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 #749: Observing the Bystander Effect
13/10/2020 Duración: 13minSome research has found that crowds are apathetic and don't render assistance; some has found the opposite.
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Skeptoid #748: Who Sank the Maine?
06/10/2020 Duración: 15minMany theories surround the mysterious sinking of the USS Maine that triggered the Spanish-American War.
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Skeptoid #747: Hitler's Operation Long Jump
29/09/2020 Duración: 14minPopular stories claim that the Nazis tried to assassinate Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin in Tehran in 1943.
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Skeptoid #746: Error Correction: Tokyo Drift
22/09/2020 Duración: 14minSkeptoid corrects another round of errors sent in by listeners just like you.
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Skeptoid #745: Australia Doesn't Exist, and Other Geographic Conspiracy Theories
15/09/2020 Duración: 13minThe belief that Australia doesn't exist may not be as unique as you think.
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Skeptoid #744: Phineas Gage, on Second Thought
08/09/2020 Duración: 14minA reexamination of the famous case of the man whose personality changed from a grievous brain injury.
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Skeptoid #743: Hinkley: The Erin Brockovich Case
01/09/2020 Duración: 15minThe facts differ widely from what's generally believed to have been a mass poisoning.
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Skeptoid #742: The Phantom Fortress
25/08/2020 Duración: 13minThis B-17 supposedly completed a mission and returned to base, all without an aircrew.
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Skeptoid #741: The Wisdom and Stupidity of Crowds
18/08/2020 Duración: 14minHow the wisdom of crowds can sometimes allow groups of non-experts to reach an expert conclusion.
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Skeptoid #740: Student Questions: Yellow Glasses and Nuclear Waste for Tomorrow
11/08/2020 Duración: 14minSkeptoid answers another round of questions sent in by students all around the world.
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Skeptoid #739: More on 5G and COVID Masks
04/08/2020 Duración: 13minSome supplemental information on recent episodes, plus some listener feedback.
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Skeptoid #738: The QAnon Conspiracy
28/07/2020 Duración: 15minThis growing conspiracy theory posits that a global cabal of pedophiles secretly controls the US government.
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Skeptoid #737: The Berkshire County UFO
21/07/2020 Duración: 16minWhy a UFO case you've probably never heard of got attention from a major TV network.
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Skeptoid #736: New World Tobacco in Old World Mummies
14/07/2020 Duración: 15minSome believe that traces of tobacco in Egyptian mummies prove the Egyptians were first to the New World.
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Skeptoid #735: Bill Gates Conspiracy Theories
07/07/2020 Duración: 15minWhy is the world's greatest public health philanthropist charged with crimes against humanity?
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Skeptoid #734: The Stoned Ape Theory
30/06/2020 Duración: 15minSome believe that psychedelic drugs played an irreplaceable role in the evolution of Homo sapiens.
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Skeptoid #733: Listener Feedback: Endgame
23/06/2020 Duración: 13minUpdates to the episode on MSG sensitivity and the Miracle of Calanda.
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Skeptoid #732: Hunting the Beast of Gevaudan
16/06/2020 Duración: 15minThis mysterious creature actually killed over 100 people in France in the 1760s.
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Skeptoid #731: More Out of Place Artifacts
09/06/2020 Duración: 14minA survey of seven of the most popular out-of-place artifacts said to overturn human history.
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Skeptoid #730: The Skeletons of the Great Eastern
02/06/2020 Duración: 14minA popular tale claims that the skeletons of two riveters were found between the hulls of this mighty ship.