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Summary: 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.

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  • Artist: Brian Dunning
  • Copyright: 2006-2018 Skeptoid Media, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Podcasts:

 Skeptoid #589: The Big Pharma Conspiracy | File Type: audio/x-mp3 | Duration: Unknown

Popular claims of a Big Pharma Conspiracy don't stand up to any rational scrutiny.

 Skeptoid #588: Celebrity Pseudoscience: 2017 Edition | File Type: audio/x-mp3 | Duration: Unknown

A look at which celebrities are currently working hardest to erode the public intellect.

 Skeptoid #587: What Makes a Good Podcast Episode? | File Type: audio/x-mp3 | Duration: Unknown

Stories about urban legends are at their best when there are real people at their center.

 Skeptoid #586: Volkswagen Dieselgate Reexamined | File Type: audio/x-mp3 | Duration: Unknown

In the wake of VW Dieselgate, the government took the wrong steps to solve the wrong problem.

 Skeptoid #585: Relic Japanese Soldiers | File Type: audio/x-mp3 | Duration: Unknown

How factual are the urban legends about Japanese soldiers in the Pacific who never heard the war ended?

 Skeptoid #584: Eclipse Myths and Science | File Type: audio/x-mp3 | Duration: Unknown

A look at the science-based myths and misconceptions about eclipses, plus some things you might not know.

 Skeptoid #583: Fate of the Feedback | File Type: audio/x-mp3 | Duration: Unknown

Skeptoid responds to some listener feedback, updating a few episodes and clarifying some others.

 Skeptoid #582: Lonnie Zamora and the Socorro UFO | File Type: audio/x-mp3 | Duration: Unknown

This famous 1964 UFO sighting by a New Mexico police officer has several interesting explanations.

 Skeptoid #581: Are You Following a Crank? | File Type: audio/x-mp3 | Duration: Unknown

Let's have a look at the traits that define a crank, to make sure your new hero isn't one.

 Skeptoid #580: Amelia Earhart Redux: Competing Networks, Competing Craziness | File Type: audio/x-mp3 | Duration: Unknown

Through their constant promotion of false history, TV networks may have done Amelia Earhart's legacy irreparable harm.

 Skeptoid #579: Measuring the Age of the Grand Canyon | File Type: audio/x-mp3 | Duration: Unknown

The Grand Canyon is millions of years old, not thousands; despite the efforts of Young Earthers.

 Skeptoid #578: Student Questions: Bitters, Gas, and Diet Woo | File Type: audio/x-mp3 | Duration: Unknown

Skeptoid answers another round of questions sent in by students all around the world.

 Skeptoid #577: What Are the Chances You're Psychic? | File Type: audio/x-mp3 | Duration: Unknown

We analyze some of your stories of precognitive experiences.

 Skeptoid #576: Lights in the Sky | File Type: audio/x-mp3 | Duration: Unknown

How likely is the most common type of UFO report to be an alien spacecraft?

 Skeptoid #575: How to Surprise a Skeptical Podcaster: Part 2 | File Type: audio/x-mp3 | Duration: Unknown

Here are the podcast episodes with conclusions that surprised me the most (part 2).

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