Skeptoid
The 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.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 13 minutes
- Episodes
- 1028
- Years Active
- 2006 - 2025
Skeptoid #1004: Dating the White Sands Footprints
Ancient footprints in New Mexico are forcing scientists to rewrite the story of when humans first set foot in the Americas, and the debate is shaking paleoanthropology to its core.
00:17:49 |
Tue 02 Sep 2025
Skeptoid #1003: History's Weirdest Science Findings
Fourteen of the most unexpected and counterintuitive science findings.
00:17:54 |
Tue 26 Aug 2025
Skeptoid #1002: A Feast of Feedback
Once again we go through some of your feedback to past episodes — all the good stuff that enhances and improves the presentation.
00:15:56 |
Tue 19 Aug 2025
Skeptoid #1001: The Phantom Clown Panic
Clowns have a habit of terrifying many of us. So why shouldn't we be surprised to see mass clown panics?
00:12:33 |
Tue 12 Aug 2025
Skeptoid #1000: Candle on the Water
Today marks the 1000th Skeptoid episode. And it's time to raise the question: What are you going to do for it?
00:15:56 |
Tue 05 Aug 2025
Skeptoid #999: Day of the Medieval Dead
Medieval tales of walking corpses reflect common misunderstandings of death and the era's blurred line between myth and reality.
00:16:54 |
Tue 29 Jul 2025
Skeptoid #999: Day of the Medieval Dead
Medieval tales of walking corpses reflect common misunderstandings of death and the era's blurred line between myth and reality.
00:16:54 |
Tue 29 Jul 2025
Skeptoid #998: The Manifestation Trap: OCD and the Law of Attraction
What began as 19th-century mind-cure mysticism has morphed into a billion-dollar culture that may be hurting more minds than it helps.
00:15:58 |
Tue 22 Jul 2025
Skeptoid #997: Sounds of the Aurora
Using real science to investigate the question of whether some people can "hear" the aurora.
00:15:46 |
Tue 15 Jul 2025
Skeptoid #996: Murder in Hex Hollow
The 1928 murder of a folk healer ignited a media frenzy and moral panic, revealing how superstition and magical thinking can fuel real-world tragedy.
00:15:48 |
Tue 08 Jul 2025
Preview — Douglas Adams: The Ends of the Earth on The Internet We Didn’t Get
We’re sharing a preview of a new audiobook, Douglas Adams: The Ends of the Earth, which celebrates the wit and wisdom of the legendary science fiction author of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy a…
00:49:23 |
Wed 02 Jul 2025
Skeptoid #995: The Eugenic History of the Body Type Diet
Is there good science backing up the idea that you should eat based upon which of three body types you have?
00:14:35 |
Tue 01 Jul 2025
Skeptoid #994: Making AI Environmentally Friendly
Will our improvements to AI's voracious appetite for electricity keep pace with the exploding demand?
00:17:07 |
Tue 24 Jun 2025
Skeptoid #993: How to Decide What to Eat
Do you really need to pay quite so much attention to which foods you eat, and which you avoid?
00:17:11 |
Tue 17 Jun 2025
Skeptoid #992: The Case of the Missing Beaumont Children
Since psychic abilities do not exist outside the delusions of true believers, involving psychics in searches for missing persons is worse than useless.
00:17:59 |
Tue 10 Jun 2025
Skeptoid #991: Real Sea Monsters
A roundup of all the biggest and scariest real sea monsters — from today and from prehistoric times.
00:19:30 |
Tue 03 Jun 2025
Skeptoid #990: Rethinking Science Education
How one special moment redefined how a science teacher does her job.
00:16:25 |
Tue 27 May 2025
Skeptoid #989: Are $1,000,000 Paranormal Challenges Effective?
Their exciting nature, combined with the fact nobody's ever won one, make paranormal challenge prizes important educational tools.
00:15:46 |
Tue 20 May 2025
Skeptoid #988: Chocolate Myths
Here are many popular myths about chocolate. How many can you tell are true or not?
00:14:16 |
Tue 13 May 2025
Skeptoid #987: More than a Magician's Assistant
She may have gotten her start as Houdini's sidekick, but Rose Mackenberg became a giant of unmasking fraudulent mediums.
00:15:01 |
Tue 06 May 2025
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