Skeptoid

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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

  • Skeptoid #428: The Haunted Dybbuk Box

    19/08/2014 Duración: 12min

    A popular tale tells of a haunted Jewish wine box that brought ill fortune upon its owners... apparently.

  • Skeptoid #427: The Legend of the Flying Dutchman

    12/08/2014 Duración: 12min

    The real source of the ancient nautical legends of the Flying Dutchman ghost ship.

  • Skeptoid #426: The Baldoon Mystery

    05/08/2014 Duración: 12min

    The surprising truth behind Canada's most famous ghost story.

  • Listeners Have Another Say

    01/08/2014 Duración: 04min

    Skeptoid supporters reveal the reason they decided to join the team.

  • Skeptoid #425: Albinism Facts and Fiction

    29/07/2014 Duración: 14min

    Even in developed countries, myths persist about people who have albinism.

  • Skeptoid #424: The Santa Barbara Simoom of 1859

    22/07/2014 Duración: 13min

    Stories of a lethally hot storm wind in Santa Barbara in 1859 persist to this day.

  • Skeptoid #423: 12 Step Programs

    15/07/2014 Duración: 13min

    Religious-based twelve step programs are no better at stopping addiction than other programs.

  • Skeptoid #422: Lie Detection

    08/07/2014 Duración: 14min

    Polygraphs are no better than a roll of the dice at determining whether you're lying.

  • Listeners Have a Say

    04/07/2014 Duración: 04min

    Giving the Skeptoid listeners a chance to have their say.

  • Skeptoid #421: Student Questions: Internet Tracking and Plasma Cosmology

    01/07/2014 Duración: 13min

    Skeptoid answers another round of questions sent in by students all around the world.

  • Skeptoid #420: Hillary vs. Mallory: The First to Everest

    24/06/2014 Duración: 13min

    From the evidence we have, it seems clear there's no way Mallory could have beaten Hillary to the summit of Everest.

  • Skeptoid #419: Slacktivism: Raising Awareness

    17/06/2014 Duración: 13min

    Clicking a "Like" button on a web site is not only useless, it may actually be counterproductive.

  • Skeptoid #418: Left Brained, Right Brained, or Hare Brained?

    10/06/2014 Duración: 13min

    Pop psychology tells us we're all either left brain or right brain dominant, a concept with no scientific support.

  • Skeptoid #417: The Riddle of Flight 19

    03/06/2014 Duración: 13min

    The 1945 disappearance of five fighter planes in the Bermuda Triangle was real, but hardly how it's portrayed.

  • Skeptoid #416: 5 Conspiracy Theories that Turned Out to Be True... Maybe?

    27/05/2014 Duración: 14min

    Skeptoid listeners are always asking for conspiracy theories that turned out to be true. Here are the best I found.

  • Skeptoid #415: In Which I Am the Very Picture of Error Personified

    20/05/2014 Duración: 12min

    Skeptoid corrects another round of mistakes made in previous episodes.

  • Skeptoid #414: Killing Princess Diana

    13/05/2014 Duración: 13min

    Some say the death of Princess Diana in 1997 was actually a murder plotted by her government.

  • Skeptoid #413: 3-7-77: The Montana Vigilance Code

    06/05/2014 Duración: 14min

    This mysterious code representing vigilante justice has a history steeped in mystery.

  • Skeptoid #412: Animal Predictors: Psychic, Sensitive, or Silly?

    29/04/2014 Duración: 13min

    Despite many examples being promoted in the press, animals do not have psychic powers.

  • Skeptoid #411: Your Body's Alleged Energy Fields

    22/04/2014 Duración: 13min

    There is no such thing as your body's energy field.

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