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5/6/08Reassembling TWA Flight 800 (Skeptoid #99) - Was TWA Flight 800 brought down by US friendly fire?
Read | Listen (11:22) | Discuss (6 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 (5 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 (23 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 (14 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 (16 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 (10 comments)
3/25/08Apocalypse 2012 (Skeptoid #93) - Tall tales that the End of Days is coming in 2012.
Read | Listen (11:15) | Discuss (27 comments)
3/18/08The Terror of Nuclear Power (Skeptoid #92) - Are modern nuclear reactors as bad for us as the environmentalists have painted them?
Read | Listen (12:03) | Discuss (48 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 (11 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 (26 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 (19 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 (45 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 (13 comments)
2/5/08MonaVie and Other "Superfruit" Juices (Skeptoid #86) - Are superfruit juices anything more than super ripoffs?
Read | Listen (12:14) | Discuss (125 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 (83 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 (5 comments)
1/15/08The Detoxification Myth (Skeptoid #83) - Everyone wants to "detoxify" their bodies. Is this for real?
Read | Listen (11:41) | Discuss (91 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 (287 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 (23 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 (6 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 (8 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 (16 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 (4 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 (88 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 (10 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 (11 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 (11 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 (9 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 (4 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 (3 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 (20 comments)
10/2/07More Wet & 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 (6 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 (5 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 (94 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 (3 comments)
8/28/07Subliminal Seduction (Skeptoid #63) - How true is Wilson Key's magnum opus work about subliminal advertising?
Read | Listen (9:11) | Discuss (4 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 (6 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 (9 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 (19 comments)
8/4/07Who Are the Raelians, and Why Are They Naked? (Skeptoid #59) - The Raelians are naked and they worship space aliens.
Read | Listen (10:43) | Discuss (16 comments)
7/30/07Fluoridation: Death from the Faucet! (Skeptoid #58) - A few fringe activists claim that fluoridation of water carries more danger than benefit.
Read | Listen (9:20) | Discuss (31 comments)
7/25/07Email Myths (Skeptoid #57) - A look at some of those persistent hoax emails that you receive almost every day.
Read | Listen (12:28) | Discuss (3 comments)
7/20/07Bizarre Places I'd Like to Go (Skeptoid #56) - California is home to a wealth of places rich with mystery and intrigue.
Read | Listen (11:56) | Discuss (10 comments)
7/15/07Mercury, Autism, and Chelation: A Recipe for Risk (Skeptoid #55) - An examination of the lethal pop-culture fad of chelating autistic children.
Read | Listen (10:36) | Discuss (15 comments)
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?
Read | Listen (9:35) | Discuss (50 comments)
7/5/07Inside the World's Most Haunted House (Skeptoid #53) - Were the events at Borley Rectory a real haunting, or the product of a hoaxster?
Read | Listen (12:05) | Discuss (11 comments)
6/30/07Science Magazines Violating Their Own Missions (Skeptoid #52) - Do science magazines undermine themselves by publishing ads for pseudoscientific products?
Read | Listen (7:19) | Discuss (4 comments)
6/25/07The Miracle of Ethanol (Skeptoid #51) - Is ethanol really nature's wonder fuel? Is corn really going to save us?
Read | Listen (7:58) | Discuss (10 comments)
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?
Read | Listen (10:05) | Discuss (4 comments)
6/10/07Unconscious Research of Global Consciousness (Skeptoid #49) - Some say that the collective emotions of humans can influence electronic hardware.
Read | Listen (11:56) | Discuss (9 comments)
6/5/07The Bible Code: Enigmas for Dummies (Skeptoid #48) - Do messages hidden within the Bible really predict the future?
Read | Listen (10:20) | Discuss (8 comments)
5/31/07How Skeptoid Can Help You Win $1 Million - Skeptoid is now a qualifying media outlet for the One Million Dollar Paranormal Challenge.
Listen (5:48)
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?
Read | Listen (9:51) | Discuss (26 comments)
5/21/07Support Your Local Reptoid (Skeptoid #46) - What started the conspiracy theory that reptilians beings control our governments?
