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 #544: Feedback and Followups
Some nifty extra information for a few recent episodes supplied by listeners in the know.
00:12:20 |
Tue 08 Nov 2016
Skeptoid #543: White Hat Journal Hoaxes
Sometimes the best way to scrutinize an open access journal is to hoax them.
00:14:19 |
Tue 01 Nov 2016
Skeptoid #542: Photographic Memory
Pop culture tells us that some people have photographic memories, but the truth is quite different.
00:13:34 |
Tue 25 Oct 2016
Skeptoid #541: Defusing India's Ancient Atomic Blasts
The facts behind an urban legend claiming a nuclear war in India some 12,000 years ago.
00:13:49 |
Tue 18 Oct 2016
Skeptoid #540: Feng Shui Today
Feng shui is much more than just a debunked way to magically arrange furniture.
00:13:39 |
Tue 11 Oct 2016
Skeptoid #539: Radiation Hormesis: Is It Good for You?
Some say that exposure to small amounts of dangerous radiation can protect you from cancer. No, it probably doesn't.
00:14:15 |
Tue 04 Oct 2016
Skeptoid #538: The Belgian UFO Wave
For two years, some say the Belgian skies were filled with triangular alien UFOs.
00:14:25 |
Tue 27 Sep 2016
Skeptoid #537: Debunking the Moon Truthers, Part 3
The hard, testable, scientific proof that we actually did land humans on the moon.
00:13:22 |
Tue 20 Sep 2016
Skeptoid #536: Debunking the Moon Truthers, Part 2
The science behind many of the specific claims made by Apollo moon landing hoax conspiracy theorists.
00:13:06 |
Tue 13 Sep 2016
Skeptoid #535: Debunking the Moon Truthers, Part 1
The history of the Apollo moon landing hoax conspiracy theory, and those who believe in it.
00:13:04 |
Tue 06 Sep 2016
Skeptoid #534: Earthquake Lights: Do They Exist?
One of those things everyone seems to believe in, but for which there's almost no evidence.
00:15:02 |
Tue 30 Aug 2016
Skeptoid #533: Don't Try It Before You Knock It
Try it before you knock it… unless you want to know if it really works.
00:13:29 |
Tue 23 Aug 2016
Skeptoid #532: Who Killed the Red Baron?
A look at which of the six competing claims for who killed the Red Baron was probably true.
00:15:00 |
Tue 16 Aug 2016
Skeptoid #531: The Banjawarn Bang
Evidence suggests a doomsday cult may have successfully tested a nuclear bomb in Australia in 1993.
00:13:50 |
Tue 09 Aug 2016
Skeptoid #530: No, You Shouldn't Question Everything
Pop wisdom continually reminds us to Question Everything -- an idea which is rarely either practical or useful.
00:14:08 |
Tue 02 Aug 2016
Skeptoid #529: Wrongy McWrongface
Skeptoid corrects another batch of errors from previous episodes.
00:13:46 |
Tue 26 Jul 2016
Skeptoid #528: The Secret History of Majestic 12
These purported UFO documents changed the course of the culture of UFO belief.
00:14:24 |
Tue 19 Jul 2016
Skeptoid #527: Conjuring Up the Warrens
The Conjuring 2 tells a story that is fictional in a way you might not have guessed.
00:13:49 |
Tue 12 Jul 2016
Skeptoid #526: Sky Trumpets
From all over the world come reports of strange trumpet-like blasts from the sky.
00:14:22 |
Tue 05 Jul 2016
Skeptoid #525: Autopsy: The Clinton Body Count
The surprising origins of the claim that the Clintons kill any who get in their way.
00:13:34 |
Tue 28 Jun 2016
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