Latest Skepticism Podcast Episodes
#908 - "Live Event!, NOLA Rats, Weak Elon, VP's Historic Abortion Clinic Visit, and Rep. Ilhan Omar's Support for Biden!"
I Doubt It - March 15, 2024 01:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 450 ratingsThank you to the sponsor for a portion of today's episode: Uplift Desk! Get 5% off with code IDOUBTIT at https://upliftdesk.com/idoubtit Jesse and Brittany discuss an upcoming speaking appearance with the Triangle Freethought Society in Raleigh, North Carolina (details below), listener emails a...
Episode 753: 30 Dying people explain what really matters
Cognitive Dissonance - March 14, 2024 10:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 3.9K ratingsEvery episode we blast anyone who gets in our way. We bring critical thinking, skepticism, and irreverence to any topic that makes the news, makes it big, or makes us mad. It’s skeptical, it’s political and there is no welcome mat.
SIO434: Biden Is Failing On Israel-Palestine. So What Do We Do?
Serious Inquiries Only - March 14, 2024 07:58 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 978 ratingsIt feels like this comes up precisely every 4 years, but once again I find myself having to point out that the way to make things better isn't to make them worse. That math just doesn't work. But what should we do? A campaign to vote "Uncommitted" for the Democratic Primary Election went viral...
Animal Decision Making
Data Skeptic - March 12, 2024 21:55 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 477 ratingsOn today’s episode, we are joined by Aimee Dunlap. Aimee is an assistant professor at the University of Missouri–St. Louis and the interim director at the Whitney R. Harris World Ecology Center. Aimee discussed how animals perceive information and what they use it for. She discussed the connec...
Skeptoid #927: I Can't Believe They Did That: Human Guinea Pigs #3
Skeptoid - March 12, 2024 09:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 2.6K ratingsPart 3 in our roundup of scientists who took the ultimate plunge and experimented on themselves.
SIO433: The Robot at the End of the Universe
Serious Inquiries Only - March 12, 2024 08:56 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 978 ratingsWe're focusing in on some sci-fi with Dr. Bryan Gillis, astrophysicist to the stars! We take you through one of Ted Chiang's incredible short stories, Exhalation, and Dr. Gillis teaches us about entropy and the Laws of Thermodynamics. What is the heat death of the universe? Can we avoid it by...
#907 - "Year 10, Biden's Post-SOTU Campaign, Trump & Orban & Hitler, and Takin' Care of Biz feat. Lisa Kanarek and Gaia."
I Doubt It - March 11, 2024 18:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 450 ratingsJesse and Brittany discuss Brittany's GOOD colonoscopy results and the 10-year anniversary of the podcast, listener emails and voicemails related to Super Tuesday election results in North Carolina and how the 2024 election will impact the success of the show, Republican Nancy Mace's appearance ...
Episode 752: McConnell Steps Down, 217 COVID Vaccines
Cognitive Dissonance - March 11, 2024 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3.9K ratingsThank you patrons!
S03E24 - Celebrity UFO Encounters
MonsterTalk - March 11, 2024 04:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.1K ratingsThis week Blake, Karen and Matt Baxter discuss celebrity UFO encounters. Why are they so popular? Why do we care? Some examples: John Lennon Olivia Newton John Elvis Russell Crowe Mick Jagger David Bowie Kesha Demi Lovato Jimmy Carter (see The UFO Movie They Don't Want You To See) Heck - YouTub...
Octopus Cognition
Data Skeptic - March 08, 2024 00:50 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 477 ratingsWe are joined by Tamar Gutnick, a visiting professor at the University of Naples Federico II, Napoli, Italy. She studies the octopus nervous system and their behavior, focusing on cognition and learning behaviors. Tamar gave a background to the kind of research she does — lab research. She dis...
Episode 751: Vulgarity for Charity 2023 Part 4
Cognitive Dissonance - March 07, 2024 10:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 3.9K ratingsThank you to everyone who supported our Vulgarity for Charity!
104 Conservapedia
Living Through Extinction - March 07, 2024 08:00 - 23 minutes ★ - 1 ratingBe Skeptikal Dammit: see researched segment Environment: newly discovered way to break down major class of forevrer chemicals Wildlife: some updates on the mass elephant deaths of 2020 Researched: the alternative reality that is Conservapedia Positive: vollunteers shovelling snow fo...
221 - Smartie Pants!
2 Skeptical Chaps - March 06, 2024 00:54 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsWelcome back! It's been a while... again (!) but your favourite Chaps with our funniest episode since.. erm.. the last one. In this exciting instalment, Dan has a thrilling allotment update, Spike waxes lyrical about African warlords and their Powerpoint skills and Ollie really, REALLY doesn't...
Skeptoid #926: The Chicago O'Hare Airport UFO
Skeptoid - March 05, 2024 10:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 2.6K ratingsIn 2006, a flying saucer spent minutes literally hovering right above Chicago's O'Hare International Airport... so the story goes.
