Episode Guide


3/9/10Zeitgeist: The Movie, Myths, and Motivations (Skeptoid #196) - The Internet movie Zeitgeist uses flagrant dishonesty to make an ideological point that could have easily been made ethically.
Read | Listen (12:08) | Discuss (36 comments)
3/2/10Student Questions: Mosquito Repellent and Einstein's Gestation (Skeptoid #195) - Skeptoid answers more questions sent in by students all around the world.
Read | Listen (11:55) | Discuss (37 comments)
2/23/10The Denver Airport Conspiracy (Skeptoid #194) - Is the Denver International Airport really a headquarters for the New World Order?
Read | Listen (14:25) | Discuss (31 comments)
2/16/10The Faces of Belmez (Skeptoid #193) - Faces appearing on the floor of a house in Spain were easily proven to have been faked - why does their story carry so much ongoing influence?
Read | Listen (11:15) | Discuss (25 comments)
2/9/10Ball Lightning (Skeptoid #192) - We've all heard of it, we all believe it exists - but what does science have to say?
Read | Listen (11:58) | Discuss (24 comments)
2/2/10Did Jewish Slaves Build the Pyramids? (Skeptoid #191) - It's a popular story, but all the documentary and historical evidence tells us that no Jews were in Egypt at the time of the pyramids.
Read | Listen (12:30) | Discuss (83 comments)
1/26/10The Bell Island Boom (Skeptoid #190) - Was the cause of this shattering boom in Newfoundland natural, or a test of a superweapon?
Read | Listen (12:02) | Discuss (17 comments)
1/19/10Martial Arts Magic (Skeptoid #189) - Some call it Bullshido: Martial arts tricks like touchless attacks and the Touch of Death.
Read | Listen (11:57) | Discuss (55 comments)
1/12/10Student Questions: String Theory, the Asian Flush, and the Peltzman Effect (Skeptoid #188) - Skeptoid answers some questions sent in by students around the world.
Read | Listen (12:21) | Discuss (32 comments)
1/5/10Emergency Handbook: What to Do When a Friend Loves Woo (Skeptoid #187) - How you can help a friend or loved one with a potentially harmful pseudoscientific belief
Read | Listen (11:58) | Discuss (43 comments)
12/29/09More Things I'm Wrong About (Skeptoid #186) - Going back over a few previous Skeptoid episodes to correct errors (head is hung in shame).
Read | Listen (12:01) | Discuss (35 comments)
12/22/09Is Barefoot Better? (Skeptoid #185) - Some advocate that going barefoot is better for the health and strength of your feet.
Read | Listen (12:27) | Discuss (56 comments)
12/15/09The Antikythera Mechanism (Skeptoid #184) - Does this ancient device, 1000 years ahead of its time, prove we were visited by aliens or time travelers?
Read | Listen (12:06) | Discuss (33 comments)
12/8/09The Naga Fireballs (Skeptoid #183) - What is the source of the glowing balls that rise from the Mekong river each October?
Read | Listen (12:38) | Discuss (8 comments)
12/1/09Listener Feedback X (Skeptoid #182) - Another dip into the listener feedback files for Skeptoid.
Read | Listen (11:22) | Discuss (22 comments)
11/24/09The Baigong Pipes (Skeptoid #181) - Do modern metal pipes buried in ancient Chinese stone prove that aliens must have visited?
Read | Listen (11:16) | Discuss (18 comments)
11/17/09Vaccine Ingredients (Skeptoid #180) - Do vaccines really contain the horrifying poisons claimed by antivaccine activists?
Read | Listen (12:50) | Discuss (61 comments)
11/10/09The Scole Experiment (Skeptoid #179) - Said to be the best evidence yet for the afterlife -- but how good is that evidence?
Read | Listen (12:11) | Discuss (19 comments)
11/3/09Student Questions: The Montauk Monster and Bee Sting Therapy (Skeptoid #178) - Skeptoid answers some more questions sent in by students, on a variety of short topics.
Read | Listen (11:49) | Discuss (17 comments)
10/27/09The Bloop (Skeptoid #177) - A mysterious sound captured by NOAA hydrophones... could it be a sea monster?
Read | Listen (14:48) | Discuss (30 comments)
10/20/09Network Marketing (Skeptoid #176) - Call them Network Marketing, Multilevel Marketing, or MLM, these pyramid plans are proven not to work.
Read | Listen (12:08) | Discuss (58 comments)
10/13/09Shadow People (Skeptoid #175) - What are some likely explanations for these shadowy ghosts?
