HTTP/2 301 location: https://feed.skeptoid.com content-length: 273 content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 date: Thu, 29 Jan 2026 19:40:50 GMT server: Apache HTTP/2 200 content-type: application/rss+xml; charset=UTF-8 via: 1.1 cc1b2a0fc2bcb8c44f30e93e6d8cd00a.cloudfront.net (CloudFront), 1.1 1e3b45fb00f0cc03b69786cf1a92d5e4.cloudfront.net (CloudFront) x-amz-cf-pop: BOM78-P9 x-amz-replication-status: COMPLETED last-modified: Tue, 27 Jan 2026 10:01:03 GMT content-encoding: gzip x-amz-server-side-encryption: AES256 x-amz-version-id: oh1gY9il0foGafbdxclEMkNIg6ysVQRN server: AmazonS3 date: Thu, 29 Jan 2026 19:40:52 GMT cache-control: max-age=60 etag: W/"c4ddb79b57abe0b2060e7619fb0841cb" vary: accept-encoding x-cache: RefreshHit from cloudfront x-amz-cf-pop: BOM54-P2 x-amz-cf-id: dzj45COWwjzg3R-1VBTAcR6CP00-4L09LZC0ZpksgqHZCCLMbM0zxw== https://skeptoid.com Tue, 27 Jan 2026 10:00:00 -0000 Tue, 20 Jan 2026 10:01:48 -0000 60 en-us 2006-2024 Skeptoid Media, Inc. All Rights Reserved. help@prx.org (PRX) 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.

]]> will@skeptoid.com (Will McCandless) skeptic science urban legends paranormal skepticism conspiracy theories history PRX Feeder v1.0.0 https://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss https://f.prxu.org/819/images/855bd9aa-e828-4190-bb9f-c72fd1add70d/3000prx.png https://skeptoid.com 3000 3000 A weekly look at the true facts behind urban legends and stories you've probably heard. https://feed.skeptoid.com 7dfcbee0-932e-11f0-bfc6-cb1fee735a6e Brian Dunning episodic false brian@skeptoid.com Brian Dunning A weekly look at the true facts behind urban legends and stories you've probably heard. 2006-2024 Skeptoid Media, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Science 22c754c2-89fd-5ff1-910f-fc9c60c8dc4b yes https://skeptoid.com/episodes/1025 Tue, 27 Jan 2026 10:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/1025 Oh no! Another pop quiz. Take the challenge: 9 questions about space. Think you can get them all?

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Pop Quiz: Space Quandaries Pop Quiz: Space Quandaries full 1025 18:35 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Oh no! Another pop quiz. Take the challenge: 9 questions about space. Think you can get them all?

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> What Accounts for Ghost Encounters? What Accounts for Ghost Encounters? full 1023 18:18 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning If ghosts don't exist, then how do we account for all the ghost experiences that people have every day?

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/episodes/3113 Wed, 07 Jan 2026 10:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/3113 Mediterranean archaeologist Dr. Flint Dibble will be our resident expert on the real history (and the fake history) at our ports of call when Skeptoid Adventures sails from Málaga, Spain to Nice, France this April. He is perhaps best known for his 2024 destruction of pseudo-archaeologist Graham Hancock on the Joe Rogan Experience.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Dr. Flint Dibble Interview: Our Resident Expert for Málaga to Nice! Dr. Flint Dibble Interview: Our Resident Expert for Málaga to Nice! bonus 22:24 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Mediterranean archaeologist Dr. Flint Dibble will be our resident expert on the real history (and the fake history) at our ports of call when Skeptoid Adventures sails from Málaga, Spain to Nice, France this April. He is perhaps best known for his 2024 destruction of pseudo-archaeologist Graham Hancock on the Joe Rogan Experience.

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Links to resources from Bloodworks Northwest:

Blood Donation Need to Know

Eligibility Guidelines

Eligibility Checker

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Links to resources from Bloodworks Northwest:

Blood Donation Need to Know

Eligibility Guidelines

Eligibility Checker

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/episodes/1021 Tue, 30 Dec 2025 10:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/1021 The history and pseudohistory of this infamous and ubiquitous obscene gesture.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Yule Logs Yule Logs full 1020 16:45 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Ashley Hamer Pritchard From fireplace to folklore, how the Yule log got its fake pagan backstory.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/episodes/1019 Tue, 16 Dec 2025 10:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/1019 This device claims to be able to dramatically improve the efficiency and emissions of any internal combustion engine.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Testing the Thunderstorm Generator Testing the Thunderstorm Generator full 1019 17:44 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning This device claims to be able to dramatically improve the efficiency and emissions of any internal combustion engine.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Might Ghosts Exist? Might Ghosts Exist? full 1018 17:25 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning An exploration of all the scientific possibilities by which ghosts might actually exist in this universe.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/episodes/1017 Tue, 02 Dec 2025 10:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/1017 It should have been impossible for the CIA's Glomar Explorer to obtain the ship's bell from the K-129 submarine... but they did. How?

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> The Case for Carbon Dating The Case for Carbon Dating full 1016 16:45 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning A roundup of evidence supporting the use of radiocarbon dating to assess the age of organic matter from 500 to 55,000 years old.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> The Alaska Triangle The Alaska Triangle full 1015 15:39 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Stories claim that this region of Alaska is home to a huge number of unexplained disappearances.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> The Giant of Kandahar The Giant of Kandahar full 1014 17:08 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Did US Special Forces battle a 15-foot-tall red-haired giant in the mountains of Afghanistan in 2002?

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/episodes/1013 Tue, 04 Nov 2025 10:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/1013 A conspiracy theory claims the Hollywood and Deep State elitists have a magical bed that allows them to remain forever young and healthy.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Medbeds: Sleeping in Bunk Medbeds: Sleeping in Bunk full 1013 16:11 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning A conspiracy theory claims the Hollywood and Deep State elitists have a magical bed that allows them to remain forever young and healthy.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Pop Quiz: 19 Years of Skeptoid Pop Quiz: 19 Years of Skeptoid full 1010 27:02 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning A pop quiz of trivia from the previous 19 years of Skeptoid shows! Can you beat the masters?

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Facts and Fiction of Polynesian Navigation, Part 2 Facts and Fiction of Polynesian Navigation, Part 2 full 1009 18:35 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning The actual wayfinding methods used by the ancient Polynesians to navigate between islands and settle the entire Pacific Ocean.

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Please note: This ship often sells out by the end of October, so reserve your cabin soon. All deposits are fully refundable.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Skeptoid Adventures Sets Sail! Malaga, Spain to Nice, France 2026 Skeptoid Adventures Sets Sail! Malaga, Spain to Nice, France 2026 bonus 02:31 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Skeptoid Adventures will set sail on the world's largest sailing vessel, the SV Royal Clipper, from Malaga, Spain, to Nice, France this April. We'll have a mini-conference aboard and we'll stop at amazing ports of call -- all while on the coolest full-rigged sailing ship you've ever seen. Take a look at skeptoid.com/adventures. 

Please note: This ship often sells out by the end of October, so reserve your cabin soon. All deposits are fully refundable.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Facts and Fiction of Polynesian Navigation, Part 1 Facts and Fiction of Polynesian Navigation, Part 1 full 1008 16:13 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Nearly as much mythology as science surrounds the wayfinding techniques used by early Polynesians to navigate the South Pacific.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> The Pilots Who Landed at Area 51 The Pilots Who Landed at Area 51 full 1007 18:30 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning True stories of the pilots who have tried to land at Area 51 — and what happened to them.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/episodes/1006 Tue, 16 Sep 2025 09:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/1006 We all enjoy a nice crisp glass of water when we're feeling dehydrated — which makes sense, because our bodies need it most of all, so enjoying it is an evolved behavior. However, some people — notably wellness influencers — have determined that good old H2O is actually not a good thing at all (who knew?); and that what you really need is their own concoction that's actually an entirely different molecule: structured water.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Deconstructing Structured Water Deconstructing Structured Water full 1006 18:02 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning We all enjoy a nice crisp glass of water when we're feeling dehydrated — which makes sense, because our bodies need it most of all, so enjoying it is an evolved behavior. However, some people — notably wellness influencers — have determined that good old H2O is actually not a good thing at all (who knew?); and that what you really need is their own concoction that's actually an entirely different molecule: structured water.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/episodes/1005 Tue, 09 Sep 2025 09:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/1005 Another round of corrections of errors from past episodes, keeping your Skeptoid archive tidy and accurate.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Dating the White Sands Footprints Dating the White Sands Footprints full 1004 17:49 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Ancient footprints in New Mexico are forcing scientists to rewrite the story of when humans first set foot in the Americas, and the debate is shaking paleoanthropology to its core.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> History's Weirdest Science Findings History's Weirdest Science Findings full 1003 17:54 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Fourteen of the most unexpected and counterintuitive science findings.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/episodes/1001 Tue, 12 Aug 2025 09:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/1001 Clowns have a habit of terrifying many of us. So why shouldn't we be surprised to see mass clown panics?

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Candle on the Water Candle on the Water full 1000 15:56 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Today marks the 1000th Skeptoid episode. And it's time to raise the question: What are you going to do for it?

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4999 Tue, 29 Jul 2025 09:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/999 Medieval tales of walking corpses reflect common misunderstandings of death and the era's blurred line between myth and reality.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Day of the Medieval Dead Day of the Medieval Dead full 999 16:54 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Deborah Hyde Medieval tales of walking corpses reflect common misunderstandings of death and the era's blurred line between myth and reality.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4998 Tue, 22 Jul 2025 09:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4998 What began as 19th-century mind-cure mysticism has morphed into a billion-dollar culture that may be hurting more minds than it helps.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> The Manifestation Trap: OCD and the Law of Attraction The Manifestation Trap: OCD and the Law of Attraction full 998 15:58 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Adrienne Hill What began as 19th-century mind-cure mysticism has morphed into a billion-dollar culture that may be hurting more minds than it helps.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Sounds of the Aurora Sounds of the Aurora full 997 15:46 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Using real science to investigate the question of whether some people can "hear" the aurora.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Murder in Hex Hollow Murder in Hex Hollow full 996 15:48 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Blake Smith 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.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/episodes/3107 Wed, 02 Jul 2025 09:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/3107 We’re sharing a preview of a new audiobook, Douglas Adams: The Ends of the Earth, which celebrates the wit and wisdom of the legendary science fiction author of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy and Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency. Douglas Adams was someone who thought deeply about the biggest problems in the world, from the internet, to artificial intelligence, to space exploration, politics, and conservation—he was a sharp critic and a profoundly disruptive thinker of the way we do things. Written and narrated by Arvind Ethan David, Adams’ former protégé, this one-of-a-kind audiobook includes rare archival material from the Adams Estate, interviews with Adams’ personal friends like Griff Rhys Jones and David Baddiel, and reenactments of his work to form an immersive journey through the mind of one of the most visionary writers of our time. Get Douglas Adams: The Ends of the Earth now at Audible, Spotify, pushkin.fm/audiobooks, or wherever audiobooks are sold.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Preview — Douglas Adams: The Ends of the Earth on The Internet We Didn’t Get Preview — Douglas Adams: The Ends of the Earth on The Internet We Didn’t Get trailer 49:23 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Pushkin Industries We’re sharing a preview of a new audiobook, Douglas Adams: The Ends of the Earth, which celebrates the wit and wisdom of the legendary science fiction author of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy and Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency. Douglas Adams was someone who thought deeply about the biggest problems in the world, from the internet, to artificial intelligence, to space exploration, politics, and conservation—he was a sharp critic and a profoundly disruptive thinker of the way we do things. Written and narrated by Arvind Ethan David, Adams’ former protégé, this one-of-a-kind audiobook includes rare archival material from the Adams Estate, interviews with Adams’ personal friends like Griff Rhys Jones and David Baddiel, and reenactments of his work to form an immersive journey through the mind of one of the most visionary writers of our time. Get Douglas Adams: The Ends of the Earth now at Audible, Spotify, pushkin.fm/audiobooks, or wherever audiobooks are sold.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4995 Tue, 01 Jul 2025 09:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4995 Is there good science backing up the idea that you should eat based upon which of three body types you have?

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> The Eugenic History of the Body Type Diet The Eugenic History of the Body Type Diet full 995 14:35 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Ashley Hamer 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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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Making AI Environmentally Friendly Making AI Environmentally Friendly full 994 17:07 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Will our improvements to AI's voracious appetite for electricity keep pace with the exploding demand?

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> How to Decide What to Eat How to Decide What to Eat full 993 17:11 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Craig Good Do you really need to pay quite so much attention to which foods you eat, and which you avoid?

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4992 Tue, 10 Jun 2025 09:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4992 Since psychic abilities do not exist outside the delusions of true believers, involving psychics in searches for missing persons is worse than useless.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> The Case of the Missing Beaumont Children The Case of the Missing Beaumont Children full 992 17:59 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Richard Saunders Since psychic abilities do not exist outside the delusions of true believers, involving psychics in searches for missing persons is worse than useless.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Real Sea Monsters Real Sea Monsters full 991 19:30 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning A roundup of all the biggest and scariest real sea monsters — from today and from prehistoric times.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Supervolcanoes and Super Earthquakes Supervolcanoes and Super Earthquakes full 985 16:28 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning A roundup of the world's riskiest volcanoes and fault zones — and they're not necessarily the most hazardous.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Defending Against the Planet Killers Defending Against the Planet Killers full 982 19:35 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning All of the ways you've heard that deep space wants to kill us — and how plausible or likely each scenario is.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Dying of Excited Delirium Dying of Excited Delirium full 951 16:42 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Turns out that the cause of death known as excited delirium is not an actual cause of death at all.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Medical Error Is Not the Third Leading Cause of Death Medical Error Is Not the Third Leading Cause of Death full 948 14:26 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning 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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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> How Your Driving Is Being Tracked How Your Driving Is Being Tracked full 947 17:07 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Is your phone really tracking your driving habits and selling the data? Maybe more so than you know.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Strange but True Stories from Space Strange but True Stories from Space full 946 18:37 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning The weirdest, creepiest, funniest, and just plain strange stories from the era of crewed space flight.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> A Sea of Younger Dryas Woo A Sea of Younger Dryas Woo full 945 16:16 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Pseudoarchaeologists often will cite the Younger Dryas climatic event as proof of their ancient advanced civilization.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Bullibility and the Cult of Wellness Bullibility and the Cult of Wellness full 944 16:19 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Not only is the entire wellness industry BS, it exists because of people who are especially gullible.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Death Valley for Students Death Valley for Students bonus 01:23 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Skeptoid's Death Valley Adventure is holding 5 tickets for students and active duty military. To apply to get one, visit skeptoid.com/deathvalley

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4942 Tue, 25 Jun 2024 09:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4942 A roundup of all those things that movies always get wrong and make you mad.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> What the Movies Always Get Wrong What the Movies Always Get Wrong full 942 14:47 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning A roundup of all those things that movies always get wrong and make you mad.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Docu Dangers: Why Science Documentaries Usually Suck Docu Dangers: Why Science Documentaries Usually Suck full 941 16:13 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning How we decide what makes a good topic for a skeptical documentary film.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Vampire Facials Vampire Facials full 938 15:45 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning This procedure promising facial rejuvenation is basically a full face tattoo of your own blood.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Helen Keller on Trial Helen Keller on Trial full 937 13:45 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning A bizarre subculture of Helen Keller Truthers believe that she was either faking her deafblindness or even that she didn't exist at all.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Coffee Myths Coffee Myths full 936 16:52 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning A roundup of 15 common myths about coffee. Which ones had you always believed?

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Skeptoid Adventures: Death Valley 2024 Skeptoid Adventures: Death Valley 2024 full 03:47 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Come join the Skeptoid Adventures trip for 2024, a journey of exploration in Death Valley!

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4934 Tue, 30 Apr 2024 09:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4934 The story goes that this stone covered with Viking runes was found in a Minnesota field in 1898. Its true history is much more interesting.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Decoding the Kensington Runestone Decoding the Kensington Runestone full 934 16:24 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning The story goes that this stone covered with Viking runes was found in a Minnesota field in 1898. Its true history is much more interesting.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Snazzy New Store Items Snazzy New Store Items full 0:54 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Get the snazzy new Skeptoid Hydro Flask tumbler or radical new Skeptoid coffee mug. Both are engraved so they’ll never fade. Now available at the Skeptoid store at Skeptoid.com.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> COVID-19 and the Lab Leak COVID-19 and the Lab Leak full 933 19:42 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Was the SARS-CoV-2 virus of natural origin, or was it engineered in a Chinese research lab?

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Is Recycling for Real? Is Recycling for Real? full 932 14:45 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning A close look at where recycling of some common materials is actually at these days.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Error Erasure Extravaganza Error Erasure Extravaganza full 931 14:22 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning It's time once again for Skeptoid to correct another round of errors in previous shows.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Dr. Crow and the Melon Heads Dr. Crow and the Melon Heads full 930 13:43 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Some say creepy children with huge balloon heads stalk the woods at night, waiting to attack you.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4929 Tue, 26 Mar 2024 09:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4929 The not-so-famous UFO case that caused the US Congress to spend millions of taxpayer dollars.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> The Trinity UFO Crash of 1945 The Trinity UFO Crash of 1945 full 929 19:40 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning The not-so-famous UFO case that caused the US Congress to spend millions of taxpayer dollars.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> EMDR: Looking Past the Pain EMDR: Looking Past the Pain full 928 16:06 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning This controversial treatment for PTSD involves moving the eyes side to side.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> I Can't Believe They Did That: Human Guinea Pigs #3 I Can't Believe They Did That: Human Guinea Pigs #3 full 927 18:03 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Part 3 in our roundup of scientists who took the ultimate plunge and experimented on themselves.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> The Conspirituality of Enneagrams The Conspirituality of Enneagrams full 925 17:18 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Can everything important about you and those you interact with be boiled down to a single digit?

