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 #557: Who Were the Berserkers?
07/02/2017 Duración: 13minThese mighty Norse warriors fought with a frenzy that seems all but inexplicable.
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Skeptoid #556: Exploring Kincaid's Cave
31/01/2017 Duración: 13minSome say a marvelous cave of Egyptian wonders is hidden in the Grand Canyon.
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Skeptoid #555: Thorium Reactors: Fact and Fiction
24/01/2017 Duración: 14minThese next-generation reactors have attracted a nearly cultish following. Here are the real facts.
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Skeptoid #554: How Your Credit Card Got Stolen
17/01/2017 Duración: 14minHere are the most likely ways that your credit card got stolen, and how you can prevent it in the future.
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Skeptoid #553: How Your Password Got Stolen
10/01/2017 Duración: 13minThe facts, fiction, and real risk to you of all these high-profile data breaches online.
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Skeptoid #552: The D. B. Cooper Mystery
03/01/2017 Duración: 13minThe world's only unsolved hijacking case is filled with misinformation.
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Skeptoid #551: Space Missions You Should Know
27/12/2016 Duración: 13minA roundup of the most exciting and important space missions you really need to know about.
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Skeptoid #550: The Mad Gasser of Mattoon
20/12/2016 Duración: 13minIn 1944, a strange night prowler is believed to have made poison gas attacks in Illinois. Here's what we know.
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Skeptoid #549: The Simple Proof of Man-Made Global Warming
13/12/2016 Duración: 14minThe two most basic Smoking Guns proving that carbon from fossil fuels is warming the Earth.
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Skeptoid #548: Bruce Lee Myths
06/12/2016 Duración: 13minMore mythology than fact surrounds this enigmatic figure from martial arts films.
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Skeptoid #547: The Ghost Fighter Plane of Pearl Harbor
29/11/2016 Duración: 12minPublished accounts tell of a mysterious fighter plane that came into Pearl Harbor a year after the Japanese attack.
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Skeptoid #546: There's No Such Thing as Race... Or Is There?
22/11/2016 Duración: 13minGenetically, race does not exist; but there are still inconvenient places for it in science.
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Skeptoid #545: First in Flight
15/11/2016 Duración: 14minYou always thought the Wright Brothers were the first to fly a plane? Well, it depends what country you're from.
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Skeptoid #544: Feedback and Followups
08/11/2016 Duración: 12minSome nifty extra information for a few recent episodes supplied by listeners in the know.
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Skeptoid #543: White Hat Journal Hoaxes
01/11/2016 Duración: 14minSometimes the best way to scrutinize an open access journal is to hoax them.
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Skeptoid #542: Photographic Memory
25/10/2016 Duración: 13minPop culture tells us that some people have photographic memories, but the truth is quite different.
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Skeptoid #541: Defusing India's Ancient Atomic Blasts
18/10/2016 Duración: 13minThe facts behind an urban legend claiming a nuclear war in India some 12,000 years ago.
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Skeptoid #540: Feng Shui Today
11/10/2016 Duración: 13minFeng shui is much more than just a debunked way to magically arrange furniture.
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Skeptoid #539: Radiation Hormesis: Is It Good for You?
04/10/2016 Duración: 14minSome say that exposure to small amounts of dangerous radiation can protect you from cancer. No, it probably doesn't.
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Skeptoid #538: The Belgian UFO Wave
27/09/2016 Duración: 14minFor two years, some say the Belgian skies were filled with triangular alien UFOs.