The Skeptic Podcast

From the pages of The Skeptic magazine, this is The Skeptic podcast, bringing you the best of the magazine’s expert analysis of pseudoscience, conspiracy theory and claims of the paranormal since its relaunch as online news source in September 2020.On this episode: One small step at a time, the alternative medicine industry is radicalising people... with disastrous consequences, by Michael Marshall from November 2020The Canary Islands’ Black Pyramids: history doesn’t have to be mysterious to be interesting, by Mark Horne from December 2021From the archives: Jacques Benoit's (failed) experiments with telepathic snails, by Toby Howard from November 1988Why Inaccuracies in Bill Cooper's influential conspiracy theory book serve as its strength, by Thiago Vahia from September 2023Find more from The Skeptic at skeptic.org.uk, or to support the show, take out a small voluntary donation at patreon.com/theskeptic

From the pages of The Skeptic magazine, this is The Skeptic podcast, bringing you the best of the magazine’s expert analysis of pseudoscience, conspiracy theory and claims of the paranormal since its relaunch as online news source in September 2020.On this episode: What William Radam's "Microbe Killer" can teach us about modern stem cell quackery, by David Weinberg from May 2021Is the ultra processed food fear simply the next big nutritional moral panic?, by Alice Howarth from July 2024Despite what Jordan Peterson believes, medical error is not the ‘third leading cause of death’ by Michael Marshall from May 2021Find more from The Skeptic at skeptic.org.uk, or to support the show, take out a small voluntary donation at patreon.com/theskeptic 

From the pages of The Skeptic magazine, this is The Skeptic podcast, bringing you the best of the magazine’s expert analysis of pseudoscience, conspiracy theory and claims of the paranormal since its relaunch as online news source in September 2020. On this episode: Spending time outdoors is healthy and great - we don't need to sell it as "forest bathing"!, by Brian Eggo from August 2022Cognitive dissonance - the mental gymnastics that help us rationalise our sloppy thinking', by Lee Traynor from April 2006From the archives: Hear our prayers - the Northern Irish prayer efficacy study, by Wendy Grossman from October 1989The "purebloods": how the unvaccinated came to see themselves as superior, by Thiago Vahia from March 2023Find more from The Skeptic at skeptic.org.uk, or to support the show, take out a small voluntary donation at patreon.com/theskeptic

From the pages of The Skeptic magazine, this is The Skeptic podcast, bringing you the best of the magazine’s expert analysis of pseudoscience, conspiracy theory and claims of the paranormal since its relaunch as online news source in September 2020.On this episode:If anal sex injuries really are on the rise, it's not a question of anatomy, but of education, by Kat Ford from March 2023From the archives: The Demise of Parapsychology, 1850-2009, by Ray Hyman from April 2012How and why to set up and run your own Skeptics in the Pub group: top 10 tips, by Brian Eggo from September 2022Why I now believe parapsychology is a science not a pseudoscience, by Chris French from  September 2021Find more from The Skeptic at skeptic.org.uk, or to support the show, take out a small voluntary donation at patreon.com/theskeptic

From the pages of The Skeptic magazine, this is The Skeptic podcast, bringing you the best of the magazine’s expert analysis of pseudoscience, conspiracy theory and claims of the paranormal since its relaunch as online news source in September 2020.On this episode:  In modern-day Scotland, there should be no mandatory acts of worship in schools, by Brian Eggo from May 2022 From the archives: Going to great lengths - long-hair pseudoscience, by Wendy Grossman from January 2011January 8th, and the insurrectionist riot provoked by Bolsonaro and the Brazilian army, by Thiago Vahia from February 2023The writing’s been on the wall for decades, but still the graphology persists, by Mark Horne from September 2023Find more from The Skeptic at skeptic.org.uk, or to support the show, take out a small voluntary donation at patreon.com/theskeptic

From the pages of The Skeptic magazine, this is The Skeptic podcast, bringing you the best of the magazine’s expert analysis of pseudoscience, conspiracy theory and claims of the paranormal since its relaunch as online news source in September 2020. On this episode: Does a prohibition-based approach to drugs and disposable vaping make sense?, by Clio Bellenis from March 2024Walking the alt-med tightrope when a loved one has a terminal diagnosis, by Brian Eggo from January 2024From the archives: The day I met w orld renowned psychic, Shirley Ghostman, by Chris French from April 2012From the archives: Mrs Gaskell’s Elephant - the true story of a hoax, by Chris Willis from January 2002Find more from The Skeptic at skeptic.org.uk, or to support the show, take out a small voluntary donation at patreon.com/theskeptic

From the pages of The Skeptic magazine, this is The Skeptic podcast, bringing you the best of the magazine’s expert analysis of pseudoscience, conspiracy theory and claims of the paranormal since its relaunch as online news source in September 2020.On this episode: In Search of Monsters? A defence of cryptozoology, by Charles Paxton from July 2002Huge social media accounts glorify ancient architecture, while whitewashing the past, by Mark Horne from December 2024While Artemis was heading to the moon, moon landing deniers were busy doubling down, by Brian Eggo from January 2023Eurabia, the Kalergi Plan, and the Great Replacement, by Thiago Vahia from September 2021Find more from The Skeptic at skeptic.org.uk, or to support the show, take out a small voluntary donation at patreon.com/theskeptic 

From the pages of The Skeptic magazine, this is The Skeptic podcast, bringing you the best of the magazine’s expert analysis of pseudoscience, conspiracy theory and claims of the paranormal since its relaunch as online news source in September 2020. On this episode: The menopause can be painful, uncomfortable, and debilitating - so why is it under-researched?, by Clio Bellenis, from July 2023The Oceangate tragedy has brought some of society's ghouls to the surface, by Brian Eggo, from June 2023Free Will? The role of remorse and rehabilitation within the justice system, by Mike Heap, from January 2011The continuation of QAnon: the Eternal Sunshine of an Election That Never Ended, by Thiago Vahia, from June 2021Find more from The Skeptic at skeptic.org.uk, or to support the show, take out a small voluntary donation at patreon.com/theskeptic

