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 #380: The Riddle of the L-8 Blimp

    17/09/2013 Duración: 12min

    The crew of a blimp mysteriously vanished in 1942, but their blimp came back OK... without them.

  • Skeptoid #379: I Think, Therefore I Err

    10/09/2013 Duración: 12min

    Skeptoid corrects a bunch of errors made in previous episodes.

  • Skeptoid #378: Legendary Places: Real or Fictional?

    03/09/2013 Duración: 13min

    We look at twelve legendary places that you've heard of, but may not know whether they're real or not.

  • Skeptoid #377: Student Questions: Hangovers, Manuka Honey, and Probiotics

    27/08/2013 Duración: 11min

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

  • Skeptoid #376: Salt Therapies

    20/08/2013 Duración: 13min

    A new trend in spas is to let people relax in salt caves, and it's based on solid pseudoscience.

  • Skeptoid #375: The Patterson-Gimlin Bigfoot Film

    13/08/2013 Duración: 14min

    The true history behind the iconic Bigfoot film that launched the legend.

  • Skeptoid #374: Listener Feedback: Alternative Medicine

    06/08/2013 Duración: 14min

    Skeptoid answers a raft of listener emails pertaining to alternative medicine.

  • Skeptoid #373: The Secrets of MKULTRA

    30/07/2013 Duración: 13min

    The urban legend that the CIA conducted unethical mind control experiments has a grain of truth.

  • Skeptoid #372: Prove Your Supernatural Power and Get Rich

    23/07/2013 Duración: 11min

    If you can demonstrate a power unknown to science, there are people looking to write you a check.

  • Skeptoid #371: The Vanishing Village of Angikuni Lake

    16/07/2013 Duración: 13min

    The legend of the disappearing Eskimo village of Angikuni Lake turns out to be simple pulp fiction.

  • Skeptoid #370: The Science of Muzak

    09/07/2013 Duración: 12min

    Background music really can influence our buying decisions in a shopping environment.

  • Skeptoid #369: Student Questions: Magic Wristbands, Laser Danger, and ManBearPig

    02/07/2013 Duración: 13min

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

  • Skeptoid #368: Legislating Pseudoscience

    25/06/2013 Duración: 13min

    Lawmakers are often pressured by ideologues to pass laws based on bad science.

  • Skeptoid #367: Who Is the Grinning Man?

    18/06/2013 Duración: 13min

    A mysterious "grinning man" is said to appear and terrorize UFO witnesses.

  • Skeptoid #366: The Sedona Energy Vortex

    11/06/2013 Duración: 13min

    Vortexes of spiritual energy are claimed to exist in Sedona, but science suggests we remain skeptical.

  • Skeptoid #365: The Black Knight Satellite

    04/06/2013 Duración: 15min

    An object claimed to be 13,000-year-old alien satellite orbiting the Earth is just a piece of an old space shuttle.

  • Skeptoid #364: Listener Feedback: Conspiracies

    28/05/2013 Duración: 13min

    Skeptoid answers questions sent in by listeners pertaining to conspiracy theories.

  • Skeptoid #363: All About Graphology

    21/05/2013 Duración: 13min

    In fact, handwriting analysis tells us nothing useful about the personality and aptitudes of the writer.

  • Skeptoid #362: Polybius: Video Game of Death

    14/05/2013 Duración: 12min

    The infamous arcade game Polybius, said to drive players to suicide or madness, was never more than an urban legend.

  • Skeptoid #361: The 16 Personalities of Sybil

    07/05/2013 Duración: 12min

    The book and movie "Sybil" told the story of a woman purported to have Multiple Personality Syndrome.

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