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 #269: The Abominable Snowman
Science shows that the Yeti of the Himalayas is almost certainly not a real creature.
00:12:38 |
Tue 02 Aug 2011
Skeptoid #268: Student Questions: Energy Shots and Sunscreen
Skeptoid answers another round of questions sent in by students.
00:12:16 |
Tue 26 Jul 2011
Skeptoid #267: Zeno's Paradoxes
Greek philosopher Zeno apparently proved that movement was impossible with a few simple paradoxes.
00:12:56 |
Tue 19 Jul 2011
Skeptoid #266: Feedback through a Fine Toothed Comb
Prepare to have your mind blown by these listener emails from conspiracy theorists.
00:12:00 |
Tue 12 Jul 2011
Skeptoid #265: Curing Gays
Therapies intended to help gays become straight don't work.
00:14:28 |
Tue 05 Jul 2011
Skeptoid #264: Conspiracy Theorists Aren't Crazy
We usually dismiss conspiracy theorists as crazy people; but that doesn't tell the whole story.
00:12:02 |
Tue 28 Jun 2011
Skeptoid #263: Anastasia
The Grand Duchess Anastasia did not survive her family's 1918 execution, and did not go on to live in the US.
00:13:12 |
Tue 21 Jun 2011
Skeptoid #262: The Haitian Zombies
A look at the possibility that legends of Haitian zombies may have a grain of truth.
00:13:21 |
Tue 14 Jun 2011
Skeptoid #261: Near Death Experiences
A comparison of the effects of hypoxia to the reports of a brush with the afterlife.
00:13:09 |
Tue 07 Jun 2011
Skeptoid #260: Military Dolphins: James Bonds of the Sea
The facts behind the stories of military dolphins trained to attack divers and plant mines on ships.
00:13:01 |
Tue 31 May 2011
Skeptoid #259: Mao's Barefoot Doctors: The Secret History of Chinese Medicine
Westerners' belief that Chinese have long relied on alternative medicine is due in part to clever book publishers.
00:13:01 |
Tue 24 May 2011
Skeptoid #258: Spontaneous Human Combustion
People can catch on fire… and there doesn't seem to be anything too mysterious about any given case.
00:12:43 |
Tue 17 May 2011
Skeptoid #257: The Secret of Plum Island
This secret government lab was said to create genetic mutants. Here's what they actually did.
00:13:01 |
Tue 10 May 2011
Skeptoid #256: Student Questions: Supermoons and an Apple a Day
Skeptoid answers another round of questions sent in by students from around the world.
00:12:18 |
Tue 03 May 2011
Skeptoid #255: Superhuman Strength during a Crisis
Popular stories tell of mothers lifting cars off their children. The science behind it is less than compelling.
00:12:30 |
Tue 26 Apr 2011
Skeptoid #254: Finding the POW/MIAs
American POW/MIAs are probably not still being held captive inside Vietnam.
00:13:14 |
Tue 19 Apr 2011
Skeptoid #253: The Port Arthur Massacre
The 1996 mass murder in Tasmania was not secretly a plot by the government to get firearms banned.
00:13:03 |
Tue 12 Apr 2011
Skeptoid #252: The Voynich Manuscript
The true history and meaning of history's most famous undeciphered book.
00:13:58 |
Tue 05 Apr 2011
Skeptoid #251: Listener Feedback: Nobody Ever Posts Twice
Skeptoid answers more listener feedback. Recorded live at the 250th Episode party.
00:15:39 |
Tue 29 Mar 2011
Skeptoid #250: The History of Knowledge
A trip through the centuries to see how human knowledge is reflected through music.
00:12:08 |
Tue 22 Mar 2011
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