Read | Listen (12:25) | Discuss (44 comments)
10/6/09More Medical Myths (Skeptoid #174) - More myths about the human body that you've always heard, and probably believe.
Read | Listen (11:31) | Discuss (44 comments)
9/29/09All About Astrology (Skeptoid #173) - Does astrology have any plausible foundations; and does it actually work?
Read | Listen (15:23) | Discuss (36 comments)
9/22/09Daylight Saving Time Myths (Skeptoid #172) - What does daylight saving time really do for us, and what are the real reasons we have it?
Read | Listen (11:10) | Discuss (36 comments)
9/15/09The Battle of Los Angeles (Skeptoid #171) - At the beginning of WWII, the American defense forces in Los Angeles fought a battle against a UFO.
Read | Listen (11:25) | Discuss (15 comments)
9/8/09It's Raining Frogs and Fish (Skeptoid #170) - What's the real explanation of frogs and fish raining from the sky? Hint: It's not waterspouts.
Read | Listen (11:20) | Discuss (36 comments)
9/1/09Bride of Listener Feedback (Skeptoid #169) - More replies to some of Skeptoid's more colorful listener feedback.
Read | Listen (11:35) | Discuss (24 comments)
8/28/09Announcing New Video Series: inFact - inFact is a proposed new web video series from Brian Dunning.
Listen (2:26)
8/25/09Decrypting the Mormon Book of Abraham (Skeptoid #168) - Mormon Prophet Joseph Smith allegedly translated the adventures of Abraham in Egypt.
Read | Listen (12:23) | Discuss (50 comments)
8/18/09Should Science Debate Pseudoscience? (Skeptoid #167) - Do debates against pseudoscience advance the cause of science, or do they do more harm than good?
Read | Listen (11:34) | Discuss (42 comments)
8/11/09Organic vs. Conventional Agriculture (Skeptoid #166) - Is organic agriculture truly safer or better for the environment than modern farming?
Read | Listen (15:48) | Discuss (78 comments)
8/4/09Real or Fictional: Food and Fashion (Skeptoid #165) - See if you can tell whether these food and fashion products are named after real people or fictitious people.
Read | Listen (14:45) | Discuss (16 comments)
7/28/09What's Up with the Rosicrucians? (Skeptoid #164) - Are they truly an ancient mystical order, or merely a mail-order New Age literature business?
Read | Listen (12:08) | Discuss (14 comments)
7/21/09How to Make Skepticism Commercial (Skeptoid #163) - Critical thinking offers the opposite of what seems to be popular. How do we get people to want it?
Read | Listen (11:17) | Discuss (31 comments)
7/14/09Locally Grown Produce (Skeptoid #162) - Is locally grown produce as green as its proponents seem to think it is?
Read | Listen (12:41) | Discuss (64 comments)
7/7/09Listener Feedback Episode VIII: No New Hope (Skeptoid #161) - Some more jabs and punches between Skeptoid and its most vocal listeners.
Read | Listen (12:46) | Discuss (38 comments)
6/30/09Sarah Palin Is Not Stupid (Skeptoid #160) - Is an ad hominem attack really the best way to express disagreement?
Read | Listen (10:26) | Discuss (216 comments)
6/23/09The Mothman Cometh (Skeptoid #159) - A skeptical look at the Mothman, an alleged prophet of disaster.
Read | Listen (11:15) | Discuss (20 comments)
6/16/09Student Questions: Swine Flu and Depleted Uranium (Skeptoid #158) - Skeptoid answers questions sent in by students all around the world.
Read | Listen (13:07) | Discuss (39 comments)
6/9/09High Fructose Corn Syrup: Toxic or Tame? (Skeptoid #157) - A skeptical look at whether high fructose corn syrup is really any worse for you than sugar.
Read | Listen (12:32) | Discuss (123 comments)
6/2/09Falling into Mel's Hole (Skeptoid #156) - Mel's Hole is said to be a mysterious bottomless pit in eastern Washington state.
Read | Listen (11:03) | Discuss (28 comments)
5/26/09NLP: Neuro-linguistic Programming (Skeptoid #155) - Is Neuro-linguistic Programming really a scientific psychotherapy breakthrough, or just a New Age self-help trend?
Read | Listen (12:03) | Discuss (55 comments)
5/19/09Was Chuck Yeager the First to Break the Sound Barrier? (Skeptoid #154) - We all know that Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier in 1947, but did others beat him to it?
Read | Listen (17:24) | Discuss (22 comments)
5/12/09Revenge of the Listener Feedback (Skeptoid #153) - Another peek into the mailbag to see who loves us, and who hates us.
