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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.
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SkeptoidSkeptoid #952: Finding Slumach's Gold
Is this just another in a long line of legendary lost mines that never produced a speck of gold, or is there more to it this time? Learn about your ad choices…
SkeptoidSkeptoid #951: Dying of Excited Delirium
Turns out that the cause of death known as excited delirium is not an actual cause of death at all. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
SkeptoidSkeptoid #950: A Modern Skeptic Podcast Host
If I were to summarize how and why I do what I do, I might put it this way. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
SkeptoidSkeptoid #949: Hunting the Graveyard of the Elephants
Does a mythical place where the elephants go to die actually exist? Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
SkeptoidSkeptoid #948: Medical Error Is Not the Third Leading Cause of Death
The claim that medical error is the third leading cause of death in the US has never been close to true. Learn about your ad choices…
SkeptoidSkeptoid #947: How Your Driving Is Being Tracked
Is your phone really tracking your driving habits and selling the data? Maybe more so than you know. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
SkeptoidSkeptoid #946: Strange but True Stories from Space
The weirdest, creepiest, funniest, and just plain strange stories from the era of crewed space flight. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
SkeptoidSkeptoid #945: A Sea of Younger Dryas Woo
Pseudoarchaeologists often will cite the Younger Dryas climatic event as proof of their ancient advanced civilization. Learn about your ad choices…
SkeptoidSkeptoid #944: Bullibility and the Cult of Wellness
Not only is the entire wellness industry BS, it exists because of people who are especially gullible. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
SkeptoidSkeptoid #943: The Aliens Are Not Coming
Fear not; the aliens are not coming to Earth. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
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Death Valley for Students
Skeptoid's Death Valley Adventure is holding 5 tickets for students and active duty military. To apply to get one, visit skeptoid.com/deathvalley Learn about…
SkeptoidSkeptoid #942: What the Movies Always Get Wrong
A roundup of all those things that movies always get wrong and make you mad. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
SkeptoidSkeptoid #941: Docu Dangers: Why Science Documentaries Usually Suck
How we decide what makes a good topic for a skeptical documentary film. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
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Skeptoid #940: The Stephenville Lights
This modern UFO case has been declared to be one of the most compelling ever. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
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Skeptoid #939: A Visit to Lemuria
The true history of a mythical place. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
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Skeptoid #938: Vampire Facials
This procedure promising facial rejuvenation is basically a full face tattoo of your own blood. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
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Skeptoid #937: Helen Keller on Trial
A bizarre subculture of Helen Keller Truthers believe that she was either faking her deafblindness or even that she didn't exist at all. Learn about your ad…
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Skeptoid #936: Coffee Myths
A roundup of 15 common myths about coffee. Which ones had you always believed? Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
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Skeptoid #935: Fruitful Feedback and Followups
Skeptoid answers another round of listener feedback questions. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
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Skeptoid Adventures: Death Valley 2024
Come join the Skeptoid Adventures trip for 2024, a journey of exploration in Death Valley! Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
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Skeptoid #934: Decoding the Kensington Runestone
The story goes that this stone covered with Viking runes was found in a Minnesota field in 1898. Its true history is much more interesting. Learn about your ad…
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Snazzy New Store Items
Get the snazzy new Skeptoid Hydro Flask tumbler or radical new Skeptoid coffee mug. Both are engraved so they’ll never fade. Now available at the Skeptoid…
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Skeptoid #933: COVID-19 and the Lab Leak
Was the SARS-CoV-2 virus of natural origin, or was it engineered in a Chinese research lab? Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
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Skeptoid #932: Is Recycling for Real?
