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 2023

• The Oceangate tragedy has brought some of society's ghouls to the surface, by Brian Eggo, from June 2023

• Free Will? The role of remorse and rehabilitation within the justice system, by Mike Heap, from January 2011

• The continuation of QAnon: the Eternal Sunshine of an Election That Never Ended, by Thiago Vahia, from June 2021

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