Skeptoid

Episode Guide

5/6/08	Reassembling TWA Flight 800 (Skeptoid #99) - Was TWA Flight 800 brought down by US friendly fire? Read \| Listen (11:22) \| Discuss (6 comments)
4/29/08	The 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)
4/22/08	The 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)
4/15/08	What'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)
4/8/08	Bend Over and Own Your Own Business (Skeptoid #95) - Are business opportunities offered for sale truly worth it? Read \| Listen (10:49) \| Discuss (16 comments)
4/1/08	Fire 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)
3/25/08	Apocalypse 2012 (Skeptoid #93) - Tall tales that the End of Days is coming in 2012. Read \| Listen (11:15) \| Discuss (27 comments)
3/18/08	The 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)
3/11/08	More 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)
3/4/08	Can 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)
2/26/08	Despicable 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)
2/19/08	Super 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)
2/12/08	Water: 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)
2/5/08	MonaVie and Other "Superfruit" Juices (Skeptoid #86) - Are superfruit juices anything more than super ripoffs? Read \| Listen (12:14) \| Discuss (125 comments)
1/29/08	World 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)
1/22/08	Magic 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)
1/15/08	The Detoxification Myth (Skeptoid #83) - Everyone wants to "detoxify" their bodies. Is this for real? Read \| Listen (11:41) \| Discuss (91 comments)
1/12/08	Skeptoid Book Is Now Available! - Skeptoid: Critical Analysis of Pop Phenomena is now available in book form from Amazon.com Listen (1:22)
1/8/08	What 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)
1/1/08	Ghost 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)
12/25/07	Death 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)
12/18/07	Aliens in Roswell (Skeptoid #79) - What was actually recovered from the Roswell desert in New Mexico in 1947? Read \| Listen (12:48) \| Discuss (8 comments)
12/11/07	Medical 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)
12/4/07	Orang Pendek: Forest Hobbit of Sumatra (Skeptoid #77) - A description of Sumatra's own little miniature Bigfoot legend. Read \| Listen (10:53) \| Discuss (4 comments)
11/27/07	Who 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)
11/20/07	How 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)
11/13/07	A 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)
11/6/07	A 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)
10/30/07	Electromagnetic 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)
10/23/07	How 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)
10/16/07	Raging (Bioidentical) Hormones (Skeptoid #70) - An examination of the popular trend in women's health, bioidentical hormone therapy. Read \| Listen (7:35) \| Discuss (3 comments)
10/9/07	Ann 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)
10/2/07	More Wet & Wild Listener Feedback (Skeptoid #68) - Another round of listener feedback from the past several months. Read \| Listen (14:17) \| Discuss (11 comments)
9/25/07	Do Your Body Features Measure Up? (Skeptoid #67) - An examination of phrenology, physiognomy, palmistry, and iridology. Read \| Listen (11:39) \| Discuss (6 comments)
9/18/07	The Greatest Secret of Nostradamus (Skeptoid #66) - How much of the pop-culture information about Nostradamus is true? Read \| Listen (14:38) \| Discuss (5 comments)
9/11/07	How 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)
9/4/07	The 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)
8/28/07	Subliminal Seduction (Skeptoid #63) - How true is Wilson Key's magnum opus work about subliminal advertising? Read \| Listen (9:11) \| Discuss (4 comments)
8/21/07	Crop 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)
8/14/07	Irradiation: 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)
8/9/07	Will 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)
8/4/07	Who 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)
7/30/07	Fluoridation: 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)
7/25/07	Email 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)
7/20/07	Bizarre 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)
7/15/07	Mercury, 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)
7/10/07	The 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)
7/5/07	Inside 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)
6/30/07	Science 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)
6/25/07	The 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)
6/15/07	How 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)
6/10/07	Unconscious 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)
6/5/07	The Bible Code: Enigmas for Dummies (Skeptoid #48) - Do messages hidden within the Bible really predict the future? Read \| Listen (10:20) \| Discuss (8 comments)
5/31/07	How Skeptoid Can Help You Win $1 Million - Skeptoid is now a qualifying media outlet for the One Million Dollar Paranormal Challenge. Listen (5:48)
5/26/07	Free 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)
5/21/07	Support Your Local Reptoid (Skeptoid #46) - What started the conspiracy theory that reptilians beings control our governments? Read \| Listen (9:52) \| Discuss (26 comments)
5/16/07	The 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)
