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 #351: Men in Black
26/02/2013 Duración: 14minA look at the mysterious government agents said to intimidate those who witness flying saucers.
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Skeptoid #350: Trinity: Interview with Dr. Oz, Alex Jones, and Deepak Chopra
19/02/2013 Duración: 07minSkeptoid interviews three of the most popular and controversial figures in modern pseudoscience.
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Skeptoid #349: Top 10 Best Pro-Science Celebrities
12/02/2013 Duración: 13minA list of ten Hollywood celebrities who have leveraged their fame into the promotion of science.
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Skeptoid #348: Ganzfeld Experiments
05/02/2013 Duración: 13minThe true history of the experiment that is said to present the strongest evidence yet for telepathic abilities.
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Skeptoid #347: The Lost Dutchman Gold Mine
29/01/2013 Duración: 15minThis most famous of all fabled "lost mines" has a history that fails to stand up to skeptical scrutiny.
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Skeptoid #346: Listener Feedback: Me and My Terrible Arguments
22/01/2013 Duración: 13minSkeptoid responds to another round of listener feedback.
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Skeptoid #345: The Cult of Nikola Tesla
15/01/2013 Duración: 15minThe name of Nikola Tesla is associated with crazy conspiracy claims that have nothing to do with his real work.
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Skeptoid #344: Olgoi-Khorkhoi: The Mongolian Death Worm
08/01/2013 Duración: 13minMongolian tradition holds that a strange and deadly worm lives beneath the sands of the Gobi desert.
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Skeptoid #343: The Hollow Earth Theory
01/01/2013 Duración: 13minThroughout history there have been a number of different beliefs that the Earth might be hollow.
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Skeptoid #342: Was the Wow! Signal Alien?
25/12/2012 Duración: 12minA signal received by a radio telescope in 1977 may be the best evidence yet for extraterrestrial intelligence.
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Skeptoid #341: Free Energy Machines
18/12/2012 Duración: 13minSomeone somewhere is always claiming to have cracked the secret of free energy forever, no fuel needed.
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Skeptoid #340: Listener Feedback: A Cacophony of Conspiracies
11/12/2012 Duración: 11minHow you can convince your friends that their conspiracy theories are nonsensical.
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Skeptoid #339: Setting the Bloop Straight
04/12/2012 Duración: 13minThe solution to the Bloop mystery sound is finally revealed, and Skeptoid corrects some errors from other episodes.
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Skeptoid #338: The Flat Earth Theory
27/11/2012 Duración: 13minThe Flat Earth Theory has its origins not in alt-science but in Christian Fundamentalism.
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Skeptoid #337: The Bermuda Triangle and the Devil's Sea
20/11/2012 Duración: 14minContrary to popular belief, no unusual number of disappearances has ever happened inside these two ocean regions.
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Skeptoid #336: How to Tell a Good Website from a Crap Website
13/11/2012 Duración: 14minHow to tell whether a science article on the web is reliable or not.
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Skeptoid #335: Cleansing Diets: Why or Why Not?
06/11/2012 Duración: 15minCleansing diets are trendier than ever. They are also a complete waste of your money.
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Skeptoid #334: The Betz Mystery Sphere
30/10/2012 Duración: 12minThis mysterious silver ball seemed to have all kinds of strange properties. We finally found out what it was.
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Skeptoid #333: Student Questions: Dancing Plague and the Cinnamon Challenge
23/10/2012 Duración: 13minSkeptoid answers another round of student questions sent in from all around the world.
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Skeptoid #332: The Phantom Time Hypothesis
16/10/2012 Duración: 14minA number of theories claim that several centuries never actually happened, and were faked by the Church.