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 #294: Frequent Listener Feedback
24/01/2012 Duración: 12minSkeptoid answers some listener emails that present common flaws in scientific thinking.
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Skeptoid #293: Wunderwaffen: Nazi Wonder Weapons
17/01/2012 Duración: 14minThe true history behind the claimed Nazi "wonder weapons" like anti-gravity flying saucers.
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Skeptoid #292: The Grey Man of Ben MacDhui
10/01/2012 Duración: 12minA thin, dark phantom three times the height of a man is said to stalk this peak in the Cairngorms.
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Skeptoid #291: The Toxic Lady
03/01/2012 Duración: 12minThe story goes that in 1994, fumes from a woman's body knocked out most of an emergency room staff.
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Skeptoid #290: Approaching a Subject Skeptically
27/12/2011 Duración: 11minMy process for examining a new topic, to learn whether it's fact or fiction.
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Skeptoid #289: The Mystery of the Mary Celeste
20/12/2011 Duración: 12minThe facts, as we know them, about what really happened to maritime lore's most famous missing crew.
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Skeptoid #288: Pit Bull Attack!
13/12/2011 Duración: 12minPit bulls have a reputation for being the most dangerous dog breed. Turns out the facts just don't support that.
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Skeptoid #287: Korean Fan Death
06/12/2011 Duración: 13minAn urban legend in Korea states that running an electric fan at night can kill you.
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Skeptoid #286: Listener Feedback: Dorothy and Her Straw Man
29/11/2011 Duración: 11minSkeptoid responds to some feedback emails notable for their dependence on straw man arguments.
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Skeptoid #285: Slips and Goofs
22/11/2011 Duración: 12minSkeptoid corrects another round of errors found in previous episodes.
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Skeptoid #284: The Fate of Fletcher Christian
15/11/2011 Duración: 12minNo good evidence supports the claims that the leader of the Bounty mutineers made it safely back to England.
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Skeptoid #283: Top 10 Worst Anti-Science Websites
08/11/2011 Duración: 15minMy list of the worst offenders on the web in the promotion of scientific and factual misinformation.
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Skeptoid #282: The Jersey Devil
01/11/2011 Duración: 12minSaid to have been haunting New Jersey for nearly 300 years, this alleged creature has its actual origins in politics.
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Skeptoid #281: The Science of Voting
25/10/2011 Duración: 11minMost election methods are fundamentally broken, but can be fixed with any of a number of tweaks.
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Skeptoid #280: Finding Shakespeare
18/10/2011 Duración: 13minThe claim that someone else wrote Shakespeare's works is popular, but virtually indefensible.
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Skeptoid #279: Noah's Ark: Sea Trials
11/10/2011 Duración: 12minWhy it's impossible for a wooden vessel the size of Noah's Ark to be seaworthy.
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Skeptoid #278: Brainwashing and Deprogramming
04/10/2011 Duración: 12minBoth brainwashing and its opposite, deprogramming, are equally mythological.
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Skeptoid #277: Student Questions: A Few Good Myths
27/09/2011 Duración: 12minSkeptoid answers another round of questions sent in by students all around the world.
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Skeptoid #276: The Monster of Glamis
20/09/2011 Duración: 14minThe story of a living beast in Scotland's Glamis Castle may have a nugget of truth.
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Skeptoid #275: All About Fracking
13/09/2011 Duración: 14minThere are lots of reasons to move away from fossil fuels, but the supposed hazards of fracking just aren't among them.