Sinopsis
Since 2006, the weekly Skeptoid podcast has been taking on all the most popular myths and revealing the true science, true history, and true lessons we can learn from each. Free subscribers get the most recent 50 episodes, premium subscribers (skeptoid.com) can access the full archive, all ad-free.
Episodios
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Skeptoid #796: 9/11 Truthers, 20 Years Later
07/09/2021 Duración: 13min20 years after the worst terrorist attack on American soil, the conspiracy theories are still thriving -- just as we should expect.
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Skeptoid #795: What Made the Shroud of Turin Immortal
31/08/2021 Duración: 13minA close look at what true science and true history can tell us about this most sacred Catholic relic.
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Skeptoid #794: Why You Needn't Worry About the Missing 411
24/08/2021 Duración: 14minA popular conspiracy theory claims that lots of people disappear under unexplainable circumstances in America's national parks.
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Skeptoid #793: Your Turn Yet Again
17/08/2021 Duración: 13minSkeptoid gives our take on some spooky experiences sent in by listeners.
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Skeptoid #792: Your Turn Again
10/08/2021 Duración: 12minIn which I take a shot at trying to explain some of the weirdest stories sent in by listeners.
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Skeptoid #791: Dowsing: Water Witchcraft
03/08/2021 Duración: 14minIf you need to find ground water, ask a hydrologist, not an occult magician.
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Skeptoid #790: Is the Existence of Billionaires Inherently Harmful?
27/07/2021 Duración: 14minPop culture tells us that the existence of billionaires is harmful to the economy. Is that so?
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Skeptoid #789: All About Clearcutting
20/07/2021 Duración: 14minIs clearcutting of forests for logging a public nuisance or a public benefit?
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Skeptoid #788: The UFO Rogues Gallery Takes Over America - Part 2
13/07/2021 Duración: 13minAn unlikely group of paranormalists has persuaded the American public that the government takes UFOs seriously.
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Skeptoid #787: The UFO Rogues Gallery Takes Over America - Part 1
06/07/2021 Duración: 13minAn unlikely group of paranormalists has persuaded the American public that the government takes UFOs seriously.
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Skeptoid #786: Horses in Pre-Columbian America
29/06/2021 Duración: 15minHorses went extinct in North America at the end of the last ice age, but oddly some are now saying they didn't.
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Skeptoid #785: Desalination vs. A National Water Grid
22/06/2021 Duración: 14minA comparison of two popular ways to help cope with the new water reality of global warming.
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Skeptoid #784: Head Transplants
15/06/2021 Duración: 14minThe facts and fiction of what's possible and what's already been tried in switching human heads.
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Skeptoid #783: The Legend of Barsa-Kelmes
08/06/2021 Duración: 14minThe story behind the story of the many paranormal events associated with this former island in the Aral Sea.
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Skeptoid #782: A Collection of Corrections
01/06/2021 Duración: 13minIn which another round of corrections is made to previous episodes. Keeping it real!
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Skeptoid #781: Space Junk: The Real Risk and What to Do About It
25/05/2021 Duración: 14minThe problem of a runaway catastrophe in Low Earth Orbit looms ever larger and closer.
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Skeptoid #780: CBD for Everything
18/05/2021 Duración: 15minCannabidiol is sold as an additive to just about every kind of product you can imagine. Why?
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Skeptoid #779: How the Pyramids Were (and Were Not) Built - Part 2
11/05/2021 Duración: 14minSome of what we know about the Great Pyramid that exclude it having been built by aliens or Atlanteans.
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Skeptoid #778: How the Pyramids Were (and Were Not) Built - Part 1
04/05/2021 Duración: 14minSome of what we know about the Great Pyramid that exclude it having been built by aliens or Atlanteans.
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Skeptoid #777: The 2019 USS Kidd Incident
27/04/2021 Duración: 18minPopular reports claim that a group of US Navy destroyers were buzzed by advanced drones in 2019.