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 #89: Despicable Vulture Scumbags
My thoughts on a company that sells useless pseudoscientific hardware to an ALS victim.
00:11:15 |
Tue 26 Feb 2008
Skeptoid #88: Super Sized Fast Food Phobia
Unlike what's said in highly dramatized Hollywood shockumentaries, fast food is not especially unhealthy.
00:11:14 |
Tue 19 Feb 2008
Skeptoid #87: Water: Alternative Fuel of the Future?
Cranks love to make the claim on YouTube, but you cannot run your car on water.
00:10:47 |
Tue 12 Feb 2008
Skeptoid #86: MonaVie and Other "Superfruit" Juices
Superfruit juices are nothing more than super ripoffs. Don't waste your money.
00:12:39 |
Tue 05 Feb 2008
Skeptoid #85: World Trade Center 7: The Lies Come Crashing Down
The collapse of 7 World Trade Center was not a controlled demolition.
00:11:04 |
Tue 29 Jan 2008
Skeptoid #84: Magic Jewelry
All sorts of marvelous health claims are made for jewelry such as the Q-Ray bracelet.
00:11:31 |
Tue 22 Jan 2008
Skeptoid #83: The Detoxification Myth
Despite its sciencey-sounding name, there is no such thing as "detoxification" beyond what your body already does.
00:12:31 |
Tue 15 Jan 2008
Skeptoid #82: What Do Creationists Really Believe?
Creationism is not one set of beliefs - it is a battleground of dramatically conflicting world views.
00:11:34 |
Tue 08 Jan 2008
Skeptoid #81: Ghost Hunting Tools of the Trade
Why the use of electronic equipment by TV ghost hunters is so stupid.
00:12:33 |
Tue 01 Jan 2008
Skeptoid #80: Are Microwave Ovens Safe?
An examination of the various claims that microwaved food and water are poisonous.
00:11:34 |
Tue 25 Dec 2007
Skeptoid #79: Aliens in Roswell
Pop culture says it was an alien spaceship -- but history tells us what was really found in the New Mexico desert.
00:13:26 |
Tue 18 Dec 2007
Skeptoid #78: Medical Myths in Movies and Culture
A skeptical examination of pop-culture medical beliefs, like dramatically stabbing someone in the heart with a syringe.
00:09:42 |
Tue 11 Dec 2007
Skeptoid #77: Orang Pendek: Forest Hobbit of Sumatra
A description of Sumatra's own little miniature Bigfoot legend.
00:11:31 |
Tue 04 Dec 2007
Skeptoid #76: Who Kills More, Religion or Atheism?
Neither religion nor atheism been responsible for a greater death toll throughout human history.
00:09:21 |
Tue 27 Nov 2007
Skeptoid #75: How to See Your Aura
Despite promotional claims, neither auras nor aura photography are things.
00:10:52 |
Tue 20 Nov 2007
Skeptoid #74: A Magical Journey through the Land of Logical Fallacies - Part 2
The second part of our exploration of logical fallacies.
00:11:52 |
Tue 13 Nov 2007
Skeptoid #73: A Magical Journey through the Land of Logical Fallacies - Part 1
An examination of many of the most common logical fallacies.
00:13:59 |
Tue 06 Nov 2007
Skeptoid #72: Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity: Real or Imagined?
Some claim to be hypersensitive to electromagnetism. Science has already solved what's really going on.
00:17:01 |
Tue 30 Oct 2007
Skeptoid #71: How to Drink Gnarly Breast Milk
Proponents of colostrum supplements believe that it has a whole range of benefits.
00:09:46 |
Tue 23 Oct 2007
Skeptoid #70: Raging (Bioidentical) Hormones
An examination of the popular trend in women's health, bioidentical hormone therapy.
00:07:59 |
Tue 16 Oct 2007
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