Skeptoid

By Brian DunningScience Social Sciences

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16 min
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Skeptoid episodes

July 05, 2016 Skeptoid #526: Sky Trumpets
From all over the world come reports of strange trumpet-like blasts from the sky.
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15 min
June 28, 2016 Skeptoid #525: Autopsy: The Clinton Body Count
The surprising origins of the claim that the Clintons kill any who get in their way.
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14 min
June 21, 2016 Skeptoid #524: Colony Collapse Disorder: Science and Pseudoscience
Everyone loves to point the finger at the cause of Colony Collapse Disorder; here's what we actually know.
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14 min
June 14, 2016 Skeptoid #523: How Do Homing Pigeons Navigate?
The latest and greatest research reveals that we still have no clue how birds accomplish this amazing feat.
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14 min
June 07, 2016 Skeptoid #522: Dark Watchers
The true origins of the Dark Watchers, said to go all the way back to Chumash Indian stories.
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13 min
May 31, 2016 Skeptoid #521: The New Flat Earthers
The reinvented Flat Earth fad is less about geophysics and more about conspiracy mongering.
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14 min
May 24, 2016 Skeptoid #520: Solving the Haunted Hoia-Baciu Forest
It is said to be the world's most haunted forest. Here's what we actually find there.
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13 min
May 17, 2016 Skeptoid #519: Alien Implants
Some of those who believe they've been abducted by aliens also think they were left with a souvenir.
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15 min
May 10, 2016 Skeptoid #518: Listener Feedback: Denial and Aliens
Skeptoid answers some feedback sent in by listeners.
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13 min
May 03, 2016 Skeptoid #517: Antibiotics and Hormones in Beef
One of pop food woo's favorite claims is that drugs given to beef cattle pose a danger to humans.
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14 min

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The true science behind our most popular urban legends. Historical mysteries, paranormal claims, popular science myths, aliens and UFO reports, conspiracy theories, and worthless alternative…