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 #49: Unconscious Research of Global Consciousness
Some say that the collective emotions of humans can influence electronic hardware.
00:12:39 |
Sun 10 Jun 2007
Skeptoid #48: The Bible Code: Enigmas for Dummies
Despite claims of divine origin, "Bible Codes" are found in every long manuscript, even random text.
00:11:00 |
Tue 05 Jun 2007
Skeptoid #47: Free Range Chicken and Farm Raised Fish
Free range chickens and farm raised fish probably have almost none of the benefits you think they do.
00:10:29 |
Sat 26 May 2007
Skeptoid #46: Support Your Local Reptoid
The conspiracy theory that reptilian beings control our governments has a fascinating history.
00:10:30 |
Mon 21 May 2007
Skeptoid #45: The Importance of Teaching Critical Thinking
Teaching critical thinking to students needs to be much more than simply asking the Socratic questions.
00:08:13 |
Wed 16 May 2007
Skeptoid #44: The Truth About Remote Viewing
The psychic technique of remote viewing is consistent with simple, well known magic tricks.
00:11:48 |
Fri 11 May 2007
Skeptoid #43: A Mormon History of the Americas
The Book of Mormon's history of the Americas is full of irreconcilable errors and false archaeology.
00:09:50 |
Sun 06 May 2007
Skeptoid #42: Whacking, Cracking, and Chiropracting
Defined in 1895, chiropractic treats imaginary conditions with dangerous manipulations.
00:11:04 |
Tue 01 May 2007
Skeptoid #41: The Alien Invasion of Phoenix, Arizona
Despite what many UFOlogists want, the famous Phoenix Lights were not alien spacecraft.
00:11:47 |
Thu 26 Apr 2007
Skeptoid #40: Neanderthals in Present Day Asia
Some claim that a legendary wildman, the Almas, is a population of relict Neanderthals.
00:08:56 |
Sat 21 Apr 2007
Skeptoid #39: Heating Up to Global Warming
Why everyone needs to start taking global warming more seriously.
00:12:15 |
Mon 16 Apr 2007
Skeptoid #38: The Marfa Lights: A Real American Mystery
No matter how much we want these Texas ghost lights to be mysterious, it turns out they're all too mundane.
00:09:06 |
Wed 11 Apr 2007
Skeptoid #37: How to Spot Pseudoscience
This 15-point checklist will help you tell science from pseudoscience.
00:13:04 |
Fri 06 Apr 2007
Skeptoid #36: Mercury Fillings
Mercury amalgam fillings do not release toxic levels of mercury into the body, and are harmless.
00:11:15 |
Sun 01 Apr 2007
Skeptoid #35: Revisionist Darwinism: The Theory That Couldn't Sit Still
Some creationists claim that evolutionary theory is invalid because it improves as our knowledge increases.
00:09:17 |
Tue 27 Mar 2007
Skeptoid #34: Homeopathy: Pure Water or Pure Nonsense?
Contrary to what many supporters think, homeopathy is neither an herbal nor a natural remedy.
00:13:11 |
Thu 22 Mar 2007
Skeptoid #33: Best of Listener Feedback
The best of listener feedback from the first 32 Skeptoid episodes.
00:14:02 |
Sat 17 Mar 2007
Skeptoid #32: Blood for Oil
The claim that the wars in the Middle East were about oil don't stand up to economic scrutiny.
00:09:03 |
Mon 12 Mar 2007
Skeptoid #31: The Devil Walked in Devon
This 100-mile track of footprints in 1855 probably was not laid by the devil.
00:07:33 |
Wed 07 Mar 2007
Skeptoid #30: Raw Food - Raw Deal?
Some claim that cooking your food ruins its nutrients or makes it poisonous, in a misguided effort to promote raw food.
00:12:34 |
Thu 01 Mar 2007
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