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:

• Gerson Support Group cancer 'cure' charity removed from register by Charity Commission, by Michael Marshall from March 2022

• Rhyme and Reason: a Rael expert takes a look at the Raelian movement, by Steve Donnelly from April 2002

• Echo chambers create an illusion of consensus around medical misinformation, by Michael Marshall from March 2022

• The many traditions of Christmas that are now lost to history, by Toby Howard from December 1989

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