Category Archives: Skeptoid Podcast

12.6.2011

by Brian Dunning

Wacko of the Week is no more

Subscribers to the Skeptoid email newsletter are going to notice something new this week: The much-loved Wacko of the Week section is gone. This segment highlighted a specific nutty person, sometimes living, sometimes dead, who has been a willing part / read more…

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10.3.2011

by Brian Dunning

Reflecting on 5 Years of Skeptoid

Today is Skeptoid’s 5th birthday. In the last five years, I’ve done 278 podcast episodes, 19 inFact videos, 3 books (#4 is almost out), 1 TV pilot, 1 web series pilot, several dozen conference talks, and more TV docos, radio, and / read more…

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9.5.2011

by Eric Hall

Using Skeptoid as a Reference is Not So Easy

I should have known better, but sometimes emotions do get the best of us. On Twitter, a user was attacking a celebrity I follow. Normally I don’t get involved since a celebrity has to expect a certain level of negative / read more…

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6.27.2011

by Brian Dunning

In Defense of Government Disinformation Agents

One of the old jokes on the Skeptoid podcast is that listeners of all stripes accuse me of being a paid disinformation agent by whatever body it is they oppose. They’re quite serious, too. When I did a comparative analysis / read more…

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6.26.2011

by Brian Dunning

Skeptoid’s Amazon Wish List

As you may know, Skeptoid’s budget hangs by a thread and mostly comes out of my own pocket. The main way for listeners to support the show and keep it going is via the recurring micropayments, which provide a slowly-but-steadily / read more…

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6.20.2011

by Brian Dunning

Skeptoid “Just Say No” T-shirts, 55 New Designs

It took a bit of haggling with the Zazzle API (probably few of you care about that part), but today I’m pleased to announce the new line of “Just Say No” T-shirts from Skeptoid.com. See them here!! Each one boldly / read more…

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6.16.2011

by Brian Thomson

Catalytic Perversion

I have a few ideas for posts on the topic of Energy, and I’d like to follow up on something the other Brian touched on in Skeptoid #87, titled Water: Alternative Fuel of the Future? Some claims about the electrolysis / read more…

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6.2.2011

by Brian Dunning

Come see a live show! Berkeley, June 9

If you’re going to be in the San Francisco bay area next week, please come see my free talk at Cafe Valparaiso in Berkeley on June 9, 2011 at 7:00pm. I’ll be giving the Sounds from Beyond! talk that some / read more…

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