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 #149: Coral Castle
Although urban legends say the creator of Coral Castle had supernatural help, the photographs tell a different story.
00:12:20 |
Tue 14 Apr 2009
Skeptoid #148: Student Questions: Zero Point Energy and Missing Time
Skeptoid answers some interesting questions sent in by students.
00:13:44 |
Tue 07 Apr 2009
Skeptoid #147: Binaural Beats: Not Digital Drugs
The science behind binaural beats: What they are, what they are claimed to do, and what they can actually do.
00:12:35 |
Tue 31 Mar 2009
Skeptoid #146: How Old Is the Mount St. Helens Lava Dome?
Young Earthers point to an infamous dating error as evidence that the Earth is only as old as the Bible says.
00:13:35 |
Tue 24 Mar 2009
Skeptoid #145: FEMA Prison Camps
A skeptical look at the claim that FEMA maintains a network of prison camps in readiness.
00:12:21 |
Tue 17 Mar 2009
Skeptoid #144: The Case of the Strange Skulls
A collection of bizarre human skulls from around the world.
00:15:59 |
Tue 10 Mar 2009
Skeptoid #143: The Lucifer Project
Some believe that NASA is trying to turn Saturn or Jupiter into a small sun.
00:13:18 |
Tue 03 Mar 2009
Skeptoid #142: Student Questions: Sugary Behavior, Secondhand Smoke, and Wal-Mart
Answering more questions sent in by students.
00:14:14 |
Tue 24 Feb 2009
Skeptoid #141: Listener Feedback 6: I Want to Believe
More fun from the listener feedback files.
00:12:19 |
Tue 17 Feb 2009
Skeptoid #140: The Bosnian Pyramids
Belief that this hill in Bosnia is an ancient pyramid is driven by New Age woo and pathological science.
00:14:06 |
Tue 10 Feb 2009
Skeptoid #139: Alkaline Water Systems: Change Your Water, Change Your Bank Balance
Sellers of new-age water treatment products charge outrageous prices for a product with zero plausibility.
00:13:37 |
Tue 03 Feb 2009
Skeptoid #138: Is He Real, or Is He Fictional?
Guess whether these popular characters from history were real or fictional.
00:14:10 |
Tue 27 Jan 2009
Skeptoid #137: The Angel of Mons
The facts behind the story that a heavenly host saved a small group of British from a large German force in WWI.
00:11:11 |
Tue 20 Jan 2009
Skeptoid #136: Student Questions: Light Therapy, the Bermuda Triangle, and Isaac Newton
Skeptoid answers another round of questions submitted by students.
00:12:36 |
Tue 13 Jan 2009
Skeptoid #135: The Rendlesham Forest UFO
Hard to believe, but it wasn't space aliens that caused blinking lights in Rendlesham Forest in 1980.
00:16:51 |
Tue 06 Jan 2009
Skeptoid #134: Who Is Closed Minded, the Skeptic or the Believer?
Skeptics and believers both tend to accuse each other of closed-mindedness in their thinking.
00:12:17 |
Tue 30 Dec 2008
Skeptoid #133: Chasing the Min Min Light
The Australian outback's mysterious jack o' lantern has sparked some good stories, but some even better science.
00:11:31 |
Tue 23 Dec 2008
Skeptoid #132: The Sargasso Sea and the Pacific Garbage Patch
We cast our skeptical eye upon two vast hazards to navigation said to lurk in the centers of the two great oceans.
00:10:18 |
Tue 16 Dec 2008
Skeptoid #131: The Bohemian Club Conspiracy
Wealthy and powerful men gather annually at the mysterious Bohemian Grove -- but not to plot global domination.
00:13:38 |
Tue 09 Dec 2008
Skeptoid #130: Space Properties for Sale
If they're offering extraterrestrial real estate or star-naming rights for sale, chances are it's a ripoff.
00:09:45 |
Tue 02 Dec 2008
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