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 #391: 8 Secret Bases: Real or Fictional?
03/12/2013 Duración: 13minGuess which of these secret military bases around the world are real.
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Skeptoid #390: The Red Haired Giants of Lovelock Cave
26/11/2013 Duración: 12minSome say that an early Native American tribe were giant cannibals.
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Skeptoid #389: The JFK Assassination
19/11/2013 Duración: 13minAfter so many decades, the number of incompatible conspiracy theories about the death of JFK continues to grow.
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Skeptoid #388: 6 Problems with Wind Turbine Syndrome
12/11/2013 Duración: 14minDespite activist claims, wind turbines are not making anybody sick.
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Skeptoid #387: Who Discovered the New World?
05/11/2013 Duración: 12minOf all the many claims of Europeans being first to the New World, only one is true.
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Skeptoid #386: Tracking the Tasmanian Tiger
29/10/2013 Duración: 13minSome say this extinct Tasmanian marsupial may still roam the forests. The evidence is against them.
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Skeptoid #385: The Disappearance of Frederick Valentich
22/10/2013 Duración: 13minA young pilot who disappeared in 1978 might have been having a little fun, Spielberg style.
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Skeptoid #384: Asking the Socratic Questions
15/10/2013 Duración: 12minA line of reasoning named for Socrates helps us help believers in the strange re-examine their beliefs.
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Skeptoid #383: 5 False Arguments for Raw Milk
08/10/2013 Duración: 14minSome people who enjoy raw milk also make up false claims that regular milk is more dangerous.
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Skeptoid #382: Into the Maelstrom (or Not)
01/10/2013 Duración: 12minA look into the plausibility and historicity of the ferocious maelstrom of legend.
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Skeptoid #381: An Enthusiast's Primer on Study Types
24/09/2013 Duración: 13minA quick look at many of the most common scientific study types.
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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.