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> The Voodoo Ax Murders The Voodoo Ax Murders full 923 14:38 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Were two waves of ax murders in the American south in the early 20th century truly associated with Louisiana Voodoo?

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Testing Alcubierre's Warp Drive Testing Alcubierre's Warp Drive full 922 15:12 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Proponents of alien visitation often claim the Alcubierre drive makes faster than light possible. Here's why it can't exist.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Institutional Partners for Our New Show Institutional Partners for Our New Show full 01:13 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Skeptoid is looking for institutional partners and/or title sponsors for a proposed video series.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Reconsidering the Seveso Dioxin Disaster Reconsidering the Seveso Dioxin Disaster full 921 15:23 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Was this infamous 1976 dioxin disaster as bad as reported, or might it have been much worse than we thought?

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Looking Back on the Chronovisor Looking Back on the Chronovisor full 919 15:16 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning A Benedictine monk is said to have built a device allowing him to see and hear historical events.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Martin Luther King Jr. Myths Martin Luther King Jr. Myths full 918 15:00 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning We break down four popular myths about Martin Luther King Jr. that just won't go away.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Ask Me Anything, 2023 Edition, Part 2 Ask Me Anything, 2023 Edition, Part 2 full 916 16:46 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Skeptoid rapid fires a bunch of mini-episodes in answer to your questions.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Ask Me Anything, 2023 Edition, Part 1 Ask Me Anything, 2023 Edition, Part 1 full 915 13:49 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning A year-end Ask Me Anything session to tell you everything you ever wanted to know about Skeptoid and more.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Say Goodbye to 2023 Say Goodbye to 2023 bonus 03:27 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Help us say goodbye to 2023, Skeptoid style.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Stopping Hiccups with Science Stopping Hiccups with Science full 914 14:05 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Does science have a way to reliably cure the hiccups?

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Surviving Brazil's Snake Island Surviving Brazil's Snake Island full 913 15:41 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning This Brazilian island is said to be too dangerous to visit due to countless venomous snakes.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Kambo: Let It Go Kambo: Let It Go full 912 15:01 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Some believe that taking a deadly frog poison confers a vast array of New Age wellness benefits.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> How to Escape Nibiru How to Escape Nibiru full 911 16:00 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Some believe this speculative rogue planet is on a collision course with the Earth.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> How to Spot Misinformation How to Spot Misinformation full 910 15:01 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Much content online is designed for high engagement, not for accuracy.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4909 Tue, 07 Nov 2023 10:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4909 Skeptoid corrects another round of errors in past episodes pointed out by listeners.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Fixing Former Fumbles Fixing Former Fumbles full 909 16:39 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Skeptoid corrects another round of errors in past episodes pointed out by listeners.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4907 Tue, 24 Oct 2023 09:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4907 Do lots of famous pop musicians really die at the age of 27, or is there something in science that just makes us think so?

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> The Science of the 27 Club The Science of the 27 Club full 907 14:09 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Do lots of famous pop musicians really die at the age of 27, or is there something in science that just makes us think so?

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4906 Tue, 17 Oct 2023 09:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4906 Did the village of Nazareth exist at the time of Jesus, making it possible for there to have been a Jesus of Nazareth?

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Unraveling the Myth of Nazareth Unraveling the Myth of Nazareth full 906 13:51 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Did the village of Nazareth exist at the time of Jesus, making it possible for there to have been a Jesus of Nazareth?

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Artificial Turf: Poisonous Pitches? Artificial Turf: Poisonous Pitches? full 905 15:28 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Some claim that artificial turf sports fields emit poisonous chemicals, making them dangerous for children.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Pop quiz: 17 for 17 Pop quiz: 17 for 17 full 904 18:44 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning What better way to celebrate 17 years of the Skeptoid podcast than a 17-question pop quiz!

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Tracking California's Monster Salamander Tracking California's Monster Salamander full 903 14:05 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Does a monster salamander the size of Asia's largest live undiscovered in the Pacific Northwest?

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Skeptoid Flashmob! Skeptoid Flashmob! bonus 01:41 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning If you're going to be at CSICon 2023, join the Skeptoid Flashmob! skeptoid.com/store

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Focusing in on Eye Exercises Focusing in on Eye Exercises full 902 15:01 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Can you really make your eyesight better with a simple series of eye movements and exercises?

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Mussolini's Aliens Mussolini's Aliens full 900 19:10 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning How an old Italian UFO hoax became proof of alien visitation to the US Congress

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Berberine: Thin Body, or Thin Evidence? Berberine: Thin Body, or Thin Evidence? full 899 14:42 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning This supplement is claimed by social media influencers to be Nature's Ozempic.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Finding the Third Man Finding the Third Man full 898 15:50 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Reports from some extreme adventurers say that a benevolent presence sometimes appears to provide comfort.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Finding the Lost Tribesmen: Aure and Aura Finding the Lost Tribesmen: Aure and Aura full 893 15:09 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Were these two men from an Amazon tribe that had been massacred, or could their story be explained more simply?

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> How to Change a Conspiracy Theorist's Mind How to Change a Conspiracy Theorist's Mind full 891 14:16 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning A roundup of the ways that work — and that don't work — to help a conspiracy theorist free himself from the rabbit hole.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Handling Fentanyl: A Touchy Topic Handling Fentanyl: A Touchy Topic full 889 14:21 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Popular wisdom tells us that just touching fentanyl can produce a lethal overdose. What's the fact and what's the fiction?

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> On the Trail of the Mapinguari On the Trail of the Mapinguari full 888 13:48 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Are ground sloths that somehow survived their extinction responsible for cryptid sightings in the Amazon?

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Student Questions: College of Central Florida, Part 2 Student Questions: College of Central Florida, Part 2 full 886 14:14 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Skeptoid answers a round of student questions recorded during a visit to the College of Central Florida.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Student Questions: College of Central Florida, Part 1 Student Questions: College of Central Florida, Part 1 full 885 14:05 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Skeptoid answers a round of student questions recorded during a visit to the College of Central Florida.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Hunting the Florida Skunk Ape Hunting the Florida Skunk Ape full 884 15:30 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning This Bigfoot-like cryptid is said to haunt the swamps of Florida. But has the story been around as long as people think?

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> The Treasure of Victorio Peak, Part 3 The Treasure of Victorio Peak, Part 3 full 882 15:09 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning The hunt for the greatest treasure of gold ever imagined.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> The Treasure of Victorio Peak, Part 2 The Treasure of Victorio Peak, Part 2 full 881 12:25 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning The hunt for the greatest treasure of gold ever imagined.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> The Treasure of Victorio Peak, Part 1 The Treasure of Victorio Peak, Part 1 full 880 13:10 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning The hunt for the greatest treasure of gold ever imagined.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4879 Tue, 11 Apr 2023 09:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4879 A popular Internet claim asserts that the DNA of the octopus is literally alien in origin.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Alien Octopi Alien Octopi full 879 14:39 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning A popular Internet claim asserts that the DNA of the octopus is literally alien in origin.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Reining In the Expanding Earth Reining In the Expanding Earth full 878 15:43 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Although the Expanding Earth may seem like a silly conjecture, it was actually one of the leading geophysical models quite recently.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> What the Oil Companies Really Knew, Part 2 What the Oil Companies Really Knew, Part 2 full 877 15:47 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Is it true that the oil companies knew how much harm they were doing as far back as the 1970s?

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> What the Oil Companies Really Knew, Part 1 What the Oil Companies Really Knew, Part 1 full 876 14:35 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Is it true that the oil companies knew how much harm they were doing as far back as the 1970s?

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Earthquake Prediction Earthquake Prediction full 873 14:53 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning After every earthquake, there's always someone who claims to have predicted it. Is earthquake prediction possible?

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Climate Change Checkup: 2023 Edition Climate Change Checkup: 2023 Edition full 872 16:39 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning The state of the climate so far... how we're doing, and what do we need to work on the most.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4871 Tue, 14 Feb 2023 10:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4871 See if you can tell whether each of these popular beliefs about Valentine's Day are true or false.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> 7 Valentine's Day Myths 7 Valentine's Day Myths full 871 15:01 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning See if you can tell whether each of these popular beliefs about Valentine's Day are true or false.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> The Dirty Secret of Dirty Electricity The Dirty Secret of Dirty Electricity full 870 15:47 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Is there such a thing as a type of electricity running through your home's wiring that delivers horrific health impacts to anyone living there?

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4868 Tue, 24 Jan 2023 10:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4868 Once again we round up the people working hardest to spread misinformation.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Top 10 Most Harmful Anti-Experts: 2023 Edition Top 10 Most Harmful Anti-Experts: 2023 Edition full 868 17:03 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Once again we round up the people working hardest to spread misinformation.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Student Questions: Guidestones and Tachyons Student Questions: Guidestones and Tachyons full 867 14:53 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Skeptoid answers another round of questions sent in by friendly folks all over the world.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> What THEY Don't Want You to Know About UFOs What THEY Don't Want You to Know About UFOs full 866 16:21 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Some great ways to think about all the current UFO craze.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> The Non-Mystery of Nan Madol The Non-Mystery of Nan Madol full 865 17:49 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Was this megalithic site in the South Pacific built by the people who lived there at the time, or by aliens?

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4864 Tue, 27 Dec 2022 10:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4864 In which we wrap up 2022 by letting Skeptoid premium members Ask Me Anything.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Ask Me Anything, 2022 Edition Ask Me Anything, 2022 Edition full 864 14:22 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning In which we wrap up 2022 by letting Skeptoid premium members Ask Me Anything.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Pulsed Electromagnetic Field Woo Pulsed Electromagnetic Field Woo full 863 14:26 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning The latest form of magnet therapy promises to cure everything from headaches to cancer.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Human Mosquito Magnets Human Mosquito Magnets full 862 13:38 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Is it true that mosquitoes like some people better than others?

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Marketing with Logical Fallacies Marketing with Logical Fallacies full 861 15:02 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning A look at some of the logically fallacious statements used to sell many of today's most popular products.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/episodes/3091 Tue, 29 Nov 2022 23:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/3091 The latest news, and some clips, from my indie documentary The UFO Movie THEY Don't Want You to See!

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> The Big UFO Update! The Big UFO Update! bonus 03:49 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning The latest news, and some clips, from my indie documentary The UFO Movie THEY Don't Want You to See!

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4860 Tue, 29 Nov 2022 10:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4860 Legend has it this ghost light has been spooking people in Missouri for hundreds of years.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Illuminating the Hornet Spooklight Illuminating the Hornet Spooklight full 860 15:09 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Legend has it this ghost light has been spooking people in Missouri for hundreds of years.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4859 Tue, 22 Nov 2022 10:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4859 A roundup of easy techniques anyone can employ to better discern accurate news reports from false ones.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> How to Spot Fake News How to Spot Fake News full 859 13:58 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning A roundup of easy techniques anyone can employ to better discern accurate news reports from false ones.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4858 Tue, 15 Nov 2022 10:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4858 In this bizarre psychiatric condition, healthy children lapse into a coma that may last for years.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Resignation Syndrome Resignation Syndrome full 858 14:36 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning In this bizarre psychiatric condition, healthy children lapse into a coma that may last for years.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> On the Health Benefits of Drinking Alcohol On the Health Benefits of Drinking Alcohol full 857 14:07 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Some say that drinking moderate amounts of alcohol actually has certain health benefits.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Sniffing for Human Sex Pheromones Sniffing for Human Sex Pheromones full 855 15:31 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Do humans use pheromones to turn each other on? The science so far says... uhh, we have no idea.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Brazil's Roswell: The Varginha UFO Brazil's Roswell: The Varginha UFO full 853 14:21 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning This story of alien visitation in Brazil from 1996 claims to be the most convincing proof we have.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> How Your Smartphone Is Listening to You How Your Smartphone Is Listening to You full 851 14:37 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Is your smartphone eavesdropping on your conversation?

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Who Really Killed the Electric Car? Who Really Killed the Electric Car? full 849 15:43 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Pop culture tells us that a conspiracy is what killed GM's EV1 in 2002. But is an exotic explanation really needed?

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> The Episodes That Changed My Mind, Part 2 The Episodes That Changed My Mind, Part 2 full 847 13:32 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Some more of the episodes where I went in with one idea, and came out with another.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> The Episodes That Changed My Mind, Part 1 The Episodes That Changed My Mind, Part 1 full 846 13:51 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Some of the episodes where I went in expecting one thing, but found something different.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Seeking the Soviet Battle Mole Seeking the Soviet Battle Mole full 845 14:39 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning The story goes that the Soviet Union had nuclear-powered underground vehicles for waging a whole new kind of war.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Feeling Out the Hairy Hands of Dartmoor Feeling Out the Hairy Hands of Dartmoor full 841 13:41 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning The story goes that in England in 1921, driving a particular stretch of road meant an encounter with a terrifying foe.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Science Friction now available on streaming bonus 02:36 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Skeptoid Media's first full-length feature documentary movie, Science Friction, is now available to stream on Prime Video.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> What Greek Fire Really Was What Greek Fire Really Was full 832 14:25 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning This ancient weapon of terror struck fear throughout the ancient world, and stokes a number of mysteries today.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Facilitated Communication Isn't Facilitated Communication Isn't full 831 14:13 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning This discredited technique deceives loved ones into believing non-communicative people are able to communicate just fine by hiring one of these facilitators.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Why You Don't Want a Flat-Faced Pet Why You Don't Want a Flat-Faced Pet full 828 14:14 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning The science shows that dogs and cats bred to be flat-faced suffer from respiratory distress, but some argue otherwise.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> What Really Happened on Easter Island What Really Happened on Easter Island full 827 18:08 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning The popular known history of Easter Island — that deforestation brought about its demise — is not generally accepted.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Why the Fresno Nightcrawler Is So Popular Why the Fresno Nightcrawler Is So Popular full 826 14:12 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning This relatively new and not-so-famous cryptid manages to have an outsized pop-culture footprint.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Demystifying the Winchester Mystery House Demystifying the Winchester Mystery House full 824 16:44 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning The unfortunate false narrative of the Winchester Mystery House obscures a wonderful story of one of California's great women pioneers.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Hunting the Elusive Rogue Wave Hunting the Elusive Rogue Wave full 823 14:27 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Modern authors say that scientists didn't used to accept the idea of rogue waves. Is that true?

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> On Washboarded Roads On Washboarded Roads full 822 14:51 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning The real cause of washboarding on dirt roads is very different from the traditionally believed reason.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Forensic (Pseudo) Science Forensic (Pseudo) Science full 821 15:35 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning All those fancy-sounding forensic sciences you've come to trust might not be worth very much of your trust after all.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Maury Island: The Government's Alien Artifacts Maury Island: The Government's Alien Artifacts full 820 14:18 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning The origin story of some of the government's alleged alien wreckage is a little bit shaky.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> On Railroad Tracks and Roman Chariots On Railroad Tracks and Roman Chariots full 818 16:08 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning The urban legend that train track gauge descends from Roman war chariots falls apart at every link in the chain.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> The Dark Side of Polyvagal Theory The Dark Side of Polyvagal Theory full 816 15:55 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning A controversial mental health framework is also being peddled by unqualified coaches.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Nazis and the Occult Nazis and the Occult full 814 15:15 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Popular tales of the occult underpinnings of the Nazis are largely modern fiction.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Why You Need to Care About Concrete Why You Need to Care About Concrete full 813 14:39 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Concrete will remain one of our most important materials for decades — but there's a big problem with it.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Radon Therapy Radon Therapy full 811 14:34 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Trying to treat pain or cancer by exposing yourself to a radioactive carcinogen provides only risk without the benefit.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Frida Sofia, the Victim Who Wasn't Frida Sofia, the Victim Who Wasn't full 810 14:13 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning After the 2017 earthquake in Mexico City, rescuers dug through the rubble for a little girl named Frida Sofia — who never existed.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> The Avro Arrow Conspiracies The Avro Arrow Conspiracies full 809 16:20 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Conspiracy theories surround the cancellation of this advanced Canadian aircraft from the 1950s.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> The Cottingley Fairies: Analysis of a Famous Hoax The Cottingley Fairies: Analysis of a Famous Hoax full 805 14:58 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning The true and weird history of the two girls who fooled the world with their fairy photographs in 1917.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Unmasking the Old Stinker: The Hull Werewolf Unmasking the Old Stinker: The Hull Werewolf full 804 14:37 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning This modern sighting of a strange beast is claimed to have been a resurgence of a legendary medieval monster.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> What Really Happened at Tunguska What Really Happened at Tunguska full 803 15:08 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning The true cause of one of history's most violent cataclysms remains a mystery... to a degree.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Pop Quiz: 15 for 15 Pop Quiz: 15 for 15 full 802 16:24 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning It's 15 trivia questions from 15 Skeptoid episodes, to celebrate our 15th anniversary!

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Probiotics Fact and Fiction Probiotics Fact and Fiction full 801 14:09 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Some people promote probiotics as a miracle cure for just about anything. What can they really do?

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4800 Tue, 05 Oct 2021 09:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4800 A strange radio broadcast from a very unique group of VIPs being whisked away on a UFO.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> To the Stars To the Stars full 800 10:36 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning A strange radio broadcast from a very unique group of VIPs being whisked away on a UFO.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> On the Authorship of the Toccata and Fugue in D Minor On the Authorship of the Toccata and Fugue in D Minor full 799 14:20 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning The most famous organ work in history has a surprising mystery -- we're not really sure who composed it!

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Tracking the Wild Big Cats of Britain Tracking the Wild Big Cats of Britain full 798 13:53 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning A close look at the tales of large black predatory cats stalking Britain for centuries.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Why You Need to Care About Methane Why You Need to Care About Methane full 797 14:09 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning We focus a lot on carbon dioxide when talking about climate change. Should we be talking more about methane?

