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 #1017: The Bell that Tolls for the K-129
02/12/2025 Duración: 18minIt should have been impossible for the CIA's Glomar Explorer to obtain the ship's bell from the K-129 submarine... but they did. How? Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
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End of the Year Matching!
01/12/2025 Duración: 01minNow through the end of the year, all Skeptoid donations will be matched up to $27,500. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
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Skeptoid #1016: The Case for Carbon Dating
25/11/2025 Duración: 16minA roundup of evidence supporting the use of radiocarbon dating to assess the age of organic matter from 500 to 55,000 years old. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
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Skeptoid #1015: The Alaska Triangle
18/11/2025 Duración: 15minStories claim that this region of Alaska is home to a huge number of unexplained disappearances. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
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Skeptoid #1014: The Giant of Kandahar
11/11/2025 Duración: 17minDid US Special Forces battle a 15-foot-tall red-haired giant in the mountains of Afghanistan in 2002? Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
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Skeptoid #1013: Medbeds: Sleeping in Bunk
04/11/2025 Duración: 16minA conspiracy theory claims the Hollywood and Deep State elitists have a magical bed that allows them to remain forever young and healthy. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
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Skeptoid #1012: The Rake That Comes for You in the Night
28/10/2025 Duración: 15minIs the Rake mere creepypasta, or do more recent events prove it to be a real creature? Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
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Skeptoid #1011: The Not-Deer and Weird Appalachian Lore
21/10/2025 Duración: 16minWhen ordinary deer turn grotesque, Appalachia’s forests whisper of the Not-Deer — unnatural predators lurking somewhere between folklore and nightmare. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
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Skeptoid #1010: Pop Quiz: 19 Years of Skeptoid
14/10/2025 Duración: 27minA pop quiz of trivia from the previous 19 years of Skeptoid shows! Can you beat the masters? Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
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Skeptoid #1009: Facts and Fiction of Polynesian Navigation, Part 2
07/10/2025 Duración: 18minThe actual wayfinding methods used by the ancient Polynesians to navigate between islands and settle the entire Pacific Ocean. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
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Skeptoid Adventures Sets Sail! Malaga, Spain to Nice, France 2026
01/10/2025 Duración: 02minSkeptoid Adventures will set sail on the world's largest sailing vessel, the SV Royal Clipper, from Malaga, Spain, to Nice, France this April. We'll have a mini-conference aboard and we'll stop at amazing ports of call -- all while on the coolest full-rigged sailing ship you've ever seen. Take a look at skeptoid.com/adventures. Please note: This ship often sells out by the end of October, so reserve your cabin soon. All deposits are fully refundable. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
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Skeptoid #1008: Facts and Fiction of Polynesian Navigation, Part 1
30/09/2025 Duración: 16minNearly as much mythology as science surrounds the wayfinder techniques used by early Polynesians to navigate the South Pacific. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
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Skeptoid #1007: The Pilots Who Landed at Area 51
23/09/2025 Duración: 18minTrue stories of the pilots who have tried to land at Area 51 — and what happened to them. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
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Skeptoid #1006: Deconstructing Structured Water
16/09/2025 Duración: 18minWe all enjoy a nice crisp glass of water when we're feeling dehydrated — which makes sense, because our bodies need it most of all, so enjoying it is an evolved behavior. However, some people — notably wellness influencers — have determined that good old H2O is actually not a good thing at all (who knew?); and that what you really need is their own concoction that's actually an entirely different molecule: structured water. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
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Skeptoid #1005: Debugging Done Diligently
09/09/2025 Duración: 15minAnother round of corrections of errors from past episodes, keeping your Skeptoid archive tidy and accurate. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
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Skeptoid #1004: Dating the White Sands Footprints
02/09/2025 Duración: 17minAncient footprints in New Mexico are forcing scientists to rewrite the story of when humans first set foot in the Americas, and the debate is shaking paleoanthropology to its core. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
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Skeptoid #1003: History's Weirdest Science Findings
26/08/2025 Duración: 17minFourteen of the most unexpected and counterintuitive science findings. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
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Skeptoid #1002: A Feast of Feedback
19/08/2025 Duración: 15minOnce again we go through some of your feedback to past episodes — all the good stuff that enhances and improves the presentation. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
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Skeptoid #1001: The Phantom Clown Panic
12/08/2025 Duración: 12minClowns have a habit of terrifying many of us. So why shouldn't we be surprised to see mass clown panics? Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
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Skeptoid #1000: Candle on the Water
05/08/2025 Duración: 15minToday marks the 1000th Skeptoid episode. And it's time to raise the question: What are you going to do for it? Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices