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 #465: Agenda 21
A look at the conspiratorial hysteria and sensationalism surrounding the United Nations' Agenda 21.
00:14:01 |
Tue 05 May 2015
Skeptoid #464: The Lake Michigan Triangle
There is a region in the Great Lakes where, some say, ships and planes mysteriously disappear. Not so much.
00:12:27 |
Tue 28 Apr 2015
Skeptoid #463: Transgender: Fact or Fiction?
The Internet believes a lot of things about transgender people, but much of it isn't true.
00:15:16 |
Tue 21 Apr 2015
Skeptoid #462: Satanic Ritual Abuse
The history of claims that secret Satanic cults are abusing children.
00:17:48 |
Tue 14 Apr 2015
Skeptoid #461: Cryptids That Turned Out To Be Real
Sometimes speculative animals do turn out to be real, but that still doesn't validate cryptozoology as a science.
00:15:09 |
Tue 07 Apr 2015
Skeptoid #460: Plastic Bags
Deciding whether you want "paper or plastic" at the supermarket turns out to be a remarkably complex choice.
00:12:24 |
Tue 31 Mar 2015
Skeptoid #459: Listener Feedback: The Environment
Brian responds to listener feedback on past episodes about environmental topics.
00:12:36 |
Tue 24 Mar 2015
Skeptoid #458: Science Fails
Science has let you down time after time, and that's one reason why it gets better and better.
00:14:58 |
Tue 17 Mar 2015
Skeptoid #457: Forgetting the Alamo
The myths and facts behind the events that made the Alamo famous reveal it may not be worth remembering much.
00:20:24 |
Tue 10 Mar 2015
Skeptoid #456: Cattle Mutilation
Cow mutilation may have a simpler explanation than alien experimentation.
00:13:44 |
Tue 03 Mar 2015
Skeptoid #455: Ghost Photography
The history of ghost photography and its many problems as evidence.
00:16:19 |
Tue 24 Feb 2015
Skeptoid #454: GMO Facts and Fiction
See if you know how many of these GMO "facts" are right.
00:14:01 |
Tue 17 Feb 2015
Skeptoid #453: Cooking Myths
As the busiest part of the house, the kitchen has collected more folklore than any other room in it.
00:15:19 |
Tue 10 Feb 2015
Skeptoid #452: The Stone Spheres of Costa Rica
In Costa Rica, mysterious stone spheres left behind by the country's previous inhabitants seem to defy explanation.
00:09:46 |
Tue 03 Feb 2015
Skeptoid #451: Ideomotor Response
The Ideomotor Response underlies a number of occult phenomena and alt-med practices.
00:14:40 |
Tue 27 Jan 2015
Skeptoid #450: Robert Ripley: Believe Him... or Not?
We examine Believe it or Not! and determine if we can believe this stuff.
00:12:30 |
Tue 20 Jan 2015
Skeptoid #449: Ancient Astronauts
Did aliens visit the ancient Earth and inspire human cultures? Some people claim so.
00:14:12 |
Tue 13 Jan 2015
Skeptoid #448: The Columbus Poltergeist
This poltergeist in Columbus Ohio turned out to be, like nearly all such cases, a mischievous teen.
00:17:39 |
Tue 06 Jan 2015
Skeptoid #447: Listener Feedback: Cryptozoology
We respond to questions about cryptids asked by listeners to our recent episodes.
00:13:03 |
Tue 30 Dec 2014
Skeptoid #446: The Fallibility of Memory
We are a story our brain tells itself. And our brains are habitual liars.
00:12:39 |
Tue 23 Dec 2014
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