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16:07

Skeptoid #959: Finding the Black Olmec

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2024/10/22

A thoroughly discredited idea, that the Mesoamerican Olmec people were Black Africans, continues to gain traction.

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15:23

Skeptoid #958: The Rock Wall of Texas

Skeptoid ·

2024/10/15

This buried rock wall found throughout Rockwall County has people wondering about its origin.

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01:55

It's Skeptoid's 18th Birthday!

Skeptoid ·

2024/10/11

It's Skeptoid's 18th birthday! Won't you help us celebrate by giving us a little birthday present?

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14:26

Skeptoid #957: Dogs Who Type

Skeptoid ·

2024/10/08

Can dogs be taught to speak intelligently using floor buttons that represent words?

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19:50

Skeptoid #956: 18 for 18

Skeptoid ·

2024/10/01

Highlights from 18 years of the Skeptoid podcast.

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21:24

Skeptoid #955: Pop Quiz: Astonishing Aviation Tales

Skeptoid ·

2024/09/24

Fifteen trivia questions from previous aviation themed episodes of Skeptoid.

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15:46

Skeptoid #954: 15 Sleep Myths

Skeptoid ·

2024/09/17

15 popular myths about sleeping, debunked.

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01:46

Skeptoid Flash Mob at CSICon 2024

Skeptoid ·

2024/09/11

Join the Skeptoid Flash Mob at CSICon 2024 in Las Vegas. Visit skeptoid.com/store to get your shirts.

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16:07

Skeptoid #953: Pet Pheromone Products

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2024/09/10

Lots of companies sell pheromone products claiming to calm down your dog or cat, but there's a very big problem with that basic claim.

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15:32

Skeptoid #952: Finding Slumach's Gold

Skeptoid ·

2024/09/03

Is this just another in a long line of legendary lost mines that never produced a speck of gold, or is there more to it this time?

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16:42

Skeptoid #951: Dying of Excited Delirium

Skeptoid ·

2024/08/27

Turns out that the cause of death known as excited delirium is not an actual cause of death at all.

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06:37

Skeptoid #950: A Modern Skeptic Podcast Host

Skeptoid ·

2024/08/20

If I were to summarize how and why I do what I do, I might put it this way.

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15:13

Skeptoid #949: Hunting the Graveyard of the Elephants

Skeptoid ·

2024/08/13

Does a mythical place where the elephants go to die actually exist?

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14:26

Skeptoid #948: Medical Error Is Not the Third Leading...

Skeptoid ·

2024/08/06

The claim that medical error is the third leading cause of death in the US has never been close to true.

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17:07

Skeptoid #947: How Your Driving Is Being Tracked

Skeptoid ·

2024/07/30

Is your phone really tracking your driving habits and selling the data? Maybe more so than you know.

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18:37

Skeptoid #946: Strange but True Stories from Space

Skeptoid ·

2024/07/23

The weirdest, creepiest, funniest, and just plain strange stories from the era of crewed space flight.

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16:16

Skeptoid #945: A Sea of Younger Dryas Woo

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2024/07/16

Pseudoarchaeologists often will cite the Younger Dryas climatic event as proof of their ancient advanced civilization.

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16:19

Skeptoid #944: Bullibility and the Cult of Wellness

Skeptoid ·

2024/07/09

Not only is the entire wellness industry BS, it exists because of people who are especially gullible.

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15:29

Skeptoid #943: The Aliens Are Not Coming

Skeptoid ·

2024/07/02

Fear not; the aliens are not coming to Earth.

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01:23

Death Valley for Students

Skeptoid ·

2024/06/25

Skeptoid's Death Valley Adventure is holding 5 tickets for students and active duty military. To apply to get one, visit skeptoid.com/deathvalley

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