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The true science behind our most popular urban legends. Historical mysteries, paranormal claims, popular science myths, aliens and UFO reports, conspiracy theories, and worthless alternative medicine schemes... Skeptoid has you covered. From the sublime to the startling, no topic is sacred. Weekly since 2006.
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Was the SARS-CoV-2 virus of natural origin, or was it engineered in a Chinese research lab?
A close look at where recycling of some common materials is actually at these days.
It's time once again for Skeptoid to correct another round of errors in previous shows.
Some say creepy children with huge balloon heads stalk the woods at night, waiting to attack you.
The not-so-famous UFO case that caused the US Congress to spend millions of taxpayer dollars.
This controversial treatment for PTSD involves moving the eyes side to side.
1Part 3 in our roundup of scientists who took the ultimate plunge and experimented on themselves.
In 2006, a flying saucer spent minutes literally hovering right above Chicago's O'Hare International Airport... so the story goes.
Can everything important about you and those you interact with be boiled down to a single digit?
What were these early UFOs that chased and harried World War II fighter pilots?
Were two waves of ax murders in the American south in the early 20th century truly associated with Louisiana Voodoo?
Proponents of alien visitation often claim the Alcubierre drive makes faster than light possible. Here's why it can't exist.
Skeptoid is looking for institutional partners and/or title sponsors for a proposed video series.
Was this infamous 1976 dioxin disaster as bad as reported, or might it have been much worse than we thought?
The carcasses of headless goats are floating in the Chattahoochee River; too many for a prosaic explanation.
A Benedictine monk is said to have built a device allowing him to see and hear historical events.
We break down four popular myths about Martin Luther King Jr. that just won't go away.
A failure mode analysis of my most-hated episode ever: #230 on the use of DDT to fight malaria.
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A year-end Ask Me Anything session to tell you everything you ever wanted to know about Skeptoid and more.
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Til feudal china was capitalist. This show is general great, but i stg the american libertarian brain rot is hard to hear. Maoist China (Svoiet Russia for that matter) were never communist, anymore than North Korea is a democratic republic. Besides that, having a commodity market isn't capitalism, pre-maoist china was feudalist. Maoist China was State Capitalist (fascism using communist terms for spin) and remains so to this day.
The next decade of Republican fascism makes this seem really optimistic in hindsight lol
I can't believe you're asserting that the "Toxic Lady" was definitely mass hysteria. There were many experienced nurses who were affected.
I thought Pope Lick Bridge was in Vatican City
... you read that wrong (so did I)
Fabulous podcast. Short,sweet & to the point. With so much disinformation circulating these days we need people like this more than ever.
Can't find it anywhere to watch it.
They believe in 'chi' but note in moon chi's. 😤
This episode was unexpectedly funny, lol.
The Kitty Genovese story has been wildly exaggerated as well. There's a very good episode de You're Wrong About that goes back on that event.
Reminds me of a friend. We were in the black rock desert in Nevada. At night every light in the sky was a UFO. I would point out that they were planes landing in Reno. Finally be pointed up directly overhead, okay what's that? A satellite. I guess we all believe what we want to believe.
I used this technique with jelly beans in a jar. I won and was only a few beans off!
is there any other skeptoid episodes or website posts how about other alleged miracles? specifically famous Catholic ones like Lourdes and Fatima
what? That doesn't even make sense. I have a friend at work that firmly believes that this site was built by aliens.
I should add that in Hindu traditions, the 12th day after a birth of a baby is a day of celebration of the birth. While the 13th day after a death is certain important occasion regarding the death. So "12th day" and "13th day" have their own denoting.
This one is now one of my favorite Skeptoid episodes.
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Great episode. Thx from Sweden
just goes to show that a high IQ will not save you from believing nonsense. skepticism aint rocket surgery.
The findings on Apple Cider Vinegar are much as I expected in the areas researched but I would have liked to see the claims regarding blood pressure included.