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 #109: Will the Large Hadron Collider Destroy the Earth?
Some people believe that CERN's Large Hadron Collider will create black holes that will destroy the Earth.
00:12:05 |
Tue 15 Jul 2008
Skeptoid #108: Mystery at Dyatlov Pass
A look at one of Russia's most bizarre mysteries of mass death.
00:10:56 |
Tue 08 Jul 2008
Skeptoid #107: Spy Radio: Numbers Stations
A look at mysterious shortwave "numbers stations" around the world.
00:11:15 |
Tue 01 Jul 2008
Skeptoid #106: King Tut's Curse!
A look at the tale, the popular explanation, and the real science behind it.
00:11:29 |
Tue 24 Jun 2008
Skeptoid #105: When People Talk Backwards
Some people believe that your brain encodes its actual meaning in reverse within everything you say.
00:11:51 |
Tue 17 Jun 2008
Skeptoid #104: Yet More Winning Listener Feedback
Another visit to the endless well of listeners comments and criticisms.
00:12:40 |
Tue 10 Jun 2008
Skeptoid #103: Should You Take Your Vitamins?
Vitamin C does nothing to prevent or reduce the severity of colds.
00:10:37 |
Tue 03 Jun 2008
Skeptoid #102: What You Didn't Know about the Stanford Prison Experiment
The Stanford Prison Experiment, said to have proven that evil environments produce evil behavior, was completely unscientific and unreliable.
00:10:57 |
Tue 27 May 2008
Skeptoid #101: Things I'm Wrong About
A look back correcting some of the facts and figures that Skeptoid has gotten wrong.
00:12:00 |
Tue 20 May 2008
Skeptoid #100: Is Peak Oil the End of Civilization?
When we run out of oil, society will likely peacefully and gradually adapt.
00:10:59 |
Tue 13 May 2008
Skeptoid #99: Reassembling TWA Flight 800
TWA Flight 800 was not shot down by US friendly fire.
00:12:06 |
Tue 06 May 2008
Skeptoid #98: The Crystal Skull: Mystical, or Modern?
Despite their reputation for mystical powers, crystal skulls are neither ancient nor mysterious.
00:09:35 |
Tue 29 Apr 2008
Skeptoid #97: The Face on Mars Revealed
New high resolution imagery has proven that this hill on Mars doesn't look quite so much like a carved face after all.
00:10:12 |
Tue 22 Apr 2008
Skeptoid #96: What's Wrong with The Secret
The Secret teaches that victims are always to blame, and that anyone can have anything simply by wishing.
00:11:07 |
Tue 15 Apr 2008
Skeptoid #95: Bend Over and Own Your Own Business
If someone wants you to be their salesperson and is calling it a "business opportunity", be very skeptical.
00:11:33 |
Tue 08 Apr 2008
Skeptoid #94: Fire in the Sky: A Real UFO Abduction?
The evidence shows that Travis Walton's famous story of having been abducted by aliens probably never happened.
00:11:20 |
Tue 01 Apr 2008
Skeptoid #93: Apocalypse 2012
The real science behind the events predicted in 2012.
00:11:28 |
Tue 25 Mar 2008
Skeptoid #92: Rethinking Nuclear Power
There are many good reasons why environmentalists are turning again to nuclear power for the future.
00:12:47 |
Tue 18 Mar 2008
Skeptoid #91: More Outrageous Listener Feedback
My responses to some of the more "out there" feedback I've received.
00:10:54 |
Tue 11 Mar 2008
Skeptoid #90: Can You Hear the Hum?
An exploration of the mysterious rumble that some people hear all over the world.
00:12:16 |
Tue 04 Mar 2008
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