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 #69: Ann Coulter, Scientist
Conservative pundit Ann Coulter should stick to politics; her science is too screwed up for words.
00:08:22 |
Tue 09 Oct 2007
Skeptoid #68: More Wet and Wild Listener Feedback
Another round of listener feedback from the past several months.
00:14:53 |
Tue 02 Oct 2007
Skeptoid #67: Do Your Body Features Measure Up?
An examination of phrenology, physiognomy, palmistry, and iridology.
00:11:38 |
Tue 25 Sep 2007
Skeptoid #66: The Greatest Secret of Nostradamus
Virtually nothing that pop culture tells us about Nostradamus is true.
00:15:17 |
Tue 18 Sep 2007
Skeptoid #65: How to Debate a Young Earth Creationist
Learn the basic arguments against science made by Young Earthers, and how to rebut them.
00:16:19 |
Tue 11 Sep 2007
Skeptoid #64: The Attack of Spring Heeled Jack
A look at the theories surrounding Spring Heeled Jack, the scourge of England in the early 1800s.
00:09:50 |
Tue 04 Sep 2007
Skeptoid #63: Subliminal Seduction
Wilson Key's magnum opus textbook about subliminal advertising was almost pure fiction.
00:09:59 |
Tue 28 Aug 2007
Skeptoid #62: Crop Circle Jerks
Crop circles are commonly known to be man made, yet some still insist they must be of alien origin.
00:13:18 |
Tue 21 Aug 2007
Skeptoid #61: Irradiation: Is Your Food Toxic?
Food that has been sterilized with irradiation is not radioactive and will not hurt you.
00:09:13 |
Tue 14 Aug 2007
Skeptoid #60: Will Drinking from Plastic Bottles Kill You?
A popular fad holds that plastic water bottles leach toxic chemicals into your water. Don't believe it.
00:08:40 |
Thu 09 Aug 2007
Skeptoid #59: Who Are the Raelians, and Why Are They Naked?
The Raelians are naked and they worship space aliens.
00:11:09 |
Sat 04 Aug 2007
Skeptoid #58: All About Fluoridation
A few fringe activists claim that fluoridation of water carries more danger than benefit.
00:10:00 |
Mon 30 Jul 2007
Skeptoid #57: Email Myths
A look at some of those persistent hoax emails that you receive almost every day.
00:13:08 |
Wed 25 Jul 2007
Skeptoid #56: Bizarre Places I'd Like to Go
California is home to a wealth of places rich with mystery and intrigue.
00:12:00 |
Fri 20 Jul 2007
Skeptoid #55: Autism and Chelation: A Recipe for Risk
An examination of the lethal pop-culture fad of chelating autistic children.
00:11:19 |
Sun 15 Jul 2007
Skeptoid #54: The Twin Towers: Fire Melting Steel
The Oakland freeway collapse was not a government ploy to prove that the Twin Towers collapsed from fire.
00:10:15 |
Tue 10 Jul 2007
Skeptoid #53: Borley Rectory: the World's Most Haunted House?
This "world's most haunted house" was the invention of an imaginative showman and author.
00:13:51 |
Thu 05 Jul 2007
Skeptoid #52: Science Magazines Violating Their Own Missions
Science magazines continue to undermine themselves by publishing ads for pseudoscientific products.
00:07:58 |
Sat 30 Jun 2007
Skeptoid #51: Ethanol: Miracle Fuel, or Not?
Ethanol as a fuel may be carbon neutral, but offers few other benefits.
00:08:39 |
Mon 25 Jun 2007
Skeptoid #50: How to Identify a "Good" Scientific Journal
Here is how to tell whose "scientific journal" article is actually more reputable.
00:10:53 |
Fri 15 Jun 2007
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