Skeptoid

By Brian DunningScience Social Sciences

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Skeptoid episodes

February 19, 2013 Skeptoid #350: Trinity: Interview with Dr. Oz, Alex Jones, and Deepak Chopra
Skeptoid interviews three of the most popular and controversial figures in modern pseudoscience.
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8 min
February 12, 2013 Skeptoid #349: Top 10 Best Pro-Science Celebrities
A list of ten Hollywood celebrities who have leveraged their fame into the promotion of science.
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14 min
February 05, 2013 Skeptoid #348: Ganzfeld Experiments
The true history of the experiment that is said to present the strongest evidence yet for telepathic abilities.
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14 min
January 29, 2013 Skeptoid #347: The Lost Dutchman Gold Mine
This most famous of all fabled "lost mines" has a history that fails to stand up to skeptical scrutiny.
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16 min
January 22, 2013 Skeptoid #346: Listener Feedback: Me and My Terrible Arguments
Skeptoid responds to another round of listener feedback.
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14 min
January 15, 2013 Skeptoid #345: The Cult of Nikola Tesla
The name of Nikola Tesla is associated with crazy conspiracy claims that have nothing to do with his real work.
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16 min
January 08, 2013 Skeptoid #344: Olgoi-Khorkhoi: The Mongolian Death Worm
Mongolian tradition holds that a strange and deadly worm lives beneath the sands of the Gobi desert.
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14 min
January 01, 2013 Skeptoid #343: The Hollow Earth Theory
Throughout history there have been a number of different beliefs that the Earth might be hollow.
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14 min
December 25, 2012 Skeptoid #342: Was the Wow! Signal Alien?
A signal received by a radio telescope in 1977 may be the best evidence yet for extraterrestrial intelligence.
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13 min
December 18, 2012 Skeptoid #341: Free Energy Machines
Someone somewhere is always claiming to have cracked the secret of free energy forever, no fuel needed.
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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…