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The Rationable Podcast

Every week we dig into an aspect of our world and look at it through the lens of science and critical thinking. We separate fact from fake as we explore diets, medicines, science news and trends. Jump in every week to get smarter and build your immunity against fads, pseudoscience and fake news.

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00:35:35

The UFO interview THEY DON'T WANT YOU TO SEE!

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2025/10/13

UFOs, or rather, UAPs, have been in the news a lot lately, mostly thanks to the US Congress discussing the matter with three ex-military people who claim they have evidence for non-terrestrial spacecrafts. In other words, aliens. This hearing gave the movement a lot of legitimacy. But do we really have evidence for aliens visiting Earth? I speak to Brian Dunning, creator and host of the Skeptoid podcast, about UFOs, aliens, and the quality of evidence we have. It just so happens, Brian's non-profit

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00:39:51

Professor Dave Explains the origin of life, trans...

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2025/09/19

Recently, Dave Farina of @ProfessorDaveExplains had a debate with James Tour about the origin of life and, according to most scientists in the field, he destroys James Tour's position that we have no proof that life began naturally. In this interview, I talked to Dave about how he prepared for the debate, his debate strategy, his episode on gender identity and lots more. James Tour Debunk Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLybg94GvOJ9HzCxBR9f4oi7MvfVcKAS6O&si=qE1wBCpHXTb357Uc James

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01:08:40

LGBTQIA+ Science EXPLAINED by Sayantan Dutta

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2025/08/27

What do all the letters of LGBTQIA+ stand for? Are there only two genders or a spectrum? Is being transgender a real thing? What are the pronouns we should use? Should we use the pronouns at all? Is being queer natural? What does the science say? What kind of person is intersex?Sayantan Dutta, a non-binary activist and journalist, answers all these questions and more. So if you're wondering about the rainbow communities, this interview will give you your answers.Questions, suggestions or just want

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01:11:39

Does homeopathy work? Interview with Edzard Ernst

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2025/08/01

Trick or Treatment by Simon Singh and Edzard Ernst: https://amzn.to/2GeVEjW Contact Edzard: https://twitter.com/EdzardErnst My interview with Thomas Westbrook (@HolyKoolaid ): https://youtu.be/jTV_p5Js6hcQuestions, suggestions or just want to get in touch? Find me on Instagram and Twitter @berationable. Join the conversation on the Rationable Conversations Facebook group or the Telegream channel, Rationable. Contact me at abhijit@berationable.com. For more content like this, visit

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01:17:40

Faith & False Hope: Insidious Faith Healers Exposed:...

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2025/07/29

One of the most deceptive, malicious and manipulative practices in the modern world is faith healing. Faith healers all over the world prey on the vulnerable using fear and faith to suck away their life savings and, in exchange, giving them false hope about healing from their often debilitating ailments. Thomas Westbrook of @HolyKoolaid has been digging deep into the world of faith healing for a new series on his channel (go subscribe now!) and tells us all about their despicable behaviour.

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01:04:50

Ex Homeopath Reveals the Truth About Homeopathy:...

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2025/07/21

Do you have any enquiries, recommendations, or simply wish to connect with me? Find me on Instagram and Twitter @berationable. Join the conversation on the Rationable Conversations Facebook group. Contact me at abhijit@berationable.com. For more content like this, visit www.berationable.com. Support and get involved with Rationable on Patreon at patreon.com/rationable.

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00:53:53

Will AI take over the world? Featuring Kyle Polich,...

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2025/06/29

Kyle Polich, from the podcast Data Skeptic, talks about the rise of Large Language Models (LLMs), what they do and what the future of AI seems to be. Thank you so much for listening to The Rationable Podcast. If you like this show, please subscribe, share, rate it and review it on Apple Podcasts or Spotify to make it easier for others to find it. Also, subscribe to the Rationable channel on Youtube. Support and get involved with Rationable on Patreon at patreon.com/rationable.For the show notes,

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01:22:58

Sanal Edemaruku: Paying the price for skeptical activism

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2023/12/31

This time, I'm interviewing Sanal Edamaruku, one of the big guys in the Indian rationalist movement. He is the founder and president of Rationalists International and President of the Indian Rationalist Association. He has done so much over the years to fight for scientific temper and rationality in India. In fact, Sanal had to leave India when a group of Christians in India started threatening him when he debunked their claim that their statue of Jesus was weeping. It turned out that the weeping

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00:56:08

The Poison On Your Plate! Unbelievable Food Facts...

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2023/08/16

Krish Ashok has dedicated a lot of his spare time to understanding the science behind the foods we eat, in general as humans, and specifically as Indians. In this interview, he shares mind-blowing facts and busts many myths and pseudoscientific ideas that we all have encountered about the food we eat. This has been one of the most fascinating conversations I've had to date. If you are a foodie, this episode is a must Krish on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_masalalab Krish on Twitter:

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00:54:23

How Seth Andrews Went From Believing in God to...

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2023/04/02

Now, I started my journey into atheism back around 2010. When I first started identifying as an atheist, the first podcast I started listening to was The Thinking Atheist created by Seth Andrews. His soothing voice, friendly demeanor and down-to-earth, humanistic values made me connect with him instantly. He would speak openly about his perspectives, his arguments and the challenges he faced every week with his friends, family and more. If you haven't heard of him before, Seth is an impressive

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01:01:10

Doubting your religion? This organisation can help...

