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 #994: Making AI Environmentally Friendly
24/06/2025 Duración: 17minWill our improvements to AI's voracious appetite for electricity keep pace with the exploding demand? Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
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Skeptoid #993: How to Decide What to Eat
17/06/2025 Duración: 17minDo you really need to pay quite so much attention to which foods you eat, and which you avoid? Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
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Skeptoid #992: The Case of the Missing Beaumont Children
10/06/2025 Duración: 17minSince psychic abilities do not exist outside the delusions of true believers, involving psychics in searches for missing persons is worse than useless. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
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Skeptoid #991: Real Sea Monsters
03/06/2025 Duración: 19minA roundup of all the biggest and scariest real sea monsters — from today and from prehistoric times. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
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Skeptoid #990: Rethinking Science Education
27/05/2025 Duración: 16minHow one special moment redefined how a science teacher does her job. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
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Skeptoid #989: Are $1,000,000 Paranormal Challenges Effective?
20/05/2025 Duración: 15minTheir exciting nature, combined with the fact nobody's ever won one, make paranormal challenge prizes important educational tools. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
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Skeptoid #988: Chocolate Myths
13/05/2025 Duración: 14minHere are many popular myths about chocolate. How many can you tell are true or not? Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
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Skeptoid #987: More than a Magician's Assistant
06/05/2025 Duración: 15minShe may have gotten her start as Houdini's sidekick, but Rose Mackenberg became a giant of unmasking fraudulent mediums. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
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A Brief Shake-Up at Skeptoid
05/05/2025 Duración: 01minYou're going to get to enjoy some new guest hosts for a month or two on Skeptoid. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
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Skeptoid #986: Do Functional Mushrooms Function?
29/04/2025 Duración: 15minSuper mushrooms are claimed by some to provide vague health benefits beyond their known nutritional values. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
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Skeptoid #985: Supervolcanoes and Super Earthquakes
22/04/2025 Duración: 16minA roundup of the world's riskiest volcanoes and fault zones — and they're not necessarily the most hazardous. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
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Skeptoid #984: Should You Feed Your Dog That?
15/04/2025 Duración: 15minSome people try to feed their dogs the same alternative diet they eat themselves... not necessarily so good for the dog. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
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Skeptoid #983: Immigration Myths
08/04/2025 Duración: 20minMany of our preconceived notions about immigrants likely bear very little resemblance to the facts. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
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Skeptoid #982: Defending Against the Planet Killers
01/04/2025 Duración: 19minAll of the ways you've heard that deep space wants to kill us — and how plausible or likely each scenario is. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
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Skeptoid #981: Vaccines: Success Story of the Century
25/03/2025 Duración: 19minVaccines are history's great medical success story, having saved more lives than anything else. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
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Skeptoid #980: How to Find Atlantis
18/03/2025 Duración: 18minTen of the places where Atlantis true believers think the mythical city might actually be. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
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Skeptoid #979: Crusades Imagery and White Nationalism
11/03/2025 Duración: 14minMany of the Christian symbols created in the aftermath of the First Crusade have been adopted by White Nationalists. Why? Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
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Skeptoid #978: Leaded Gasoline and Mental Health
04/03/2025 Duración: 15minA look at recent studies finding leaded gasoline caused 151 million mental health illnesses in the United States. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
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Skeptoid #977: A Dingo Ate My Baby
25/02/2025 Duración: 15minThis catchphrase has become popular with comedians. Is that in line with its true origin? Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
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Skeptoid #976: The Spanish Gold of Neahkahnie Mountain
18/02/2025 Duración: 15minSome believe a fabulous Spanish treasure is buried on the slopes of Oregon's Neahkahnie Mountain. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices