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 #274: Listener Feedback Revolutions

    06/09/2011 Duración: 13min

    Another batch of listener emails answered and dissected. And served.

  • Skeptoid #273: Wi-Fi, Smart Meters, and Other Radio Bogeymen

    30/08/2011 Duración: 12min

    Demonizing radio transmitters as carcinogenic is popular, but is not supported by any reasonable science.

  • Skeptoid #272: Are We Alone?

    23/08/2011 Duración: 12min

    We are not alone in the galaxy. Here's why that doesn't mean we've been visited by anyone.

  • Skeptoid #271: The Zionist Conspiracy

    16/08/2011 Duración: 13min

    There is no plausible reason to think a conspiracy of Jews plans to take over the world's banks and governments.

  • Skeptoid #270: The Hessdalen Lights

    09/08/2011 Duración: 13min

    Some seek a natural or alien explanation for these aerial lights in Norway. Turns out the true cause is much simpler.

  • Skeptoid #269: The Abominable Snowman

    02/08/2011 Duración: 12min

    Science shows that the Yeti of the Himalayas is almost certainly not a real creature.

  • Skeptoid #268: Student Questions: Energy Shots and Sunscreen

    26/07/2011 Duración: 12min

    Skeptoid answers another round of questions sent in by students.

  • Skeptoid #267: Zeno's Paradoxes

    19/07/2011 Duración: 12min

    Greek philosopher Zeno apparently proved that movement was impossible with a few simple paradoxes.

  • Skeptoid #266: Feedback through a Fine Toothed Comb

    12/07/2011 Duración: 12min

    Prepare to have your mind blown by these listener emails from conspiracy theorists.

  • Skeptoid #265: Curing Gays

    05/07/2011 Duración: 14min

    Therapies intended to help gays become straight don't work.

  • Skeptoid #264: Conspiracy Theorists Aren't Crazy

    28/06/2011 Duración: 12min

    We usually dismiss conspiracy theorists as crazy people; but that doesn't tell the whole story.

  • Skeptoid #263: Anastasia

    21/06/2011 Duración: 13min

    The Grand Duchess Anastasia did not survive her family's 1918 execution, and did not go on to live in the US.

  • Skeptoid #262: The Haitian Zombies

    14/06/2011 Duración: 13min

    A look at the possibility that legends of Haitian zombies may have a grain of truth.

  • Skeptoid #261: Near Death Experiences

    07/06/2011 Duración: 13min

    A comparison of the effects of hypoxia to the reports of a brush with the afterlife.

  • Skeptoid #260: Military Dolphins: James Bonds of the Sea

    31/05/2011 Duración: 13min

    The facts behind the stories of military dolphins trained to attack divers and plant mines on ships.

  • Skeptoid #259: Mao's Barefoot Doctors: The Secret History of Chinese Medicine

    24/05/2011 Duración: 13min

    Westerners' belief that Chinese have long relied on alternative medicine is due in part to clever book publishers.

  • Skeptoid #258: Spontaneous Human Combustion

    17/05/2011 Duración: 12min

    People can catch on fire… and there doesn't seem to be anything too mysterious about any given case.

  • Skeptoid #257: The Secret of Plum Island

    10/05/2011 Duración: 13min

    This secret government lab was said to create genetic mutants. Here's what they actually did.

  • Skeptoid #256: Student Questions: Supermoons and an Apple a Day

    03/05/2011 Duración: 12min

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

  • Skeptoid #255: Superhuman Strength during a Crisis

    26/04/2011 Duración: 12min

    Popular stories tell of mothers lifting cars off their children. The science behind it is less than compelling.

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