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 #93: Apocalypse 2012
25/03/2008 Duración: 11minThe real science behind the events predicted in 2012.
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Skeptoid #92: Rethinking Nuclear Power
18/03/2008 Duración: 12minThere are many good reasons why environmentalists are turning again to nuclear power for the future.
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Skeptoid #91: More Outrageous Listener Feedback
11/03/2008 Duración: 10minMy responses to some of the more "out there" feedback I've received.
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Skeptoid #90: Can You Hear the Hum?
04/03/2008 Duración: 12minAn exploration of the mysterious rumble that some people hear all over the world.
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Skeptoid #89: Despicable Vulture Scumbags
26/02/2008 Duración: 11minMy thoughts on a company that sells useless pseudoscientific hardware to an ALS victim.
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Skeptoid #88: Super Sized Fast Food Phobia
19/02/2008 Duración: 11minUnlike what's said in highly dramatized Hollywood shockumentaries, fast food is not especially unhealthy.
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Skeptoid #87: Water: Alternative Fuel of the Future?
12/02/2008 Duración: 10minCranks love to make the claim on YouTube, but you cannot run your car on water.
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Skeptoid #86: MonaVie and Other "Superfruit" Juices
05/02/2008 Duración: 12minSuperfruit juices are nothing more than super ripoffs. Don't waste your money.
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Skeptoid #85: World Trade Center 7: The Lies Come Crashing Down
29/01/2008 Duración: 11minThe collapse of 7 World Trade Center was not a controlled demolition.
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Skeptoid #84: Magic Jewelry
22/01/2008 Duración: 11minAll sorts of marvelous health claims are made for jewelry such as the Q-Ray bracelet.
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Skeptoid #83: The Detoxification Myth
15/01/2008 Duración: 12minDespite its sciencey-sounding name, there is no such thing as "detoxification" beyond what your body already does.
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Skeptoid #82: What Do Creationists Really Believe?
08/01/2008 Duración: 11minCreationism is not one set of beliefs - it is a battleground of dramatically conflicting world views.
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Skeptoid #81: Ghost Hunting Tools of the Trade
01/01/2008 Duración: 12minWhy the use of electronic equipment by TV ghost hunters is so stupid.
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Skeptoid #80: Are Microwave Ovens Safe?
25/12/2007 Duración: 11minAn examination of the various claims that microwaved food and water are poisonous.
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Skeptoid #79: Aliens in Roswell
18/12/2007 Duración: 13minPop culture says it was an alien spaceship -- but history tells us what was really found in the New Mexico desert.
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Skeptoid #78: Medical Myths in Movies and Culture
11/12/2007 Duración: 09minA skeptical examination of pop-culture medical beliefs, like dramatically stabbing someone in the heart with a syringe.
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Skeptoid #77: Orang Pendek: Forest Hobbit of Sumatra
04/12/2007 Duración: 11minA description of Sumatra's own little miniature Bigfoot legend.
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Skeptoid #76: Who Kills More, Religion or Atheism?
27/11/2007 Duración: 09minNeither religion nor atheism been responsible for a greater death toll throughout human history.
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Skeptoid #75: How to See Your Aura
20/11/2007 Duración: 10minDespite promotional claims, neither auras nor aura photography are things.
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Skeptoid #74: A Magical Journey through the Land of Logical Fallacies - Part 2
13/11/2007 Duración: 11minThe second part of our exploration of logical fallacies.