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 #689: The Bili Ape of the Congo
20/08/2019 Duración: 14minThe facts behind the legend of a mysterious giant ape, said by some to be a chimp-gorilla hybrid.
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Skeptoid #688: Your Phavorite Phollowups
13/08/2019 Duración: 14minUpdates and newer information to some of the conclusions in your favorite Skeptoid episodes.
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Skeptoid #687: No, Electric Cars Don't Pollute More
06/08/2019 Duración: 14minPopularly shared articles claim electric cars produce more greenhouses gases than internal combustion cars.
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Skeptoid #686: Your Weirdest Thing, Vol. 2
30/07/2019 Duración: 14minI give my thoughts trying to solve some of your weirdest experiences.
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Skeptoid #685: Your Weirdest Thing, Vol. 1
23/07/2019 Duración: 14minI take a shot at critical analysis of your weirdest experiences.
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Skeptoid #684: Starlite, the Magical Mystery Material
16/07/2019 Duración: 15minThe real reasons for the disappearance of this amateur material said to be able to withstand even a nuclear blast.
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Skeptoid #683: Prehistoric Supersonic Monster Tides
09/07/2019 Duración: 15minA geophysical look at the idea that Earth's early history had enormous destructive tides.
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Skeptoid #682: Mexico's Zone of Silence
02/07/2019 Duración: 14minLegend has it that radios and compasses will not work in this remote Mexican desert.
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Skeptoid #681: Alien Visitation and Kecksburg
25/06/2019 Duración: 14minWe can often get a good sense of a UFO story's accuracy even without researching all the details.
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Skeptoid #680: The True Fate of the Amber Room
18/06/2019 Duración: 14minState-sponsored disinformation continues to drive treasure hunters who seek the legendary Amber Room.
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Skeptoid #679: The Greenbrier Ghost
11/06/2019 Duración: 13minA skeptical look at the time a ghost's testimony resulted in a murder conviction.
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Skeptoid #678: What the Feedback
04/06/2019 Duración: 14minMore updates and additional information for some recent Skeptoid episodes.
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Skeptoid #677: 5G: Upgrade or Uncertainty?
28/05/2019 Duración: 15minAn examination of the claims that 5G cell phone data service is potentially harmful to life.
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Skeptoid #676: Glyphosate and Behavioral Economics
21/05/2019 Duración: 14minHow misinformation spread over one of the safest herbicides becoming known as one of the most harmful.
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Skeptoid #675: Valiant Thor: Your Friendly Pentagon Alien
14/05/2019 Duración: 14minSome believe this benevolent alien from Venus lived and advised at the Pentagon for three years.
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Skeptoid #674: Student Questions: Drinking Urine and Studying to Music
07/05/2019 Duración: 13minSkeptoid answers another round of questions sent in by students all around the world.
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Skeptoid #673: Yamashita's Gold
30/04/2019 Duración: 14minThe facts behind the urban legend that billions in Japanese gold lie buried in the Philippines.
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Skeptoid #672: Refeeding Syndrome and Sudden Death
23/04/2019 Duración: 14minCan starving people actually die immediately upon being given their first bite of food?
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Skeptoid #671: China, Imported Recyclables, and Ocean Plastic
16/04/2019 Duración: 15minAddressing the facts and the fictions around China's ending its overseas purchases of recyclable plastic.
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Skeptoid #670: Wrong Does Not Cease to be Wrong
09/04/2019 Duración: 14minThe 15th episode devoted to corrections in previous shows. If it ain't right, we fix it.