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Why You Needn't Worry About the Missing 411 Why You Needn't Worry About the Missing 411 full 794 14:11 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning A popular conspiracy theory claims that lots of people disappear under unexplainable circumstances in America's national parks.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Your Turn Again Your Turn Again full 792 12:43 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning In which I take a shot at trying to explain some of the weirdest stories sent in by listeners.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Is the Existence of Billionaires Inherently Harmful? Is the Existence of Billionaires Inherently Harmful? full 790 14:14 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Pop culture tells us that the existence of billionaires is harmful to the economy. Is that so?

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> All About Clearcutting All About Clearcutting full 789 14:13 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Is clearcutting of forests for logging a public nuisance or a public benefit?

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4788 Tue, 13 Jul 2021 09:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4788 An unlikely group of paranormalists has persuaded the American public that the government takes UFOs seriously.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> The UFO Rogues Gallery Takes Over America - Part 2 The UFO Rogues Gallery Takes Over America - Part 2 full 788 13:03 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning An unlikely group of paranormalists has persuaded the American public that the government takes UFOs seriously.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> The UFO Rogues Gallery Takes Over America - Part 1 The UFO Rogues Gallery Takes Over America - Part 1 full 787 13:16 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning An unlikely group of paranormalists has persuaded the American public that the government takes UFOs seriously.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Horses in Pre-Columbian America Horses in Pre-Columbian America full 786 15:23 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Horses went extinct in North America at the end of the last ice age, but oddly some are now saying they didn't.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Desalination vs. A National Water Grid Desalination vs. A National Water Grid full 785 14:51 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning A comparison of two popular ways to help cope with the new water reality of global warming.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4784 Tue, 15 Jun 2021 09:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4784 The facts and fiction of what's possible and what's already been tried in switching human heads.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Head Transplants Head Transplants full 784 14:19 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning The facts and fiction of what's possible and what's already been tried in switching human heads.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> The Legend of Barsa-Kelmes The Legend of Barsa-Kelmes full 783 14:13 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning The story behind the story of the many paranormal events associated with this former island in the Aral Sea.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4782 Tue, 01 Jun 2021 09:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4782 In which another round of corrections is made to previous episodes. Keeping it real!

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> A Collection of Corrections A Collection of Corrections full 782 13:45 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning In which another round of corrections is made to previous episodes. Keeping it real!

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Space Junk: The Real Risk and What to Do About It Space Junk: The Real Risk and What to Do About It full 781 14:39 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning The problem of a runaway catastrophe in Low Earth Orbit looms ever larger and closer.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> CBD for Everything CBD for Everything full 780 15:21 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Cannabidiol is sold as an additive to just about every kind of product you can imagine. Why?

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4779 Tue, 11 May 2021 09:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4779 Some of what we know about the Great Pyramid that exclude it having been built by aliens or Atlanteans.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> How the Pyramids Were (and Were Not) Built - Part 2 How the Pyramids Were (and Were Not) Built - Part 2 full 779 14:19 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Some of what we know about the Great Pyramid that exclude it having been built by aliens or Atlanteans.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> How the Pyramids Were (and Were Not) Built - Part 1 How the Pyramids Were (and Were Not) Built - Part 1 full 778 14:45 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Some of what we know about the Great Pyramid that exclude it having been built by aliens or Atlanteans.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> The 2019 USS Kidd Incident The 2019 USS Kidd Incident full 777 18:09 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Popular reports claim that a group of US Navy destroyers were buzzed by advanced drones in 2019.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> The Engineered Moon Conspiracy The Engineered Moon Conspiracy full 776 14:21 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Science refutes the claim made by some that the Moon is a hollow spaceship engineered by aliens.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Listener Feedback: Monstrous Reversals Listener Feedback: Monstrous Reversals full 775 14:41 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Some updates and additional information to a few past episodes... better all the time.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Bitcoin Fact and Fiction Bitcoin Fact and Fiction full 774 14:21 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning What's true and what's not about the world's most popular cryptocurrency.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4773 Tue, 30 Mar 2021 09:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4773 A roundup of all the best pro-science characters from your favorite books, movies, and TV shows.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Top 10 Pro-Science Fictional Characters Top 10 Pro-Science Fictional Characters full 773 15:17 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning A roundup of all the best pro-science characters from your favorite books, movies, and TV shows.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> The Monster of Port Chatham The Monster of Port Chatham full 772 14:15 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning This remote town in Alaska was said to have been abandoned because of violent Bigfoot attacks.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4771 Tue, 16 Mar 2021 09:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4771 A host of strange monsters are said to lurk beneath the surface of the world's deepest lake.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Denizens of Lake Baikal Denizens of Lake Baikal full 771 14:30 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning A host of strange monsters are said to lurk beneath the surface of the world's deepest lake.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> The Vampire of Croglin Grange The Vampire of Croglin Grange full 769 13:52 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Which came first: the publication of this famous vampire story, or its associated family tradition?

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Inside the Mountain Meadows Massacre Inside the Mountain Meadows Massacre full 768 14:32 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Myths, conspiracies, and coverups cloak this 1857 massacre of American emigrants.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4767 Tue, 16 Feb 2021 09:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4767 My personal favorite Skeptoid episodes from each and every year of its production.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> The Year's Best of Skeptoid The Year's Best of Skeptoid full 767 16:49 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning My personal favorite Skeptoid episodes from each and every year of its production.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Illuminating Our Lady of Zeitoun Illuminating Our Lady of Zeitoun full 766 15:34 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning This Marian apparition from Egypt has some science fiction explanations and a sound one.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Tartaria and the Mud Flood Tartaria and the Mud Flood full 765 14:37 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Some claim that all of world history is a coverup for the mighty ancient nation of Tartaria.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Learning Styles, Re-examined Learning Styles, Re-examined full 764 14:20 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Most teachers believe that students have different learning styles and curricula can be tailored to it. Not so much.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> On the Trail of the Yowie On the Trail of the Yowie full 762 14:51 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Australia's version of Bigfoot may -- or may not -- have its origin in Aboriginal mythology.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Percy Schmeiser vs Monsanto Percy Schmeiser vs Monsanto full 759 14:55 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning The most famous case in the history of Monsanto vs. small farmers might not be what you think.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Finding the USS Cyclops Finding the USS Cyclops full 758 13:57 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning This most famous ship disappearance from the Bermuda Triangle probably had nothing to do with it.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/ Fri, 11 Dec 2020 09:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/ You ever wonder about the truth behind popular urban legends? Or how about the craziest conspiracy theories you hear about online, chemtrails, the Flat Earth, the Hollow Earth, is there anything to them at all? Famous mysteries like what happened to Amelia Earhart, what's up with the Bermuda Triangle, who was Jack the Ripper? What about famous ghost stories, like the Amityville Horror, or the Warrens? What was really going on with that? Or this stuff they show on television: Ancient Aliens, Hunting Hitler, the Curse of Oak Island? You know that junk isn't true but how do you find out what is? If you've always taken stories like these with a grain of salt, Skeptoid is the show for you. Each week, we take one famous urban legend that a lot of people believe, talk about how it got started, how and why people believe it, and what's the real science, the real history behind what's going on. It's like a short, 15-minute podcast version of Mythbusters, but exhaustively researched and referenced. If you're ready to be skeptical and ready to solve the deepest mysteries you always wondered about, listen to Skeptoid, a 501C3 educational nonprofit.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> You're Listening to Skeptoid... You're Listening to Skeptoid... trailer 01:15 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning You ever wonder about the truth behind popular urban legends? Or how about the craziest conspiracy theories you hear about online, chemtrails, the Flat Earth, the Hollow Earth, is there anything to them at all? Famous mysteries like what happened to Amelia Earhart, what's up with the Bermuda Triangle, who was Jack the Ripper? What about famous ghost stories, like the Amityville Horror, or the Warrens? What was really going on with that? Or this stuff they show on television: Ancient Aliens, Hunting Hitler, the Curse of Oak Island? You know that junk isn't true but how do you find out what is? If you've always taken stories like these with a grain of salt, Skeptoid is the show for you. Each week, we take one famous urban legend that a lot of people believe, talk about how it got started, how and why people believe it, and what's the real science, the real history behind what's going on. It's like a short, 15-minute podcast version of Mythbusters, but exhaustively researched and referenced. If you're ready to be skeptical and ready to solve the deepest mysteries you always wondered about, listen to Skeptoid, a 501C3 educational nonprofit.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Examining Gulf War Illness Examining Gulf War Illness full 755 15:00 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Some researchers believe there is no such thing as Gulf War Illness, and the rest have more questions than answers.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> How to Extract Adrenochrome from Children How to Extract Adrenochrome from Children full 750 15:09 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Conspiracy theorists believe that Hollywood elitists torture children and extract drugs from their bodies.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Observing the Bystander Effect Observing the Bystander Effect full 749 13:27 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Some research has found that crowds are apathetic and don't render assistance; some has found the opposite.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Who Sank the Maine? Who Sank the Maine? full 748 15:09 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Many theories surround the mysterious sinking of the USS Maine that triggered the Spanish-American War.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Hitler's Operation Long Jump Hitler's Operation Long Jump full 747 14:53 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Popular stories claim that the Nazis tried to assassinate Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin in Tehran in 1943.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Phineas Gage, on Second Thought Phineas Gage, on Second Thought full 744 14:34 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning A reexamination of the famous case of the man whose personality changed from a grievous brain injury.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Hinkley: The Erin Brockovich Case Hinkley: The Erin Brockovich Case full 743 15:44 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning The facts differ widely from what's generally believed to have been a mass poisoning.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Student Questions: Yellow Glasses and Nuclear Waste for Tomorrow Student Questions: Yellow Glasses and Nuclear Waste for Tomorrow full 740 14:25 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Skeptoid answers another round of questions sent in by students all around the world.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> The QAnon Conspiracy The QAnon Conspiracy full 738 15:32 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning This growing conspiracy theory posits that a global cabal of pedophiles secretly controls the US government.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> New World Tobacco in Old World Mummies New World Tobacco in Old World Mummies full 736 15:51 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Some believe that traces of tobacco in Egyptian mummies prove the Egyptians were first to the New World.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Bill Gates Conspiracy Theories Bill Gates Conspiracy Theories full 735 15:08 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Why is the world's greatest public health philanthropist charged with crimes against humanity?

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> The Stoned Ape Theory The Stoned Ape Theory full 734 15:20 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Some believe that psychedelic drugs played an irreplaceable role in the evolution of Homo sapiens.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Listener Feedback: Endgame Listener Feedback: Endgame full 733 13:56 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Updates to the episode on MSG sensitivity and the Miracle of Calanda.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Hunting the Beast of Gevaudan Hunting the Beast of Gevaudan full 732 15:22 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning This mysterious creature actually killed over 100 people in France in the 1760s.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> More Out of Place Artifacts More Out of Place Artifacts full 731 14:58 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning A survey of seven of the most popular out-of-place artifacts said to overturn human history.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> The Skeletons of the Great Eastern The Skeletons of the Great Eastern full 730 14:20 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning A popular tale claims that the skeletons of two riveters were found between the hulls of this mighty ship.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4729 Tue, 26 May 2020 09:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4729 A popular conspiracy theory claims the Vatican uses a telescope named LUCIFER to find an alien savior.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> The LUCIFER Telescope Conspiracy The LUCIFER Telescope Conspiracy full 729 14:56 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning A popular conspiracy theory claims the Vatican uses a telescope named LUCIFER to find an alien savior.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> When the Earth's Magnetic Field Flips When the Earth's Magnetic Field Flips full 728 16:41 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Some claim that when the Earth's geomagnetic field reverses, it could spell the end of humankind.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Hunting the Mokele-Mbembe Hunting the Mokele-Mbembe full 727 15:28 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Some believe this relict dinosaur still survives in parts of the Congo.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Full of Hot Error Full of Hot Error full 726 13:46 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Skeptoid corrects another round of errors found in past episodes.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Pop Quiz: Astonishing Tales of the Sea Pop Quiz: Astonishing Tales of the Sea full 725 16:04 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning How well do you know your Skeptoid? Today's pop quiz focuses on tales of the sea.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Decoding Gobekli Tepe Decoding Gobekli Tepe full 724 15:07 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning This archaeological site in Turkey is said to change everything... but what does that really mean?

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Draining the Holy Grail Draining the Holy Grail full 723 15:11 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning The true history of the Holy Grail, the most precious of all artifacts.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Pandemic Conspiracies and Politics Pandemic Conspiracies and Politics full 722 14:44 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning How the conspiracy theories around today's pandemic compare to those of the past.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4721 Tue, 31 Mar 2020 09:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4721 A look at some of the ancient artworks and artifacts that the show Ancient Aliens gets totally wrong.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Debunking Ancient Aliens, Part 3 Debunking Ancient Aliens, Part 3 full 721 14:08 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning A look at some of the ancient artworks and artifacts that the show Ancient Aliens gets totally wrong.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Debunking Ancient Aliens, Part 2 Debunking Ancient Aliens, Part 2 full 720 15:34 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning A look at some of the ancient sites and cities that the show Ancient Aliens gets totally wrong.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4719 Tue, 17 Mar 2020 09:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4719 A look at some of the ancient sites and cities that the show Ancient Aliens gets totally wrong.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Debunking Ancient Aliens, Part 1 Debunking Ancient Aliens, Part 1 full 719 14:51 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning A look at some of the ancient sites and cities that the show Ancient Aliens gets totally wrong.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Diagnosing Chronic Lyme Disease Diagnosing Chronic Lyme Disease full 718 14:23 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Often dismissed as purely pseudoscientific and nonexistent, chronic Lyme disease is not necessarily nothing.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Rethinking Plastic Straw Bans Rethinking Plastic Straw Bans full 717 15:20 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Bans on plastic drinking straws are a solution in search of a problem.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Learning Languages from Brain Injuries Learning Languages from Brain Injuries full 716 14:42 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Popular stories on the Internet tell of people coming out of comas and suddenly speaking a new language.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> On the Trail of Red Mercury On the Trail of Red Mercury full 713 14:53 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning The most elusive substance in pop culture also purports to be one of the most destructive.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Your Weirdest Thing, Vol. 4 Your Weirdest Thing, Vol. 4 full 710 15:56 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning I give my thoughts trying to solve some of your weirdest experiences.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> All About Sex Addiction All About Sex Addiction full 708 14:51 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning The topic of sex addiction and what to do about it turns out to be more complicated than you may think.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Vermeer and the Camera Obscura Vermeer and the Camera Obscura full 707 16:55 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Popular claims that the painter Vermeer used a camera obscura contradict the evidence.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> MSG: How a Friendly Flavor Became Your Enemy MSG: How a Friendly Flavor Became Your Enemy full 706 14:58 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning The history of this vilified flavoring is a wild ride through 20th century cultural influences.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Listener Feedback: The Plot Thickens Listener Feedback: The Plot Thickens full 705 13:42 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Listeners offer some updates and new information to previous episodes.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> The Green Children of Woolpit The Green Children of Woolpit full 704 14:04 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning In the 12th century, a pair of mysterious children with green skin surprised English villagers.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Your Weirdest Thing, Vol. 3 Your Weirdest Thing, Vol. 3 full 703 13:34 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning I give my thoughts trying to solve some of your weirdest experiences.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy full 702 13:29 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning These risky medical devices are increasingly being sold to treat conditions they don't treat.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Seneca Guns and Skyquakes Seneca Guns and Skyquakes full 701 15:02 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning These mysterious cannon-like booms are heard all around the world, with no apparent source.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> A Whale of a Tale A Whale of a Tale full 700 05:33 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning In which we celebrate 700 episodes of great storytelling... sea shanty style.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Radon in Your Basement Radon in Your Basement full 698 13:28 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Is this gas a risk you should worry about, or is it just another homeowner scam?

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Reactionless Space Drives Reactionless Space Drives full 697 13:30 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Conspiracy theorists and alternate science believers continue to claim triumph over the laws of nature.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Fighting Global Warming with Economics Fighting Global Warming with Economics full 695 14:15 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning There's always been an easy solution to global warming on the table, and it won't hurt the economy.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> The Age of the Sphinx The Age of the Sphinx full 693 15:23 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Popular TV shows try to persuade us that Egypt's Great Sphinx is far older than archaeology tells us.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Thirteen: The Private History of a Curse Thirteen: The Private History of a Curse full 692 13:46 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning The number 13 may have more relevance in your life than you suspect.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> FLICC: 5 Techniques of Science Denial FLICC: 5 Techniques of Science Denial full 691 15:44 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning One popular rubric for identifying the common techniques used by science deniers.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> No, Electric Cars Don't Pollute More No, Electric Cars Don't Pollute More full 687 14:10 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Popularly shared articles claim electric cars produce more greenhouses gases than internal combustion cars.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Your Weirdest Thing, Vol. 2 Your Weirdest Thing, Vol. 2 full 686 14:01 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning I give my thoughts trying to solve some of your weirdest experiences.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Your Weirdest Thing, Vol. 1 Your Weirdest Thing, Vol. 1 full 685 14:00 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning I take a shot at critical analysis of your weirdest experiences.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Starlite, the Magical Mystery Material Starlite, the Magical Mystery Material full 684 15:49 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning The real reasons for the disappearance of this amateur material said to be able to withstand even a nuclear blast.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Prehistoric Supersonic Monster Tides Prehistoric Supersonic Monster Tides full 683 15:30 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning A geophysical look at the idea that Earth's early history had enormous destructive tides.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Mexico's Zone of Silence Mexico's Zone of Silence full 682 14:33 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Legend has it that radios and compasses will not work in this remote Mexican desert.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Alien Visitation and Kecksburg Alien Visitation and Kecksburg full 681 14:40 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning We can often get a good sense of a UFO story's accuracy even without researching all the details.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> 5G: Upgrade or Uncertainty? 5G: Upgrade or Uncertainty? full 677 15:27 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning An examination of the claims that 5G cell phone data service is potentially harmful to life.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Glyphosate and Behavioral Economics Glyphosate and Behavioral Economics full 676 14:20 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning How misinformation spread over one of the safest herbicides becoming known as one of the most harmful.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Valiant Thor: Your Friendly Pentagon Alien Valiant Thor: Your Friendly Pentagon Alien full 675 14:55 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Some believe this benevolent alien from Venus lived and advised at the Pentagon for three years.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Student Questions: Drinking Urine and Studying to Music Student Questions: Drinking Urine and Studying to Music full 674 13:07 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Skeptoid answers another round of questions sent in by students all around the world.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Yamashita's Gold Yamashita's Gold full 673 14:37 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning The facts behind the urban legend that billions in Japanese gold lie buried in the Philippines.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Refeeding Syndrome and Sudden Death Refeeding Syndrome and Sudden Death full 672 14:08 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Can starving people actually die immediately upon being given their first bite of food?