Read | Listen (9:52) | Discuss (26 comments)
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.
Read | Listen (7:33) | Discuss (8 comments)
5/11/07The Truth About Remote Viewing (Skeptoid #44) - The psychic technique of remote viewing is consistent with simple, well known magic tricks.
Read | Listen (11:05) | Discuss (7 comments)
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?
Read | Listen (9:32) | Discuss (37 comments)
5/1/07Whacking, Cracking, and Chiropracting (Skeptoid #42) - Defined in 1895, chiropractic treats imaginary conditions with dangerous manipulations.
Read | Listen (10:20) | Discuss (21 comments)
4/26/07The Alien Invasion of Phoenix, Arizona (Skeptoid #41) - Yet another rehash of the infamous Phoenix Lights episode.
Read | Listen (11:25) | Discuss (16 comments)
4/21/07Neanderthals in Present Day Asia (Skeptoid #40) - Does the legendary Almas represent a population of relic Neanderthals?
Read | Listen (8:30) | Discuss (8 comments)
4/16/07Heating Up to Global Warming (Skeptoid #39) - Do we really understand how much power we have to address global warming?
Read | Listen (11:21) | Discuss (16 comments)
4/11/07The Marfa Lights: A Real American Mystery (Skeptoid #38) - What is the cause of the mysterious ghost lights outside Marfa, Texas?
Read | Listen (8:25) | Discuss (2 comments)
4/6/07How to Spot Pseudoscience (Skeptoid #37) - This 15-point checklist will help you tell science from pseudoscience.
Read | Listen (11:45) | Discuss (5 comments)
4/1/07Mercury Fillings: A Mouthful of Death! (Skeptoid #36) - Do mercury amalgam fillings release toxic levels of mercury into the body?
Read | Listen (10:34) | Discuss (13 comments)
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.
Read | Listen (8:27) | Discuss (25 comments)
3/22/07Homeopathy: Pure Water or Pure Nonsense? (Skeptoid #34) - Most homeopathy users believe that it's some kind of herbal remedy. Is it?
Read | Listen (12:28) | Discuss (14 comments)
3/17/07Best of Listener Feedback (Skeptoid #33) - The best of listener feedback from the first 32 Skeptoid episodes.
Read | Listen (15:28) | Discuss (14 comments)
3/12/07Blood for Oil (Skeptoid #32) - Is the war in the Middle East really being waged for oil?
Read | Listen (8:23) | Discuss (47 comments)
3/7/07The Devil Walked in Devon (Skeptoid #31) - Was the devil responsible for a set of 100-mile footprints in 1855?
Read | Listen (6:51) | Discuss (9 comments)
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?
Read | Listen (11:50) | Discuss (8 comments)
2/24/07Orbs: The Ghost in the Camera (Skeptoid #29) - Are orbs really ghosts, or a common artifact of photography?
Read | Listen (8:08) | Discuss (9 comments)
2/19/07Natural Hygiene: Health Without Medicine (or Wisdom) (Skeptoid #28) - Can Natural Hygiene really lead to a longer life?
Read | Listen (5:40) | Discuss (8 comments)
2/19/07Special Announcement from Skeptoid - The Skeptalk Email Discussion List is now active at Skeptoid.com.
Listen (1:45)
2/15/07Chemtrails - Death from the Heavens! (Skeptoid #27) - What you always thought were simply contrails are really dangerous chemicals being sprayed.
Read | Listen (9:06) | Discuss (23 comments)
2/10/07The Magic of Biodynamics (Skeptoid #26) - Is biodynamic agriculture a modern innovation, or a throwback to the Dark Ages?
Read | Listen (9:08) | Discuss (5 comments)
2/5/07Scientists Are Not Created Equal (Skeptoid #25) - Does calling someone a "scientist" mean that he knows anything at all?
Read | Listen (6:51) | Discuss (12 comments)
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.
Read | Listen (10:22) | Discuss (22 comments)
1/23/07Paganism: A Naked Rebellion (Skeptoid #23) - What is paganism, and how is different from regular religions?
