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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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Time is running out to grab one of the few remaining cabins for Málaga, Spain to Nice, France on the SV Royal Clipper AND announcing our next adventure to New Orleans followed by the Mysteries of the Maya cruise to the Yucatán Peninsula!
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An exploration of the validity of the Silurian hypothesis, which posits the existence of a pre-human intelligent race on Earth.
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As a gentle reminder that you will have an hour of sleep robbed from you tonight, enjoy this episode on Daylight Saving Time Myths from the archives!
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This secretive device has been promising to deliver clean, free energy for more than 15 years — but so far nobody's been allowed to examine it.
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Is there somewhere on Earth where Sovereign Citizens can actually be free of any nation's laws?
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Advertising wants your attention, not your soul; and it’s not nearly as good at getting either as you might think.
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1Radioactive nuclear generators sit out in the environment, posing a real hazard. They're mostly — but not all — in Russia.
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Brian gets questioned while giving blood.
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How concerned do you truly need to be about vintage ceramicware leaching lead into your food?
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Oh no! Another pop quiz. Take the challenge: 9 questions about space. Think you can get them all?
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A century-old hoax takes wing again, proof that good stories never stay buried.
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If ghosts don't exist, then how do we account for all the ghost experiences that people have every day?
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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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The myths and misconceptions surrounding blood donation and why you might consider donating.Links to resources from Bloodworks Northwest:Blood Donation Need to KnowEligibility GuidelinesEligibility Checker
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The history and pseudohistory of this infamous and ubiquitous obscene gesture.
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From fireplace to folklore, how the Yule log got its fake pagan backstory.
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This device claims to be able to dramatically improve the efficiency and emissions of any internal combustion engine.
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An exploration of all the scientific possibilities by which ghosts might actually exist in this universe.
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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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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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This would be a great recommendation for teachers if not for that final plug about the premium content. Was that really necessary to include?
The causes of chronic fatigue syndrome are not well known and documented. Where did that statement come from?
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.