5/11/07	The 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)
5/6/07	A 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)
5/1/07	Whacking, Cracking, and Chiropracting (Skeptoid #42) - Defined in 1895, chiropractic treats imaginary conditions with dangerous manipulations. Read \| Listen (10:20) \| Discuss (21 comments)
4/26/07	The Alien Invasion of Phoenix, Arizona (Skeptoid #41) - Yet another rehash of the infamous Phoenix Lights episode. Read \| Listen (11:25) \| Discuss (16 comments)
4/21/07	Neanderthals in Present Day Asia (Skeptoid #40) - Does the legendary Almas represent a population of relic Neanderthals? Read \| Listen (8:30) \| Discuss (8 comments)
4/16/07	Heating 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)
4/11/07	The 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)
4/6/07	How to Spot Pseudoscience (Skeptoid #37) - This 15-point checklist will help you tell science from pseudoscience. Read \| Listen (11:45) \| Discuss (5 comments)
4/1/07	Mercury 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)
3/27/07	Revisionist 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)
3/22/07	Homeopathy: 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)
3/17/07	Best of Listener Feedback (Skeptoid #33) - The best of listener feedback from the first 32 Skeptoid episodes. Read \| Listen (15:28) \| Discuss (14 comments)
3/12/07	Blood for Oil (Skeptoid #32) - Is the war in the Middle East really being waged for oil? Read \| Listen (8:23) \| Discuss (47 comments)
3/7/07	The 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)
3/1/07	Raw 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)
2/24/07	Orbs: The Ghost in the Camera (Skeptoid #29) - Are orbs really ghosts, or a common artifact of photography? Read \| Listen (8:08) \| Discuss (9 comments)
2/19/07	Natural Hygiene: Health Without Medicine (or Wisdom) (Skeptoid #28) - Can Natural Hygiene really lead to a longer life? Read \| Listen (5:40) \| Discuss (8 comments)
2/19/07	Special Announcement from Skeptoid - The Skeptalk Email Discussion List is now active at Skeptoid.com. Listen (1:45)
2/15/07	Chemtrails - 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)
2/10/07	The 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)
2/5/07	Scientists 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)
1/28/07	Reflexology: 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)
1/23/07	Paganism: A Naked Rebellion (Skeptoid #23) - What is paganism, and how is different from regular religions? Read \| Listen (6:44) \| Discuss (12 comments)
1/19/07	Skepticism 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)
1/15/07	Living 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)
1/11/07	The Real Amityville Horror (Skeptoid #20) - America's most popular true ghost story was a hoax. Read \| Listen (7:38) \| Discuss (9 comments)
1/5/07	Organic Food Myths (Skeptoid #19) - Is it a revolution in health and the environment, or a counterproductive fad? Read \| Listen (10:18) \| Discuss (74 comments)
1/1/07	The "New" Bill of Rights (Skeptoid #18) - An amended Bill of Rights to better reflect modern American values. Read \| Listen (4:37) \| Discuss (6 comments)
12/28/06	Internet 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)
12/24/06	The Real Philadelphia Experiment (Skeptoid #16) - Did a US Navy warship completely disappear in 1943? Read \| Listen (6:50) \| Discuss (15 comments)
12/20/06	SUV Phobia (Skeptoid #15) - Are SUVs truly as evil as we're supposed to think? Read \| Listen (8:00) \| Discuss (17 comments)
12/15/06	Cell 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)
12/11/06	A Primer on Scientific Testing (Skeptoid #13) - Understand the basics of scientific testing. Read \| Listen (7:15) \| Discuss (8 comments)
12/7/06	Killing Faith: Deconstructionist Christians (Skeptoid #12) - Is proving the Bible really doing the work of God? Read \| Listen (5:31) \| Discuss (146 comments)
12/3/06	Killing Bigfoot with Bad Science (Skeptoid #11) - Is anyone doing any justice to the Bigfoot claim? Read \| Listen (7:47) \| Discuss (11 comments)
11/30/06	An Evolution Primer for Creationists (Skeptoid #10) - Evolution 101 for Creationists who want to know better. Read \| Listen (8:11) \| Discuss (321 comments)
11/26/06	Sin: What's It Good For? (Skeptoid #09) - What's the point? Read \| Listen (7:30) \| Discuss (61 comments)
11/21/06	Nocturnal 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)
11/14/06	Pond Magnet Foolishness (Skeptoid #07) - Do magnets really have a mystical positive effect on pond water chemistry? Read \| Listen (6:13) \| Discuss (6 comments)
11/9/06	Wheatgrass Juice (Skeptoid #06) - Is the magical mystery juice all it's blended up to be? Read \| Listen (6:49) \| Discuss (29 comments)
11/1/06	Sustainable Sustainability (Skeptoid #05) - Focus on the year's undisputed overused buzzword: "Sustainable" Read \| Listen (6:08) \| Discuss (16 comments)
10/24/06	Ethics of Peddling the Paranormal (Skeptoid #04) - Is it OK for non-believers to sell the paranormal? Read \| Listen (6:45) \| Discuss (26 comments)
10/19/06	Rods: Flying Absurdities (Skeptoid #03) - Do these invisible flying creatures really exist? Read \| Listen (5:10) \| Discuss (15 comments)
10/11/06	Religion as a Moral Center (Skeptoid #02) - Is religion necessary to a good moral center? Read \| Listen (4:31) \| Discuss (105 comments)
10/3/06	New Age Energy (Skeptoid #01) - An examination of energy, as new agers use the term. Read \| Listen (6:07) \| Discuss (12 comments)