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Skeptoid

The true science behind our most popular urban legends. Historical mysteries, paranormal claims, popular science myths, aliens and UFO reports, conspiracy theories, and worthless alternative medicine schemes... Skeptoid has you covered. From the sublime to the startling, no topic is sacred. Weekly since 2006.

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12:37

Skeptoid #506: Bad Skepticism: Why You Should...

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2016/02/16

From swamp gas and waterspouts to alternative medicine, the harm of not challenging popular assumptions.

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13:20

Skeptoid #505: You've Got to Be Wrong to Be Right

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2016/02/09

Skeptoid corrects another round of errors from past episodes.

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14:12

Skeptoid #504: Growing Skeptical of Hair Restoration

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2016/02/02

As long as people lose their hair, the market will remain flooded with sham remedies.

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14:04

Skeptoid #503: Bad Science on PBS

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2016/01/26

The reasons why PBS is so quick to promote pseudoscience informercials during pledge drives.

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13:29

Skeptoid #502: Listener Feedback: Killing the Comments

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2016/01/19

Your comments on our decision to remove the comments from Skeptoid episode transcript pages.

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13:11

Skeptoid #501: Schrodinger's Cat and the Bomb Detector

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2016/01/12

Whatever you think you know about Schrödinger's famous cat is probably wrong.

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06:53

Skeptoid #500: A Little Curiosity

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2016/01/05

If you haven't yet found your curiosity in the first 500 episodes of Skeptoid, find it here.

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13:20

Skeptoid #499: The Hope Diamond: A Curse Deconstructed

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2015/12/29

Find out how the obviously false story of a curse came to be associated with this famous diamond.

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12:34

Skeptoid #498: Did the 1914 Christmas Truce Really...

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2015/12/22

Popular stories tell of WWI soldiers laying aside their rifles on Christmas 1914. The facts are not quite so simple.

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13:23

Skeptoid #497: A Skeptical Look at the Rorschach Test

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2015/12/15

The famous Rorschach inkblot test is not a window into the subconscious, and doesn't tell us anything useful.

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13:47

Skeptoid #496: The Russian Sleep Experiment

Skeptoid ·

2015/12/08

Russian test subjects are said to have done unspeakably horrible things when sleep deprived.

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01:15

Skeptoid: Bad Skepticism

Skeptoid ·

2015/12/04

A new live show from Skeptoid Media: Bad Skepticism!

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15:21

Skeptoid #495: Updated: Top 10 Worst Anti-Science Web...

Skeptoid ·

2015/12/01

The worst offending sites on the Internet for promoting bad misinformation.

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12:17

Skeptoid #494: Black Mold: Peril or Prosaic?

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2015/11/24

Black mold is commonly believed to harbor many deadly diseases; but in fact removing it is often worse than leaving it.

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13:30

Skeptoid #493: How Real Is the Stockholm Syndrome?

Skeptoid ·

2015/11/17

While the Stockholm syndrome sounds like a mere media buzzword, it does actually sometimes happen.

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12:59

Skeptoid #492: Pouring Cold Water on Cryotherapy

Skeptoid ·

2015/11/10

Questioning whether this new spa treatment provides all the medical benefits it claims.

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12:46

Skeptoid #491: 420: The Cannabis Code

Skeptoid ·

2015/11/03

Myths and competing claims fog the origin of the term 420, a slang code for marijuana.

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14:00

Skeptoid #490: Deconstructing the Tasaday Tribe

Skeptoid ·

2015/10/27

Some say this tribe of "gentle savages", discovered in 1971, was just a hoax. The truth isn't quite so simple.

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12:57

Skeptoid #489: The Science of X-Ray Specs and Sea...

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2015/10/20

These products advertised in the back of comic books promised improbable feats of science.

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12:51

Skeptoid #488: Who Was Charles Fort?

Skeptoid ·

2015/10/13

This enigmatic author of the strange continues to confound.

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