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Murder in Hex Hollow

Episode 996, July 8, 2025

The 1928 murder of a folk healer ignited a media frenzy and moral panic, revealing how superstition and magical thinking can fuel real-world tragedy.

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The Eugenic History of the Body Type Diet
Episode 995, July 1, 2025
Is there good science backing up the idea that you should eat based upon which of three body types you have?

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Will our improvements to AI's voracious appetite for electricity keep pace with the exploding demand?

How to Decide What to Eat
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Do you really need to pay quite so much attention to which foods you eat, and which you avoid?

The Case of the Missing Beaumont Children
Episode 992, June 10, 2025
Since psychic abilities do not exist outside the delusions of true believers, involving psychics in searches for missing persons is worse than useless.

Real Sea Monsters
Episode 991, June 3, 2025
A roundup of all the biggest and scariest real sea monsters — from today and from prehistoric times.

Rethinking Science Education
Episode 990, May 27, 2025
How one special moment redefined how a science teacher does her job.

Are $1,000,000 Paranormal Challenges Effective?
Episode 989, May 20, 2025
Their exciting nature, combined with the fact nobody's ever won one, make paranormal challenge prizes important educational tools.

Chocolate Myths
Episode 988, May 13, 2025
Here are many popular myths about chocolate. How many can you tell are true or not?

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She may have gotten her start as Houdini's sidekick, but Rose Mackenberg became a giant of unmasking fraudulent mediums.

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Super mushrooms are claimed by some to provide vague health benefits beyond their known nutritional values.

Supervolcanoes and Super Earthquakes
Episode 985, April 22, 2025
A roundup of the world's riskiest volcanoes and fault zones — and they're not necessarily the most hazardous.

Should You Feed Your Dog That?
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Some people try to feed their dogs the same alternative diet they eat themselves... not necessarily so good for the dog.

Immigration Myths
Episode 983, April 8, 2025
Many of our preconceived notions about immigrants likely bear very little resemblance to the facts.

Defending Against the Planet Killers
Episode 982, April 1, 2025
All of the ways you've heard that deep space wants to kill us — and how plausible or likely each scenario is.

Vaccines: Success Story of the Century
Episode 981, March 25, 2025
Vaccines are history's great medical success story, having saved more lives than anything else.

How to Find Atlantis
Episode 980, March 18, 2025
Ten of the places where Atlantis true believers think the mythical city might actually be.

Crusades Imagery and White Nationalism
Episode 979, March 11, 2025
Many of the Christian symbols created in the aftermath of the First Crusade have been adopted by White Nationalists. Why?

Leaded Gasoline and Mental Health
Episode 978, March 4, 2025
A look at recent studies finding leaded gasoline caused 151 million mental health illnesses in the United States.

A Dingo Ate My Baby
Episode 977, February 25, 2025
This catchphrase has become popular with comedians. Is that in line with its true origin?

The Spanish Gold of Neahkahnie Mountain
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Some believe a fabulous Spanish treasure is buried on the slopes of Oregon's Neahkahnie Mountain.

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Episode 975, February 11, 2025
A few of your favorite experts weigh in on how you can make sure your information comes from the very best sources.

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What really happened — and what didn't — in the 2024 telecom cyberattack.

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Just as important as the question of how much the livestock industry contributes to global warming is whether your giving up meat will have any real impact.

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The newer the data, and the longer we've had to study the epidemiology, the less harm we find that Agent Orange caused.

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