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> China, Imported Recyclables, and Ocean Plastic China, Imported Recyclables, and Ocean Plastic full 671 15:20 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Addressing the facts and the fictions around China's ending its overseas purchases of recyclable plastic.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Wrong Does Not Cease to be Wrong Wrong Does Not Cease to be Wrong full 670 14:13 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning The 15th episode devoted to corrections in previous shows. If it ain't right, we fix it.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Pop Quiz: History and Pseudohistory Pop Quiz: History and Pseudohistory full 669 16:53 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Test your knowledge on these subjects, all covered by Skeptoid, on false history claims.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> A Science Based Ghost Hunting Toolkit A Science Based Ghost Hunting Toolkit full 668 13:53 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning How a TV ghost hunting show might look if they did what they claim, and used science.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4667 Tue, 19 Mar 2019 09:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4667 For centuries, alternative history fans have been denying Plato's intent and trying to frame Atlantis as a real island.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> All About Atlantis All About Atlantis full 667 15:09 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning For centuries, alternative history fans have been denying Plato's intent and trying to frame Atlantis as a real island.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> The Historicity of Jesus Christ The Historicity of Jesus Christ full 666 14:57 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning A review of the evidence for and against the life of Jesus of Nazareth as a real living man.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Ocean Plastics: Facts and Falsehoods Ocean Plastics: Facts and Falsehoods full 665 14:36 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning The nature of the problem of ocean plastics, and the best solution, may both come as surprises.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4664 Tue, 26 Feb 2019 09:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4664 It's the latest fad diet, and people are trying it for just about any benefit you can think of.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> The Keto Diet The Keto Diet full 664 14:31 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning It's the latest fad diet, and people are trying it for just about any benefit you can think of.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4663 Tue, 19 Feb 2019 09:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4663 Test your knowledge of popular urban legends, and the science underlying them.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Pop Quiz: Urban Legends Pop Quiz: Urban Legends full 663 16:40 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Test your knowledge of popular urban legends, and the science underlying them.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Vaccine Denial: Failure Mode Analysis Vaccine Denial: Failure Mode Analysis full 662 15:31 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning The surprising history of how medical science's greatest success has become vilified by so many people.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Rapping with the Fox Sisters Rapping with the Fox Sisters full 661 14:23 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Myth and mystery surrounds the sisters said to have founded the modern spiritualism industry.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Feedback and Followups Feedback and Followups full 660 14:23 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning A handful of updates to past Skeptoid episodes... eyebrow raising to say the least.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4659 Tue, 22 Jan 2019 09:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4659 It's proven the CIA tried to assassinate Castro, but the number of claimed attempts differs wildly.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Killing Castro Killing Castro full 659 15:05 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning It's proven the CIA tried to assassinate Castro, but the number of claimed attempts differs wildly.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4658 Tue, 15 Jan 2019 09:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4658 An urban legend tells of a group of scientists who successfully escaped into another dimension.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Ong's Hat Ong's Hat full 658 15:01 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning An urban legend tells of a group of scientists who successfully escaped into another dimension.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Illuminating the Illuminati Illuminating the Illuminati full 657 15:36 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning The surprisingly humble beginnings and even more surprising modern rebirth of the Illuminati.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4656 Tue, 01 Jan 2019 09:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4656 We compare vocalizations attributed to Bigfoot with the sounds of real animals known to be in the area.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> And Bigfoot Said... And Bigfoot Said... full 656 11:53 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning We compare vocalizations attributed to Bigfoot with the sounds of real animals known to be in the area.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4655 Tue, 25 Dec 2018 09:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4655 There are things we don't know about Stonehenge, but does that mean we know nothing at all?

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Stonehenge and the Scope of Uncertainty Stonehenge and the Scope of Uncertainty full 655 14:54 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning There are things we don't know about Stonehenge, but does that mean we know nothing at all?

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4654 Tue, 18 Dec 2018 09:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4654 How well do you know your Skeptoid? Today's pop quiz focuses on consumer ripoffs.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Pop Quiz: Consumer Ripoffs Pop Quiz: Consumer Ripoffs full 654 16:31 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning How well do you know your Skeptoid? Today's pop quiz focuses on consumer ripoffs.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4653 Tue, 11 Dec 2018 09:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4653 A rain of meat is said to have fallen in rural Kentucky one day in 1876.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> The Great Kentucky Meat Shower The Great Kentucky Meat Shower full 653 13:38 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning A rain of meat is said to have fallen in rural Kentucky one day in 1876.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4652 Tue, 04 Dec 2018 09:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4652 The UFO story seems to defy debunking because of the physical injuries suffered by witnesses.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> The Cash-Landrum UFO Incident The Cash-Landrum UFO Incident full 652 15:42 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning The UFO story seems to defy debunking because of the physical injuries suffered by witnesses.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4651 Tue, 27 Nov 2018 09:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4651 Some believe that everything we know about the universe is wrong — and it's all electric.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> The Electric Universe Theory The Electric Universe Theory full 651 15:22 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Some believe that everything we know about the universe is wrong — and it's all electric.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4650 Tue, 20 Nov 2018 09:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4650 Your beliefs are fallible and can fool you. Be willing to change your mind based on new information.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> I Believe I Believe full 650 06:30 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Your beliefs are fallible and can fool you. Be willing to change your mind based on new information.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4649 Tue, 13 Nov 2018 09:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4649 George Soros remains the focus of many anti-Semitic conspiracy theories.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> George Soros Conspiracy Theories George Soros Conspiracy Theories full 649 14:50 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning George Soros remains the focus of many anti-Semitic conspiracy theories.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Pop Quiz: Aliens and UFOs Pop Quiz: Aliens and UFOs full 648 16:49 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning How well do you know your Skeptoid? Today's pop quiz focuses on aliens and UFOs.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4647 Tue, 30 Oct 2018 09:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4647 An examination of this super-trendy meditation technique to see whether it lives up to the hype.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> All About Mindfulness All About Mindfulness full 647 14:24 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning An examination of this super-trendy meditation technique to see whether it lives up to the hype.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4646 Tue, 23 Oct 2018 09:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4646 Many people believe animals have the ability to predict earthquakes. The facts tell a different story.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Animal Earthquake Prediction Animal Earthquake Prediction full 646 14:15 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Many people believe animals have the ability to predict earthquakes. The facts tell a different story.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Pop Quiz: Ancient Mysteries Pop Quiz: Ancient Mysteries full 645 15:31 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning How well do you know your Skeptoid? Today's pop quiz focuses on ancient mysteries.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4644 Tue, 09 Oct 2018 09:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4644 A roundup of conspiracy theories from various countries all around the world.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Parts Unknown: Foreign Conspiracy Theories Parts Unknown: Foreign Conspiracy Theories full 644 15:26 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning A roundup of conspiracy theories from various countries all around the world.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> The Mysterious Stone Chambers of New England The Mysterious Stone Chambers of New England full 643 15:13 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Some believe these stone structures in New England to be evidence of ancient cultures.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Pop Quiz: Cryptozoology! Pop Quiz: Cryptozoology! full 642 14:50 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning How well do you know your Skeptoid? Today's pop quiz focuses on cryptozoology.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Alternative Veterinary Medicine Alternative Veterinary Medicine full 641 15:05 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Even in the 21st century, vets and pet owners are turning to prescientific, magic-based medical care.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4640 Tue, 11 Sep 2018 09:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4640 Many people believe this ancient scroll container was actually an early type of battery.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Draining the Baghdad Battery Draining the Baghdad Battery full 640 14:07 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Many people believe this ancient scroll container was actually an early type of battery.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4639 Tue, 04 Sep 2018 09:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4639 Once again, Skeptoid corrects another round of errors found in previous episodes.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> An Exorbitance of Emendations An Exorbitance of Emendations full 639 14:26 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Once again, Skeptoid corrects another round of errors found in previous episodes.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Cueva de los Tayos and the Lost Metal Library: Part 2 Cueva de los Tayos and the Lost Metal Library: Part 2 full 638 15:42 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning A closer look at how bad the evidence is that a cave exists filled with golden alien wonders.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Cueva de los Tayos and the Lost Metal Library: Part 1 Cueva de los Tayos and the Lost Metal Library: Part 1 full 637 15:07 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Some people believe that this cave in Ecuador harbors an alien library etched on metallic plates.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4636 Tue, 14 Aug 2018 09:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4636 This exciting new(ish) field in genetics has brought with it a slew of snake oil claims.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Epigenetics Woo Epigenetics Woo full 636 15:46 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning This exciting new(ish) field in genetics has brought with it a slew of snake oil claims.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> The Effects of Mandated GMO Labeling The Effects of Mandated GMO Labeling full 635 14:31 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning We have good evidence for what to expect from mandated labeling of GMO foods, and it's not good.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4634 Tue, 31 Jul 2018 09:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4634 The last show on alcohol myths wasn't good enough for many of you, so here are some more.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> More Alcohol Myths More Alcohol Myths full 634 13:34 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning The last show on alcohol myths wasn't good enough for many of you, so here are some more.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> The Horsey History of Clever Hans The Horsey History of Clever Hans full 633 13:48 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning This early-1900s horse appeared to be able to do math and other feats, and we learned a lot from him.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Lucid Dreaming Lucid Dreaming full 632 14:14 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Some people can control their dreams and do anything they want in them -- or can they?

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Listener Feedback: Death of the Lefties Listener Feedback: Death of the Lefties full 631 14:42 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Skeptoid gets some interesting letters from listeners pertaining to radioactive skeletons and lefties.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> The Apes Who Learned Sign Language The Apes Who Learned Sign Language full 630 14:21 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Although many regard Koko as an ape who used sign language, science tells us that ability probably doesn't exist.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4629 Tue, 26 Jun 2018 09:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4629 When we set aside pop food woo, we find that even multiple Big Macs can be part of a healthy daily diet.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Three Big Macs a Day Three Big Macs a Day full 629 13:31 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning When we set aside pop food woo, we find that even multiple Big Macs can be part of a healthy daily diet.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4628 Tue, 19 Jun 2018 09:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4628 This rash of UFO sightings over Sweden in 1946 has long been considered to be Soviet missile tests.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> The Swedish Ghost Rockets The Swedish Ghost Rockets full 628 13:57 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning This rash of UFO sightings over Sweden in 1946 has long been considered to be Soviet missile tests.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4627 Tue, 12 Jun 2018 09:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4627 These mischievous creatures that sabotage airplanes are claimed by some to be actual physical beings.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Gremlins Gremlins full 627 14:16 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning These mischievous creatures that sabotage airplanes are claimed by some to be actual physical beings.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4626 Tue, 05 Jun 2018 09:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4626 We put this ancient system of divination based on numbers to the test.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Numerology Numerology full 626 15:14 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning We put this ancient system of divination based on numbers to the test.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4625 Tue, 29 May 2018 09:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4625 We try to figure out some of the creepiest stories ever sent in by Skeptoid listeners.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Your Weird Turn Your Weird Turn full 625 12:48 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning We try to figure out some of the creepiest stories ever sent in by Skeptoid listeners.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4624 Tue, 22 May 2018 09:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4624 The malfunction said to have doomed this spacecraft may have just been a cover story.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Zuma, The Phantom Satellite Zuma, The Phantom Satellite full 624 15:02 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning The malfunction said to have doomed this spacecraft may have just been a cover story.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4623 Tue, 15 May 2018 09:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4623 This company's annual press releases are intended to frighten you into buying organic.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Environmental Working Group and the Dirty Dozen Environmental Working Group and the Dirty Dozen full 623 15:30 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning This company's annual press releases are intended to frighten you into buying organic.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4622 Tue, 08 May 2018 09:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4622 An exploration of the thought experiment that seeks to determine whether we're living in a computer simulation.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Are You Living in a Simulation? Are You Living in a Simulation? full 622 14:44 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning An exploration of the thought experiment that seeks to determine whether we're living in a computer simulation.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4621 Tue, 01 May 2018 09:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4621 The Pentagon gave $22 million to a very unlikely group of UFO proponents.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> The Pentagon's UFO Hunt The Pentagon's UFO Hunt full 621 15:26 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning The Pentagon gave $22 million to a very unlikely group of UFO proponents.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4620 Tue, 24 Apr 2018 09:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4620 Listeners write in with extra information that adds a whole new dimension to some past shows.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Listener Feedback: Provisos, Addenda, and Quid Pro Quos Listener Feedback: Provisos, Addenda, and Quid Pro Quos full 620 13:40 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Listeners write in with extra information that adds a whole new dimension to some past shows.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4619 Tue, 17 Apr 2018 09:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4619 We point the skeptical eye at five popular beliefs about alcoholic beverages.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Alcohol Myths Alcohol Myths full 619 15:13 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning We point the skeptical eye at five popular beliefs about alcoholic beverages.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4618 Tue, 10 Apr 2018 09:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4618 Another round of famous names from the past: Can you guess whether each is real or fictional?

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Are They Real, or Are They Fictional? Are They Real, or Are They Fictional? full 618 15:44 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Another round of famous names from the past: Can you guess whether each is real or fictional?

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4617 Tue, 03 Apr 2018 09:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4617 A look at those few times when hoaxers came closest to fooling those who knew better.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> 10 Great Science Hoaxes 10 Great Science Hoaxes full 617 15:31 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning A look at those few times when hoaxers came closest to fooling those who knew better.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4616 Tue, 27 Mar 2018 09:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4616 Some believe that oil comes from geological processes rather than from ancient biomass.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Abiotic Oil Abiotic Oil full 616 15:21 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Some believe that oil comes from geological processes rather than from ancient biomass.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4615 Tue, 20 Mar 2018 09:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4615 Three of the most popular conspiracy theories surrounding the sinking of the Titanic.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Titanic Myths Titanic Myths full 615 14:54 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Three of the most popular conspiracy theories surrounding the sinking of the Titanic.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4614 Tue, 13 Mar 2018 09:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4614 Why no, in fact you should not avoid certain foods to reduce your body's inflammation.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> The Inflammatory Diet The Inflammatory Diet full 614 15:06 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Why no, in fact you should not avoid certain foods to reduce your body's inflammation.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> The Kids Who See Blindfolded The Kids Who See Blindfolded full 613 13:49 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Children throughout India are being taught to see while blindfolded... apparently.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> The Boy Who Thought He Was Reincarnated The Boy Who Thought He Was Reincarnated full 612 14:22 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning This boy thought he had lived a past life as a fighter pilot. He had some help getting there.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> All About Grounding All About Grounding full 611 13:32 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Some New Agers believe that you can heal virtually any ailment simply by taking off your shoes.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> The Keepers of Flannan Light The Keepers of Flannan Light full 610 15:11 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Mystery clouds the story of what happened to these three vanished lighthouse keepers.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Were There Irish Slaves in America? Were There Irish Slaves in America? full 609 14:13 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Online articles claiming the first slaves in the Americas were white are fictional and racially motivated.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Palm Oil Facts and Fiction Palm Oil Facts and Fiction full 608 14:13 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Is it a medical miracle, an environmental disaster, both, or neither?

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Do Lobsters Feel Pain? Do Lobsters Feel Pain? full 607 14:06 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning What the science says on whether we need to change the way we eat crustaceans.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Net Neutrality Reexamined Net Neutrality Reexamined full 604 16:27 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning A skeptic's guide for organizing the issues raised by Net Neutrality.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Sonic Weapons in Cuba Sonic Weapons in Cuba full 603 14:39 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning There is a much better explanation than sonic weapons for reported attacks against US diplomats in Cuba.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Should Moms Eat Placentas? Should Moms Eat Placentas? full 602 14:25 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning The modern practice of Western mothers eating their placentas is a new and strange attention-seeking behavior.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Hiding the Decline: Climategate Demystified Hiding the Decline: Climategate Demystified full 601 14:46 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning This infamous scandal was said to have proven global warming was all just a hoax. Umm, no.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> A Musical Retrospective A Musical Retrospective full 600 19:54 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Everything you didn't know about ten years of Skeptoid musical episodes, including the reason.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Listener Feedback: Creationism and More Dead Paul Listener Feedback: Creationism and More Dead Paul full 599 13:57 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Some updates, notes, and extra information sent in by listeners about recent episodes.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Chasing Malaysian Airlines MH370 Chasing Malaysian Airlines MH370 full 595 14:33 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning A roundup of the conspiracy theories and the probable true fate of Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Alert 747: The Vela Incident Alert 747: The Vela Incident full 592 13:47 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning In 1979, a mysterious flash occurred over the southern ocean that could have been a nuclear bomb.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Ouija Boards Ouija Boards full 591 13:12 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Real effects far more interesting than spiritualism claims are behind these famous talking boards.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Skepticism vs Cynicism Skepticism vs Cynicism full 590 13:52 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning The line between skepticism and cynicism is a bit too blurry for many people. Today we bring it into focus.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Celebrity Pseudoscience: 2017 Edition Celebrity Pseudoscience: 2017 Edition full 588 15:20 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning A look at which celebrities are currently working hardest to erode the public intellect.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> What Makes a Good Podcast Episode? What Makes a Good Podcast Episode? full 587 14:30 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Stories about urban legends are at their best when there are real people at their center.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Volkswagen Dieselgate Reexamined Volkswagen Dieselgate Reexamined full 586 15:47 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning In the wake of VW Dieselgate, the government took the wrong steps to solve the wrong problem.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Relict Japanese Soldiers Relict Japanese Soldiers full 585 14:19 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning How factual are the urban legends about Japanese soldiers in the Pacific who never heard the war ended?

