Skeptoid
Summary: Since 2006, the weekly Skeptoid podcast has been taking on all the most popular myths and revealing the true science, true history, and true lessons we can learn from each. Free subscribers get the most recent 50 episodes, premium subscribers (skeptoid.com) can access the full archive, all ad-free.
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- Artist: Brian Dunning
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Podcasts:
The Earth produces a diverse array of living creatures. Some are immensely big, some incredibly old, and some frighteningly lethal.
Pseudoscience runs rampant in the food marketing industry. This week we answer questions sent in by students inquiring about the validity of six food myths.
Stories persist claiming the infamous outlaws Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid were not killed in Bolivia, as is popularly believed, but actually survived to return to the United States.
Some believe that long hair provides great physical strength. Sometimes it's a cultural thing, sometimes religious. But what's the truth behind it?
Consumer ripoffs are everywhere, and many times the victims refuse to acknowledge it. Skeptoid responds to comments sent in by some such listeners.
It's a fact that there are secret military bases all around the world. But can you tell the real ones from the fictional ones?
Some say that an early Native American tribe were giant red-haired cannibals. How does the archaeological history compare to the cultural traditions?
Pop culture tells us that any of the hundreds of conspiracy theories about the death of JFK are more plausible than the official story. How should we regard that?
Some people believe that wind turbines have detrimental physiological effects on people, through a wide variety of potential mechanisms.
Was it Columbus, the Vikings, the Chinese, the Muslims, or the British? We examine the 5 most popular claims to be first to the New World by sea.
The Tasmanian Tiger was a predatory marsupial, now considered extinct. But some believe it might still live in remote regions. Is this true?
A young pilot who disappeared in 1978 is popularly believed to have been abducted by aliens. But it turns out there's a more likely Earthly explanation.
A line of reasoning named for Socrates helps us help believers in the strange re-examine their beliefs, achieving a change of mind where a direct confrontation might fail.
Some people who enjoy raw milk also make up false claims that regular milk is more dangerous. Why not enjoy it for what it is, rather than making up bad science as well?
Infamous legends tell of a maelstrom that devours ships and men. Does such a whirlpool actually exist? And are your basic notions about whirlpools even true?
