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 #333: Student Questions: Dancing Plague and the Cinnamon Challenge

    23/10/2012 Duración: 13min

    Skeptoid answers another round of student questions sent in from all around the world.

  • Skeptoid #332: The Phantom Time Hypothesis

    16/10/2012 Duración: 14min

    A number of theories claim that several centuries never actually happened, and were faked by the Church.

  • Skeptoid #331: The Kelly-Hopkinsville Encounter

    09/10/2012 Duración: 13min

    A rural family spent half a night battling what they thought were space aliens.

  • Skeptoid #330: Hypnotism: Hijacking Your Brain?

    02/10/2012 Duración: 13min

    The facts and the fiction of one of the most intriguing psychological phenomena.

  • Skeptoid #329: Is She Real, or Is She Fictional?

    25/09/2012 Duración: 16min

    See if you can tell which of these famous women from history are real, and which are fictional.

  • Skeptoid #328: Secrets of the Stradivarius

    18/09/2012 Duración: 12min

    The secret of history's greatest stringed instrument, the Stradivarius violin, is that there is no secret.

  • Skeptoid #327: Raiding the Ark of the Covenant

    11/09/2012 Duración: 12min

    The true history of the most famous holy relic from Biblical times.

  • Skeptoid #326: The Mystery of the Vitrified Forts

    04/09/2012 Duración: 13min

    Some 60 ancient stone forts in Scotland have vitrified walls, with the stone melted into glass. Here's what we know.

  • Skeptoid #325: The Golden Ratio

    28/08/2012 Duración: 13min

    For centuries, claims both scientific and pseudoscientific have been made for the golden ratio.

  • Skeptoid #324: Listener Feedback: That Darned Science

    21/08/2012 Duración: 13min

    Skeptoid responds to some listener emails that question the validity of the scientific method.

  • Skeptoid #323: 8 Spooky Places, and Why They're Like That

    14/08/2012 Duración: 14min

    These strange places around the world rank among the most macabre, but have interesting explanations.

  • Skeptoid #322: Negative Calorie Food Myths

    07/08/2012 Duración: 12min

    Negative calorie foods, said to require more energy to digest than they provide, are a popular food fad.

  • Skeptoid #321: Skinwalkers

    31/07/2012 Duración: 14min

    Navajo Skinwalkers were said to be able to shapeshift into animals, but don't worry, it's just a tall tale.

  • Skeptoid #320: The Suicide Dogs of Overtoun Bridge

    24/07/2012 Duración: 12min

    There's a bridge in Scotland where dogs are said to deliberately commit suicide.

  • Skeptoid #319: Student Questions: Food Woo and Iron Man at the Airport

    17/07/2012 Duración: 11min

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

  • Skeptoid #318: The Loch Ness Monster

    10/07/2012 Duración: 13min

    The world's most famous cryptid is said to swim in Scotland's most famous loch.

  • Skeptoid #317: Attack of the Nanobots!

    03/07/2012 Duración: 14min

    A look at the belief that nanotechnology may result in an army of self-replicating machines that consume society.

  • New Skeptoid Books

    28/06/2012 Duración: 01min

    Skeptoid announces two new paperbacks: "Astronauts, Aliens, and Ape-Men" plus "The Secret of the Gypsy Queen".

  • Skeptoid #316: Al-Ghazali and Arab-Islamic Science

    26/06/2012 Duración: 13min

    Some say that Persian theologian al-Ghazali was solely responsible for the end of the Golden Age of science.

  • Skeptoid #315: The Tehran 1976 UFO

    19/06/2012 Duración: 15min

    Declassified military documents show that Iranian fighter planes engaged a UFO in 1976. Here's what's actually known.

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