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 #153: Revenge of the Listener Feedback
12/05/2009 Duración: 12minAnother peek into the mailbag to see who loves us, and who hates us.
-
Skeptoid #152: Attack of the Globsters!
05/05/2009 Duración: 13minMysterious blobs of flesh washed up on the world's beaches have been called everything from sea monsters to Cthulhu.
-
Skeptoid #151: The Placebo Effect
28/04/2009 Duración: 13minA look at the placebo effect: What it can do, what it can't do, and what you need to know about it.
-
Skeptoid #150: Screwed!
21/04/2009 Duración: 10minA secret recording of an actual meeting of the Illuminati.
-
Skeptoid #149: Coral Castle
14/04/2009 Duración: 12minAlthough urban legends say the creator of Coral Castle had supernatural help, the photographs tell a different story.
-
Skeptoid #148: Student Questions: Zero Point Energy and Missing Time
07/04/2009 Duración: 13minSkeptoid answers some interesting questions sent in by students.
-
Skeptoid #147: Binaural Beats: Not Digital Drugs
31/03/2009 Duración: 12minThe science behind binaural beats: What they are, what they are claimed to do, and what they can actually do.
-
Skeptoid #146: How Old Is the Mount St. Helens Lava Dome?
24/03/2009 Duración: 13minYoung Earthers point to an infamous dating error as evidence that the Earth is only as old as the Bible says.
-
Skeptoid #145: FEMA Prison Camps
17/03/2009 Duración: 12minA skeptical look at the claim that FEMA maintains a network of prison camps in readiness.
-
Skeptoid #144: The Case of the Strange Skulls
10/03/2009 Duración: 15minA collection of bizarre human skulls from around the world.
-
Skeptoid #143: The Lucifer Project
03/03/2009 Duración: 13minSome believe that NASA is trying to turn Saturn or Jupiter into a small sun.
-
Skeptoid #142: Student Questions: Sugary Behavior, Secondhand Smoke, and Wal-Mart
24/02/2009 Duración: 14minAnswering more questions sent in by students.
-
Skeptoid #141: Listener Feedback 6: I Want to Believe
17/02/2009 Duración: 12minMore fun from the listener feedback files.
-
Skeptoid #140: The Bosnian Pyramids
10/02/2009 Duración: 14minBelief that this hill in Bosnia is an ancient pyramid is driven by New Age woo and pathological science.
-
Skeptoid #139: Alkaline Water Systems: Change Your Water, Change Your Bank Balance
03/02/2009 Duración: 13minSellers of new-age water treatment products charge outrageous prices for a product with zero plausibility.
-
Skeptoid #138: Is He Real, or Is He Fictional?
27/01/2009 Duración: 14minGuess whether these popular characters from history were real or fictional.
-
Skeptoid #137: The Angel of Mons
20/01/2009 Duración: 11minThe facts behind the story that a heavenly host saved a small group of British from a large German force in WWI.
-
Skeptoid #136: Student Questions: Light Therapy, the Bermuda Triangle, and Isaac Newton
13/01/2009 Duración: 12minSkeptoid answers another round of questions submitted by students.
-
Skeptoid #135: The Rendlesham Forest UFO
06/01/2009 Duración: 16minHard to believe, but it wasn't space aliens that caused blinking lights in Rendlesham Forest in 1980.
-
Skeptoid #134: Who Is Closed Minded, the Skeptic or the Believer?
30/12/2008 Duración: 12minSkeptics and believers both tend to accuse each other of closed-mindedness in their thinking.