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2023/02/18

Rob Palmer, Columnist and Skeptical Activist, joins us again on behalf of Recovering from Religion, or RFR for short. RFR helps those doubting their religious beliefs to come to terms with it and take action to maintain their social, mental and physical well-being. They have hotlines and online chats where their volunteers speak to callers who are doubting their faith and answer the many questions such a person would have. If you are having doubts about your religion, or are seeking a

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01:07:28

Is Astrology Real or Fake? Susan Gerbic and Mark...

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2023/01/09

Have you ever had your palm read? Have you had a psychic reading? How accurate was it? And are you wondering if astrological or psychic readings really work? Susan Gerbic and Mark Edward are here to answer those questions. They are stalwart skeptic activists in the US, and have been doing a lot of amazing work over the years to see how psychics and astrologers work and also exposed them for taking advantage of the vulnerable and grieving. In this Rationable Interview, I talk to them about the

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00:52:55

Why do People Believe in Pseudoscience? Interview...

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2023/01/04

Pranav Radhakrishnan joins us on Rationable Interviews to discuss why people believe in pseudosciences like alternative medicine and gurus like Sadhguru. We also discuss his experience as a science communicator and a sceptic and his experience building his channel, @ScienceIsDope. His content is very well-researched, written and produced, and you should definitely subscribe to his channels. Affiliate links for books: How to read a Paper by Trisha Greenhalgh: https://amzn.to/3WmPeV5 Trick or

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01:00:51

Are Psychic Predictions Accurate? After analysing...

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2022/12/11

Richard Saunders, Rob Palmer and a group of sceptic activists from all over the world analyzed over 4,000 predictions from 207 psychics over 2 decades to see how accurate they were. This was called the GAPPP.Here's my full interview with Rob Palmer from Skeptic Inquirer Magazine as we discuss the GAPPP project. The Great Australian Psychic Predictions project analysed all psychic predictions broadcast in Australia over a decade to see if they were accurate. Rob shares the project results to reveal

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00:47:23

An Indian Atheist on Hinduism: Vimoh on Karma,...

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2022/11/23

Vimoh has a podcast call in show and two youtube channels where he comments on religion, superstitions and politics twice a week. In this interview, we discuss a large range of topics including castes, karma, the right books to educate ones self on Hinduism and the right to ridicule religion. Affiliate links for the books mentioned. Please buy through these and support the channel. Thank you! Riddles in Hinduism by Dr BR Ambedkar: https://amzn.to/3hW7Fku Bhagwat Gita: https://amzn.to/3XoGHSR How to

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00:47:21

Scamming Autistic People: Exposing Facilitated...

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2022/11/16

References & Further Reading Resources and Further Reading: https://www.facilitatedcommunication.org/ https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/17489539.2012.674680 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8441353/ https://archive.org/details/PrisonersofSilence https://www.facilitatedcommunication.org/blog/a-magician-cannot-dispute-fc-or-can-he https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXAxkqsCbvk https://www.facilitatedcommunication.org/blog/why-does-joint-attention-look-atypical-in-autismand-does-it-matter

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00:55:07

How Ayurveda Can Harm - Dr Abby Philips

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2021/06/20

Dr Cyriac Abby Philips is a firebrand twitter sceptic who regularly shares science-based information and research regarding alternative medicine – Ayurveda in particular. He's a Hepatologist and has been studying the side effects of Ayurvedic preparations on the liver. His research and clinical cases have discovered how many Ayurvedic preparations may be harming you more than healing you!He joins us to answer some critical questions about how Ayurveda can be harmful. There are so many real side

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00:50:00

Which Covid Vaccine Should You Get? | Interview with...

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2021/04/29

Dr Haryax Pathak, MBBS, practising in Vadodara, Gujarat, India, has been busting myths about COVID-19, its treatments and the vaccines on Twitter. He was kind enough to join Rationable to dispel myths about the vaccines and help us understand which one to choose, what the dosage interval should be, and lots more.Here are a the updates: 1) Immunocompromised people should also get the vaccine2) The central government has increased the period after which one should get Covishield’s second dose to 6-8

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00:18:18

What are the benefits of Black Alkaline Water?

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2021/02/05

I’ve investigated the claims of Evocus and other alkaline water and found they aren’t true. Evocus Black Alkaline water is just a dodgy product that will only be a very expensive, rather ineffective antacid and nothing more. I will get to each of these claims and a few other generic claims I’ve found about alkaline water in this episode, so you can understand why I say this.Intro and outro music: Heat by DistillFor the full transcript along with links to citations and further reading, please visit

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00:56:39

COVID Vaccine Questions Answered by Dr Paul Offit

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2021/01/29

There are a lot of questions we have about the COVID-19 vaccines that have been released by Moderna, Pfizer and others. Dr Paul Offit is here to answer them! He is a paediatrician with expertise in virology and vaccines. Dr Offit has written several books on the topic of vaccines, alternative medicine and medical science.Get in touch with Dr Offit: https://twitter.com/DrPaulOffit Or visit his website: https://www.paul-offit.com And check out his work and educational content at

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