A close look at where recycling of some common materials is actually at these days. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
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Skeptoid #931: Error Erasure Extravaganza
It's time once again for Skeptoid to correct another round of errors in previous shows. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
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Skeptoid #930: Dr. Crow and the Melon Heads
Some say creepy children with huge balloon heads stalk the woods at night, waiting to attack you. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
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Skeptoid #929: The Trinity UFO Crash of 1945
The not-so-famous UFO case that caused the US Congress to spend millions of taxpayer dollars. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
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Skeptoid #928: EMDR: Looking Past the Pain
This controversial treatment for PTSD involves moving the eyes side to side. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
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Skeptoid #927: I Can't Believe They Did That: Human Guinea Pigs #3
Part 3 in our roundup of scientists who took the ultimate plunge and experimented on themselves. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
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Skeptoid #926: The Chicago O'Hare Airport UFO
In 2006, a flying saucer spent minutes literally hovering right above Chicago's O'Hare International Airport... so the story goes. Learn about your ad choices…
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Skeptoid #925: The Conspirituality of Enneagrams
Can everything important about you and those you interact with be boiled down to a single digit? Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
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Skeptoid #924: Foo Fighters
What were these early UFOs that chased and harried World War II fighter pilots? Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
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Skeptoid #923: The Voodoo Ax Murders
Were two waves of ax murders in the American south in the early 20th century truly associated with Louisiana Voodoo? Learn about your ad choices…
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Skeptoid #922: Testing Alcubierre's Warp Drive
Proponents of alien visitation often claim the Alcubierre drive makes faster than light possible. Here's why it can't exist. Learn about your ad choices…
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Institutional Partners for Our New Show
Skeptoid is looking for institutional partners and/or title sponsors for a proposed video series. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
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Skeptoid #921: Reconsidering the Seveso Dioxin Disaster
Was this infamous 1976 dioxin disaster as bad as reported, or might it have been much worse than we thought? Learn about your ad choices…
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Skeptoid #920: The Headless Goats of the Chattahoochee
The carcasses of headless goats are floating in the Chattahoochee River; too many for a prosaic explanation. Learn about your ad choices…
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Skeptoid #919: Looking Back on the Chronovisor
A Benedictine monk is said to have built a device allowing him to see and hear historical events. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
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Skeptoid #918: Martin Luther King Jr. Myths
We break down four popular myths about Martin Luther King Jr. that just won't go away. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
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Skeptoid #917: DDT, 13 Years Later
A failure mode analysis of my most-hated episode ever: #230 on the use of DDT to fight malaria. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
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Skeptoid #916: Ask Me Anything, 2023 Edition, Part 2
Skeptoid rapid fires a bunch of mini-episodes in answer to your questions. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
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Skeptoid #915: Ask Me Anything, 2023 Edition, Part 1
A year-end Ask Me Anything session to tell you everything you ever wanted to know about Skeptoid and more. Learn about your ad choices…
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Say Goodbye to 2023
Help us say goodbye to 2023, Skeptoid style. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
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Skeptoid #914: Stopping Hiccups with Science
Does science have a way to reliably cure the hiccups? Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
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Skeptoid #913: Surviving Brazil's Snake Island
This Brazilian island is said to be too dangerous to visit due to countless venomous snakes. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
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Skeptoid #912: Kambo: Let It Go
Some believe that taking a deadly frog poison confers a vast array of New Age wellness benefits. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
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Skeptoid #911: How to Escape Nibiru
Some believe this speculative rogue planet is on a collision course with the Earth. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
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Skeptoid #910: How to Spot Misinformation
Much content online is designed for high engagement, not for accuracy. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
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Skeptoid #909: Fixing Former Fumbles
Skeptoid corrects another round of errors in past episodes pointed out by listeners. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
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Skeptoid #908: Your Creepiest Halloween Stories
Celebrating Halloween with the creepiest ghost stories sent in by you, our listeners. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
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Skeptoid #907: The Science of the 27 Club
Do lots of famous pop musicians really die at the age of 27, or is there something in science that just makes us think so? Learn about your ad choices…
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Skeptoid #906: Unraveling the Myth of Nazareth
Did the village of Nazareth exist at the time of Jesus, making it possible for there to have been a Jesus of Nazareth? Learn about your ad choices…
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Skeptoid #905: Artificial Turf: Poisonous Pitches?
Some claim that artificial turf sports fields emit poisonous chemicals, making them dangerous for children. Learn about your ad choices…
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Skeptoid #904: Pop quiz: 17 for 17
What better way to celebrate 17 years of the Skeptoid podcast than a 17-question pop quiz! Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
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Skeptoid #903: Tracking California's Monster Salamander
Does a monster salamander the size of Asia's largest live undiscovered in the Pacific Northwest? Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
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Skeptoid Flashmob!
If you're going to be at CSICon 2023, join the Skeptoid Flashmob! skeptoid.com/store Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
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Skeptoid #902: Focusing in on Eye Exercises
Can you really make your eyesight better with a simple series of eye movements and exercises? Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
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Skeptoid #901: The Mystery of the Severed Feet
Severed feet have been washing up on the shores of the Salish Sea since 2007. What could be the cause? Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
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Skeptoid #900: Mussolini's Aliens
How an old Italian UFO hoax became proof of alien visitation to the US Congress Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
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Skeptoid #899: Berberine: Thin Body, or Thin Evidence?
This supplement is claimed by social media influencers to be Nature's Ozempic. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices