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 #879: Alien Octopi
A popular Internet claim asserts that the DNA of the octopus is literally alien in origin.
00:14:39 |
Tue 11 Apr 2023
Skeptoid #878: Reining In the Expanding Earth
Although the Expanding Earth may seem like a silly conjecture, it was actually one of the leading geophysical models quite recently.
00:15:43 |
Tue 04 Apr 2023
Skeptoid #877: What the Oil Companies Really Knew, Part 2
Is it true that the oil companies knew how much harm they were doing as far back as the 1970s?
00:15:47 |
Tue 28 Mar 2023
Skeptoid #876: What the Oil Companies Really Knew, Part 1
Is it true that the oil companies knew how much harm they were doing as far back as the 1970s?
00:14:35 |
Tue 21 Mar 2023
Skeptoid #875: Pop Quiz: St. Patrick's Day
Today's quiz tests whether you've been skeptical of what you think you know about St. Patrick's Day.
00:15:44 |
Tue 14 Mar 2023
Skeptoid #874: The Devil's Tramping Ground
Popular tales claim no plants at all will grow inside this round clearing in North Carolina, said to have been made by the Devil himself.
00:14:47 |
Tue 07 Mar 2023
Skeptoid #873: Earthquake Prediction
After every earthquake, there's always someone who claims to have predicted it. Is earthquake prediction possible?
00:14:53 |
Tue 28 Feb 2023
Skeptoid #872: Climate Change Checkup: 2023 Edition
The state of the climate so far... how we're doing, and what do we need to work on the most.
00:16:39 |
Tue 21 Feb 2023
Skeptoid #871: 7 Valentine's Day Myths
See if you can tell whether each of these popular beliefs about Valentine's Day are true or false.
00:15:01 |
Tue 14 Feb 2023
Skeptoid #870: The Dirty Secret of Dirty Electricity
Is there such a thing as a type of electricity running through your home's wiring that delivers horrific health impacts to anyone living there?
00:15:47 |
Tue 07 Feb 2023
Skeptoid #869: The Goat Man of Pope Lick Bridge
Stories of goat men are all over the world. Why is the Pope Lick goat man disproportionately famous?
00:13:29 |
Tue 31 Jan 2023
Skeptoid #868: Top 10 Most Harmful Anti-Experts: 2023 Edition
Once again we round up the people working hardest to spread misinformation.
00:17:03 |
Tue 24 Jan 2023
Skeptoid #867: Student Questions: Guidestones and Tachyons
Skeptoid answers another round of questions sent in by friendly folks all over the world.
00:14:53 |
Tue 17 Jan 2023
Skeptoid #866: What THEY Don't Want You to Know About UFOs
Some great ways to think about all the current UFO craze.
00:16:21 |
Tue 10 Jan 2023
Skeptoid #865: The Non-Mystery of Nan Madol
Was this megalithic site in the South Pacific built by the people who lived there at the time, or by aliens?
00:17:49 |
Tue 03 Jan 2023
Skeptoid #864: Ask Me Anything, 2022 Edition
In which we wrap up 2022 by letting Skeptoid premium members Ask Me Anything.
00:14:22 |
Tue 27 Dec 2022
Skeptoid #863: Pulsed Electromagnetic Field Woo
The latest form of magnet therapy promises to cure everything from headaches to cancer.
00:14:26 |
Tue 20 Dec 2022
Skeptoid #862: Human Mosquito Magnets
Is it true that mosquitoes like some people better than others?
00:13:38 |
Tue 13 Dec 2022
Skeptoid #861: Marketing with Logical Fallacies
A look at some of the logically fallacious statements used to sell many of today's most popular products.
00:15:02 |
Tue 06 Dec 2022
The Big UFO Update!
The latest news, and some clips, from my indie documentary The UFO Movie THEY Don't Want You to See!
00:03:49 |
Tue 29 Nov 2022
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