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 #380: The Riddle of the L-8 Blimp
17/09/2013 Duración: 12minThe crew of a blimp mysteriously vanished in 1942, but their blimp came back OK... without them.
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Skeptoid #379: I Think, Therefore I Err
10/09/2013 Duración: 12minSkeptoid corrects a bunch of errors made in previous episodes.
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Skeptoid #378: Legendary Places: Real or Fictional?
03/09/2013 Duración: 13minWe look at twelve legendary places that you've heard of, but may not know whether they're real or not.
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Skeptoid #377: Student Questions: Hangovers, Manuka Honey, and Probiotics
27/08/2013 Duración: 11minSkeptoid answers another round of questions sent in by students all around the world.
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Skeptoid #376: Salt Therapies
20/08/2013 Duración: 13minA new trend in spas is to let people relax in salt caves, and it's based on solid pseudoscience.
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Skeptoid #375: The Patterson-Gimlin Bigfoot Film
13/08/2013 Duración: 14minThe true history behind the iconic Bigfoot film that launched the legend.
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Skeptoid #374: Listener Feedback: Alternative Medicine
06/08/2013 Duración: 14minSkeptoid answers a raft of listener emails pertaining to alternative medicine.
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Skeptoid #373: The Secrets of MKULTRA
30/07/2013 Duración: 13minThe urban legend that the CIA conducted unethical mind control experiments has a grain of truth.
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Skeptoid #372: Prove Your Supernatural Power and Get Rich
23/07/2013 Duración: 11minIf you can demonstrate a power unknown to science, there are people looking to write you a check.
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Skeptoid #371: The Vanishing Village of Angikuni Lake
16/07/2013 Duración: 13minThe legend of the disappearing Eskimo village of Angikuni Lake turns out to be simple pulp fiction.
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Skeptoid #370: The Science of Muzak
09/07/2013 Duración: 12minBackground music really can influence our buying decisions in a shopping environment.
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Skeptoid #369: Student Questions: Magic Wristbands, Laser Danger, and ManBearPig
02/07/2013 Duración: 13minSkeptoid answers another round of questions sent in by students all around the world.
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Skeptoid #368: Legislating Pseudoscience
25/06/2013 Duración: 13minLawmakers are often pressured by ideologues to pass laws based on bad science.
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Skeptoid #367: Who Is the Grinning Man?
18/06/2013 Duración: 13minA mysterious "grinning man" is said to appear and terrorize UFO witnesses.
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Skeptoid #366: The Sedona Energy Vortex
11/06/2013 Duración: 13minVortexes of spiritual energy are claimed to exist in Sedona, but science suggests we remain skeptical.
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Skeptoid #365: The Black Knight Satellite
04/06/2013 Duración: 15minAn object claimed to be 13,000-year-old alien satellite orbiting the Earth is just a piece of an old space shuttle.
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Skeptoid #364: Listener Feedback: Conspiracies
28/05/2013 Duración: 13minSkeptoid answers questions sent in by listeners pertaining to conspiracy theories.
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Skeptoid #363: All About Graphology
21/05/2013 Duración: 13minIn fact, handwriting analysis tells us nothing useful about the personality and aptitudes of the writer.
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Skeptoid #362: Polybius: Video Game of Death
14/05/2013 Duración: 12minThe infamous arcade game Polybius, said to drive players to suicide or madness, was never more than an urban legend.
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Skeptoid #361: The 16 Personalities of Sybil
07/05/2013 Duración: 12minThe book and movie "Sybil" told the story of a woman purported to have Multiple Personality Syndrome.