Read | Listen (6:44) | Discuss (12 comments)
1/19/07Skepticism and Flight 93 (Skeptoid #22) - What thought process led you to your conclusion about the cause of Flight 93's crash?
Read | Listen (8:13) | Discuss (7 comments)
1/15/07Living Stones of Death Valley (Skeptoid #21) - An examination of the mysterious stones that move by themselves across the desert floor.
Read | Listen (3:46) | Discuss (10 comments)
1/11/07The Real Amityville Horror (Skeptoid #20) - America's most popular true ghost story was a hoax.
Read | Listen (7:38) | Discuss (9 comments)
1/5/07Organic Food Myths (Skeptoid #19) - Is it a revolution in health and the environment, or a counterproductive fad?
Read | Listen (10:18) | Discuss (74 comments)
1/1/07The "New" Bill of Rights (Skeptoid #18) - An amended Bill of Rights to better reflect modern American values.
Read | Listen (4:37) | Discuss (6 comments)
12/28/06Internet Paranoia (Skeptoid #17) - Are Internet viruses and trojan horses really as dangerous as we've been led to believe?
Read | Listen (8:25) | Discuss (7 comments)
12/24/06The Real Philadelphia Experiment (Skeptoid #16) - Did a US Navy warship completely disappear in 1943?
Read | Listen (6:50) | Discuss (15 comments)
12/20/06SUV Phobia (Skeptoid #15) - Are SUVs truly as evil as we're supposed to think?
Read | Listen (8:00) | Discuss (17 comments)
12/15/06Cell Phones on Airplanes (Skeptoid #14) - Cell phones are perfectly safe on airplanes. So why can't we use them?
Read | Listen (6:35) | Discuss (26 comments)
12/11/06A Primer on Scientific Testing (Skeptoid #13) - Understand the basics of scientific testing.
Read | Listen (7:15) | Discuss (8 comments)
12/7/06Killing Faith: Deconstructionist Christians (Skeptoid #12) - Is proving the Bible really doing the work of God?
Read | Listen (5:31) | Discuss (146 comments)
12/3/06Killing Bigfoot with Bad Science (Skeptoid #11) - Is anyone doing any justice to the Bigfoot claim?
Read | Listen (7:47) | Discuss (11 comments)
11/30/06An Evolution Primer for Creationists (Skeptoid #10) - Evolution 101 for Creationists who want to know better.
Read | Listen (8:11) | Discuss (321 comments)
11/26/06Sin: What's It Good For? (Skeptoid #09) - What's the point?
Read | Listen (7:30) | Discuss (61 comments)
11/21/06Nocturnal Assaults: Aliens in the Dark (Skeptoid #08) - Alien abductions and Old Hags - things that go bump in the night.
Read | Listen (6:22) | Discuss (6 comments)
11/14/06Pond Magnet Foolishness (Skeptoid #07) - Do magnets really have a mystical positive effect on pond water chemistry?
Read | Listen (6:13) | Discuss (6 comments)
11/9/06Wheatgrass Juice (Skeptoid #06) - Is the magical mystery juice all it's blended up to be?
Read | Listen (6:49) | Discuss (29 comments)
11/1/06Sustainable Sustainability (Skeptoid #05) - Focus on the year's undisputed overused buzzword: "Sustainable"
Read | Listen (6:08) | Discuss (16 comments)
10/24/06Ethics of Peddling the Paranormal (Skeptoid #04) - Is it OK for non-believers to sell the paranormal?
Read | Listen (6:45) | Discuss (26 comments)
10/19/06Rods: Flying Absurdities (Skeptoid #03) - Do these invisible flying creatures really exist?
Read | Listen (5:10) | Discuss (15 comments)
10/11/06Religion as a Moral Center (Skeptoid #02) - Is religion necessary to a good moral center?
Read | Listen (4:31) | Discuss (105 comments)
10/3/06New Age Energy (Skeptoid #01) - An examination of energy, as new agers use the term.
Read | Listen (6:07) | Discuss (12 comments)

 

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