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 #428: The Haunted Dybbuk Box
19/08/2014 Duración: 12minA popular tale tells of a haunted Jewish wine box that brought ill fortune upon its owners... apparently.
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Skeptoid #427: The Legend of the Flying Dutchman
12/08/2014 Duración: 12minThe real source of the ancient nautical legends of the Flying Dutchman ghost ship.
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Skeptoid #426: The Baldoon Mystery
05/08/2014 Duración: 12minThe surprising truth behind Canada's most famous ghost story.
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Listeners Have Another Say
01/08/2014 Duración: 04minSkeptoid supporters reveal the reason they decided to join the team.
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Skeptoid #425: Albinism Facts and Fiction
29/07/2014 Duración: 14minEven in developed countries, myths persist about people who have albinism.
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Skeptoid #424: The Santa Barbara Simoom of 1859
22/07/2014 Duración: 13minStories of a lethally hot storm wind in Santa Barbara in 1859 persist to this day.
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Skeptoid #423: 12 Step Programs
15/07/2014 Duración: 13minReligious-based twelve step programs are no better at stopping addiction than other programs.
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Skeptoid #422: Lie Detection
08/07/2014 Duración: 14minPolygraphs are no better than a roll of the dice at determining whether you're lying.
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Listeners Have a Say
04/07/2014 Duración: 04minGiving the Skeptoid listeners a chance to have their say.
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Skeptoid #421: Student Questions: Internet Tracking and Plasma Cosmology
01/07/2014 Duración: 13minSkeptoid answers another round of questions sent in by students all around the world.
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Skeptoid #420: Hillary vs. Mallory: The First to Everest
24/06/2014 Duración: 13minFrom the evidence we have, it seems clear there's no way Mallory could have beaten Hillary to the summit of Everest.
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Skeptoid #419: Slacktivism: Raising Awareness
17/06/2014 Duración: 13minClicking a "Like" button on a web site is not only useless, it may actually be counterproductive.
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Skeptoid #418: Left Brained, Right Brained, or Hare Brained?
10/06/2014 Duración: 13minPop psychology tells us we're all either left brain or right brain dominant, a concept with no scientific support.
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Skeptoid #417: The Riddle of Flight 19
03/06/2014 Duración: 13minThe 1945 disappearance of five fighter planes in the Bermuda Triangle was real, but hardly how it's portrayed.
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Skeptoid #416: 5 Conspiracy Theories that Turned Out to Be True... Maybe?
27/05/2014 Duración: 14minSkeptoid listeners are always asking for conspiracy theories that turned out to be true. Here are the best I found.
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Skeptoid #415: In Which I Am the Very Picture of Error Personified
20/05/2014 Duración: 12minSkeptoid corrects another round of mistakes made in previous episodes.
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Skeptoid #414: Killing Princess Diana
13/05/2014 Duración: 13minSome say the death of Princess Diana in 1997 was actually a murder plotted by her government.
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Skeptoid #413: 3-7-77: The Montana Vigilance Code
06/05/2014 Duración: 14minThis mysterious code representing vigilante justice has a history steeped in mystery.
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Skeptoid #412: Animal Predictors: Psychic, Sensitive, or Silly?
29/04/2014 Duración: 13minDespite many examples being promoted in the press, animals do not have psychic powers.
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Skeptoid #411: Your Body's Alleged Energy Fields
22/04/2014 Duración: 13minThere is no such thing as your body's energy field.