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 #524: Colony Collapse Disorder: Science and Pseudoscience
Everyone loves to point the finger at the cause of Colony Collapse Disorder; here's what we actually know.
00:13:50 |
Tue 21 Jun 2016
Skeptoid #523: How Do Homing Pigeons Navigate?
The latest and greatest research reveals that we still have no clue how birds accomplish this amazing feat.
00:13:52 |
Tue 14 Jun 2016
Skeptoid #522: Dark Watchers
The true origins of the Dark Watchers, said to go all the way back to Chumash Indian stories.
00:12:56 |
Tue 07 Jun 2016
Skeptoid #521: The New Flat Earthers
The reinvented Flat Earth fad is less about geophysics and more about conspiracy mongering.
00:13:40 |
Tue 31 May 2016
Skeptoid #520: Solving the Haunted Hoia-Baciu Forest
It is said to be the world's most haunted forest. Here's what we actually find there.
00:12:56 |
Tue 24 May 2016
Skeptoid #519: Alien Implants
Some of those who believe they've been abducted by aliens also think they were left with a souvenir.
00:14:29 |
Tue 17 May 2016
Skeptoid #518: Listener Feedback: Denial and Aliens
Skeptoid answers some feedback sent in by listeners.
00:12:59 |
Tue 10 May 2016
Skeptoid #517: Antibiotics and Hormones in Beef
One of pop food woo's favorite claims is that drugs given to beef cattle pose a danger to humans.
00:13:22 |
Tue 03 May 2016
Skeptoid #516: Demythologizing the Shaolin Monks
Just about everything you think you know about the Shaolin Monks was made up for tourists.
00:13:46 |
Tue 26 Apr 2016
Skeptoid #515: All About Absinthe
This mysterious alcoholic drink is the subject of more urban legends than any other liquor.
00:13:06 |
Tue 19 Apr 2016
Skeptoid #514: Your Thoughts on Making Skepticism Commercial
A proposal for how we can make skeptical programming more attractive to a larger audience.
00:12:55 |
Tue 12 Apr 2016
Skeptoid #513: Why Musical Aliens Probably Use the Same Scale We Do
Reliance on universal mathematical principles may mean alien music is similar to our own.
00:13:29 |
Tue 05 Apr 2016
Skeptoid #512: Decrypting Mother Teresa
It's popular to criticize Mother Teresa, but that criticism might be better directed at the real culprit.
00:13:00 |
Tue 29 Mar 2016
Skeptoid #511: Firestorm in Waco
The FBI did not deliberately murder the Branch Davidians in Waco, Texas.
00:14:56 |
Tue 22 Mar 2016
Skeptoid #510: Student Questions: Multiple Intelligences and the Gender Pay Gap
Skeptoid answers another round of questions sent in by students all around the world.
00:12:56 |
Tue 15 Mar 2016
Skeptoid #509: Ninjas Unmasked
These superheroes of martial arts lore may not be exactly what you thought they were.
00:14:32 |
Tue 08 Mar 2016
Skeptoid #508: Demythologizing the Knights Templar
More pseudohistory than fact surrounds this ancient order's depictions in pop culture.
00:13:44 |
Tue 01 Mar 2016
Skeptoid #507: No, Hitler Did Not Escape
There is no truth to the popular myth that Hitler escaped Berlin and went to Argentina.
00:13:24 |
Tue 23 Feb 2016
Skeptoid #506: Bad Skepticism: Why You Should Challenge Popular Assumptions
From swamp gas and waterspouts to alternative medicine, the harm of not challenging popular assumptions.
00:12:37 |
Tue 16 Feb 2016
Skeptoid #505: You've Got to Be Wrong to Be Right
Skeptoid corrects another round of errors from past episodes.
00:13:20 |
Tue 09 Feb 2016
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