Read | Listen (12:01) | Discuss (45 comments)
5/5/09Attack of the Globsters! (Skeptoid #152) - Are mysterious blobs of flesh washed up on the world's beachs really unworthy of skeptical attention?
Read | Listen (12:39) | Discuss (21 comments)
4/28/09The Placebo Effect (Skeptoid #151) - We all know what placebos can't do; how about what they can do?
Read | Listen (13:04) | Discuss (24 comments)
4/21/09Screwed! (Skeptoid #150) - A secret recording of an actual meeting of the Illuminati.
Read | Listen (9:40) | Discuss (130 comments)
4/14/09Coral Castle (Skeptoid #149) - Was one man able to move these huge coral blocks using some unknown technology?
Read | Listen (11:41) | Discuss (20 comments)
4/7/09Student Questions: Zero Point Energy and Missing Time (Skeptoid #148) - Skeptoid answers some interesting questions sent in by students.
Read | Listen (13:02) | Discuss (28 comments)
3/31/09Binaural Beats (Skeptoid #147) - The science behind binaural beats: What they are, what they are claimed to do, and what they can actually do.
Read | Listen (12:02) | Discuss (34 comments)
3/24/09How Old Is the Mount St. Helens Lava Dome? (Skeptoid #146) - Young Earthers point to an infamous dating error as evidence that the Earth is only as old as the Bible says.
Read | Listen (13:00) | Discuss (45 comments)
3/17/09FEMA Prison Camps (Skeptoid #145) - A skeptical look at the claim that FEMA maintains a network of prison camps in readiness.
Read | Listen (11:50) | Discuss (67 comments)
3/10/09The Case of the Strange Skulls (Skeptoid #144) - A collection of bizarre human skulls from around the world.
Read | Listen (15:13) | Discuss (20 comments)
3/3/09The Lucifer Project (Skeptoid #143) - Some believe that NASA is trying to turn Saturn or Jupiter into a small sun.
Read | Listen (12:33) | Discuss (29 comments)
2/24/09Student Questions: Sugary Behavior, Secondhand Smoke, and Wal-Mart (Skeptoid #142) - Answering more questions sent in by students.
Read | Listen (13:35) | Discuss (32 comments)
2/17/09Listener Feedback 6: I Want to Believe (Skeptoid #141) - More fun from the listener feedback files.
Read | Listen (11:40) | Discuss (27 comments)
2/10/09The Bosnian Pyramids (Skeptoid #140) - Does the world's oldest and largest ancient pyramid stand unnoticed in the open in a tiny village in Bosnia?
Read | Listen (13:25) | Discuss (17 comments)
2/3/09Kangen Water: Change Your Water, Change Your Life (Skeptoid #139) - Sellers of new-age water treatment products charge outrageous prices for zero plausibility.
Read | Listen (12:29) | Discuss (117 comments)
1/27/09Is He Real, or Is He Fictional? (Skeptoid #138) - A look at some popular characters from history. Were they real or fictional?
Read | Listen (13:26) | Discuss (43 comments)
1/20/09The Angel of Mons (Skeptoid #137) - Did a mysterious heavenly host save a small group of British from a large German force in World War I?
Read | Listen (10:29) | Discuss (22 comments)
1/13/09Student Questions: Light Therapy, the Bermuda Triangle, and Isaac Newton (Skeptoid #136) - Skeptoid answers another round of questions submitted by students.
Read | Listen (11:56) | Discuss (21 comments)
1/6/09The Rendlesham Forest UFO (Skeptoid #135) - Did a UFO with flashing colored lights harass a USAF base in England in 1980?
Read | Listen (16:08) | Discuss (48 comments)
12/30/08Who Is Closed Minded, the Skeptic or the Believer? (Skeptoid #134) - Skeptics and believers both tend to accuse each other of similar faults in their thinking.
Read | Listen (11:37) | Discuss (58 comments)
12/23/08Chasing the Min Min Light (Skeptoid #133) - What is the source of the Australian outback's mysterious channel country jack o' lantern?
Read | Listen (10:45) | Discuss (13 comments)
12/16/08The Sargasso Sea and the Pacific Garbage Patch (Skeptoid #132) - We cast our skeptical eye upon two vast hazards to navigation said to lurk in the centers of the two great oceans.
Read | Listen (9:52) | Discuss (88 comments)
12/9/08The Bohemian Club Conspiracy (Skeptoid #131) - Are the wealthy and powerful men at the Bohemian Grove actually there to plot global domination?
Read | Listen (12:56) | Discuss (49 comments)
12/6/08The Most Important Thing about Skeptoid - Think you know what it is?
