Sinopsis
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.
Episodios
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Skeptoid #161: Listener Feedback Episode VIII: No New Hope
07/07/2009 Duración: 13minSome more jabs and punches between Skeptoid and its most vocal listeners.
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Skeptoid #160: Sarah Palin Is Not Stupid
30/06/2009 Duración: 11minGood arguments often go unused because poor arguments like ad hominems are so much easier.
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Skeptoid #159: The Mothman Cometh
23/06/2009 Duración: 11minA skeptical look at the Mothman, an alleged prophet of disaster.
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Skeptoid #158: Student Questions: Swine Flu and Depleted Uranium
16/06/2009 Duración: 13minSkeptoid answers questions sent in by students all around the world.
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Skeptoid #157: High Fructose Corn Syrup: Toxic or Tame?
09/06/2009 Duración: 13minA skeptical look at whether high fructose corn syrup is really any worse for you than sugar.
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Skeptoid #156: Falling into Mel's Hole
02/06/2009 Duración: 11minMel's Hole is said to be a mysterious bottomless pit in eastern Washington state.
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Skeptoid #155: NLP: Neuro-linguistic Programming
26/05/2009 Duración: 12minSome regard Neuro-linguistic Programming as a psychotherapy breakthrough, some as a New Age self-help trend.
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Skeptoid #154: Was Chuck Yeager the First to Break the Sound Barrier?
19/05/2009 Duración: 18minChuck Yeager broke the sound barrier in 1947, but others almost certainly did so before him.
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Skeptoid #153: Revenge of the Listener Feedback
12/05/2009 Duración: 12minAnother peek into the mailbag to see who loves us, and who hates us.
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Skeptoid #152: Attack of the Globsters!
05/05/2009 Duración: 13minMysterious blobs of flesh washed up on the world's beaches have been called everything from sea monsters to Cthulhu.
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Skeptoid #151: The Placebo Effect
28/04/2009 Duración: 13minA 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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Skeptoid #150: Screwed!
21/04/2009 Duración: 10minA secret recording of an actual meeting of the Illuminati.
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Skeptoid #149: Coral Castle
14/04/2009 Duración: 12minAlthough urban legends say the creator of Coral Castle had supernatural help, the photographs tell a different story.
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Skeptoid #148: Student Questions: Zero Point Energy and Missing Time
07/04/2009 Duración: 13minSkeptoid answers some interesting questions sent in by students.
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Skeptoid #147: Binaural Beats: Not Digital Drugs
31/03/2009 Duración: 12minThe science behind binaural beats: What they are, what they are claimed to do, and what they can actually do.
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Skeptoid #146: How Old Is the Mount St. Helens Lava Dome?
24/03/2009 Duración: 13minYoung Earthers point to an infamous dating error as evidence that the Earth is only as old as the Bible says.
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Skeptoid #145: FEMA Prison Camps
17/03/2009 Duración: 12minA skeptical look at the claim that FEMA maintains a network of prison camps in readiness.
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Skeptoid #144: The Case of the Strange Skulls
10/03/2009 Duración: 15minA collection of bizarre human skulls from around the world.
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Skeptoid #143: The Lucifer Project
03/03/2009 Duración: 13minSome believe that NASA is trying to turn Saturn or Jupiter into a small sun.
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Skeptoid #142: Student Questions: Sugary Behavior, Secondhand Smoke, and Wal-Mart
24/02/2009 Duración: 14minAnswering more questions sent in by students.