee Myths
December 06, 2016 09:00 - 13 minutes - 12.3 MBMore mythology than fact surrounds this enigmatic figure from martial arts films.
Skeptoid #547: The Ghost Fighter Plane of Pearl Harbor
November 29, 2016 09:00 - 12 minutes - 11.3 MBPublished accounts tell of a mysterious fighter plane that came into Pearl Harbor a year after the Japanese attack.
Skeptoid #546: There's No Such Thing as Race... Or Is There?
November 22, 2016 09:00 - 13 minutes - 12.3 MBGenetically, race does not exist; but there are still inconvenient places for it in science.
Skeptoid #545: First in Flight
November 15, 2016 09:00 - 14 minutes - 13.1 MBYou always thought the Wright Brothers were the first to fly a plane? Well, it depends what country you're from.
Skeptoid #544: Feedback and Followups
November 08, 2016 09:00 - 12 minutes - 11.4 MBSome nifty extra information for a few recent episodes supplied by listeners in the know.
Skeptoid #543: White Hat Journal Hoaxes
November 01, 2016 09:00 - 14 minutes - 13.2 MBSometimes the best way to scrutinize an open access journal is to hoax them.
Skeptoid #542: Photographic Memory
October 25, 2016 09:00 - 13 minutes - 12.5 MBPop culture tells us that some people have photographic memories, but the truth is quite different.
Skeptoid #541: Defusing India's Ancient Atomic Blasts
October 18, 2016 09:00 - 13 minutes - 12.8 MBThe facts behind an urban legend claiming a nuclear war in India some 12,000 years ago.
Skeptoid #540: Feng Shui Today
October 11, 2016 09:00 - 13 minutes - 12.6 MBFeng shui is much more than just a debunked way to magically arrange furniture.
Skeptoid #539: Radiation Hormesis: Is It Good for You?
October 04, 2016 09:00 - 14 minutes - 13.2 MBSome say that exposure to small amounts of dangerous radiation can protect you from cancer. No, it probably doesn't.
Skeptoid #538: The Belgian UFO Wave
September 27, 2016 09:00 - 14 minutes - 13.3 MBFor two years, some say the Belgian skies were filled with triangular alien UFOs.
Skeptoid #537: Debunking the Moon Truthers, Part 3
September 20, 2016 09:00 - 13 minutes - 12.3 MBThe hard, testable, scientific proof that we actually did land humans on the moon.
Skeptoid #536: Debunking the Moon Truthers, Part 2
September 13, 2016 09:00 - 13 minutes - 12.1 MBThe science behind many of the specific claims made by Apollo moon landing hoax conspiracy theorists.
Skeptoid #535: Debunking the Moon Truthers, Part 1
September 06, 2016 09:00 - 13 minutes - 12.1 MBThe history of the Apollo moon landing hoax conspiracy theory, and those who believe in it.