Listen (2:31)
12/2/08Space Properties for Sale (Skeptoid #130) - Many companies offer extraterrestrial real estate or star-naming rights for sale. Is it legitimate?
Read | Listen (8:59) | Discuss (26 comments)
11/25/08The Oak Island Money Pit (Skeptoid #129) - Is a pirate treasure buried in this mysterious pit in Nova Scotia?
Read | Listen (10:31) | Discuss (25 comments)
11/18/08Student Questions: the Mozart Effect, Quantum Theory, and AIDS (Skeptoid #128) - Skeptoid answers some questions sent in by students.
Read | Listen (11:01) | Discuss (26 comments)
11/11/08The Truth about Aspartame (Skeptoid #127) - The artificial sweetener aspartame is falsely accused of being the cause of nearly every disease.
Read | Listen (12:29) | Discuss (77 comments)
11/4/08The Incorruptibles (Skeptoid #126) - We turn our skeptical eye on claims of incorruptibility - bodies that do not decay after death.
Read | Listen (11:32) | Discuss (65 comments)
10/28/08Ten Most Wanted: Celebrities Who Promote Harmful Pseudoscience (Skeptoid #125) - A critical look at the antics of Oprah Winfrey, Jenny McCarthy, Prince Charles, Bill Maher, Larry King, Pamela Anderson, Ben Stein, Joe Rogan, Chuck Norris, and Montel Williams.
Read | Listen (13:30) | Discuss (134 comments)
10/21/08Betty and Barney Hill: The Original UFO Abduction (Skeptoid #124) - A critical look at the original UFO abduction story, that so many people take for granted.
Read | Listen (13:18) | Discuss (48 comments)
10/14/08Listener Feedback Reloaded (Skeptoid #123) - More fun from the inbox, responding to listener feedback.
Read | Listen (9:49) | Discuss (7 comments)
10/7/08HAARP Myths (Skeptoid #122) - A close look at HAARP, the High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program, and the claim that it's a superweapon.
Read | Listen (12:59) | Discuss (42 comments)
9/30/08Scalar Weapons: Tesla's Doomsday Machine (Skeptoid #121) - Did Nikola Tesla really design a superweapon capable of vaporizing whole parts of the earth?
Read | Listen (10:45) | Discuss (29 comments)
9/23/08The World According to Conservapedia (Skeptoid #120) - A new Young Earth Fundamentalist online encyclopedia rears its ugly head.
Read | Listen (11:44) | Discuss (74 comments)
9/16/08Student Questions: Body Searches and Theta Healing (Skeptoid #119) - Skeptoid answers some more questions from students. Send yours in today!
Read | Listen (10:05) | Discuss (30 comments)
9/9/08Demystifying the Bell Witch (Skeptoid #118) - An exploration of the best way to evaluate an old, unsubstantiated folk legend like The Bell Witch.
Read | Listen (11:28) | Discuss (16 comments)
9/2/08How Dangerous Is Cell Phone Radiation? (Skeptoid #117) - Popular stories and Internet videos say that cell phone signals are dangerous. Is there any truth to this?
Read | Listen (11:07) | Discuss (87 comments)
8/26/08How to Be a Skeptic and Still Have Friends (Skeptoid #116) - Being known as a skeptic is not necessarily good for your social life. Here's how to overcome to difficulties.
Read | Listen (8:51) | Discuss (28 comments)
8/19/08Search for the Missing Cosmonauts (Skeptoid #115) - Did a young pair of Italian brothers uncover evidence of Soviet cosmonauts dying in space?
Read | Listen (13:38) | Discuss (38 comments)
8/12/08Student Questions: Fish Oil, Charities, and Rumors (Skeptoid #114) - Skeptoid answers some questions sent in by students.
Read | Listen (9:37) | Discuss (12 comments)
8/8/08The Most Effective Homeopathy Podcast Ever (Skeptoid #113) - Does homeopathy contain any useful content, or is it just a lot of nothing?
Read | Listen (10:06) | Discuss (158 comments)
8/5/08Genetically Modified Organisms: Jeopardy or Jackpot? (Skeptoid #112) - Are GMO crops dangerous, or a boon to mankind?
Read | Listen (14:27) | Discuss (87 comments)
7/29/08Should Tibet Be Free? (Skeptoid #111) - Misinformation and fantasy surrounds the popular Tibet notions.
Read | Listen (11:39) | Discuss (98 comments)
7/22/08Illuminating the Fatima "Miracle of the Sun" (Skeptoid #110) - Did three children miraculously predict a dancing sun in Portugal in 1917?
