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:

• Animals, acupuncture and alt-med: the Brazilian penguin being subjected to Enya, by Natalia Pasternak, from November 2024

• Donald Trump's survival was no miracle - unlikely things happen, without supernatural interference, by Gabriel Andrade, from July 2024

• Another mass shooting in America cites the Great Replacement conspiracy theory as motivation, by Dave Hahn, from June 2022

• The assisted dying conversation requires sensitive and compassionate debate, by Brian Eggo, from January 2025

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