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 #129: The Oak Island Money Pit
This mysterious treasure pit on a Nova Scotia island has a fascinating natural explanation.
00:11:16 |
Tue 25 Nov 2008
Skeptoid #128: Student Questions: the Mozart Effect, Quantum Theory, and AIDS
Skeptoid answers some questions sent in by students.
00:11:40 |
Tue 18 Nov 2008
Skeptoid #127: The Truth about Aspartame
The artificial sweetener aspartame is falsely accused of being the cause of nearly every disease.
00:13:10 |
Tue 11 Nov 2008
Skeptoid #126: The Incorruptibles
We turn our skeptical eye on claims of incorruptibility - bodies that do not decay after death.
00:11:52 |
Tue 04 Nov 2008
Skeptoid #125: Ten Most Wanted: Celebrities Who Promote Harmful Pseudoscience
A critical look at the pseudoscientific antics of some of today's celebrities.
00:13:47 |
Tue 28 Oct 2008
Skeptoid #124: Betty and Barney Hill: The Original UFO Abduction
A critical look at the original UFO abduction story, that so many people take for granted.
00:14:04 |
Tue 21 Oct 2008
Skeptoid #123: Listener Feedback Reloaded
More fun from the inbox, responding to listener feedback.
00:09:53 |
Tue 14 Oct 2008
Skeptoid #122: HAARP Myths
A close look at HAARP, the High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program, and the claim that it's a superweapon.
00:13:41 |
Tue 07 Oct 2008
Skeptoid #121: Scalar Weapons: Tesla's Doomsday Machine?
No, Nikola Tesla did not design a superweapon capable of vaporizing whole parts of the earth.
00:11:29 |
Tue 30 Sep 2008
Skeptoid #120: The World According to Conservapedia
A new Young Earth Fundamentalist online encyclopedia rears its ugly head.
00:12:10 |
Tue 23 Sep 2008
Skeptoid #119: Student Questions: Body Searches and Theta Healing
Skeptoid answers some more questions from students. Send yours in today!
00:10:43 |
Tue 16 Sep 2008
Skeptoid #118: Demystifying the Bell Witch
An exploration of the best way to evaluate an old, unsubstantiated folk legend like The Bell Witch.
00:12:09 |
Tue 09 Sep 2008
Skeptoid #117: How Dangerous Is Cell Phone Radiation?
There is neither evidence nor plausible hypothetical foundation for cell phone signals to be at all dangerous.
00:11:32 |
Tue 02 Sep 2008
Skeptoid #116: How to Be a Skeptic and Still Have Friends
Being known as a skeptic is not necessarily good for your social life. Here's how to overcome the difficulties.
00:09:32 |
Tue 26 Aug 2008
Skeptoid #115: Search for the Missing Cosmonauts
A pair of young Italian brothers probably didn't uncover evidence of Soviet cosmonauts dying in space.
00:14:21 |
Tue 19 Aug 2008
Skeptoid #114: Student Questions: Fish Oil, Charities, and Rumors
Skeptoid answers some questions sent in by students.
00:10:19 |
Tue 12 Aug 2008
Skeptoid #113: The Most Effective Homeopathy Podcast Ever
For the first time ever, the active ingredients in homeopathic preparations are revealed.
00:10:22 |
Fri 08 Aug 2008
Skeptoid #112: Genetically Modified Organisms: Jeopardy or Jackpot?
Despite the popular fearmongering, GMO technologies promise a boon to agriculture and humanity.
00:15:09 |
Tue 05 Aug 2008
Skeptoid #111: Should Tibet Be Free?
Misinformation and fantasy surrounds the popular Tibet notions.
00:12:23 |
Tue 29 Jul 2008
Skeptoid #110: Illuminating the Fatima Miracle of the Sun
The pope canonized them, but these three children didn't actually predict anything in 1917.
00:11:51 |
Tue 22 Jul 2008
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