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
Listeners Have Another Say
Skeptoid supporters reveal the reason they decided to join the team.
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Fri 01 Aug 2014
Skeptoid #425: Albinism Facts and Fiction
Even in developed countries, myths persist about people who have albinism.
00:14:32 |
Tue 29 Jul 2014
Skeptoid #424: The Santa Barbara Simoom of 1859
Stories of a lethally hot storm wind in Santa Barbara in 1859 persist to this day.
00:13:19 |
Tue 22 Jul 2014
Skeptoid #423: 12 Step Programs
Religious-based twelve step programs are no better at stopping addiction than other programs.
00:13:29 |
Tue 15 Jul 2014
Skeptoid #422: Lie Detection
Polygraphs are no better than a roll of the dice at determining whether you're lying.
00:14:08 |
Tue 08 Jul 2014
Listeners Have a Say
Giving the Skeptoid listeners a chance to have their say.
00:04:25 |
Fri 04 Jul 2014
Skeptoid #421: Student Questions: Internet Tracking and Plasma Cosmology
Skeptoid answers another round of questions sent in by students all around the world.
00:13:40 |
Tue 01 Jul 2014
Skeptoid #420: Hillary vs. Mallory: The First to Everest
From the evidence we have, it seems clear there's no way Mallory could have beaten Hillary to the summit of Everest.
00:13:47 |
Tue 24 Jun 2014
Skeptoid #419: Slacktivism: Raising Awareness
Clicking a "Like" button on a web site is not only useless, it may actually be counterproductive.
00:13:50 |
Tue 17 Jun 2014
Skeptoid #418: Left Brained, Right Brained, or Hare Brained?
Pop psychology tells us we're all either left brain or right brain dominant, a concept with no scientific support.
00:13:16 |
Tue 10 Jun 2014
Skeptoid #417: The Riddle of Flight 19
The 1945 disappearance of five fighter planes in the Bermuda Triangle was real, but hardly how it's portrayed.
00:13:03 |
Tue 03 Jun 2014
Skeptoid #416: 5 Conspiracy Theories that Turned Out to Be True... Maybe?
Skeptoid listeners are always asking for conspiracy theories that turned out to be true. Here are the best I found.
00:14:46 |
Tue 27 May 2014
Skeptoid #415: In Which I Am the Very Picture of Error Personified
Skeptoid corrects another round of mistakes made in previous episodes.
00:12:33 |
Tue 20 May 2014
Skeptoid #414: Killing Princess Diana
Some say the death of Princess Diana in 1997 was actually a murder plotted by her government.
00:13:23 |
Tue 13 May 2014
Skeptoid #413: 3-7-77: The Montana Vigilance Code
This mysterious code representing vigilante justice has a history steeped in mystery.
00:14:30 |
Tue 06 May 2014
Skeptoid #412: Animal Predictors: Psychic, Sensitive, or Silly?
Despite many examples being promoted in the press, animals do not have psychic powers.
00:13:53 |
Tue 29 Apr 2014
Skeptoid #411: Your Body's Alleged Energy Fields
There is no such thing as your body's energy field.
00:13:34 |
Tue 22 Apr 2014
Skeptoid #410: The Black Eyed Kids
An urban legend says that children with completely black eyes go around trying to be allowed inside.
00:12:02 |
Tue 15 Apr 2014
Skeptoid #409: Oil Pulling
This New Age alternative health fad is not, in fact, based on ayurveda.
00:13:11 |
Tue 08 Apr 2014
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Donations to Skeptoid Media are now fully tax deductible.
00:01:12 |
Fri 04 Apr 2014
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