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 #294: Frequent Listener Feedback

    24/01/2012 Duración: 12min

    Skeptoid answers some listener emails that present common flaws in scientific thinking.

  • Skeptoid #293: Wunderwaffen: Nazi Wonder Weapons

    17/01/2012 Duración: 14min

    The true history behind the claimed Nazi "wonder weapons" like anti-gravity flying saucers.

  • Skeptoid #292: The Grey Man of Ben MacDhui

    10/01/2012 Duración: 12min

    A thin, dark phantom three times the height of a man is said to stalk this peak in the Cairngorms.

  • Skeptoid #291: The Toxic Lady

    03/01/2012 Duración: 12min

    The story goes that in 1994, fumes from a woman's body knocked out most of an emergency room staff.

  • Skeptoid #290: Approaching a Subject Skeptically

    27/12/2011 Duración: 11min

    My process for examining a new topic, to learn whether it's fact or fiction.

  • Skeptoid #289: The Mystery of the Mary Celeste

    20/12/2011 Duración: 12min

    The facts, as we know them, about what really happened to maritime lore's most famous missing crew.

  • Skeptoid #288: Pit Bull Attack!

    13/12/2011 Duración: 12min

    Pit bulls have a reputation for being the most dangerous dog breed. Turns out the facts just don't support that.

  • Skeptoid #287: Korean Fan Death

    06/12/2011 Duración: 13min

    An urban legend in Korea states that running an electric fan at night can kill you.

  • Skeptoid #286: Listener Feedback: Dorothy and Her Straw Man

    29/11/2011 Duración: 11min

    Skeptoid responds to some feedback emails notable for their dependence on straw man arguments.

  • Skeptoid #285: Slips and Goofs

    22/11/2011 Duración: 12min

    Skeptoid corrects another round of errors found in previous episodes.

  • Skeptoid #284: The Fate of Fletcher Christian

    15/11/2011 Duración: 12min

    No good evidence supports the claims that the leader of the Bounty mutineers made it safely back to England.

  • Skeptoid #283: Top 10 Worst Anti-Science Websites

    08/11/2011 Duración: 15min

    My list of the worst offenders on the web in the promotion of scientific and factual misinformation.

  • Skeptoid #282: The Jersey Devil

    01/11/2011 Duración: 12min

    Said to have been haunting New Jersey for nearly 300 years, this alleged creature has its actual origins in politics.

  • Skeptoid #281: The Science of Voting

    25/10/2011 Duración: 11min

    Most election methods are fundamentally broken, but can be fixed with any of a number of tweaks.

  • Skeptoid #280: Finding Shakespeare

    18/10/2011 Duración: 13min

    The claim that someone else wrote Shakespeare's works is popular, but virtually indefensible.

  • Skeptoid #279: Noah's Ark: Sea Trials

    11/10/2011 Duración: 12min

    Why it's impossible for a wooden vessel the size of Noah's Ark to be seaworthy.

  • Skeptoid #278: Brainwashing and Deprogramming

    04/10/2011 Duración: 12min

    Both brainwashing and its opposite, deprogramming, are equally mythological.

  • Skeptoid #277: Student Questions: A Few Good Myths

    27/09/2011 Duración: 12min

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

  • Skeptoid #276: The Monster of Glamis

    20/09/2011 Duración: 14min

    The story of a living beast in Scotland's Glamis Castle may have a nugget of truth.

  • Skeptoid #275: All About Fracking

    13/09/2011 Duración: 14min

    There are lots of reasons to move away from fossil fuels, but the supposed hazards of fracking just aren't among them.

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