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 #73: A Magical Journey through the Land of Logical Fallacies - Part 1
06/11/2007 Duración: 13minAn examination of many of the most common logical fallacies.
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Skeptoid #72: Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity: Real or Imagined?
30/10/2007 Duración: 17minSome claim to be hypersensitive to electromagnetism. Science has already solved what's really going on.
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Skeptoid #71: How to Drink Gnarly Breast Milk
23/10/2007 Duración: 09minProponents of colostrum supplements believe that it has a whole range of benefits.
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Skeptoid #70: Raging (Bioidentical) Hormones
16/10/2007 Duración: 07minAn examination of the popular trend in women's health, bioidentical hormone therapy.
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Skeptoid #69: Ann Coulter, Scientist
09/10/2007 Duración: 08minConservative pundit Ann Coulter should stick to politics; her science is too screwed up for words.
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Skeptoid #68: More Wet and Wild Listener Feedback
02/10/2007 Duración: 14minAnother round of listener feedback from the past several months.
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Skeptoid #67: Do Your Body Features Measure Up?
25/09/2007 Duración: 11minAn examination of phrenology, physiognomy, palmistry, and iridology.
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Skeptoid #66: The Greatest Secret of Nostradamus
18/09/2007 Duración: 15minVirtually nothing that pop culture tells us about Nostradamus is true.
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Skeptoid #65: How to Debate a Young Earth Creationist
11/09/2007 Duración: 16minLearn the basic arguments against science made by Young Earthers, and how to rebut them.
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Skeptoid #64: The Attack of Spring Heeled Jack
04/09/2007 Duración: 09minA look at the theories surrounding Spring Heeled Jack, the scourge of England in the early 1800s.
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Skeptoid #63: Subliminal Seduction
28/08/2007 Duración: 09minWilson Key's magnum opus textbook about subliminal advertising was almost pure fiction.
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Skeptoid #62: Crop Circle Jerks
21/08/2007 Duración: 13minCrop circles are commonly known to be man made, yet some still insist they must be of alien origin.
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Skeptoid #61: Irradiation: Is Your Food Toxic?
14/08/2007 Duración: 09minFood that has been sterilized with irradiation is not radioactive and will not hurt you.
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Skeptoid #60: Will Drinking from Plastic Bottles Kill You?
09/08/2007 Duración: 08minA popular fad holds that plastic water bottles leach toxic chemicals into your water. Don't believe it.
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Skeptoid #59: Who Are the Raelians, and Why Are They Naked?
04/08/2007 Duración: 11minThe Raelians are naked and they worship space aliens.
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Skeptoid #58: All About Fluoridation
30/07/2007 Duración: 10minA few fringe activists claim that fluoridation of water carries more danger than benefit.
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Skeptoid #57: Email Myths
25/07/2007 Duración: 13minA look at some of those persistent hoax emails that you receive almost every day.
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Skeptoid #56: Bizarre Places I'd Like to Go
20/07/2007 Duración: 12minCalifornia is home to a wealth of places rich with mystery and intrigue.
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Skeptoid #55: Autism and Chelation: A Recipe for Risk
15/07/2007 Duración: 11minAn examination of the lethal pop-culture fad of chelating autistic children.
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Skeptoid #54: The Twin Towers: Fire Melting Steel
10/07/2007 Duración: 10minThe Oakland freeway collapse was not a government ploy to prove that the Twin Towers collapsed from fire.