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.

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Update frequency: every 6 days
Average duration: 13 minutes
Episodes: 1029
Years Active: 2006 - 2025

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Skeptoid #328: Secrets of the Stradivarius

The secret of history's greatest stringed instrument, the Stradivarius violin, is that there is no secret.

00:12:58 | Tue 18 Sep 2012

Skeptoid #327: Raiding the Ark of the Covenant

The true history of the most famous holy relic from Biblical times.

00:12:42 | Tue 11 Sep 2012

Skeptoid #326: The Mystery of the Vitrified Forts

Some 60 ancient stone forts in Scotland have vitrified walls, with the stone melted into glass. Here's what we know.

00:13:10 | Tue 04 Sep 2012

Skeptoid #325: The Golden Ratio

For centuries, claims both scientific and pseudoscientific have been made for the golden ratio.

00:13:38 | Tue 28 Aug 2012

Skeptoid #324: Listener Feedback: That Darned Science

Skeptoid responds to some listener emails that question the validity of the scientific method.

00:13:36 | Tue 21 Aug 2012

Skeptoid #323: 8 Spooky Places, and Why They're Like That

These strange places around the world rank among the most macabre, but have interesting explanations.

00:14:01 | Tue 14 Aug 2012

Skeptoid #322: Negative Calorie Food Myths

Negative calorie foods, said to require more energy to digest than they provide, are a popular food fad.

00:12:16 | Tue 07 Aug 2012

Skeptoid #321: Skinwalkers

Navajo Skinwalkers were said to be able to shapeshift into animals, but don't worry, it's just a tall tale.

00:14:12 | Tue 31 Jul 2012

Skeptoid #320: The Suicide Dogs of Overtoun Bridge

There's a bridge in Scotland where dogs are said to deliberately commit suicide.

00:12:24 | Tue 24 Jul 2012

Skeptoid #319: Student Questions: Food Woo and Iron Man at the Airport

Skeptoid answers another round of questions sent in by students all around the world.

00:11:39 | Tue 17 Jul 2012

Skeptoid #318: The Loch Ness Monster

The world's most famous cryptid is said to swim in Scotland's most famous loch.

00:13:09 | Tue 10 Jul 2012

Skeptoid #317: Attack of the Nanobots!

A look at the belief that nanotechnology may result in an army of self-replicating machines that consume society.

00:14:21 | Tue 03 Jul 2012

New Skeptoid Books

Skeptoid announces two new paperbacks: "Astronauts, Aliens, and Ape-Men" plus "The Secret of the Gypsy Queen".

00:01:57 | Thu 28 Jun 2012

Skeptoid #316: Al-Ghazali and Arab-Islamic Science

Some say that Persian theologian al-Ghazali was solely responsible for the end of the Golden Age of science.

00:13:20 | Tue 26 Jun 2012

Skeptoid #315: The Tehran 1976 UFO

Declassified military documents show that Iranian fighter planes engaged a UFO in 1976. Here's what's actually known.

00:15:50 | Tue 19 Jun 2012

Skeptoid #314: Botches and Bungles

Skeptoid goes back and corrects some errors from previous episodes.

00:11:50 | Tue 12 Jun 2012

Skeptoid #313: Area 51 Facts and Fiction

Now that Area 51 has been declassified, we finally have proof that what they did had nothing to do with aliens.

00:13:33 | Tue 05 Jun 2012

Skeptoid #312: Student Questions: Marauding Mammoths and Queen Elizabeth the Man