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 #564: Into Thin Error
Skeptoid issues another round of corrections to past episodes.
00:13:34 |
Tue 28 Mar 2017
Skeptoid #563: Grounding the Ghost of Flight 401
The unexpected facts behind this famous ghost story from the 1970s.
00:12:48 |
Tue 21 Mar 2017
Skeptoid #562: Rhino Horn: Cure or Curse?
Rhinos are still being killed for their horns, but probably not for the reasons you thought.
00:14:23 |
Tue 14 Mar 2017
Skeptoid #561: Beethoven's Hair
Popular stories claim Beethoven died of lead poisoning, but the science so far doesn't hold up.
00:15:49 |
Tue 07 Mar 2017
Skeptoid #560: Remembering the Mandela Effect
Some claim that certain common false memories are evidence for alternate realities.
00:13:40 |
Tue 28 Feb 2017
Skeptoid #559: Hitler's Antarctic Fortress Unmasked
Deconstructing a wild tale about a Nazi military base deep inside Antarctica.
00:14:44 |
Tue 21 Feb 2017
Skeptoid #558: Listener Feedback: Electric Boogaloo
Skeptoid answers another round of listener feedback, keeping the show on the straight and narrow.
00:11:58 |
Tue 14 Feb 2017
Skeptoid #557: Who Were the Berserkers?
These mighty Norse warriors fought with a frenzy that seems all but inexplicable.
00:13:24 |
Tue 07 Feb 2017
Skeptoid #556: Exploring Kincaid's Cave
Some say a marvelous cave of Egyptian wonders is hidden in the Grand Canyon.
00:13:14 |
Tue 31 Jan 2017
Skeptoid #555: Thorium Reactors: Fact and Fiction
These next-generation reactors have attracted a nearly cultish following. Here are the real facts.
00:14:08 |
Tue 24 Jan 2017
Skeptoid #554: How Your Credit Card Got Stolen
Here are the most likely ways that your credit card got stolen, and how you can prevent it in the future.
00:14:19 |
Tue 17 Jan 2017
Skeptoid #553: How Your Password Got Stolen
The facts, fiction, and real risk to you of all these high-profile data breaches online.
00:13:24 |
Tue 10 Jan 2017
Skeptoid #552: The D. B. Cooper Mystery
The world's only unsolved hijacking case is filled with misinformation.
00:13:11 |
Tue 03 Jan 2017
Skeptoid #551: Space Missions You Should Know
A roundup of the most exciting and important space missions you really need to know about.
00:13:52 |
Tue 27 Dec 2016
Skeptoid #550: The Mad Gasser of Mattoon
In 1944, a strange night prowler is believed to have made poison gas attacks in Illinois. Here's what we know.
00:13:31 |
Tue 20 Dec 2016
Skeptoid #549: The Simple Proof of Man-Made Global Warming
The two most basic Smoking Guns proving that carbon from fossil fuels is warming the Earth.
00:14:05 |
Tue 13 Dec 2016
Skeptoid #548: Bruce Lee Myths
More mythology than fact surrounds this enigmatic figure from martial arts films.
00:13:20 |
Tue 06 Dec 2016
Skeptoid #547: The Ghost Fighter Plane of Pearl Harbor
Published accounts tell of a mysterious fighter plane that came into Pearl Harbor a year after the Japanese attack.
00:12:13 |
Tue 29 Nov 2016
Skeptoid #546: There's No Such Thing as Race... Or Is There?
Genetically, race does not exist; but there are still inconvenient places for it in science.
00:13:17 |
Tue 22 Nov 2016
Skeptoid #545: First in Flight
You always thought the Wright Brothers were the first to fly a plane? Well, it depends what country you're from.
00:14:13 |
Tue 15 Nov 2016
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