Read | Listen (11:05) | Discuss (272 comments)
7/15/08Will the Large Hadron Collider Destroy the Earth? (Skeptoid #109) - Some people believe that CERN's new Large Hadron Collider will create black holes that will destroy the Earth.
Read | Listen (11:22) | Discuss (86 comments)
7/8/08Mystery at Dyatlov Pass (Skeptoid #108) - A look at one of the most bizarre cases in Russian cross country skiing history.
Read | Listen (10:30) | Discuss (102 comments)
7/1/08Spy Radio: Numbers Stations (Skeptoid #107) - A look at mysterious shortwave "numbers stations" around the world.
Read | Listen (10:28) | Discuss (25 comments)
6/24/08King Tut's Curse! (Skeptoid #106) - A look at the tale, the popular explanation, and the real science behind it.
Read | Listen (10:43) | Discuss (56 comments)
6/17/08When People Talk Backwards (Skeptoid #105) - Some people believe that your brain encodes its actual meaning in reverse within everything you say.
Read | Listen (11:10) | Discuss (69 comments)
6/10/08Yet More Winning Listener Feedback (Skeptoid #104) - Another visit to the endless well of listeners comments and criticisms.
Read | Listen (12:43) | Discuss (41 comments)
6/3/08Should You Take Your Vitamins? (Skeptoid #103) - Will daily doses of vitamin C really help prevent a cold?
Read | Listen (10:12) | Discuss (44 comments)
5/27/08What You Didn't Know about the Stanford Prison Experiment (Skeptoid #102) - Did the infamous Stanford Prison Experiment prove that evil environments produce evil behavior, or were there serious flaws in the experiment?
Read | Listen (10:16) | Discuss (47 comments)
5/20/08Things I'm Wrong About (Skeptoid #101) - A look back correcting some of the facts and figures that Skeptoid has gotten wrong.
Read | Listen (11:20) | Discuss (18 comments)
5/13/08Is Peak Oil the End of Civilization? (Skeptoid #100) - Doomsayers claim that peak oil will produce worldwide panic and disaster, but the lessons of history make a very different prediction.
Read | Listen (10:17) | Discuss (52 comments)
5/6/08Reassembling TWA Flight 800 (Skeptoid #99) - Was TWA Flight 800 brought down by US friendly fire?
Read | Listen (11:22) | Discuss (14 comments)
4/29/08The Crystal Skull: Mystical, or Modern? (Skeptoid #98) - Is the crystal skull truly an ancient Mayan artifact with mysterious powers?
Read | Listen (8:53) | Discuss (24 comments)
4/22/08The Face on Mars Revealed (Skeptoid #97) - Is the face on Mars an artificial sculpture made by alien hands, or merely a natural hill?
Read | Listen (9:30) | Discuss (47 comments)
4/15/08What's Wrong with The Secret (Skeptoid #96) - The Secret teaches that victims are always to blame, and that anyone can have anything simply by wishing.
Read | Listen (10:26) | Discuss (48 comments)
4/8/08Bend Over and Own Your Own Business (Skeptoid #95) - Are business opportunities offered for sale truly worth it?
Read | Listen (10:49) | Discuss (23 comments)
4/1/08Fire in the Sky: A Real UFO Abduction? (Skeptoid #94) - What evidence is there that Travis Walton was abducted for 5 days from an Arizona forest in 1975?
Read | Listen (11:00) | Discuss (27 comments)
3/25/08Apocalypse 2012 (Skeptoid #93) - Tall tales that the End of Days is coming in 2012.
Read | Listen (11:15) | Discuss (938 comments)
3/18/08Rethinking Nuclear Power (Skeptoid #92) - Are modern nuclear reactors as bad for us as the environmentalists have painted them?
Read | Listen (12:03) | Discuss (80 comments)
3/11/08More Outrageous Listener Feedback (Skeptoid #91) - My responses to some of the more "out there" feedback I've received.
Read | Listen (10:38) | Discuss (12 comments)
3/4/08Can You Hear the Hum? (Skeptoid #90) - An exploration of the mysterious rumble that some people hear all over the world.
Read | Listen (11:35) | Discuss (163 comments)
2/26/08Despicable Vulture Scumbags (Skeptoid #89) - My thoughts on a company that sells useless pseudoscientific hardware to an ALS victim.
Read | Listen (10:31) | Discuss (29 comments)
2/19/08Super Sized Fast Food Phobia (Skeptoid #88) - Unlike what's said in highly dramatized Hollywood documentaries, fast food is not especially unhealthy.
