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 #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.
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Skeptoid #537: Debunking the Moon Truthers, Part 3
20/09/2016 Duración: 13minThe hard, testable, scientific proof that we actually did land humans on the moon.
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Skeptoid #536: Debunking the Moon Truthers, Part 2
13/09/2016 Duración: 13minThe science behind many of the specific claims made by Apollo moon landing hoax conspiracy theorists.
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Skeptoid #535: Debunking the Moon Truthers, Part 1
06/09/2016 Duración: 13minThe history of the Apollo moon landing hoax conspiracy theory, and those who believe in it.
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Skeptoid #534: Earthquake Lights: Do They Exist?
30/08/2016 Duración: 15minOne of those things everyone seems to believe in, but for which there's almost no evidence.
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Skeptoid #533: Don't Try It Before You Knock It
23/08/2016 Duración: 13minTry it before you knock it… unless you want to know if it really works.
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Skeptoid #532: Who Killed the Red Baron?
16/08/2016 Duración: 15minA look at which of the six competing claims for who killed the Red Baron was probably true.
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Skeptoid #531: The Banjawarn Bang
09/08/2016 Duración: 13minEvidence suggests a doomsday cult may have successfully tested a nuclear bomb in Australia in 1993.
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Skeptoid #530: No, You Shouldn't Question Everything
02/08/2016 Duración: 14minPop wisdom continually reminds us to Question Everything -- an idea which is rarely either practical or useful.
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Skeptoid #529: Wrongy McWrongface
26/07/2016 Duración: 13minSkeptoid corrects another batch of errors from previous episodes.
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Skeptoid #528: The Secret History of Majestic 12
19/07/2016 Duración: 14minThese purported UFO documents changed the course of the culture of UFO belief.
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Skeptoid #527: Conjuring Up the Warrens
12/07/2016 Duración: 13minThe Conjuring 2 tells a story that is fictional in a way you might not have guessed.
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Skeptoid #526: Sky Trumpets
05/07/2016 Duración: 14minFrom all over the world come reports of strange trumpet-like blasts from the sky.