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 #101: Things I'm Wrong About
20/05/2008 Duración: 12minA look back correcting some of the facts and figures that Skeptoid has gotten wrong.
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Skeptoid #100: Is Peak Oil the End of Civilization?
13/05/2008 Duración: 10minWhen we run out of oil, society will likely peacefully and gradually adapt.
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Skeptoid #99: Reassembling TWA Flight 800
06/05/2008 Duración: 12minTWA Flight 800 was not shot down by US friendly fire.
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Skeptoid #98: The Crystal Skull: Mystical, or Modern?
29/04/2008 Duración: 09minDespite their reputation for mystical powers, crystal skulls are neither ancient nor mysterious.
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Skeptoid #97: The Face on Mars Revealed
22/04/2008 Duración: 10minNew high resolution imagery has proven that this hill on Mars doesn't look quite so much like a carved face after all.
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Skeptoid #96: What's Wrong with The Secret
15/04/2008 Duración: 11minThe Secret teaches that victims are always to blame, and that anyone can have anything simply by wishing.
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Skeptoid #95: Bend Over and Own Your Own Business
08/04/2008 Duración: 11minIf someone wants you to be their salesperson and is calling it a "business opportunity", be very skeptical.
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Skeptoid #94: Fire in the Sky: A Real UFO Abduction?
01/04/2008 Duración: 11minThe evidence shows that Travis Walton's famous story of having been abducted by aliens probably never happened.
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Skeptoid #93: Apocalypse 2012
25/03/2008 Duración: 11minThe real science behind the events predicted in 2012.
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Skeptoid #92: Rethinking Nuclear Power
18/03/2008 Duración: 12minThere are many good reasons why environmentalists are turning again to nuclear power for the future.
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Skeptoid #91: More Outrageous Listener Feedback
11/03/2008 Duración: 10minMy responses to some of the more "out there" feedback I've received.
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Skeptoid #90: Can You Hear the Hum?
04/03/2008 Duración: 12minAn exploration of the mysterious rumble that some people hear all over the world.
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Skeptoid #89: Despicable Vulture Scumbags
26/02/2008 Duración: 11minMy thoughts on a company that sells useless pseudoscientific hardware to an ALS victim.
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Skeptoid #88: Super Sized Fast Food Phobia
19/02/2008 Duración: 11minUnlike what's said in highly dramatized Hollywood shockumentaries, fast food is not especially unhealthy.
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Skeptoid #87: Water: Alternative Fuel of the Future?
12/02/2008 Duración: 10minCranks love to make the claim on YouTube, but you cannot run your car on water.
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Skeptoid #86: MonaVie and Other "Superfruit" Juices
05/02/2008 Duración: 12minSuperfruit juices are nothing more than super ripoffs. Don't waste your money.
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Skeptoid #85: World Trade Center 7: The Lies Come Crashing Down
29/01/2008 Duración: 11minThe collapse of 7 World Trade Center was not a controlled demolition.
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Skeptoid #84: Magic Jewelry
22/01/2008 Duración: 11minAll sorts of marvelous health claims are made for jewelry such as the Q-Ray bracelet.
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Skeptoid #83: The Detoxification Myth
15/01/2008 Duración: 12minDespite its sciencey-sounding name, there is no such thing as "detoxification" beyond what your body already does.
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Skeptoid #82: What Do Creationists Really Believe?
08/01/2008 Duración: 11minCreationism is not one set of beliefs - it is a battleground of dramatically conflicting world views.