Read | Listen (10:32) | Discuss (155 comments)
2/12/08Water: Alternative Fuel of the Future? (Skeptoid #87) - Can simple water really be burned to solve our energy problems?
Read | Listen (10:02) | Discuss (52 comments)
2/5/08MonaVie and Other "Superfruit" Juices (Skeptoid #86) - Are superfruit juices anything more than super ripoffs?
Read | Listen (12:14) | Discuss (1153 comments)
1/29/08World Trade Center 7: The Lies Come Crashing Down (Skeptoid #85) - Was the collapse of 7 World Trade Center actually a controlled demolition?
Read | Listen (10:17) | Discuss (310 comments)
1/22/08Magic Jewelry (Skeptoid #84) - All sorts of marvelous health claims are made for jewelry such as the Q-Ray bracelet.
Read | Listen (11:10) | Discuss (12 comments)
1/15/08The Detoxification Myth (Skeptoid #83) - Everyone wants to "detoxify" their bodies. Is this for real?
Read | Listen (11:41) | Discuss (342 comments)
1/12/08Skeptoid Book Is Now Available! - Skeptoid: Critical Analysis of Pop Phenomena is now available in book form from Amazon.com
Listen (1:22)
1/8/08What Do Creationists Really Believe? (Skeptoid #82) - Creationism is not one set of beliefs - it is a battleground of dramatically conflicting world views.
Read | Listen (11:19) | Discuss (361 comments)
1/1/08Ghost Hunting Tools of the Trade (Skeptoid #81) - Why the use of electronic equipment by TV ghost hunters is so stupid.
Read | Listen (11:50) | Discuss (127 comments)
12/25/07Death in Your Kitchen: Microwave Ovens (Skeptoid #80) - An examination of the various claims that microwaved food and water are poisonous.
Read | Listen (11:01) | Discuss (29 comments)
12/18/07Aliens in Roswell (Skeptoid #79) - What was actually recovered from the Roswell desert in New Mexico in 1947?
Read | Listen (12:48) | Discuss (18 comments)
12/11/07Medical Myths in Movies and Culture (Skeptoid #78) - Do doctors ever really stab people in the heart with a syringe? Does chocolate really cause acne?
Read | Listen (9:19) | Discuss (34 comments)
12/4/07Orang Pendek: Forest Hobbit of Sumatra (Skeptoid #77) - A description of Sumatra's own little miniature Bigfoot legend.
Read | Listen (10:53) | Discuss (19 comments)
11/27/07Who Kills More, Religion or Atheism? (Skeptoid #76) - Has religion or atheism been responsible for the greater death toll throughout human history?
Read | Listen (9:00) | Discuss (164 comments)
11/20/07How to See Your Aura (Skeptoid #75) - Is aura photography actually possible, and does it tell us anything useful about the person?
Read | Listen (10:33) | Discuss (22 comments)
11/13/07A Magical Journey through the Land of Logical Fallacies - Part 2 (Skeptoid #74) - The second part of our exploration of logical fallacies.
Read | Listen (11:54) | Discuss (21 comments)
11/6/07A Magical Journey through the Land of Logical Fallacies - Part 1 (Skeptoid #73) - An examination of many of the most common logical fallacies.
Read | Listen (13:14) | Discuss (20 comments)
10/30/07Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity: Real or Imagined? (Skeptoid #72) - Are sufferers of electrosensitivity reacting to electromagnetism, or just to simple stress?
Read | Listen (16:19) | Discuss (38 comments)
10/23/07How to Drink Gnarly Breast Milk (Skeptoid #71) - Proponents of colostrum supplements believe that it has a whole range of benefits.
Read | Listen (9:08) | Discuss (8 comments)
10/16/07Raging (Bioidentical) Hormones (Skeptoid #70) - An examination of the popular trend in women's health, bioidentical hormone therapy.
Read | Listen (7:35) | Discuss (14 comments)
10/9/07Ann Coulter, Scientist (Skeptoid #69) - Conservative pundit Ann Coulter should stick to politics; her science is too screwed up for words.
Read | Listen (7:36) | Discuss (29 comments)
10/2/07More Wet and Wild Listener Feedback (Skeptoid #68) - Another round of listener feedback from the past several months.
Read | Listen (14:17) | Discuss (11 comments)
9/25/07Do Your Body Features Measure Up? (Skeptoid #67) - An examination of phrenology, physiognomy, palmistry, and iridology.
Read | Listen (11:39) | Discuss (14 comments)
9/18/07The Greatest Secret of Nostradamus (Skeptoid #66) - How much of the pop-culture information about Nostradamus is true?
