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
- 1029
- Years Active
- 2006 - 2025
Skeptoid #783: The Legend of Barsa-Kelmes
The story behind the story of the many paranormal events associated with this former island in the Aral Sea.
00:14:13 |
Tue 08 Jun 2021
Skeptoid #782: A Collection of Corrections
In which another round of corrections is made to previous episodes. Keeping it real!
00:13:45 |
Tue 01 Jun 2021
Skeptoid #781: Space Junk: The Real Risk and What to Do About It
The problem of a runaway catastrophe in Low Earth Orbit looms ever larger and closer.
00:14:39 |
Tue 25 May 2021
Skeptoid #780: CBD for Everything
Cannabidiol is sold as an additive to just about every kind of product you can imagine. Why?
00:15:21 |
Tue 18 May 2021
Skeptoid #779: How the Pyramids Were (and Were Not) Built - Part 2
Some of what we know about the Great Pyramid that exclude it having been built by aliens or Atlanteans.
00:14:19 |
Tue 11 May 2021
Skeptoid #778: How the Pyramids Were (and Were Not) Built - Part 1
Some of what we know about the Great Pyramid that exclude it having been built by aliens or Atlanteans.
00:14:45 |
Tue 04 May 2021
Skeptoid #777: The 2019 USS Kidd Incident
Popular reports claim that a group of US Navy destroyers were buzzed by advanced drones in 2019.
00:18:09 |
Tue 27 Apr 2021
Skeptoid #776: The Engineered Moon Conspiracy
Science refutes the claim made by some that the Moon is a hollow spaceship engineered by aliens.
00:14:21 |
Tue 20 Apr 2021
Skeptoid #775: Listener Feedback: Monstrous Reversals
Some updates and additional information to a few past episodes... better all the time.
00:14:41 |
Tue 13 Apr 2021
Skeptoid #774: Bitcoin Fact and Fiction
What's true and what's not about the world's most popular cryptocurrency.
00:14:21 |
Tue 06 Apr 2021
Skeptoid #773: Top 10 Pro-Science Fictional Characters
A roundup of all the best pro-science characters from your favorite books, movies, and TV shows.
00:15:17 |
Tue 30 Mar 2021
Skeptoid #772: The Monster of Port Chatham
This remote town in Alaska was said to have been abandoned because of violent Bigfoot attacks.
00:14:15 |
Tue 23 Mar 2021
Skeptoid #771: Denizens of Lake Baikal
A host of strange monsters are said to lurk beneath the surface of the world's deepest lake.
00:14:30 |
Tue 16 Mar 2021
Skeptoid #770: The Human Design System
A mishmash of eastern mysticism masquerades as psychometry.
00:15:00 |
Tue 09 Mar 2021
Skeptoid #769: The Vampire of Croglin Grange
Which came first: the publication of this famous vampire story, or its associated family tradition?
00:13:52 |
Tue 02 Mar 2021
Skeptoid #768: Inside the Mountain Meadows Massacre
Myths, conspiracies, and coverups cloak this 1857 massacre of American emigrants.
00:14:32 |
Tue 23 Feb 2021
Skeptoid #767: The Year's Best of Skeptoid
My personal favorite Skeptoid episodes from each and every year of its production.
00:16:49 |
Tue 16 Feb 2021
Skeptoid #766: Illuminating Our Lady of Zeitoun
This Marian apparition from Egypt has some science fiction explanations and a sound one.
00:15:34 |
Tue 09 Feb 2021
Skeptoid #765: Tartaria and the Mud Flood
Some claim that all of world history is a coverup for the mighty ancient nation of Tartaria.
00:14:37 |
Tue 02 Feb 2021
Skeptoid #764: Learning Styles, Re-examined
Most teachers believe that students have different learning styles and curricula can be tailored to it. Not so much.
00:14:20 |
Tue 26 Jan 2021
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