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Eclipse Myths and Science Eclipse Myths and Science full 584 13:46 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning A look at the science-based myths and misconceptions about eclipses, plus some things you might not know.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Fate of the Feedback Fate of the Feedback full 583 13:43 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Skeptoid responds to some listener feedback, updating a few episodes and clarifying some others.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Lonnie Zamora and the Socorro UFO Lonnie Zamora and the Socorro UFO full 582 13:02 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning This famous 1964 UFO sighting by a New Mexico police officer has several interesting explanations.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Are You Following a Crank? Are You Following a Crank? full 581 14:05 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Let's have a look at the traits that define a crank, to make sure your new hero isn't one.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Amelia Earhart Redux: Competing Networks, Competing Craziness Amelia Earhart Redux: Competing Networks, Competing Craziness full 580 15:07 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Through their constant promotion of false history, TV networks may have done Amelia Earhart's legacy irreparable harm.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4579 Tue, 11 Jul 2017 09:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4579 The Grand Canyon is millions of years old, not thousands; despite the efforts of Young Earthers.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Measuring the Age of the Grand Canyon Measuring the Age of the Grand Canyon full 579 15:03 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning The Grand Canyon is millions of years old, not thousands; despite the efforts of Young Earthers.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Student Questions: Bitters, Gas, and Diet Woo Student Questions: Bitters, Gas, and Diet Woo full 578 12:39 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Skeptoid answers another round of questions sent in by students all around the world.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> What Are the Chances You're Psychic? What Are the Chances You're Psychic? full 577 15:00 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning We analyze some of your stories of precognitive experiences.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Lights in the Sky Lights in the Sky full 576 13:59 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning How likely is the most common type of UFO report to be an alien spacecraft?

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> How to Surprise a Skeptical Podcaster: Part 2 How to Surprise a Skeptical Podcaster: Part 2 full 575 13:49 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Here are the podcast episodes with conclusions that surprised me the most (part 2).

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> How to Surprise a Skeptical Podcaster: Part 1 How to Surprise a Skeptical Podcaster: Part 1 full 574 13:40 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Here are the podcast episodes with conclusions that surprised me the most (part 1).

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> There Is No Finland: Birth of a Conspiracy Theory There Is No Finland: Birth of a Conspiracy Theory full 573 14:13 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning A study of how a conspiracy theory as absurd as "There is no Finland" can even exist.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> True or False Pregnancy True or False Pregnancy full 572 13:42 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning False pregnancies are not only real, they're probably more complex than you imagined.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Thawing the Minnesota Iceman Thawing the Minnesota Iceman full 571 13:21 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning This sideshow attraction convinced a few real scientists that it was an actual ape-man.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> More Space Missions You Should Know More Space Missions You Should Know full 570 14:25 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning We take a look at some more of the most exciting space missions, past, present, and future.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> 2 Listener 2 Feedback 2 Listener 2 Feedback full 568 13:31 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning I respond to some listener feedback that enhances some recent episodes of the show.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Feral Children Feral Children full 567 14:04 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Those stories about children raised by animals probably aren't what you've been led to believe.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> The Mercury Rivers of Emperor Qin Shi Huang The Mercury Rivers of Emperor Qin Shi Huang full 566 14:00 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning A miniature of all China's waterways in liquid mercury is said to be at the heart of the First Emperor's tomb.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> The Shag Harbour UFO The Shag Harbour UFO full 565 13:59 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Comparing the actual evidence to the Canadian claim of best evidence for alien visitation.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Into Thin Error Into Thin Error full 564 13:34 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Skeptoid issues another round of corrections to past episodes.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Grounding the Ghost of Flight 401 Grounding the Ghost of Flight 401 full 563 12:48 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning The unexpected facts behind this famous ghost story from the 1970s.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Rhino Horn: Cure or Curse? Rhino Horn: Cure or Curse? full 562 14:23 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Rhinos are still being killed for their horns, but probably not for the reasons you thought.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Remembering the Mandela Effect Remembering the Mandela Effect full 560 13:40 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Some claim that certain common false memories are evidence for alternate realities.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Defusing India's Ancient Atomic Blasts Defusing India's Ancient Atomic Blasts full 541 13:49 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning The facts behind an urban legend claiming a nuclear war in India some 12,000 years ago.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Debunking the Moon Truthers, Part 3 Debunking the Moon Truthers, Part 3 full 537 13:22 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning The hard, testable, scientific proof that we actually did land humans on the moon.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Debunking the Moon Truthers, Part 2 Debunking the Moon Truthers, Part 2 full 536 13:06 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning The science behind many of the specific claims made by Apollo moon landing hoax conspiracy theorists.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> No, You Shouldn't Question Everything No, You Shouldn't Question Everything full 530 14:08 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Pop wisdom continually reminds us to Question Everything -- an idea which is rarely either practical or useful.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Autopsy: The Clinton Body Count Autopsy: The Clinton Body Count full 525 13:34 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning The surprising origins of the claim that the Clintons kill any who get in their way.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Colony Collapse Disorder: Science and Pseudoscience Colony Collapse Disorder: Science and Pseudoscience full 524 13:50 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Everyone loves to point the finger at the cause of Colony Collapse Disorder; here's what we actually know.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4523 Tue, 14 Jun 2016 09:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4523 The latest and greatest research reveals that we still have no clue how birds accomplish this amazing feat.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> How Do Homing Pigeons Navigate? How Do Homing Pigeons Navigate? full 523 13:52 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning The latest and greatest research reveals that we still have no clue how birds accomplish this amazing feat.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Dark Watchers Dark Watchers full 522 12:56 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning The true origins of the Dark Watchers, said to go all the way back to Chumash Indian stories.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Solving the Haunted Hoia-Baciu Forest Solving the Haunted Hoia-Baciu Forest full 520 12:56 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning It is said to be the world's most haunted forest. Here's what we actually find there.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Listener Feedback: Denial and Aliens Listener Feedback: Denial and Aliens full 518 12:59 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Skeptoid answers some feedback sent in by listeners.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Demythologizing the Shaolin Monks Demythologizing the Shaolin Monks full 516 13:46 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Just about everything you think you know about the Shaolin Monks was made up for tourists.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Your Thoughts on Making Skepticism Commercial Your Thoughts on Making Skepticism Commercial full 514 12:55 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning A proposal for how we can make skeptical programming more attractive to a larger audience.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4513 Tue, 05 Apr 2016 09:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4513 Reliance on universal mathematical principles may mean alien music is similar to our own.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Why Musical Aliens Probably Use the Same Scale We Do Why Musical Aliens Probably Use the Same Scale We Do full 513 13:29 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Reliance on universal mathematical principles may mean alien music is similar to our own.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Decrypting Mother Teresa Decrypting Mother Teresa full 512 13:00 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning It's popular to criticize Mother Teresa, but that criticism might be better directed at the real culprit.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Updated: Top 10 Worst Anti-Science Web Sites Updated: Top 10 Worst Anti-Science Web Sites full 495 15:21 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning The worst offending sites on the Internet for promoting bad misinformation.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Deconstructing the Tasaday Tribe Deconstructing the Tasaday Tribe full 490 14:00 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning 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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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Plastic Bags Plastic Bags full 460 12:24 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Deciding whether you want "paper or plastic" at the supermarket turns out to be a remarkably complex choice.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Robert Ripley: Believe Him... or Not? Robert Ripley: Believe Him... or Not? full 450 12:30 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning We examine Believe it or Not! and determine if we can believe this stuff.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Megalodon Myths Megalodon Myths full 445 15:19 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning The Discovery Channel wants you to think that a giant prehistoric shark may still swim our oceans.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> SS Iron Mountain SS Iron Mountain full 443 11:49 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning This large riverboat is said to have vanished without a trace on the Mississippi River in 1872.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> That Elusive Fibromyalgia That Elusive Fibromyalgia full 440 13:04 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Some say fibromyalgia is a real disease, while others question the diagnosis.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Harry Houdini and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Harry Houdini and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle full 430 14:16 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning The clash between the champions of scientific skepticism and supernaturalism.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Listeners Have Another Say Listeners Have Another Say bonus 04:42 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Skeptoid supporters reveal the reason they decided to join the team.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Albinism Facts and Fiction Albinism Facts and Fiction full 425 14:32 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Even in developed countries, myths persist about people who have albinism.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> 12 Step Programs 12 Step Programs full 423 13:29 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Religious-based twelve step programs are no better at stopping addiction than other programs.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Listeners Have a Say Listeners Have a Say bonus 04:25 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Giving the Skeptoid listeners a chance to have their say.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Student Questions: Internet Tracking and Plasma Cosmology Student Questions: Internet Tracking and Plasma Cosmology full 421 13:40 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Skeptoid answers another round of questions sent in by students all around the world.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Slacktivism: Raising Awareness Slacktivism: Raising Awareness full 419 13:50 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Clicking a "Like" button on a web site is not only useless, it may actually be counterproductive.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> 5 Conspiracy Theories that Turned Out to Be True... Maybe? 5 Conspiracy Theories that Turned Out to Be True... Maybe? full 416 14:46 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Skeptoid listeners are always asking for conspiracy theories that turned out to be true. Here are the best I found.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> In Which I Am the Very Picture of Error Personified In Which I Am the Very Picture of Error Personified full 415 12:33 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Skeptoid corrects another round of mistakes made in previous episodes.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Killing Princess Diana Killing Princess Diana full 414 13:23 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Some say the death of Princess Diana in 1997 was actually a murder plotted by her government.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> 3-7-77: The Montana Vigilance Code 3-7-77: The Montana Vigilance Code full 413 14:30 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning This mysterious code representing vigilante justice has a history steeped in mystery.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Animal Predictors: Psychic, Sensitive, or Silly? Animal Predictors: Psychic, Sensitive, or Silly? full 412 13:53 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Despite many examples being promoted in the press, animals do not have psychic powers.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Your Body's Alleged Energy Fields Your Body's Alleged Energy Fields full 411 13:34 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning There is no such thing as your body's energy field.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Skeptoid Media is a 501(c)(3) Public Charity Skeptoid Media is a 501(c)(3) Public Charity bonus 01:12 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Donations to Skeptoid Media are now fully tax deductible.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Out of Place Artifacts Out of Place Artifacts full 403 13:26 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Some objects found around the world seem to defy rational explanation.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Into the Maelstrom (or Not) Into the Maelstrom (or Not) full 382 12:00 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning A look into the plausibility and historicity of the ferocious maelstrom of legend.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> I Think, Therefore I Err I Think, Therefore I Err full 379 12:38 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Skeptoid corrects a bunch of errors made in previous episodes.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Legendary Places: Real or Fictional? Legendary Places: Real or Fictional? full 378 13:58 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning We look at twelve legendary places that you've heard of, but may not know whether they're real or not.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Student Questions: Hangovers, Manuka Honey, and Probiotics Student Questions: Hangovers, Manuka Honey, and Probiotics full 377 11:40 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Skeptoid answers another round of questions sent in by students all around the world.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Salt Therapies Salt Therapies full 376 13:18 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning A new trend in spas is to let people relax in salt caves, and it's based on solid pseudoscience.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Prove Your Supernatural Power and Get Rich Prove Your Supernatural Power and Get Rich full 372 11:36 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning If you can demonstrate a power unknown to science, there are people looking to write you a check.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Student Questions: Magic Wristbands, Laser Danger, and ManBearPig Student Questions: Magic Wristbands, Laser Danger, and ManBearPig full 369 13:35 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Skeptoid answers another round of questions sent in by students all around the world.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Legislating Pseudoscience Legislating Pseudoscience full 368 13:22 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Lawmakers are often pressured by ideologues to pass laws based on bad science.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Listener Feedback: Conspiracies Listener Feedback: Conspiracies full 364 13:39 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Skeptoid answers questions sent in by listeners pertaining to conspiracy theories.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4363 Tue, 21 May 2013 09:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4363 In fact, handwriting analysis tells us nothing useful about the personality and aptitudes of the writer.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> All About Graphology All About Graphology full 363 13:31 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning In fact, handwriting analysis tells us nothing useful about the personality and aptitudes of the writer.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Polybius: Video Game of Death Polybius: Video Game of Death full 362 12:11 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning The infamous arcade game Polybius, said to drive players to suicide or madness, was never more than an urban legend.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> The 16 Personalities of Sybil The 16 Personalities of Sybil full 361 12:36 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning The book and movie "Sybil" told the story of a woman purported to have Multiple Personality Syndrome.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Lincoln Kennedy Myths Lincoln Kennedy Myths full 360 11:56 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning An old story claims a long list of astonishing similarities between the assassinations of Lincoln and Kennedy.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Cupping for the Cure Cupping for the Cure full 359 11:20 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Some believe that bruise-causing suction on the skin provides a variety of health benefits.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Listener Feedback: Aliens and UFOs Listener Feedback: Aliens and UFOs full 358 10:43 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Skeptoid digs into the feedback mailbag and answers questions about aliens and UFOs.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4357 Tue, 09 Apr 2013 09:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4357 There is a popular fringe theory about human evolution that claims we went through an aquatic phase.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> The Aquatic Ape Theory The Aquatic Ape Theory full 357 11:15 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning There is a popular fringe theory about human evolution that claims we went through an aquatic phase.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> The Airplane That Wasn't There The Airplane That Wasn't There full 355 14:11 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning A B-25 bomber ditched in a Pennsylvania river in broad daylight 1956 and, seemingly impossibly, was never found.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> The Pentagon and the Missile The Pentagon and the Missile full 354 13:30 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Some say that it wasn't an airliner that struck the Pentagon on 9/11, but a missile.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Pope Joan Pope Joan full 353 13:26 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning This apocryphal Middle Ages pope said to be a woman in disguise probably never existed.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4352 Tue, 05 Mar 2013 09:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4352 The Schumann Resonance, 7.83Hz, is one natural radio band in our atmosphere, but holds no mystical powers.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Facts and Fiction of the Schumann Resonance Facts and Fiction of the Schumann Resonance full 352 14:10 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning The Schumann Resonance, 7.83Hz, is one natural radio band in our atmosphere, but holds no mystical powers.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4351 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 09:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4351 A look at the mysterious government agents said to intimidate those who witness flying saucers.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Men in Black Men in Black full 351 14:36 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning A look at the mysterious government agents said to intimidate those who witness flying saucers.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Trinity: Interview with Dr. Oz, Alex Jones, and Deepak Chopra Trinity: Interview with Dr. Oz, Alex Jones, and Deepak Chopra full 350 07:02 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Skeptoid interviews three of the most popular and controversial figures in modern pseudoscience.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Top 10 Best Pro-Science Celebrities Top 10 Best Pro-Science Celebrities full 349 13:18 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning A list of ten Hollywood celebrities who have leveraged their fame into the promotion of science.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Ganzfeld Experiments Ganzfeld Experiments full 348 13:24 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning The true history of the experiment that is said to present the strongest evidence yet for telepathic abilities.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Listener Feedback: Me and My Terrible Arguments Listener Feedback: Me and My Terrible Arguments full 346 13:36 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Skeptoid responds to another round of listener feedback.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> The Cult of Nikola Tesla The Cult of Nikola Tesla full 345 15:40 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning The name of Nikola Tesla is associated with crazy conspiracy claims that have nothing to do with his real work.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Olgoi-Khorkhoi: The Mongolian Death Worm Olgoi-Khorkhoi: The Mongolian Death Worm full 344 13:42 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Mongolian tradition holds that a strange and deadly worm lives beneath the sands of the Gobi desert.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4343 Tue, 01 Jan 2013 09:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4343 Throughout history there have been a number of different beliefs that the Earth might be hollow.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> The Hollow Earth Theory The Hollow Earth Theory full 343 13:49 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Throughout history there have been a number of different beliefs that the Earth might be hollow.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Was the Wow! Signal Alien? Was the Wow! Signal Alien? full 342 12:58 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning A signal received by a radio telescope in 1977 may be the best evidence yet for extraterrestrial intelligence.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Free Energy Machines Free Energy Machines full 341 13:23 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Someone somewhere is always claiming to have cracked the secret of free energy forever, no fuel needed.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Listener Feedback: A Cacophony of Conspiracies Listener Feedback: A Cacophony of Conspiracies full 340 11:44 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning How you can convince your friends that their conspiracy theories are nonsensical.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Setting the Bloop Straight Setting the Bloop Straight full 339 13:52 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning The solution to the Bloop mystery sound is finally revealed, and Skeptoid corrects some errors from other episodes.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Cleansing Diets: Why or Why Not? Cleansing Diets: Why or Why Not? full 335 15:13 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Cleansing diets are trendier than ever. They are also a complete waste of your money.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> The Betz Mystery Sphere The Betz Mystery Sphere full 334 12:49 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning This mysterious silver ball seemed to have all kinds of strange properties. We finally found out what it was.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Student Questions: Dancing Plague and the Cinnamon Challenge Student Questions: Dancing Plague and the Cinnamon Challenge full 333 13:22 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Skeptoid answers another round of student questions sent in from all around the world.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> The Phantom Time Hypothesis The Phantom Time Hypothesis full 332 14:05 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning A number of theories claim that several centuries never actually happened, and were faked by the Church.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> The Kelly-Hopkinsville Encounter The Kelly-Hopkinsville Encounter full 331 13:17 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning A rural family spent half a night battling what they thought were space aliens.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Hypnotism: Hijacking Your Brain? Hypnotism: Hijacking Your Brain? full 330 13:11 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning The facts and the fiction of one of the most intriguing psychological phenomena.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Is She Real, or Is She Fictional? Is She Real, or Is She Fictional? full 329 16:36 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning See if you can tell which of these famous women from history are real, and which are fictional.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4328 Tue, 18 Sep 2012 09:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4328 The secret of history's greatest stringed instrument, the Stradivarius violin, is that there is no secret.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Secrets of the Stradivarius Secrets of the Stradivarius full 328 12:58 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning The secret of history's greatest stringed instrument, the Stradivarius violin, is that there is no secret.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Raiding the Ark of the Covenant Raiding the Ark of the Covenant full 327 12:42 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning The true history of the most famous holy relic from Biblical times.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> The Mystery of the Vitrified Forts The Mystery of the Vitrified Forts full 326 13:10 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Some 60 ancient stone forts in Scotland have vitrified walls, with the stone melted into glass. Here's what we know.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4325 Tue, 28 Aug 2012 09:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4325 For centuries, claims both scientific and pseudoscientific have been made for the golden ratio.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> The Golden Ratio The Golden Ratio full 325 13:38 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning For centuries, claims both scientific and pseudoscientific have been made for the golden ratio.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4324 Tue, 21 Aug 2012 09:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4324 Skeptoid responds to some listener emails that question the validity of the scientific method.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Listener Feedback: That Darned Science Listener Feedback: That Darned Science full 324 13:36 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Skeptoid responds to some listener emails that question the validity of the scientific method.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> 8 Spooky Places, and Why They're Like That 8 Spooky Places, and Why They're Like That full 323 14:01 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning These strange places around the world rank among the most macabre, but have interesting explanations.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Negative Calorie Food Myths Negative Calorie Food Myths full 322 12:16 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Negative calorie foods, said to require more energy to digest than they provide, are a popular food fad.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4321 Tue, 31 Jul 2012 09:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4321 Navajo Skinwalkers were said to be able to shapeshift into animals, but don't worry, it's just a tall tale.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Skinwalkers Skinwalkers full 321 14:12 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Navajo Skinwalkers were said to be able to shapeshift into animals, but don't worry, it's just a tall tale.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4320 Tue, 24 Jul 2012 09:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4320 There's a bridge in Scotland where dogs are said to deliberately commit suicide.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> The Suicide Dogs of Overtoun Bridge The Suicide Dogs of Overtoun Bridge full 320 12:24 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning There's a bridge in Scotland where dogs are said to deliberately commit suicide.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4319 Tue, 17 Jul 2012 09:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4319 Skeptoid answers another round of questions sent in by students all around the world.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Student Questions: Food Woo and Iron Man at the Airport Student Questions: Food Woo and Iron Man at the Airport full 319 11:39 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Skeptoid answers another round of questions sent in by students all around the world.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4317 Tue, 03 Jul 2012 09:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4317 A look at the belief that nanotechnology may result in an army of self-replicating machines that consume society.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Attack of the Nanobots! Attack of the Nanobots! full 317 14:21 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning A look at the belief that nanotechnology may result in an army of self-replicating machines that consume society.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/episodes/3031 Thu, 28 Jun 2012 09:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/3031 Skeptoid announces two new paperbacks: "Astronauts, Aliens, and Ape-Men" plus "The Secret of the Gypsy Queen".

