Skeptoid

By Brian DunningScience Social Sciences

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Skeptoid episodes

October 06, 2015 Skeptoid #487: About That 1970s Global Cooling...
No, climatologists in the 1970s did not believe we're headed into another ice age.
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14 min
September 29, 2015 Skeptoid #486: The Flying Saucer Menace
The true, interwoven history of flying saucers in American folklore.
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14 min
September 22, 2015 Skeptoid #485: Holocaust Denial
Why some people think the Holocaust never happened, and what to do about it.
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14 min
September 15, 2015 Skeptoid #484: More Unsung Women of Science
Some women you haven't heard of who made significant contributions to science.
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14 min
September 08, 2015 Skeptoid #483: Unsung Women of Science
These important scientists are virtually unknown. Let's see if we can fix that.
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14 min
September 01, 2015 Skeptoid #482: Franklin's Cannibals
The fate of Sir John Franklin's Lost Expedition gives a valuable lesson in types of evidence.
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14 min
August 25, 2015 Skeptoid #481: Captain Kidd's Treasure
Think you're going to find Captain Kidd's buried treasure on the US east coast? Think again.
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13 min
August 18, 2015 Skeptoid #480: The Nazi of Nanking
This most unlikely of guardian angels saved hundreds of thousands of Chinese lives.
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15 min
August 11, 2015 Skeptoid #479: Chemicals
Chemicals are deadly, delicious, essential and basically, everything.
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16 min
August 04, 2015 Skeptoid #478: Listener Feedback: Natural History
Today we're going to answer questions sent in by listeners pertaining to episodes having to do with our natural world.
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13 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…