Episode Guide - Logic & Persuasion
| 2/12/13 | Top 10 Best Pro-Science Celebrities (Skeptoid #349) - A list of ten Hollywood celebrities who have leveraged their fame into the promotion of science. Read | Listen (12:34) | Discuss |
| 11/13/12 | How to Tell a Good Website from a Crap Website (Skeptoid #336) - When you find a science article on the web, how do you know whether it's reliable or not? Read | Listen (13:33) | Discuss |
| 6/26/12 | Al-Ghazali and Arab-Islamic Science (Skeptoid #316) - Some say that Persian theologian al-Ghazali was solely responsible for the end of the Golden Age of science. Read | Listen (12:32) | Discuss |
| 5/8/12 | The Science and Politics of Global Warming (Skeptoid #309) - Global warming is the poster boy for failed science communication. What went wrong? Read | Listen (12:20) | 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 |
| 2/14/12 | A Magical Journey through the Land of Reasoning Errors (Skeptoid #297) - Four common types of analytical errors in reasoning that we all need to beware of. Read | Listen (11:49) | Discuss |
| 12/27/11 | Approaching a Subject Skeptically (Skeptoid #290) - My process for examining a new topic, to learn whether it's fact or fiction. Read | Listen (10:44) | Discuss |
| 10/25/11 | The Science of Voting (Skeptoid #281) - Are democratic elections actually as free and fair as we think they are? Read | Listen (11:03) | Discuss |
| 7/19/11 | Zeno's Paradoxes (Skeptoid #267) - Greek philosopher Zeno proved that movement was impossible with a few simple paradoxes. Read | Listen (12:11) | Discuss |
| 6/28/11 | Conspiracy Theorists Aren't Crazy (Skeptoid #264) - We usually dismiss conspiracy theorists as crazy people; but that doesn't tell the whole story. Read | Listen (11:52) | Discuss |
| 8/3/10 | Some New Logical Fallacies (Skeptoid #217) - Skeptoid looks at some newer logical fallacies, often used in place of sound arguments. Read | Listen (12:08) | Discuss |
| 1/5/10 | Emergency 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 |
| 8/18/09 | Should 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 |
| 7/21/09 | How 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 |
| 6/30/09 | Sarah Palin Is Not Stupid (Skeptoid #160) - Is an ad hominem attack really the best way to express disagreement? Read | Listen (10:26) | Discuss |
| 5/26/09 | NLP: 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 |
| 12/30/08 | Who 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 |
| 8/26/08 | How 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 the difficulties. Read | Listen (8:51) | 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 |
| 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 |
| 11/6/07 | 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 |
| 8/28/07 | Subliminal Seduction (Skeptoid #63) - How true is Wilson Key's magnum opus work about subliminal advertising? Read | Listen (9:11) | Discuss |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 12/11/06 | A Primer on Scientific Testing (Skeptoid #13) - Understand the basics of scientific testing. Read | Listen (7:15) | Discuss |
| 11/30/06 | An Evolution Primer for Young Earth Creationists (Skeptoid #10) - Evolution 101 for Young Earth Creationists who want to know better. Read | Listen (8:11) | Discuss |
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