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> New Skeptoid Books New Skeptoid Books bonus 01:57 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Skeptoid announces two new paperbacks: "Astronauts, Aliens, and Ape-Men" plus "The Secret of the Gypsy Queen".

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4316 Tue, 26 Jun 2012 09:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4316 Some say that Persian theologian al-Ghazali was solely responsible for the end of the Golden Age of science.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Al-Ghazali and Arab-Islamic Science Al-Ghazali and Arab-Islamic Science full 316 13:20 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Some say that Persian theologian al-Ghazali was solely responsible for the end of the Golden Age of science.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4315 Tue, 19 Jun 2012 09:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4315 Declassified military documents show that Iranian fighter planes engaged a UFO in 1976. Here's what's actually known.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> The Tehran 1976 UFO The Tehran 1976 UFO full 315 15:50 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Declassified military documents show that Iranian fighter planes engaged a UFO in 1976. Here's what's actually known.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Botches and Bungles Botches and Bungles full 314 11:50 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Skeptoid goes back and corrects some errors from previous episodes.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Area 51 Facts and Fiction Area 51 Facts and Fiction full 313 13:33 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Now that Area 51 has been declassified, we finally have proof that what they did had nothing to do with aliens.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Student Questions: Marauding Mammoths and Queen Elizabeth the Man Student Questions: Marauding Mammoths and Queen Elizabeth the Man full 312 12:20 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Skeptoid answers another round of questions sent in by students all around the world.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Deconstructing the Rothschild Conspiracy Deconstructing the Rothschild Conspiracy full 311 15:21 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Some believe that world governments and economies are secretly controlled by the Rothschild banking family.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Left Handed Myths and Facts Left Handed Myths and Facts full 310 14:29 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Many popular anecdotes tell how and why some people are left-handed, but the true facts are even more interesting.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> The Science and Politics of Global Warming The Science and Politics of Global Warming full 309 13:02 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning How global warming became the poster boy for failed science communication.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Picnic at Hanging Rock Picnic at Hanging Rock full 308 12:11 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Although the book and movie convinced many that this story actually happened, it is purely a fictional invention.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> The Siberian Hell Sounds The Siberian Hell Sounds full 307 13:52 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Russian scientists are said to have drilled a borehole that broke into hell and released the screams of the damned.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Listener Feedback XX Listener Feedback XX full 306 12:54 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Skeptoid dips into the feedback mailbag to respond to comments from listeners.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> I Can't Believe They Did That: Human Guinea Pigs I Can't Believe They Did That: Human Guinea Pigs full 305 13:21 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning A look at some of history's most famous scientists who experimented upon themselves.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Catching Jack the Ripper Catching Jack the Ripper full 304 13:14 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning A look at what is and isn't known about history's most infamous serial killer.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Are Vinyl Recordings Better than Digital? Are Vinyl Recordings Better than Digital? full 303 12:58 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Many audio aficionados split into two camps, those supporting modern digital audio, and those supporting vinyl records.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4302 Tue, 20 Mar 2012 09:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4302 A geologist claimed to have discovered a new species of great ape in Venezuela in the early 20th century.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> De Loys' Ape De Loys' Ape full 302 12:48 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning A geologist claimed to have discovered a new species of great ape in Venezuela in the early 20th century.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> The Beale Ciphers The Beale Ciphers full 301 13:26 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Treasure hunters comb Virginia searching for a legendary hoard of gold and silver.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> The Secret of the Gypsy Queen The Secret of the Gypsy Queen full 300 14:47 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning A little girl saves her kingdom when she is the only one who does not fall for the pop pseudoscience of the day.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4299 Tue, 28 Feb 2012 09:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4299 Jellylike blobs have been reported to fall from the sky during meteor showers. Aliens? No, science.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Star Jelly Star Jelly full 299 12:50 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Jellylike blobs have been reported to fall from the sky during meteor showers. Aliens? No, science.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Student Questions: Free Energy and Faster-than-Light Neutrinos Student Questions: Free Energy and Faster-than-Light Neutrinos full 298 13:15 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Skeptoid answers another round of questions sent in by students all over the world.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> A Magical Journey through the Land of Reasoning Errors A Magical Journey through the Land of Reasoning Errors full 297 12:31 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Four common types of analytical errors in reasoning that we all need to beware of.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> The Versailles Time Slip The Versailles Time Slip full 296 14:09 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning We can be sure that two women visiting Versaille in 1901 did not time-travel back to the days of Marie Antoinette.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Finding Amelia Earhart Finding Amelia Earhart full 295 13:49 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning The disappearance of Amelia Earhart is one of the worst examples of television promoting pseudohistory.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Frequent Listener Feedback Frequent Listener Feedback full 294 12:54 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Skeptoid answers some listener emails that present common flaws in scientific thinking.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Wunderwaffen: Nazi Wonder Weapons Wunderwaffen: Nazi Wonder Weapons full 293 14:35 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning The true history behind the claimed Nazi "wonder weapons" like anti-gravity flying saucers.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4292 Tue, 10 Jan 2012 09:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4292 A thin, dark phantom three times the height of a man is said to stalk this peak in the Cairngorms.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> The Grey Man of Ben MacDhui The Grey Man of Ben MacDhui full 292 12:41 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning A thin, dark phantom three times the height of a man is said to stalk this peak in the Cairngorms.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4291 Tue, 03 Jan 2012 09:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4291 The story goes that in 1994, fumes from a woman's body knocked out most of an emergency room staff.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> The Toxic Lady The Toxic Lady full 291 12:54 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning The story goes that in 1994, fumes from a woman's body knocked out most of an emergency room staff.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4290 Tue, 27 Dec 2011 09:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4290 My process for examining a new topic, to learn whether it's fact or fiction.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Approaching a Subject Skeptically Approaching a Subject Skeptically full 290 11:25 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning My process for examining a new topic, to learn whether it's fact or fiction.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Pit Bull Attack! Pit Bull Attack! full 288 12:34 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Pit bulls have a reputation for being the most dangerous dog breed. Turns out the facts just don't support that.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Korean Fan Death Korean Fan Death full 287 13:27 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning An urban legend in Korea states that running an electric fan at night can kill you.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Listener Feedback: Dorothy and Her Straw Man Listener Feedback: Dorothy and Her Straw Man full 286 11:47 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Skeptoid responds to some feedback emails notable for their dependence on straw man arguments.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Slips and Goofs Slips and Goofs full 285 12:12 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Skeptoid corrects another round of errors found in previous episodes.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> The Fate of Fletcher Christian The Fate of Fletcher Christian full 284 12:30 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning No good evidence supports the claims that the leader of the Bounty mutineers made it safely back to England.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Top 10 Worst Anti-Science Websites Top 10 Worst Anti-Science Websites full 283 15:36 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning My list of the worst offenders on the web in the promotion of scientific and factual misinformation.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> The Jersey Devil The Jersey Devil full 282 12:30 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Said to have been haunting New Jersey for nearly 300 years, this alleged creature has its actual origins in politics.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> The Science of Voting The Science of Voting full 281 11:51 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Most election methods are fundamentally broken, but can be fixed with any of a number of tweaks.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4280 Tue, 18 Oct 2011 09:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4280 The claim that someone else wrote Shakespeare's works is popular, but virtually indefensible.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Noah's Ark: Sea Trials Noah's Ark: Sea Trials full 279 12:58 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Why it's impossible for a wooden vessel the size of Noah's Ark to be seaworthy.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Brainwashing and Deprogramming Brainwashing and Deprogramming full 278 12:25 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Both brainwashing and its opposite, deprogramming, are equally mythological.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Student Questions: A Few Good Myths Student Questions: A Few Good Myths full 277 12:09 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Skeptoid answers another round of questions sent in by students all around the world.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4275 Tue, 13 Sep 2011 09:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4275 There are lots of reasons to move away from fossil fuels, but the supposed hazards of fracking just aren't among them.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> All About Fracking All About Fracking full 275 14:00 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning There are lots of reasons to move away from fossil fuels, but the supposed hazards of fracking just aren't among them.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Listener Feedback Revolutions Listener Feedback Revolutions full 274 13:31 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Another batch of listener emails answered and dissected. And served.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4273 Tue, 30 Aug 2011 09:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4273 Demonizing radio transmitters as carcinogenic is popular, but is not supported by any reasonable science.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Wi-Fi, Smart Meters, and Other Radio Bogeymen Wi-Fi, Smart Meters, and Other Radio Bogeymen full 273 12:56 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Demonizing radio transmitters as carcinogenic is popular, but is not supported by any reasonable science.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Are We Alone? Are We Alone? full 272 12:40 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning We are not alone in the galaxy. Here's why that doesn't mean we've been visited by anyone.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4271 Tue, 16 Aug 2011 09:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4271 There is no plausible reason to think a conspiracy of Jews plans to take over the world's banks and governments.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> The Zionist Conspiracy The Zionist Conspiracy full 271 13:35 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning There is no plausible reason to think a conspiracy of Jews plans to take over the world's banks and governments.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> The Hessdalen Lights The Hessdalen Lights full 270 13:18 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Some seek a natural or alien explanation for these aerial lights in Norway. Turns out the true cause is much simpler.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Student Questions: Energy Shots and Sunscreen Student Questions: Energy Shots and Sunscreen full 268 12:16 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Skeptoid answers another round of questions sent in by students.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4267 Tue, 19 Jul 2011 09:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4267 Greek philosopher Zeno apparently proved that movement was impossible with a few simple paradoxes.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Zeno's Paradoxes Zeno's Paradoxes full 267 12:56 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Greek philosopher Zeno apparently proved that movement was impossible with a few simple paradoxes.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Feedback through a Fine Toothed Comb Feedback through a Fine Toothed Comb full 266 12:00 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Prepare to have your mind blown by these listener emails from conspiracy theorists.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4265 Tue, 05 Jul 2011 09:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4265 Therapies intended to help gays become straight don't work.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Curing Gays Curing Gays full 265 14:28 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Therapies intended to help gays become straight don't work.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Conspiracy Theorists Aren't Crazy Conspiracy Theorists Aren't Crazy full 264 12:02 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning We usually dismiss conspiracy theorists as crazy people; but that doesn't tell the whole story.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4263 Tue, 21 Jun 2011 09:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4263 The Grand Duchess Anastasia did not survive her family's 1918 execution, and did not go on to live in the US.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Anastasia Anastasia full 263 13:12 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning The Grand Duchess Anastasia did not survive her family's 1918 execution, and did not go on to live in the US.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4262 Tue, 14 Jun 2011 09:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4262 A look at the possibility that legends of Haitian zombies may have a grain of truth.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> The Haitian Zombies The Haitian Zombies full 262 13:21 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning A look at the possibility that legends of Haitian zombies may have a grain of truth.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Near Death Experiences Near Death Experiences full 261 13:09 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning A comparison of the effects of hypoxia to the reports of a brush with the afterlife.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Military Dolphins: James Bonds of the Sea Military Dolphins: James Bonds of the Sea full 260 13:01 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning The facts behind the stories of military dolphins trained to attack divers and plant mines on ships.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Mao's Barefoot Doctors: The Secret History of Chinese Medicine Mao's Barefoot Doctors: The Secret History of Chinese Medicine full 259 13:01 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Westerners' belief that Chinese have long relied on alternative medicine is due in part to clever book publishers.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Student Questions: Supermoons and an Apple a Day Student Questions: Supermoons and an Apple a Day full 256 12:18 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Skeptoid answers another round of questions sent in by students from around the world.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Superhuman Strength during a Crisis Superhuman Strength during a Crisis full 255 12:30 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Popular stories tell of mothers lifting cars off their children. The science behind it is less than compelling.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Finding the POW/MIAs Finding the POW/MIAs full 254 13:14 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning American POW/MIAs are probably not still being held captive inside Vietnam.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Listener Feedback: Nobody Ever Posts Twice Listener Feedback: Nobody Ever Posts Twice full 251 15:39 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Skeptoid answers more listener feedback. Recorded live at the 250th Episode party.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> The History of Knowledge The History of Knowledge full 250 12:08 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning A trip through the centuries to see how human knowledge is reflected through music.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Student Questions: Airport X-Rays, Shampoo, and the Moon Student Questions: Airport X-Rays, Shampoo, and the Moon full 249 12:56 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Skeptoid answers another round of science questions sent in by students all around the world.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> The Exorcism of Anneliese The Exorcism of Anneliese full 248 13:32 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Exorcisms are a brutal torture ritual with no hope of actually helping a person who believes themselves possessed.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Corrections, Errata, Blunders, and Boo-Boos Corrections, Errata, Blunders, and Boo-Boos full 246 12:39 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Skeptoid revisits another batch of episodes with errors, and rights the wrongs.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Finding the Lost Colony of Roanoke Finding the Lost Colony of Roanoke full 245 12:58 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Historians actually have a pretty complete picture of what happened to the "missing" Roanoke colonists.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Student Questions: Orbo, EVPs, and Shakespeare Student Questions: Orbo, EVPs, and Shakespeare full 243 12:48 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Skeptoid answers another round of questions sent in by students all around the world.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Mystery Spots Mystery Spots full 240 12:22 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Various "gravitational anomalies" around the world have fascinating real science behind them.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Gluten Free Diets Gluten Free Diets full 239 12:18 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Gluten free diets provide no benefits at all for healthy people.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> More Hollywood Myths More Hollywood Myths full 238 12:09 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Was John Wayne's cancer death caused by filming downwind of the Nevada Test Site? ...and other Hollywood rumors.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Hollywood Myths Hollywood Myths full 237 12:01 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Skeptoid looks into some of the classic Hollywood legends that you've always believed are true.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Whales and Sonar Whales and Sonar full 236 13:45 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Navy sonar is claimed to be lethal to whales, but the latest research tells a very different story.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Student Questions: Bird Gender and Bad Karma Student Questions: Bird Gender and Bad Karma full 233 10:35 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Skeptoid answers questions sent in by students all around the world.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Listener Feedback Rides Again Listener Feedback Rides Again full 232 11:54 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning A peek inside the Skeptoid inbox, ranging from the sane to the insane.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4230 Tue, 02 Nov 2010 09:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4230 DDT can be both a killer of birds and a savior against malaria. Rarely is a question as black and white as we'd like.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> DDT: Secret Life of a Pesticide DDT: Secret Life of a Pesticide full 230 14:11 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning DDT can be both a killer of birds and a savior against malaria. Rarely is a question as black and white as we'd like.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> My Favorite Things My Favorite Things full 228 11:47 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning A few of my favorite moments looking back on 228 Skeptoid episodes.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Boost Your Immune System (or Not) Boost Your Immune System (or Not) full 227 12:37 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Although a lot of products promise to boost your immune system, there is actually no such thing.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4226 Tue, 05 Oct 2010 09:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4226 A ghost light in North Carolina has people scratching their heads, but researchers solved it a century ago.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Alien Downpour: The Red Rain of India Alien Downpour: The Red Rain of India full 224 13:16 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning News agencies have long promoted a 2001 red rainfall as alien, but a better explanation was already there.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Toil and Trouble: The Curse of Macbeth Toil and Trouble: The Curse of Macbeth full 222 12:07 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning The Curse of Macbeth should make Shakespeare's play too dangerous to perform, but science tells us for sure.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> The Myers-Briggs Personality Test The Myers-Briggs Personality Test full 221 13:49 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning A critical look at the world's most popular psychological metric, the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4220 Tue, 24 Aug 2010 09:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4220 A look at a massive stone structure off the coast of Japan, said to be a manmade pyramid.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Yonaguni Monument: The Japanese Atlantis Yonaguni Monument: The Japanese Atlantis full 220 12:32 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning A look at a massive stone structure off the coast of Japan, said to be a manmade pyramid.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4219 Tue, 17 Aug 2010 09:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4219 Josef Stalin did not order the creation of an army of half-ape, half-human hybrids.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Stalin's Human-Ape Hybrids Stalin's Human-Ape Hybrids full 219 13:57 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Josef Stalin did not order the creation of an army of half-ape, half-human hybrids.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4218 Tue, 10 Aug 2010 09:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4218 A close look at some of the stories of UFOs said to have been reported by NASA astronauts.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> The Astronauts and the Aliens The Astronauts and the Aliens full 218 13:37 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning A close look at some of the stories of UFOs said to have been reported by NASA astronauts.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Some New Logical Fallacies Some New Logical Fallacies full 217 12:26 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Skeptoid looks at some newer logical fallacies, often used in place of sound arguments.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Listener Feedback Resurrection Listener Feedback Resurrection full 215 13:01 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning More vitriol from the Skeptoid inbox exposed.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Student Questions: Gold as an Investment and FEMA Coffins Student Questions: Gold as an Investment and FEMA Coffins full 214 12:23 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Another round of answering questions sent in by students everywhere.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Things About Which I Have In Error Been Things About Which I Have In Error Been full 212 12:44 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning More additions to the corrections and errata files for Skeptoid.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4211 Tue, 22 Jun 2010 09:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4211 The American government did not have advance knowledge of the Pearl Harbor attack, and did not allow it to happen.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Attack on Pearl Harbor Attack on Pearl Harbor full 211 14:12 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning The American government did not have advance knowledge of the Pearl Harbor attack, and did not allow it to happen.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> The North American Union The North American Union full 210 13:33 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning The United States, Canada, and Mexico are not planning to merge into a single huge police state.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Dinosaurs Among Us Dinosaurs Among Us full 207 12:33 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning All around the world, ancient art depicts creatures that some interpret as dinosaurs. Don't believe it.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Morgellons Disease Morgellons Disease full 206 12:43 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning In this newly described condition, some patients report strange plastic fibers growing from their skin.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Beyond Listener Feedback Beyond Listener Feedback full 205 12:59 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Another trip to the Listener Feedback files, including my favorite yet.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Mengele's Boys from Brazil Mengele's Boys from Brazil full 204 12:42 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning A town in Brazil has an unusually high twin rate, but not because Josef Mengele survived and did experiments there.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Buy It! Buy It! full 200 03:41 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Don't blindly turn to science when you need answers - instead, seek out those who want to sell you something.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Cargo Cults Cargo Cults full 199 12:58 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Some native religious groups in the South Pacific hope to recreate WWII's influx of material goods.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Listener Feedback Strikes Back Listener Feedback Strikes Back full 197 12:37 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Another perilous dive into the listener feedback files.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Student Questions: Mosquito Repellent and Einstein's Gestation Student Questions: Mosquito Repellent and Einstein's Gestation full 195 12:34 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Skeptoid answers more questions sent in by students all around the world.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Ball Lightning Ball Lightning full 192 12:37 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Everyone believes in ball lightning, but when we stick to the science, there's probably nothing there.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Did Jewish Slaves Build the Pyramids? Did Jewish Slaves Build the Pyramids? full 191 13:09 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning It's a popular story, but all the evidence tells us that no Jews were in Egypt at the time of the Pyramids.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Bullshido: Martial Arts Magic Bullshido: Martial Arts Magic full 189 12:39 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Some call it Bullshido: Martial arts tricks like touchless attacks and the Touch of Death.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Student Questions: String Theory, the Asian Flush, and the Peltzman Effect Student Questions: String Theory, the Asian Flush, and the Peltzman Effect full 188 12:55 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Skeptoid answers some questions sent in by students around the world.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Emergency Handbook: What to Do When a Friend Loves Woo Emergency Handbook: What to Do When a Friend Loves Woo full 187 12:43 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning How you can help a friend or loved one with a potentially harmful pseudoscientific belief

