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 #193: The Faces of Belmez

    16/02/2010 Duración: 12min

    Faces appearing on the floor of a house in Spain were easily faked, yet many still consider them supernatural.

  • Skeptoid #192: Ball Lightning

    09/02/2010 Duración: 12min

    Everyone believes in ball lightning, but when we stick to the science, there's probably nothing there.

  • Skeptoid #191: Did Jewish Slaves Build the Pyramids?

    02/02/2010 Duración: 13min

    It's a popular story, but all the evidence tells us that no Jews were in Egypt at the time of the Pyramids.

  • Skeptoid #190: The Bell Island Boom

    26/01/2010 Duración: 12min

    This shattering boom in Newfoundland was more likely a natural phenomenon than a superweapon test.

  • Skeptoid #189: Bullshido: Martial Arts Magic

    19/01/2010 Duración: 12min

    Some call it Bullshido: Martial arts tricks like touchless attacks and the Touch of Death.

  • Skeptoid #188: Student Questions: String Theory, the Asian Flush, and the Peltzman Effect

    12/01/2010 Duración: 12min

    Skeptoid answers some questions sent in by students around the world.

  • Skeptoid #187: Emergency Handbook: What to Do When a Friend Loves Woo

    05/01/2010 Duración: 12min

    How you can help a friend or loved one with a potentially harmful pseudoscientific belief

  • Skeptoid #186: More Things I'm Wrong About

    29/12/2009 Duración: 12min

    Going back over a few previous Skeptoid episodes to correct errors (head is hung in shame).

  • Skeptoid #185: Is Barefoot Better?

    22/12/2009 Duración: 12min

    Some advocate that going barefoot is better for the health and strength of your feet.

  • Skeptoid #184: The Antikythera Mechanism

    15/12/2009 Duración: 12min

    This ancient device, 1000 years ahead of its time, neither proves alien visitation nor disproves history.

  • Skeptoid #183: The Naga Fireballs

    08/12/2009 Duración: 13min

    These fireballs actually do rise from the Mekong river each year -- and we know exactly what causes them.

  • Skeptoid #182: Listener Feedback X

    01/12/2009 Duración: 12min

    Another dip into the listener feedback files for Skeptoid.

  • Skeptoid #181: The Baigong Pipes

    24/11/2009 Duración: 11min

    Modern metal pipes found buried in ancient China are neither pipes nor evidence of ancient alien visitation.

  • Skeptoid #180: Vaccine Ingredients

    17/11/2009 Duración: 13min

    The claims made about the dangerous chemicals in vaccines are all either false or misrepresented.

  • Skeptoid #179: The Scole Experiment

    10/11/2009 Duración: 12min

    Said to be the best evidence yet for the afterlife, the Scole Experiments were actually just a hackneyed performance.

  • Skeptoid #178: Student Questions: The Montauk Monster and Bee Sting Therapy

    03/11/2009 Duración: 12min

    Skeptoid answers some more questions sent in by students, on a variety of short topics.

  • Skeptoid #177: The Bloop

    27/10/2009 Duración: 15min

    This mysterious sound captured by NOAA hydrophones was not a sea monster.

  • Skeptoid #176: Network Marketing

    20/10/2009 Duración: 12min

    Call them Network Marketing, Multilevel Marketing, or MLM, these pyramid schemes are proven not to work.

  • Skeptoid #175: Shadow People

    13/10/2009 Duración: 13min

    These shadowy apparitions we sometimes see can be terrifying, but aren't supernatural.

  • Skeptoid #174: More Medical Myths

    06/10/2009 Duración: 12min

    More myths about the human body that you've always heard, and probably believe.

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