Skeptoid

By Brian DunningScience Social Sciences

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16 min
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Skeptoid episodes

September 17, 2013 Skeptoid #380: The Riddle of the L-8 Blimp
The crew of a blimp mysteriously vanished in 1942, but their blimp came back OK... without them.
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13 min
September 10, 2013 Skeptoid #379: I Think, Therefore I Err
Skeptoid corrects a bunch of errors made in previous episodes.
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13 min
September 03, 2013 Skeptoid #378: Legendary Places: Real or Fictional?
We look at twelve legendary places that you've heard of, but may not know whether they're real or not.
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14 min
August 27, 2013 Skeptoid #377: Student Questions: Hangovers, Manuka Honey, and Probiotics
Skeptoid answers another round of questions sent in by students all around the world.
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12 min
August 20, 2013 Skeptoid #376: Salt Therapies
A new trend in spas is to let people relax in salt caves, and it's based on solid pseudoscience.
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14 min
August 13, 2013 Skeptoid #375: The Patterson-Gimlin Bigfoot Film
The true history behind the iconic Bigfoot film that launched the legend.
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15 min
August 06, 2013 Skeptoid #374: Listener Feedback: Alternative Medicine
Skeptoid answers a raft of listener emails pertaining to alternative medicine.
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15 min
July 30, 2013 Skeptoid #373: The Secrets of MKULTRA
The urban legend that the CIA conducted unethical mind control experiments has a grain of truth.
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14 min
July 23, 2013 Skeptoid #372: Prove Your Supernatural Power and Get Rich
If you can demonstrate a power unknown to science, there are people looking to write you a check.
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12 min
July 16, 2013 Skeptoid #371: The Vanishing Village of Angikuni Lake
The legend of the disappearing Eskimo village of Angikuni Lake turns out to be simple pulp fiction.
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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…