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> More Things I'm Wrong About More Things I'm Wrong About full 186 12:16 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Going back over a few previous Skeptoid episodes to correct errors (head is hung in shame).

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Is Barefoot Better? Is Barefoot Better? full 185 12:57 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Some advocate that going barefoot is better for the health and strength of your feet.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> The Antikythera Mechanism The Antikythera Mechanism full 184 12:49 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning This ancient device, 1000 years ahead of its time, neither proves alien visitation nor disproves history.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Listener Feedback X Listener Feedback X full 182 12:06 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Another dip into the listener feedback files for Skeptoid.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4180 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4180 The claims made about the dangerous chemicals in vaccines are all either false or misrepresented.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Vaccine Ingredients Vaccine Ingredients full 180 13:23 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning The claims made about the dangerous chemicals in vaccines are all either false or misrepresented.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Student Questions: The Montauk Monster and Bee Sting Therapy Student Questions: The Montauk Monster and Bee Sting Therapy full 178 12:31 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Skeptoid answers some more questions sent in by students, on a variety of short topics.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Network Marketing Network Marketing full 176 12:38 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Call them Network Marketing, Multilevel Marketing, or MLM, these pyramid schemes are proven not to work.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4175 Tue, 13 Oct 2009 09:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4175 These shadowy apparitions we sometimes see can be terrifying, but aren't supernatural.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> More Medical Myths More Medical Myths full 174 12:11 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning More myths about the human body that you've always heard, and probably believe.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> All About Astrology All About Astrology full 173 16:04 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Astrology neither has plausibility nor any test data showing that its predictions are better than random chance.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Daylight Saving Time Myths Daylight Saving Time Myths full 172 11:23 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning All the reasons you've ever heard for Daylight Saving Time are nonsense. Here is the real one.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4171 Tue, 15 Sep 2009 09:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4171 At the beginning of WWII, the American defense forces in Los Angeles fought a battle against a UFO.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> The Battle of Los Angeles The Battle of Los Angeles full 171 12:01 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning At the beginning of WWII, the American defense forces in Los Angeles fought a battle against a UFO.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> It's Raining Frogs and Fish It's Raining Frogs and Fish full 170 12:03 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Waterspouts have nothing to do with popular stories of frogs and fish falling from the sky.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Bride of Listener Feedback Bride of Listener Feedback full 169 12:17 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning More replies to some of Skeptoid's more colorful listener feedback.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Decrypting the Mormon Book of Abraham Decrypting the Mormon Book of Abraham full 168 13:02 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Mormon Prophet Joseph Smith allegedly translated the adventures of Abraham in Egypt.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Should Science Debate Pseudoscience? Should Science Debate Pseudoscience? full 167 12:03 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning When scientists publicly debate promoters of pseudoscience, they often do more harm than good.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Real or Fictional: Food and Fashion Real or Fictional: Food and Fashion full 165 15:27 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning See if you can tell whether these food and fashion products are named after real people or fictitious people.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4164 Tue, 28 Jul 2009 09:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4164 Believed by many to be an ancient mystical order, but really just a mail-order New Age literature business.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> What's Up with the Rosicrucians? What's Up with the Rosicrucians? full 164 12:46 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Believed by many to be an ancient mystical order, but really just a mail-order New Age literature business.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4163 Tue, 21 Jul 2009 09:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4163 Critical thinking offers the opposite of what seems to be popular, yet we can still make it commercial.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> How to Make Skepticism Commercial How to Make Skepticism Commercial full 163 11:57 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Critical thinking offers the opposite of what seems to be popular, yet we can still make it commercial.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4162 Tue, 14 Jul 2009 09:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4162 The idea of locally grown produce as nowhere near as green as its proponents seem to think it is.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Locally Grown Produce Locally Grown Produce full 162 13:26 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning The idea of locally grown produce as nowhere near as green as its proponents seem to think it is.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4161 Tue, 07 Jul 2009 09:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4161 Some more jabs and punches between Skeptoid and its most vocal listeners.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Listener Feedback Episode VIII: No New Hope Listener Feedback Episode VIII: No New Hope full 161 13:19 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Some more jabs and punches between Skeptoid and its most vocal listeners.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4160 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 09:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4160 Good arguments often go unused because poor arguments like ad hominems are so much easier.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Sarah Palin Is Not Stupid Sarah Palin Is Not Stupid full 160 11:02 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Good arguments often go unused because poor arguments like ad hominems are so much easier.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Student Questions: Swine Flu and Depleted Uranium Student Questions: Swine Flu and Depleted Uranium full 158 13:40 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Skeptoid answers questions sent in by students all around the world.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> High Fructose Corn Syrup: Toxic or Tame? High Fructose Corn Syrup: Toxic or Tame? full 157 13:14 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning A skeptical look at whether high fructose corn syrup is really any worse for you than sugar.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Falling into Mel's Hole Falling into Mel's Hole full 156 11:22 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Mel's Hole is said to be a mysterious bottomless pit in eastern Washington state.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> NLP: Neuro-linguistic Programming NLP: Neuro-linguistic Programming full 155 12:34 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Some regard Neuro-linguistic Programming as a psychotherapy breakthrough, some as a New Age self-help trend.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Was Chuck Yeager the First to Break the Sound Barrier? Was Chuck Yeager the First to Break the Sound Barrier? full 154 18:07 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier in 1947, but others almost certainly did so before him.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Revenge of the Listener Feedback Revenge of the Listener Feedback full 153 12:44 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Another peek into the mailbag to see who loves us, and who hates us.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4152 Tue, 05 May 2009 09:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4152 Mysterious blobs of flesh washed up on the world's beaches have been called everything from sea monsters to Cthulhu.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Attack of the Globsters! Attack of the Globsters! full 152 13:21 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Mysterious blobs of flesh washed up on the world's beaches have been called everything from sea monsters to Cthulhu.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4151 Tue, 28 Apr 2009 09:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4151 A look at the placebo effect: What it can do, what it can't do, and what you need to know about it.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Screwed! Screwed! full 150 10:16 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning A secret recording of an actual meeting of the Illuminati.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Coral Castle Coral Castle full 149 12:20 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Although urban legends say the creator of Coral Castle had supernatural help, the photographs tell a different story.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Student Questions: Zero Point Energy and Missing Time Student Questions: Zero Point Energy and Missing Time full 148 13:44 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Skeptoid answers some interesting questions sent in by students.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Binaural Beats: Not Digital Drugs Binaural Beats: Not Digital Drugs full 147 12:35 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning The science behind binaural beats: What they are, what they are claimed to do, and what they can actually do.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> How Old Is the Mount St. Helens Lava Dome? How Old Is the Mount St. Helens Lava Dome? full 146 13:35 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Young Earthers point to an infamous dating error as evidence that the Earth is only as old as the Bible says.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4142 Tue, 24 Feb 2009 09:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4142 Answering more questions sent in by students.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Student Questions: Sugary Behavior, Secondhand Smoke, and Wal-Mart Student Questions: Sugary Behavior, Secondhand Smoke, and Wal-Mart full 142 14:14 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Answering more questions sent in by students.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Listener Feedback 6: I Want to Believe Listener Feedback 6: I Want to Believe full 141 12:19 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning More fun from the listener feedback files.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4140 Tue, 10 Feb 2009 09:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4140 Belief that this hill in Bosnia is an ancient pyramid is driven by New Age woo and pathological science.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> The Bosnian Pyramids The Bosnian Pyramids full 140 14:06 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Belief that this hill in Bosnia is an ancient pyramid is driven by New Age woo and pathological science.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Alkaline Water Systems: Change Your Water, Change Your Bank Balance Alkaline Water Systems: Change Your Water, Change Your Bank Balance full 139 13:37 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Sellers of new-age water treatment products charge outrageous prices for a product with zero plausibility.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Is He Real, or Is He Fictional? Is He Real, or Is He Fictional? full 138 14:10 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Guess whether these popular characters from history were real or fictional.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4137 Tue, 20 Jan 2009 09:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4137 The facts behind the story that a heavenly host saved a small group of British from a large German force in WWI.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> The Angel of Mons The Angel of Mons full 137 11:11 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning The facts behind the story that a heavenly host saved a small group of British from a large German force in WWI.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Who Is Closed Minded, the Skeptic or the Believer? Who Is Closed Minded, the Skeptic or the Believer? full 134 12:17 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Skeptics and believers both tend to accuse each other of closed-mindedness in their thinking.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> The Sargasso Sea and the Pacific Garbage Patch The Sargasso Sea and the Pacific Garbage Patch full 132 10:18 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning We cast our skeptical eye upon two vast hazards to navigation said to lurk in the centers of the two great oceans.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Space Properties for Sale Space Properties for Sale full 130 09:45 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning If they're offering extraterrestrial real estate or star-naming rights for sale, chances are it's a ripoff.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Student Questions: the Mozart Effect, Quantum Theory, and AIDS Student Questions: the Mozart Effect, Quantum Theory, and AIDS full 128 11:40 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Skeptoid answers some questions sent in by students.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> The Truth about Aspartame The Truth about Aspartame full 127 13:10 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning The artificial sweetener aspartame is falsely accused of being the cause of nearly every disease.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> The Incorruptibles The Incorruptibles full 126 11:52 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning We turn our skeptical eye on claims of incorruptibility - bodies that do not decay after death.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Ten Most Wanted: Celebrities Who Promote Harmful Pseudoscience Ten Most Wanted: Celebrities Who Promote Harmful Pseudoscience full 125 13:47 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning A critical look at the pseudoscientific antics of some of today's celebrities.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Betty and Barney Hill: The Original UFO Abduction Betty and Barney Hill: The Original UFO Abduction full 124 14:04 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning A critical look at the original UFO abduction story, that so many people take for granted.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Listener Feedback Reloaded Listener Feedback Reloaded full 123 09:53 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning More fun from the inbox, responding to listener feedback.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> HAARP Myths HAARP Myths full 122 13:41 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning A close look at HAARP, the High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program, and the claim that it's a superweapon.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Scalar Weapons: Tesla's Doomsday Machine? Scalar Weapons: Tesla's Doomsday Machine? full 121 11:29 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning No, Nikola Tesla did not design a superweapon capable of vaporizing whole parts of the earth.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> The World According to Conservapedia The World According to Conservapedia full 120 12:10 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning A new Young Earth Fundamentalist online encyclopedia rears its ugly head.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Student Questions: Body Searches and Theta Healing Student Questions: Body Searches and Theta Healing full 119 10:43 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Skeptoid answers some more questions from students. Send yours in today!

