Episode Guide - Consumer Ripoffs
| 4/23/13 | Cupping for the Cure (Skeptoid #359) - Some believe that bruise-causing suction on the skin provides a variety of health benefits. Read | Listen (10:38) | Discuss |
| 12/18/12 | Free Energy Machines (Skeptoid #341) - Some believe they've cracked the secret of free energy forever with no fuel needed. Is it true? Read | Listen (12:39) | Discuss |
| 11/6/12 | Cleansing Diets: Why or Why Not? (Skeptoid #335) - Cleansing diets are trendier than ever. But do they actually provide any of the claimed benefits? Read | Listen (14:24) | Discuss |
| 8/7/12 | Negative Calorie Food Myths (Skeptoid #322) - Negative calorie foods, said to require more energy to digest than they provide, are a popular food fad. Read | Listen (11:28) | Discuss |
| 3/6/12 | The Secret of the Gypsy Queen (Skeptoid #300) - In which a little girl saves her kingdom when she is the only one who does not fall for the pop pseudoscience of the day. Read | Listen (14:09) | Discuss |
| 11/8/11 | Top 10 Worst Anti-Science Websites (Skeptoid #283) - My list of the worst offenders on the web in the promotion of scientific and factual misinformation. Read | Listen (14:50) | Discuss |
| 10/26/10 | Speed Reading (Skeptoid #229) - Speed reading classes claim to be able to turbocharge your words per minute. Is this really possible? Read | Listen (11:28) | Discuss |
| 10/12/10 | Boost Your Immune System (or Not) (Skeptoid #227) - Is "boosting your immune system" for real? Is that possible, and can you really buy it in a bottle? Read | Listen (11:58) | Discuss |
| 4/6/10 | Buy It! (Skeptoid #200) - Don't blindly turn to science when you need answers - instead, seek out those who want to sell you something. Read | Listen (3:13) | Discuss |
| 1/19/10 | Martial Arts Magic (Skeptoid #189) - Some call it Bullshido: Martial arts tricks like touchless attacks and the Touch of Death. Read | Listen (11:57) | Discuss |
| 10/6/09 | More Medical Myths (Skeptoid #174) - More myths about the human body that you've always heard, and probably believe. Read | Listen (11:31) | Discuss |
| 8/11/09 | Organic vs. Conventional Agriculture (Skeptoid #166) - Is organic agriculture truly safer or better for the environment than modern farming? Read | Listen (15:48) | Discuss |
| 7/14/09 | Locally Grown Produce (Skeptoid #162) - Is locally grown produce as green as its proponents seem to think it is? Read | Listen (12:41) | Discuss |
| 4/21/09 | Screwed! (Skeptoid #150) - A secret recording of an actual meeting of the Illuminati. Read | Listen (9:40) | Discuss |
| 3/31/09 | Binaural Beats: Digital Drugs (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 |
| 2/3/09 | Kangen 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 |
| 12/2/08 | Space 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 |
| 9/2/08 | How 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 |
| 8/8/08 | The 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 |
| 6/3/08 | Should You Take Your Vitamins? (Skeptoid #103) - Will daily doses of vitamin C really help prevent a cold? Read | Listen (10:12) | Discuss |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 2/5/08 | MonaVie and Other "Superfruit" Juices (Skeptoid #86) - Are superfruit juices anything more than super ripoffs? Read | Listen (12:14) | Discuss |
| 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 |
| 1/15/08 | The Detoxification Myth (Skeptoid #83) - Everyone wants to "detoxify" their bodies. Is this for real? Read | Listen (11:41) | Discuss |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 2/10/07 | Biodynamic Agriculture (Skeptoid #26) - Is biodynamic agriculture a modern innovation, or a throwback to the Dark Ages? Read | Listen (9:08) | Discuss |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 11/9/06 | Wheatgrass Juice (Skeptoid #06) - Is the magical mystery juice all it's blended up to be? Read | Listen (6:49) | Discuss |
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