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 #309: The Science and Politics of Global Warming
How global warming became the poster boy for failed science communication.
00:13:02 |
Tue 08 May 2012
Skeptoid #308: Picnic at Hanging Rock
Although the book and movie convinced many that this story actually happened, it is purely a fictional invention.
00:12:11 |
Tue 01 May 2012
Skeptoid #307: The Siberian Hell Sounds
Russian scientists are said to have drilled a borehole that broke into hell and released the screams of the damned.
00:13:52 |
Tue 24 Apr 2012
Skeptoid #306: Listener Feedback XX
Skeptoid dips into the feedback mailbag to respond to comments from listeners.
00:12:54 |
Tue 17 Apr 2012
Skeptoid #305: I Can't Believe They Did That: Human Guinea Pigs
A look at some of history's most famous scientists who experimented upon themselves.
00:13:21 |
Tue 10 Apr 2012
Skeptoid #304: Catching Jack the Ripper
A look at what is and isn't known about history's most infamous serial killer.
00:13:14 |
Tue 03 Apr 2012
Skeptoid #303: Are Vinyl Recordings Better than Digital?
Many audio aficionados split into two camps, those supporting modern digital audio, and those supporting vinyl records.
00:12:58 |
Tue 27 Mar 2012
Skeptoid #302: De Loys' Ape
A geologist claimed to have discovered a new species of great ape in Venezuela in the early 20th century.
00:12:48 |
Tue 20 Mar 2012
Skeptoid #301: The Beale Ciphers
Treasure hunters comb Virginia searching for a legendary hoard of gold and silver.
00:13:26 |
Tue 13 Mar 2012
Skeptoid #300: The Secret of the Gypsy Queen
A little girl saves her kingdom when she is the only one who does not fall for the pop pseudoscience of the day.
00:14:47 |
Tue 06 Mar 2012
Skeptoid #299: Star Jelly
Jellylike blobs have been reported to fall from the sky during meteor showers. Aliens? No, science.
00:12:50 |
Tue 28 Feb 2012
Skeptoid #298: Student Questions: Free Energy and Faster-than-Light Neutrinos
Skeptoid answers another round of questions sent in by students all over the world.
00:13:15 |
Tue 21 Feb 2012
Skeptoid #297: A Magical Journey through the Land of Reasoning Errors
Four common types of analytical errors in reasoning that we all need to beware of.
00:12:31 |
Tue 14 Feb 2012
Skeptoid #296: The Versailles Time Slip
We can be sure that two women visiting Versaille in 1901 did not time-travel back to the days of Marie Antoinette.
00:14:09 |
Tue 07 Feb 2012
Skeptoid #295: Finding Amelia Earhart
The disappearance of Amelia Earhart is one of the worst examples of television promoting pseudohistory.
00:13:49 |
Tue 31 Jan 2012
Skeptoid #294: Frequent Listener Feedback
Skeptoid answers some listener emails that present common flaws in scientific thinking.
00:12:54 |
Tue 24 Jan 2012
Skeptoid #293: Wunderwaffen: Nazi Wonder Weapons
The true history behind the claimed Nazi "wonder weapons" like anti-gravity flying saucers.
00:14:35 |
Tue 17 Jan 2012
Skeptoid #292: The Grey Man of Ben MacDhui
A thin, dark phantom three times the height of a man is said to stalk this peak in the Cairngorms.
00:12:41 |
Tue 10 Jan 2012
Skeptoid #291: The Toxic Lady
The story goes that in 1994, fumes from a woman's body knocked out most of an emergency room staff.
00:12:54 |
Tue 03 Jan 2012
Skeptoid #290: Approaching a Subject Skeptically
My process for examining a new topic, to learn whether it's fact or fiction.
00:11:25 |
Tue 27 Dec 2011
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