Read | Listen (14:38) | Discuss (51 comments)
9/11/07How to Argue with a Creationist (Skeptoid #65) - Learn the basic arguments against science made by creationists, and how to rebut them.
Read | Listen (15:35) | Discuss (467 comments)
9/4/07The Attack of Spring Heeled Jack (Skeptoid #64) - Spring Heeled Jack terrorized England in the early 1800's ... or did he?
Read | Listen (9:06) | Discuss (9 comments)
8/28/07Subliminal Seduction (Skeptoid #63) - How true is Wilson Key's magnum opus work about subliminal advertising?
Read | Listen (9:11) | Discuss (14 comments)
8/21/07Crop Circle Jerks (Skeptoid #62) - Crop circles are finally commonly known to be man made. Why do some people maintain that they're not?
Read | Listen (12:49) | Discuss (18 comments)
8/14/07Irradiation: Is Your Food Toxic? (Skeptoid #61) - How concerned should we be about the popular reasons against irradiated food?
Read | Listen (8:32) | Discuss (11 comments)
8/9/07Will Drinking from Plastic Bottles Kill You? (Skeptoid #60) - A recent fad states that plastic water bottles leech toxic chemicals. Is it true?
Read | Listen (8:01) | Discuss (64 comments)
8/4/07Who Are the Raelians, and Why Are They Naked? (Skeptoid #59) - The Raelians are naked and they worship space aliens.
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7/30/07Fluoridation: Death from the Faucet! (Skeptoid #58) - A few fringe activists claim that fluoridation of water carries more danger than benefit.
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7/25/07Email Myths (Skeptoid #57) - A look at some of those persistent hoax emails that you receive almost every day.
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7/20/07Bizarre Places I'd Like to Go (Skeptoid #56) - California is home to a wealth of places rich with mystery and intrigue.
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7/15/07Mercury, Autism, and Chelation: A Recipe for Risk (Skeptoid #55) - An examination of the lethal pop-culture fad of chelating autistic children.
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7/10/07The Twin Towers: Fire Melting Steel (Skeptoid #54) - Was the Oakland freeway collapse corroborating evidence for the official version of the World Trade Center failure, or was it another government lie?
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7/5/07Borley Rectory: the World's Most Haunted House (Skeptoid #53) - Were the events at Borley Rectory a real haunting, or the product of a hoaxster?
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6/30/07Science Magazines Violating Their Own Missions (Skeptoid #52) - Do science magazines undermine themselves by publishing ads for pseudoscientific products?
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6/25/07The Miracle of Ethanol (Skeptoid #51) - Is ethanol really nature's wonder fuel? Is corn really going to save us?
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6/15/07How to Identify a "Good" Scientific Journal (Skeptoid #50) - Everyone says their scientific journal is more reputable than your scientific journal. Who's right?
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6/10/07Unconscious Research of Global Consciousness (Skeptoid #49) - Some say that the collective emotions of humans can influence electronic hardware.
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6/5/07The Bible Code: Enigmas for Dummies (Skeptoid #48) - Do messages hidden within the Bible really predict the future?
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5/26/07Free Range Chicken and Farm Raised Fish (Skeptoid #47) - Do free range chickens and farm raised fish truly have the pros and cons that popular culture believes?
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5/21/07Support Your Local Reptoid (Skeptoid #46) - What started the conspiracy theory that reptilians beings control our governments?
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5/16/07The Importance of Teaching Critical Thinking (Skeptoid #45) - There is perhaps no more importance task before us than teaching critical thinking to young people.
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5/11/07The Truth About Remote Viewing (Skeptoid #44) - The psychic technique of remote viewing is consistent with simple, well known magic tricks.
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5/6/07A Mormon History of the Americas (Skeptoid #43) - Can the history of the American continent as presented in the Book of Mormon be true?
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5/1/07Whacking, Cracking, and Chiropracting (Skeptoid #42) - Defined in 1895, chiropractic treats imaginary conditions with dangerous manipulations.
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4/26/07The Alien Invasion of Phoenix, Arizona (Skeptoid #41) - Yet another rehash of the infamous Phoenix Lights episode.
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4/21/07Neanderthals in Present Day Asia (Skeptoid #40) - Does the legendary Almas represent a population of relic Neanderthals?
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4/16/07Heating Up to Global Warming (Skeptoid #39) - Do we really understand how much power we have to address global warming?
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4/11/07The Marfa Lights: A Real American Mystery (Skeptoid #38) - What is the cause of the mysterious ghost lights outside Marfa, Texas?