From the pages of The Skeptic magazine, this is The Skeptic podcast, bringing you the best of the magazine’s expert analysis of pseudoscience, conspiracy theory and claims of the paranormal since its relaunch as online news source in September 2020. On this episode: Questionable accusations over 'woke' climate change solutions empower white genocide conspiracies, by Aaron Rabinowitz, from January 2022Whatever happened to crop circles?, by Steve Donnelly, from July 2008 Stuff you should know: the dog suicide bridge is just a myth, by Brian Eggo, from April 2021 Making UFOlogy History: the Roswell Incident, and the story of Betty and Barney Hill, by David Clarke from July 2008Find more from The Skeptic at skeptic.org.uk, or to support the show, take out a small voluntary donation at patreon.com/theskeptic

From the pages of The Skeptic magazine, this is The Skeptic podcast, bringing you the best of the magazine’s expert analysis of pseudoscience, conspiracy theory and claims of the paranormal since its relaunch as online news source in September 2020.On this episode: The top 10 most infuriating climate change memes, and how to debunk them, by Mark Horne from September 2023From the archives: Urban legends - a friend of a friend of a friend of a friend, by Toby Howard, from May 1990A skeptical perspective on the Scottish UFO and Paranormal Conference 2023, by Brian Eggo, from December 2023On not being wrong: Personal reflections from a lifetime of skepticism, by Chris French, from December 2020Find more from The Skeptic at skeptic.org.uk, or to support the show, take out a small voluntary donation at patreon.com/theskeptic

From the pages of The Skeptic magazine, this is The Skeptic podcast, bringing you the best of the magazine’s expert analysis of pseudoscience, conspiracy theory and claims of the paranormal since its relaunch as online news source in September 2020.On this episode:To Know You More Clearly’ what the new catholic school syllabus means one year in , by Abi Kennedy, from April 2024The Great Reset: political pipe dream, or sinister New World Order plot?, by Thiago Vahia, from May 2021From the archives: Heaven and Earth - Is the ‘curse of Tutankhamen’ a curse at all?, by Michael Hutchinson, from November 1988The recent Glasgow Low Emission Zone protest turned out to be more of a 'low information zone', by Brian Eggo, from October 2023Find more from The Skeptic at skeptic.org.uk, or to support the show, take out a small voluntary donation at patreon.com/theskeptic

From the pages of The Skeptic magazine, this is The Skeptic podcast, bringing you the best of the magazine’s expert analysis of pseudoscience, conspiracy theory and claims of the paranormal since its relaunch as online news source in September 2020.On this episode: IQ tests continue to flourish, in spite of inherent biases, because we so badly want to feel special, by Wendy Grossman, from December 1989A double-edge sword: should we be labeling kids?, by Clio Bellenis, from May 2023Hugo Talks - a lot: the prominent conspiracy theorist channel that recently found religion, by Mark Horne, from March 2023I called Scottish Water to solve my supply issue - I never expected them to bring dowsing rods, by Brian Eggo, from September 2023Find more from The Skeptic at skeptic.org.uk, or to support the show, take out a small voluntary donation at patreon.com/theskeptic

From the pages of The Skeptic magazine, this is The Skeptic podcast, bringing you the best of the magazine’s expert analysis of pseudoscience, conspiracy theory and claims of the paranormal since its relaunch as online news source in September 2020. On this episode: Behind the slick production values of "The Reason I Jump", lies Facilitated Communication, by Janyce Boynton from August 2021Ten times the unexpected appearance of pseudoscience ruined entertainment, by Brian Eggo from July 2023Is there really a recent spike in cases of spiking by injection?, by Chris French, from December 2021 The carefully-woven conspiracy theories behind the attempted US coup of January 6th, by Thiago Vahia from February 2021Find more from The Skeptic at skeptic.org.uk, or to support the show, take out a small voluntary donation at patreon.com/theskeptic

From the pages of The Skeptic magazine, this is The Skeptic podcast, bringing you the best of the magazine’s expert analysis of pseudoscience, conspiracy theory and claims of the paranormal since its relaunch as online news source in September 2020. On this episode: March for Life: The UK's anti-abortion movement is becoming more organised and emboldened, by Abi Kennedy from October 2024Ten top times skepticism made an unexpected appearance in pop culture, by Brian Eggo from April 2023What James Randi meant to me: Chris French reflects on the passing of The Amazing Randi, by Chris French from October 2020From chemtrails to Covid, Naomi Wolf's concerning habit of pseudoscience promotion, by Mark Horne from June 2021Find more from The Skeptic at skeptic.org.uk, or to support the show, take out a small voluntary donation at patreon.com/theskeptic

From the pages of The Skeptic magazine, this is The Skeptic podcast, bringing you the best of the magazine’s expert analysis of pseudoscience, conspiracy theory and claims of the paranormal since its relaunch as online news source in September 2020. On this episode: Qanon’s references to ‘Adrenochome’ echo old, anti-Semitic Blood Libel myths, by Thiago Vahia from January 2021Weight loss: it’s just calories in/calories out... isn’t it?, by Clio Bellenis from April 2023NATO was created to ensure peace - disinformation seeks to undermine that, by Tom Williamson from March 2025The 10-step guide to sense-checking conspiracy theory claims (take note, Toby Young), by Brian Eggo from March 2023Find more from The Skeptic at skeptic.org.uk, or to support the show, take out a small voluntary donation at patreon.com/theskeptic