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 #468: Listener Feedback: Fads
26/05/2015 Duración: 13minBrian responds to some listener feedback concerning the topic of fads.
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Skeptoid #467: Baby Myths
19/05/2015 Duración: 17minA look at some common myths about babies and children.
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Skeptoid #466: 5 Answers for Creationists
12/05/2015 Duración: 14minCreationists have presented 5 questions they don't think 'evolutionists' can answer. Here are some answers.
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Skeptoid #465: Agenda 21
05/05/2015 Duración: 14minA look at the conspiratorial hysteria and sensationalism surrounding the United Nations' Agenda 21.
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Skeptoid #464: The Lake Michigan Triangle
28/04/2015 Duración: 12minThere is a region in the Great Lakes where, some say, ships and planes mysteriously disappear. Not so much.
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Skeptoid #463: Transgender: Fact or Fiction?
21/04/2015 Duración: 15minThe Internet believes a lot of things about transgender people, but much of it isn't true.
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Skeptoid #462: Satanic Ritual Abuse
14/04/2015 Duración: 17minThe history of claims that secret Satanic cults are abusing children.
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Skeptoid #461: Cryptids That Turned Out To Be Real
07/04/2015 Duración: 15minSometimes speculative animals do turn out to be real, but that still doesn't validate cryptozoology as a science.
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Skeptoid #460: Plastic Bags
31/03/2015 Duración: 12minDeciding whether you want "paper or plastic" at the supermarket turns out to be a remarkably complex choice.
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Skeptoid #459: Listener Feedback: The Environment
24/03/2015 Duración: 12minBrian responds to listener feedback on past episodes about environmental topics.
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Skeptoid #458: Science Fails
17/03/2015 Duración: 14minScience has let you down time after time, and that's one reason why it gets better and better.
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Skeptoid #457: Forgetting the Alamo
10/03/2015 Duración: 20minThe myths and facts behind the events that made the Alamo famous reveal it may not be worth remembering much.
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Skeptoid #456: Cattle Mutilation
03/03/2015 Duración: 13minCow mutilation may have a simpler explanation than alien experimentation.
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Skeptoid #455: Ghost Photography
24/02/2015 Duración: 16minThe history of ghost photography and its many problems as evidence.
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Skeptoid #454: GMO Facts and Fiction
17/02/2015 Duración: 14minSee if you know how many of these GMO "facts" are right.
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Skeptoid #453: Cooking Myths
10/02/2015 Duración: 15minAs the busiest part of the house, the kitchen has collected more folklore than any other room in it.
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Skeptoid #452: The Stone Spheres of Costa Rica
03/02/2015 Duración: 09minIn Costa Rica, mysterious stone spheres left behind by the country's previous inhabitants seem to defy explanation.
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Skeptoid #451: Ideomotor Response
27/01/2015 Duración: 14minThe Ideomotor Response underlies a number of occult phenomena and alt-med practices.
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Skeptoid #450: Robert Ripley: Believe Him... or Not?
20/01/2015 Duración: 12minWe examine Believe it or Not! and determine if we can believe this stuff.
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Skeptoid #449: Ancient Astronauts
13/01/2015 Duración: 14minDid aliens visit the ancient Earth and inspire human cultures? Some people claim so.