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4/6/07How to Spot Pseudoscience (Skeptoid #37) - This 15-point checklist will help you tell science from pseudoscience.
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4/1/07Mercury Fillings: A Mouthful of Death! (Skeptoid #36) - Do mercury amalgam fillings release toxic levels of mercury into the body?
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3/27/07Revisionist Darwinism: The Theory That Couldn't Sit Still (Skeptoid #35) - Some creationists claim that evolution is invalid because it is frequently improved and enlarged as research and knowledge are improved.
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3/22/07Homeopathy: Pure Water or Pure Nonsense? (Skeptoid #34) - Most homeopathy users believe that it's some kind of herbal remedy. Is it?
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3/17/07Best of Listener Feedback (Skeptoid #33) - The best of listener feedback from the first 32 Skeptoid episodes.
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3/12/07Blood for Oil (Skeptoid #32) - Is the war in the Middle East really being waged for oil?
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3/7/07The Devil Walked in Devon (Skeptoid #31) - Was the devil responsible for a set of 100-mile footprints in 1855?
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3/1/07Raw Food - Raw Deal? (Skeptoid #30) - Raw food is well and good, but is cooked food as terrible as raw foodists make it out to be?
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2/24/07Orbs: The Ghost in the Camera (Skeptoid #29) - Are orbs really ghosts, or a common artifact of photography?
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2/19/07Natural Hygiene: Health Without Medicine (or Wisdom) (Skeptoid #28) - Can Natural Hygiene really lead to a longer life?
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2/15/07Chemtrails - Death from the Heavens! (Skeptoid #27) - What you always thought were simply contrails are really dangerous chemicals being sprayed.
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2/10/07The Magic of Biodynamics (Skeptoid #26) - Is biodynamic agriculture a modern innovation, or a throwback to the Dark Ages?
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2/5/07Scientists Are Not Created Equal (Skeptoid #25) - Does calling someone a "scientist" mean that he knows anything at all?
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1/28/07Reflexology: Only Dangerous If You Use It (Skeptoid #24) - Reflexology is really no more than a foot massage - so why might it be dangerous? Here's why.
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1/23/07Paganism: A Naked Rebellion (Skeptoid #23) - What is paganism, and how is different from regular religions?
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1/19/07Skepticism and Flight 93 (Skeptoid #22) - What thought process led you to your conclusion about the cause of Flight 93's crash?
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1/15/07Living Stones of Death Valley (Skeptoid #21) - An examination of the mysterious stones that move by themselves across the desert floor.
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1/11/07The Real Amityville Horror (Skeptoid #20) - America's most popular true ghost story was a hoax.
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1/5/07Organic Food Myths (Skeptoid #19) - Is it a revolution in health and the environment, or a counterproductive fad?
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1/1/07The "New" Bill of Rights (Skeptoid #18) - An amended Bill of Rights to better reflect modern American values.
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12/28/06Internet Paranoia (Skeptoid #17) - Are Internet viruses and trojan horses really as dangerous as we've been led to believe?
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12/24/06The Real Philadelphia Experiment (Skeptoid #16) - Did a US Navy warship completely disappear in 1943?
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12/20/06SUV Phobia (Skeptoid #15) - Are SUVs truly as evil as we're supposed to think?
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12/15/06Cell Phones on Airplanes (Skeptoid #14) - Cell phones are perfectly safe on airplanes. So why can't we use them?
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12/11/06A Primer on Scientific Testing (Skeptoid #13) - Understand the basics of scientific testing.
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12/7/06Killing Faith: Deconstructionist Christians (Skeptoid #12) - Is proving the Bible really doing the work of God?
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12/3/06Killing Bigfoot with Bad Science (Skeptoid #11) - Is anyone doing any justice to the Bigfoot claim?
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11/30/06An Evolution Primer for Creationists (Skeptoid #10) - Evolution 101 for Creationists who want to know better.
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11/26/06Sin: What's It Good For? (Skeptoid #09) - What's the point?
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11/21/06Nocturnal Assaults: Aliens in the Dark (Skeptoid #08) - Alien abductions and Old Hags - things that go bump in the night.
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11/14/06Pond Magnet Foolishness (Skeptoid #07) - Do magnets really have a mystical positive effect on pond water chemistry?
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11/9/06Wheatgrass Juice (Skeptoid #06) - Is the magical mystery juice all it's blended up to be?
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11/1/06Sustainable Sustainability (Skeptoid #05) - Focus on the year's undisputed overused buzzword: "Sustainable"
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10/24/06Ethics of Peddling the Paranormal (Skeptoid #04) - Is it OK for non-believers to sell the paranormal?
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