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 #757: The Montauk Project
08/12/2020 Duración: 15minSome believe the government opened up time portals underneath Long Island, New York.
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Skeptoid #756: The Death Ship SS Ourang Medan
01/12/2020 Duración: 14minThis ship was said to be discovered with all its crew dead under unexplainable circumstances.
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Skeptoid #755: Examining Gulf War Illness
24/11/2020 Duración: 15minSome researchers believe there is no such thing as Gulf War Illness, and the rest have more questions than answers.
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Skeptoid #754: About That Life on Mars...
17/11/2020 Duración: 14minGood scientists can get the wrong idea, but they don't need to make it worse by announcing bad science.
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Skeptoid #753: The Japan Air Lines Alaska UFO
10/11/2020 Duración: 16minThis famous UFO case is said to be proven by military radar data.
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Skeptoid #752: Listener Feedback Live: Outpost 2020
03/11/2020 Duración: 20minSkeptoid answers some... interesting feedback LIVE at the Outpost 2020 con.
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Skeptoid #751: Pop Quiz: Myths of the Middle Ages
27/10/2020 Duración: 21minHow well do you know the Middle Ages? Can you tell what's fact and what's fiction?
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Skeptoid #750: How to Extract Adrenochrome from Children
20/10/2020 Duración: 15minConspiracy theorists believe that Hollywood elitists torture children and extract drugs from their bodies.
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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.