Episode 750: Trump Shoes, Book Bans Backfire
Cognitive Dissonance - March 04, 2024 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3.9K ratingsShow Notes
SIO432: How 13 Reasons Why Killed Kids
Serious Inquiries Only - March 04, 2024 09:21 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 978 ratingsCW: Discussion of suicide; please skip this episode if it's better for your mental health After a long hiatus, Dr. Alan Smerbeck AKA Stormy Decisis is back to cover a topic we've been talking about discussing for a while. What does the research tell us is the responsible way to cover death by ...
S03E23 - REVIEW: The Secret History of Bigfoot:
MonsterTalk - March 04, 2024 05:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.1K ratingsBlake and Karen discuss The Secret History of Bigfoot by John O'Connor. The Secret History of Bigfoot (affiliate link) NYT Book Review Trey the Explainer on Bigfoot and Indigenous Culture (YouTube) Michael Barkun's Culture of Conspiracy (affiliate link) Spokane Washington Public Library reading ...
#906 - "Colonoscopy Club!, Palestinian Desperation, "Judo-Christian Values," and Nikki's Haley's Buzzwords!"
I Doubt It - March 03, 2024 20:40 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 450 ratingsJesse and Brittany discuss Brittany's first colonoscopy, listener emails and voicemails related to correcting our errors, tempering criticism of Biden, and "differing opinions on genocide," the Biden Administration's decision to airdrop aid into Gaza after the horrifying slaughter by the IDF of ...
Mailbag February 2024
Cognitive Dissonance - February 29, 2024 10:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 3.9K ratingsThanks for your questions, emails, postcards, candygrams, and landsharks.
SIO431: The Em Drive Is Supposed To Be Impossible. So Why Did Experiments Say It Worked?
Serious Inquiries Only - February 29, 2024 08:23 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 978 ratingsDr. Bryan Gillis is back to walk us through a space travel concept that would have upended Physics as we know it if it had worked. But, wait a second - turns out there were quite a number of studies that actually successfully demonstrated its effect so why aren't we using it to zip through the...
Optimal Foraging
Data Skeptic - February 28, 2024 23:02 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 477 ratingsClaire Hemmingway, an assistant professor in the Department of Psychology and Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, is our guest today. Her research is on decision-making in animal cognition, focusing on neotropical bats and bumblebees. Claire discussed ...
Skeptoid #925: The Conspirituality of Enneagrams
Skeptoid - February 27, 2024 10:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 2.6K ratingsCan everything important about you and those you interact with be boiled down to a single digit?
SIO430: Real or Bullshit: Quantum Products Edition!
Serious Inquiries Only - February 27, 2024 05:52 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 978 ratingsQuantum Anne is back! She had a fantastic idea to quiz us all on some quantum products she has come across. Here's the thing though, mixed into the bull shit is the real stuff that she actually uses in her lab! Can you pass the test? It's not as easy as you might think! This one was lots ...
Episode 749: Cops vs Acorns, Tucker Interviews Putin
Cognitive Dissonance - February 26, 2024 10:00 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 3.9K ratingsShow Notes
S03E22 - Are Our Phones Listening To Us?
MonsterTalk - February 26, 2024 05:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.1K ratingsThere are lots of things to read about this on the Internet and you will not find a definitive answer, I'm afraid. My conclusions are based on parsimony not on explicit proof. Besides, we all know how hard it is to prove a negative. It's a complex topic with many black-box elements and those tend...
SIO429: Artists Punished More Than Scientists for Same Misconduct
Serious Inquiries Only - February 26, 2024 00:18 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 978 ratingsThis was a really fun one! Dr. Joe Siev and Dr. Jake Teeny join to walk us through their findings from a series of studies in their recent article, which explored the differences in how artists and scientists are punished following news of misconduct, and the mechanism for why this may be the...
#905 - "Censored!, GOP Scrambling Post-Alabama IVF Ruling, & Nex Benedict's Tragic Killing."
I Doubt It - February 25, 2024 23:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 450 ratingsJesse and Brittany discuss Meta's new political censorship, which will impact political creators, listener emails and voicemails related to the mental toll of financial struggles and defense of landlords, the recent IVF ruling in Alabama, including comments from Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justi...
SIO428: Regret After Gender-Affirming Surgery Is Virtually Nonexistent
Serious Inquiries Only - February 22, 2024 23:48 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 978 ratingsDr. Harry Barbee out of Johns Hopkins University recently co-authored a meta-analysis in JAMA Surgery, examining postoperative regret for those people seeking gender-affirming care. We talk about how many people *actually* regret receiving surgery, how that compares with general postoperativ...
103 Climate Myths, Climate Friendly Flying, Sandbox Trees, Skin Cancer Soap
Living Through Extinction - February 22, 2024 08:00 - 20 minutes ★ - 1 ratingBe Skeptikal Dammit: Most Used Climate Myths & the Arguments Against Them Environment: Climate Friendly Flying Wildlife: Sandbox Tree Positive: 14 Year Old Invents Skin Cancer Soap Show Notes: common climate myths https://www.cbsnews.com/news/climate-change-myths-what-scienc...
Skeptoid #924: Foo Fighters
Skeptoid - February 20, 2024 10:00 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 2.6K ratingsWhat were these early UFOs that chased and harried World War II fighter pilots?
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