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Demystifying the Bell Witch Demystifying the Bell Witch full 118 12:09 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning An exploration of the best way to evaluate an old, unsubstantiated folk legend like The Bell Witch.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> How Dangerous Is Cell Phone Radiation? How Dangerous Is Cell Phone Radiation? full 117 11:32 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning There is neither evidence nor plausible hypothetical foundation for cell phone signals to be at all dangerous.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4115 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4115 A pair of young Italian brothers probably didn't uncover evidence of Soviet cosmonauts dying in space.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Search for the Missing Cosmonauts Search for the Missing Cosmonauts full 115 14:21 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning A pair of young Italian brothers probably didn't uncover evidence of Soviet cosmonauts dying in space.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Student Questions: Fish Oil, Charities, and Rumors Student Questions: Fish Oil, Charities, and Rumors full 114 10:19 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Skeptoid answers some questions sent in by students.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> The Most Effective Homeopathy Podcast Ever The Most Effective Homeopathy Podcast Ever full 113 10:22 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning For the first time ever, the active ingredients in homeopathic preparations are revealed.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Genetically Modified Organisms: Jeopardy or Jackpot? Genetically Modified Organisms: Jeopardy or Jackpot? full 112 15:09 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Despite the popular fearmongering, GMO technologies promise a boon to agriculture and humanity.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4111 Tue, 29 Jul 2008 09:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4111 Misinformation and fantasy surrounds the popular Tibet notions.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Should Tibet Be Free? Should Tibet Be Free? full 111 12:23 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Misinformation and fantasy surrounds the popular Tibet notions.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4110 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 09:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4110 The pope canonized them, but these three children didn't actually predict anything in 1917.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Illuminating the Fatima Miracle of the Sun Illuminating the Fatima Miracle of the Sun full 110 11:51 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning The pope canonized them, but these three children didn't actually predict anything in 1917.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Will the Large Hadron Collider Destroy the Earth? Will the Large Hadron Collider Destroy the Earth? full 109 12:05 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Some people believe that CERN's Large Hadron Collider will create black holes that will destroy the Earth.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Mystery at Dyatlov Pass Mystery at Dyatlov Pass full 108 10:56 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning A look at one of Russia's most bizarre mysteries of mass death.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Spy Radio: Numbers Stations Spy Radio: Numbers Stations full 107 11:15 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning A look at mysterious shortwave "numbers stations" around the world.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> King Tut's Curse! King Tut's Curse! full 106 11:29 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning A look at the tale, the popular explanation, and the real science behind it.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> When People Talk Backwards When People Talk Backwards full 105 11:51 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Some people believe that your brain encodes its actual meaning in reverse within everything you say.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Yet More Winning Listener Feedback Yet More Winning Listener Feedback full 104 12:40 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Another visit to the endless well of listeners comments and criticisms.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Should You Take Your Vitamins? Should You Take Your Vitamins? full 103 10:37 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Vitamin C does nothing to prevent or reduce the severity of colds.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> What You Didn't Know about the Stanford Prison Experiment What You Didn't Know about the Stanford Prison Experiment full 102 10:57 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning The Stanford Prison Experiment, said to have proven that evil environments produce evil behavior, was completely unscientific and unreliable.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Things I'm Wrong About Things I'm Wrong About full 101 12:00 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning A look back correcting some of the facts and figures that Skeptoid has gotten wrong.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Is Peak Oil the End of Civilization? Is Peak Oil the End of Civilization? full 100 10:59 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning When we run out of oil, society will likely peacefully and gradually adapt.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Reassembling TWA Flight 800 Reassembling TWA Flight 800 full 99 12:06 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning TWA Flight 800 was not shot down by US friendly fire.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> What's Wrong with The Secret What's Wrong with The Secret full 96 11:07 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning The Secret teaches that victims are always to blame, and that anyone can have anything simply by wishing.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Bend Over and Own Your Own Business Bend Over and Own Your Own Business full 95 11:33 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning If someone wants you to be their salesperson and is calling it a "business opportunity", be very skeptical.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4094 Tue, 01 Apr 2008 09:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4094 The evidence shows that Travis Walton's famous story of having been abducted by aliens probably never happened.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Fire in the Sky: A Real UFO Abduction? Fire in the Sky: A Real UFO Abduction? full 94 11:20 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning The evidence shows that Travis Walton's famous story of having been abducted by aliens probably never happened.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4092 Tue, 18 Mar 2008 09:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4092 There are many good reasons why environmentalists are turning again to nuclear power for the future.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Rethinking Nuclear Power Rethinking Nuclear Power full 92 12:47 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning There are many good reasons why environmentalists are turning again to nuclear power for the future.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> More Outrageous Listener Feedback More Outrageous Listener Feedback full 91 10:54 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning My responses to some of the more "out there" feedback I've received.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Despicable Vulture Scumbags Despicable Vulture Scumbags full 89 11:15 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning My thoughts on a company that sells useless pseudoscientific hardware to an ALS victim.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Super Sized Fast Food Phobia Super Sized Fast Food Phobia full 88 11:14 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Unlike what's said in highly dramatized Hollywood shockumentaries, fast food is not especially unhealthy.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Water: Alternative Fuel of the Future? Water: Alternative Fuel of the Future? full 87 10:47 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Cranks love to make the claim on YouTube, but you cannot run your car on water.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> MonaVie and Other "Superfruit" Juices MonaVie and Other "Superfruit" Juices full 86 12:39 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Superfruit juices are nothing more than super ripoffs. Don't waste your money.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> World Trade Center 7: The Lies Come Crashing Down World Trade Center 7: The Lies Come Crashing Down full 85 11:04 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning The collapse of 7 World Trade Center was not a controlled demolition.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Magic Jewelry Magic Jewelry full 84 11:31 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning All sorts of marvelous health claims are made for jewelry such as the Q-Ray bracelet.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4083 Tue, 15 Jan 2008 09:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4083 Despite its sciencey-sounding name, there is no such thing as "detoxification" beyond what your body already does.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> The Detoxification Myth The Detoxification Myth full 83 12:31 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Despite its sciencey-sounding name, there is no such thing as "detoxification" beyond what your body already does.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> What Do Creationists Really Believe? What Do Creationists Really Believe? full 82 11:34 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Creationism is not one set of beliefs - it is a battleground of dramatically conflicting world views.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Ghost Hunting Tools of the Trade Ghost Hunting Tools of the Trade full 81 12:33 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Why the use of electronic equipment by TV ghost hunters is so stupid.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Are Microwave Ovens Safe? Are Microwave Ovens Safe? full 80 11:34 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning An examination of the various claims that microwaved food and water are poisonous.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Medical Myths in Movies and Culture Medical Myths in Movies and Culture full 78 09:42 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning A skeptical examination of pop-culture medical beliefs, like dramatically stabbing someone in the heart with a syringe.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Orang Pendek: Forest Hobbit of Sumatra Orang Pendek: Forest Hobbit of Sumatra full 77 11:31 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning A description of Sumatra's own little miniature Bigfoot legend.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Who Kills More, Religion or Atheism? Who Kills More, Religion or Atheism? full 76 09:21 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Neither religion nor atheism been responsible for a greater death toll throughout human history.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> How to See Your Aura How to See Your Aura full 75 10:52 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Despite promotional claims, neither auras nor aura photography are things.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4074 Tue, 13 Nov 2007 09:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4074 The second part of our exploration of logical fallacies.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> A Magical Journey through the Land of Logical Fallacies - Part 2 A Magical Journey through the Land of Logical Fallacies - Part 2 full 74 11:52 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning The second part of our exploration of logical fallacies.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> A Magical Journey through the Land of Logical Fallacies - Part 1 A Magical Journey through the Land of Logical Fallacies - Part 1 full 73 13:59 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning An examination of many of the most common logical fallacies.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity: Real or Imagined? Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity: Real or Imagined? full 72 17:01 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Some claim to be hypersensitive to electromagnetism. Science has already solved what's really going on.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> How to Drink Gnarly Breast Milk How to Drink Gnarly Breast Milk full 71 09:46 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Proponents of colostrum supplements believe that it has a whole range of benefits.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Raging (Bioidentical) Hormones Raging (Bioidentical) Hormones full 70 07:59 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning An examination of the popular trend in women's health, bioidentical hormone therapy.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> More Wet and Wild Listener Feedback More Wet and Wild Listener Feedback full 68 14:53 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Another round of listener feedback from the past several months.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Do Your Body Features Measure Up? Do Your Body Features Measure Up? full 67 11:38 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning An examination of phrenology, physiognomy, palmistry, and iridology.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> The Greatest Secret of Nostradamus The Greatest Secret of Nostradamus full 66 15:17 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Virtually nothing that pop culture tells us about Nostradamus is true.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> How to Debate a Young Earth Creationist How to Debate a Young Earth Creationist full 65 16:19 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Learn the basic arguments against science made by Young Earthers, and how to rebut them.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> The Attack of Spring Heeled Jack The Attack of Spring Heeled Jack full 64 09:50 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning A look at the theories surrounding Spring Heeled Jack, the scourge of England in the early 1800s.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Subliminal Seduction Subliminal Seduction full 63 09:59 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Wilson Key's magnum opus textbook about subliminal advertising was almost pure fiction.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4062 Tue, 21 Aug 2007 09:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4062 Crop circles are commonly known to be man made, yet some still insist they must be of alien origin.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Crop Circle Jerks Crop Circle Jerks full 62 13:18 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Crop circles are commonly known to be man made, yet some still insist they must be of alien origin.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Irradiation: Is Your Food Toxic? Irradiation: Is Your Food Toxic? full 61 09:13 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Food that has been sterilized with irradiation is not radioactive and will not hurt you.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4060 Thu, 09 Aug 2007 09:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4060 A popular fad holds that plastic water bottles leach toxic chemicals into your water. Don't believe it.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Will Drinking from Plastic Bottles Kill You? Will Drinking from Plastic Bottles Kill You? full 60 08:40 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning A popular fad holds that plastic water bottles leach toxic chemicals into your water. Don't believe it.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4059 Sat, 04 Aug 2007 09:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4059 The Raelians are naked and they worship space aliens.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Who Are the Raelians, and Why Are They Naked? Who Are the Raelians, and Why Are They Naked? full 59 11:09 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning The Raelians are naked and they worship space aliens.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> All About Fluoridation All About Fluoridation full 58 10:00 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning A few fringe activists claim that fluoridation of water carries more danger than benefit.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Email Myths Email Myths full 57 13:08 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning A look at some of those persistent hoax emails that you receive almost every day.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Bizarre Places I'd Like to Go Bizarre Places I'd Like to Go full 56 12:00 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning California is home to a wealth of places rich with mystery and intrigue.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Autism and Chelation: A Recipe for Risk Autism and Chelation: A Recipe for Risk full 55 11:19 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning An examination of the lethal pop-culture fad of chelating autistic children.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4054 Tue, 10 Jul 2007 09:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4054 The Oakland freeway collapse was not a government ploy to prove that the Twin Towers collapsed from fire.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> The Twin Towers: Fire Melting Steel The Twin Towers: Fire Melting Steel full 54 10:15 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning The Oakland freeway collapse was not a government ploy to prove that the Twin Towers collapsed from fire.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Borley Rectory: the World's Most Haunted House? Borley Rectory: the World's Most Haunted House? full 53 13:51 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning This "world's most haunted house" was the invention of an imaginative showman and author.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Science Magazines Violating Their Own Missions Science Magazines Violating Their Own Missions full 52 07:58 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Science magazines continue to undermine themselves by publishing ads for pseudoscientific products.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Ethanol: Miracle Fuel, or Not? Ethanol: Miracle Fuel, or Not? full 51 08:39 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Ethanol as a fuel may be carbon neutral, but offers few other benefits.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Unconscious Research of Global Consciousness Unconscious Research of Global Consciousness full 49 12:39 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Some say that the collective emotions of humans can influence electronic hardware.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Free Range Chicken and Farm Raised Fish Free Range Chicken and Farm Raised Fish full 47 10:29 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Free range chickens and farm raised fish probably have almost none of the benefits you think they do.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Support Your Local Reptoid Support Your Local Reptoid full 46 10:30 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning The conspiracy theory that reptilian beings control our governments has a fascinating history.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> The Importance of Teaching Critical Thinking The Importance of Teaching Critical Thinking full 45 08:13 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Teaching critical thinking to students needs to be much more than simply asking the Socratic questions.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> The Truth About Remote Viewing The Truth About Remote Viewing full 44 11:48 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning The psychic technique of remote viewing is consistent with simple, well known magic tricks.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> A Mormon History of the Americas A Mormon History of the Americas full 43 09:50 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning The Book of Mormon's history of the Americas is full of irreconcilable errors and false archaeology.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Whacking, Cracking, and Chiropracting Whacking, Cracking, and Chiropracting full 42 11:04 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Defined in 1895, chiropractic treats imaginary conditions with dangerous manipulations.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> The Alien Invasion of Phoenix, Arizona The Alien Invasion of Phoenix, Arizona full 41 11:47 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Despite what many UFOlogists want, the famous Phoenix Lights were not alien spacecraft.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Neanderthals in Present Day Asia Neanderthals in Present Day Asia full 40 08:56 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Some claim that a legendary wildman, the Almas, is a population of relict Neanderthals.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Heating Up to Global Warming Heating Up to Global Warming full 39 12:15 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Why everyone needs to start taking global warming more seriously.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> The Marfa Lights: A Real American Mystery The Marfa Lights: A Real American Mystery full 38 09:06 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning No matter how much we want these Texas ghost lights to be mysterious, it turns out they're all too mundane.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Mercury Fillings Mercury Fillings full 36 11:15 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Mercury amalgam fillings do not release toxic levels of mercury into the body, and are harmless.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Revisionist Darwinism: The Theory That Couldn't Sit Still Revisionist Darwinism: The Theory That Couldn't Sit Still full 35 09:17 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Some creationists claim that evolutionary theory is invalid because it improves as our knowledge increases.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Homeopathy: Pure Water or Pure Nonsense? Homeopathy: Pure Water or Pure Nonsense? full 34 13:11 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Contrary to what many supporters think, homeopathy is neither an herbal nor a natural remedy.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Blood for Oil Blood for Oil full 32 09:03 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning The claim that the wars in the Middle East were about oil don't stand up to economic scrutiny.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> The Devil Walked in Devon The Devil Walked in Devon full 31 07:33 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning This 100-mile track of footprints in 1855 probably was not laid by the devil.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Raw Food - Raw Deal? Raw Food - Raw Deal? full 30 12:34 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Some claim that cooking your food ruins its nutrients or makes it poisonous, in a misguided effort to promote raw food.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Orbs: The Ghost in the Camera Orbs: The Ghost in the Camera full 29 08:50 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Spirit orbs in photographs are not ghosts, but a common artifact of flash photography.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Natural Hygiene: Health Without Medicine (or Wisdom) Natural Hygiene: Health Without Medicine (or Wisdom) full 28 06:12 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Natural Hygiene is a misguided, prescientific notion that nature provides everything to heal anyone of anything.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4027 Thu, 15 Feb 2007 09:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4027 Some believe that airplane contrails are really dangerous chemicals being sprayed by the government.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Chemtrails: Real or Not? Chemtrails: Real or Not? full 27 09:49 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Some believe that airplane contrails are really dangerous chemicals being sprayed by the government.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4026 Sat, 10 Feb 2007 09:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4026 Biodynamic agriculture is not a modern innovation, but rather a throwback to the Dark Ages.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Biodynamic Agriculture Biodynamic Agriculture full 26 09:57 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Biodynamic agriculture is not a modern innovation, but rather a throwback to the Dark Ages.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4025 Mon, 05 Feb 2007 09:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4025 The word "scientist" can mean just about anything you want it to mean.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Scientists Are Not Created Equal Scientists Are Not Created Equal full 25 07:32 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning The word "scientist" can mean just about anything you want it to mean.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4024 Sun, 28 Jan 2007 09:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4024 Reflexology is really no more than a foot massage, but potentially deadly to those hoping for medical benefits.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Reflexology: Only Dangerous If You Use It Reflexology: Only Dangerous If You Use It full 24 11:02 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Reflexology is really no more than a foot massage, but potentially deadly to those hoping for medical benefits.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4023 Tue, 23 Jan 2007 09:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4023 A look at paganism, its affinity for nudity, and how it differs from mainstream religions.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Paganism: A Naked Rebellion Paganism: A Naked Rebellion full 23 07:25 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning A look at paganism, its affinity for nudity, and how it differs from mainstream religions.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4022 Fri, 19 Jan 2007 09:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4022 Flight 93, which crashed in a field on September 11, was not shot down by the military.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Skepticism and Flight 93 Skepticism and Flight 93 full 22 08:53 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Flight 93, which crashed in a field on September 11, was not shot down by the military.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Living Stones of Death Valley Living Stones of Death Valley full 21 04:27 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning An examination of the mysterious stones that move by themselves across the desert floor.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4020 Thu, 11 Jan 2007 09:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4020 America's most popular true ghost story was a hoax.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> The Real Amityville Horror The Real Amityville Horror full 20 08:24 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning America's most popular true ghost story was a hoax.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4019 Fri, 05 Jan 2007 09:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4019 It's marketed as a revolution in health and the environment, but it's better described as a counterproductive fad.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Organic Food Myths Organic Food Myths full 19 12:39 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning It's marketed as a revolution in health and the environment, but it's better described as a counterproductive fad.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4018 Mon, 01 Jan 2007 09:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4018 An amended Bill of Rights to better reflect modern American values.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> The "New" Bill of Rights The "New" Bill of Rights full 18 04:44 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning An amended Bill of Rights to better reflect modern American values.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4017 Thu, 28 Dec 2006 09:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4017 A look at the true threat level from Internet attacks in the mid 2000s.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Internet Paranoia Internet Paranoia full 17 09:04 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning A look at the true threat level from Internet attacks in the mid 2000s.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4016 Sun, 24 Dec 2006 09:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4016 The US Navy did not make a warship completely disappear in 1943.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4015 Wed, 20 Dec 2006 09:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4015 Some believe SUVs should be categorized by their cosmetic appearance, rather than by their size or fuel efficiency.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> SUV Phobia SUV Phobia full 15 08:40 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Some believe SUVs should be categorized by their cosmetic appearance, rather than by their size or fuel efficiency.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4014 Fri, 15 Dec 2006 09:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4014 Cell phones are perfectly safe on airplanes, despite continued claims of danger.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Cell Phones on Airplanes Cell Phones on Airplanes full 14 07:14 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Cell phones are perfectly safe on airplanes, despite continued claims of danger.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4013 Mon, 11 Dec 2006 09:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4013 Understand the basics of scientific testing.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> A Primer on Scientific Testing A Primer on Scientific Testing full 13 10:02 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Understand the basics of scientific testing.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4012 Thu, 07 Dec 2006 09:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4012 Proving the literal truth of the Bible is counterproductive to Christianity.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Killing Faith: Deconstructionist Christians Killing Faith: Deconstructionist Christians full 12 07:47 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Proving the literal truth of the Bible is counterproductive to Christianity.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4011 Sun, 03 Dec 2006 09:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4011 Sometimes the skeptics' perspective on Bigfoot is just as unscientific as that of the believers.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Killing Bigfoot with Bad Science Killing Bigfoot with Bad Science full 11 10:36 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Sometimes the skeptics' perspective on Bigfoot is just as unscientific as that of the believers.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> An Evolution Primer for Young Earth Creationists An Evolution Primer for Young Earth Creationists full 10 11:13 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Evolution 101 for Young Earth Creationists who want to know better.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4009 Sun, 26 Nov 2006 09:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4009 There seems to be very little point to classifying some wrong actions as sins.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Sin: What's It Good For? Sin: What's It Good For? full 9 09:16 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning There seems to be very little point to classifying some wrong actions as sins.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Nocturnal Assaults: Aliens in the Dark Nocturnal Assaults: Aliens in the Dark full 8 08:27 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning Alien abductions and Old Hags: things that go bump in the night.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4007 Tue, 14 Nov 2006 09:00:00 -0000 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4007 There is no science-based reason why you should buy magnets for the pipes in your pond, despite the sales pitches.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Rods: Flying Absurdities Rods: Flying Absurdities full 4 07:31 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning There is neither evidence nor plausible hypotheticals suggesting that invisible flying "rods" might exist.

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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]]> Ethics of Peddling the Paranormal Ethics of Peddling the Paranormal full 3 09:30 brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning) Brian Dunning A proposal that it might be ethical for non-believers to sell paranormal services to the grieving in certain cases.

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