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 #229: Speed Reading
Speed reading classes claim to be able to turbocharge your words per minute. Save your money; it doesn't work.
00:12:11 |
Tue 26 Oct 2010
Skeptoid #228: My Favorite Things
A few of my favorite moments looking back on 228 Skeptoid episodes.
00:11:47 |
Tue 19 Oct 2010
Skeptoid #227: Boost Your Immune System (or Not)
Although a lot of products promise to boost your immune system, there is actually no such thing.
00:12:37 |
Tue 12 Oct 2010
Skeptoid #226: The Brown Mountain Lights
A ghost light in North Carolina has people scratching their heads, but researchers solved it a century ago.
00:15:25 |
Tue 05 Oct 2010
Skeptoid #225: Beware the Bilderberg Group!
The annual meeting of the Bilderberg Group is not to plan global domination.
00:12:35 |
Tue 28 Sep 2010
Skeptoid #224: Alien Downpour: The Red Rain of India
News agencies have long promoted a 2001 red rainfall as alien, but a better explanation was already there.
00:13:16 |
Tue 21 Sep 2010
Skeptoid #223: The Frog in the Stone
Stories of living frogs being found encased in solid rock have a more interesting (and reality-based) explanation.
00:13:31 |
Tue 14 Sep 2010
Skeptoid #222: Toil and Trouble: The Curse of Macbeth
The Curse of Macbeth should make Shakespeare's play too dangerous to perform, but science tells us for sure.
00:12:07 |
Tue 07 Sep 2010
Skeptoid #221: The Myers-Briggs Personality Test
A critical look at the world's most popular psychological metric, the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator.
00:13:49 |
Tue 31 Aug 2010
Skeptoid #220: Yonaguni Monument: The Japanese Atlantis
A look at a massive stone structure off the coast of Japan, said to be a manmade pyramid.
00:12:32 |
Tue 24 Aug 2010
Skeptoid #219: Stalin's Human-Ape Hybrids
Josef Stalin did not order the creation of an army of half-ape, half-human hybrids.
00:13:57 |
Tue 17 Aug 2010
Skeptoid #218: The Astronauts and the Aliens
A close look at some of the stories of UFOs said to have been reported by NASA astronauts.
00:13:37 |
Tue 10 Aug 2010
Skeptoid #217: Some New Logical Fallacies
Skeptoid looks at some newer logical fallacies, often used in place of sound arguments.
00:12:26 |
Tue 03 Aug 2010
Skeptoid #216: The Things We Eat...
A look at what's really in food reveals the foolishness of the idea of "good food" and "bad food".
00:12:41 |
Tue 27 Jul 2010
Skeptoid #215: Listener Feedback Resurrection
More vitriol from the Skeptoid inbox exposed.
00:13:01 |
Tue 20 Jul 2010
Skeptoid #214: Student Questions: Gold as an Investment and FEMA Coffins
Another round of answering questions sent in by students everywhere.
00:12:23 |
Tue 13 Jul 2010
Skeptoid #213: Mozart and Salieri
Shockingly, Hollywood movies don't make us all history experts, and Salieri didn't murder Mozart.
00:14:13 |
Tue 06 Jul 2010
Skeptoid #212: Things About Which I Have In Error Been
More additions to the corrections and errata files for Skeptoid.
00:12:44 |
Tue 29 Jun 2010
Skeptoid #211: Attack on Pearl Harbor
The American government did not have advance knowledge of the Pearl Harbor attack, and did not allow it to happen.
00:14:12 |
Tue 22 Jun 2010
Skeptoid #210: The North American Union
The United States, Canada, and Mexico are not planning to merge into a single huge police state.
00:13:33 |
Tue 15 Jun 2010
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