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 #189: Bullshido: Martial Arts Magic
Some call it Bullshido: Martial arts tricks like touchless attacks and the Touch of Death.
00:12:39 |
Tue 19 Jan 2010
Skeptoid #188: Student Questions: String Theory, the Asian Flush, and the Peltzman Effect
Skeptoid answers some questions sent in by students around the world.
00:12:55 |
Tue 12 Jan 2010
Skeptoid #187: Emergency Handbook: What to Do When a Friend Loves Woo
How you can help a friend or loved one with a potentially harmful pseudoscientific belief
00:12:43 |
Tue 05 Jan 2010
Skeptoid #186: More Things I'm Wrong About
Going back over a few previous Skeptoid episodes to correct errors (head is hung in shame).
00:12:16 |
Tue 29 Dec 2009
Skeptoid #185: Is Barefoot Better?
Some advocate that going barefoot is better for the health and strength of your feet.
00:12:57 |
Tue 22 Dec 2009
Skeptoid #184: The Antikythera Mechanism
This ancient device, 1000 years ahead of its time, neither proves alien visitation nor disproves history.
00:12:49 |
Tue 15 Dec 2009
Skeptoid #183: The Naga Fireballs
These fireballs actually do rise from the Mekong river each year -- and we know exactly what causes them.
00:13:18 |
Tue 08 Dec 2009
Skeptoid #182: Listener Feedback X
Another dip into the listener feedback files for Skeptoid.
00:12:06 |
Tue 01 Dec 2009
Skeptoid #181: The Baigong Pipes
Modern metal pipes found buried in ancient China are neither pipes nor evidence of ancient alien visitation.
00:11:59 |
Tue 24 Nov 2009
Skeptoid #180: Vaccine Ingredients
The claims made about the dangerous chemicals in vaccines are all either false or misrepresented.
00:13:23 |
Tue 17 Nov 2009
Skeptoid #179: The Scole Experiment
Said to be the best evidence yet for the afterlife, the Scole Experiments were actually just a hackneyed performance.
00:12:37 |
Tue 10 Nov 2009
Skeptoid #178: Student Questions: The Montauk Monster and Bee Sting Therapy
Skeptoid answers some more questions sent in by students, on a variety of short topics.
00:12:31 |
Tue 03 Nov 2009
Skeptoid #177: The Bloop
This mysterious sound captured by NOAA hydrophones was not a sea monster.
00:15:29 |
Tue 27 Oct 2009
Skeptoid #176: Network Marketing
Call them Network Marketing, Multilevel Marketing, or MLM, these pyramid schemes are proven not to work.
00:12:38 |
Tue 20 Oct 2009
Skeptoid #175: Shadow People
These shadowy apparitions we sometimes see can be terrifying, but aren't supernatural.
00:13:06 |
Tue 13 Oct 2009
Skeptoid #174: More Medical Myths
More myths about the human body that you've always heard, and probably believe.
00:12:11 |
Tue 06 Oct 2009
Skeptoid #173: All About Astrology
Astrology neither has plausibility nor any test data showing that its predictions are better than random chance.
00:16:04 |
Tue 29 Sep 2009
Skeptoid #172: Daylight Saving Time Myths
All the reasons you've ever heard for Daylight Saving Time are nonsense. Here is the real one.
00:11:23 |
Tue 22 Sep 2009
Skeptoid #171: The Battle of Los Angeles
At the beginning of WWII, the American defense forces in Los Angeles fought a battle against a UFO.
00:12:01 |
Tue 15 Sep 2009
Skeptoid #170: It's Raining Frogs and Fish
Waterspouts have nothing to do with popular stories of frogs and fish falling from the sky.
00:12:03 |
Tue 08 Sep 2009
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