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 #525: Autopsy: The Clinton Body Count
28/06/2016 Duración: 13minThe surprising origins of the claim that the Clintons kill any who get in their way.
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Skeptoid #524: Colony Collapse Disorder: Science and Pseudoscience
21/06/2016 Duración: 13minEveryone loves to point the finger at the cause of Colony Collapse Disorder; here's what we actually know.
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Skeptoid #523: How Do Homing Pigeons Navigate?
14/06/2016 Duración: 13minThe latest and greatest research reveals that we still have no clue how birds accomplish this amazing feat.
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Skeptoid #522: Dark Watchers
07/06/2016 Duración: 12minThe true origins of the Dark Watchers, said to go all the way back to Chumash Indian stories.
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Skeptoid #521: The New Flat Earthers
31/05/2016 Duración: 13minThe reinvented Flat Earth fad is less about geophysics and more about conspiracy mongering.
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Skeptoid #520: Solving the Haunted Hoia-Baciu Forest
24/05/2016 Duración: 12minIt is said to be the world's most haunted forest. Here's what we actually find there.
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Skeptoid #519: Alien Implants
17/05/2016 Duración: 14minSome of those who believe they've been abducted by aliens also think they were left with a souvenir.
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Skeptoid #518: Listener Feedback: Denial and Aliens
10/05/2016 Duración: 12minSkeptoid answers some feedback sent in by listeners.
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Skeptoid #517: Antibiotics and Hormones in Beef
03/05/2016 Duración: 13minOne of pop food woo's favorite claims is that drugs given to beef cattle pose a danger to humans.
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Skeptoid #516: Demythologizing the Shaolin Monks
26/04/2016 Duración: 13minJust about everything you think you know about the Shaolin Monks was made up for tourists.
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Skeptoid #515: All About Absinthe
19/04/2016 Duración: 13minThis mysterious alcoholic drink is the subject of more urban legends than any other liquor.
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Skeptoid #514: Your Thoughts on Making Skepticism Commercial
12/04/2016 Duración: 12minA proposal for how we can make skeptical programming more attractive to a larger audience.
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Skeptoid #513: Why Musical Aliens Probably Use the Same Scale We Do
05/04/2016 Duración: 13minReliance on universal mathematical principles may mean alien music is similar to our own.
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Skeptoid #512: Decrypting Mother Teresa
29/03/2016 Duración: 13minIt's popular to criticize Mother Teresa, but that criticism might be better directed at the real culprit.
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Skeptoid #511: Firestorm in Waco
22/03/2016 Duración: 14minThe FBI did not deliberately murder the Branch Davidians in Waco, Texas.
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Skeptoid #510: Student Questions: Multiple Intelligences and the Gender Pay Gap
15/03/2016 Duración: 12minSkeptoid answers another round of questions sent in by students all around the world.
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Skeptoid #509: Ninjas Unmasked
08/03/2016 Duración: 14minThese superheroes of martial arts lore may not be exactly what you thought they were.
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Skeptoid #508: Demythologizing the Knights Templar
01/03/2016 Duración: 13minMore pseudohistory than fact surrounds this ancient order's depictions in pop culture.
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Skeptoid #507: No, Hitler Did Not Escape
23/02/2016 Duración: 13minThere is no truth to the popular myth that Hitler escaped Berlin and went to Argentina.
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Skeptoid #506: Bad Skepticism: Why You Should Challenge Popular Assumptions
16/02/2016 Duración: 12minFrom swamp gas and waterspouts to alternative medicine, the harm of not challenging popular assumptions.