The Conspiracy Skeptic

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A skeptical look at conspiracy theories. Site: www.yrad.com/cs

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Cian Gill hosts an excellent podcast called Wide Atlantic Weird. It's skepticism meets Forteanism. Cian covers a wide range of topics but some of his best are when he brings on his brother Dr. Dónal Gill to talk about pro ...

The Conspiracy Skeptic episodes:

05.24.2023 Conspiracy Skeptic Episode 99 - The Montreal Screwjob with Dr. Dónal Gill and Cian Gill Cian Gill hosts an excellent podcast called Wide Atlantic Weird. It's skepticism meets Forteanism. Cian covers a wide range of topics but some of his best are when he brings on his brother Dr. Dónal Gill to talk about pro ...
11.24.2022 Conspiracy Skeptic Episode 98 - True Crime with Dr. David D. Perlmutter Dr. David D. Perlmutter, a professor of Media and Communication at Texas Tech University, returns to talk about the the similarities between the true crime genre and conspiracy thinking.
07.18.2022 Conspiracy Skeptic Episode 97 - Tartaria and Phantom Time with Sean Ondes Sean Ondes is cohost of the fantastic Wetwired podcast. You really need to add this to your feed! Sean comes on to talk about a nutso conspiracy theory about the hidden history of Tartaria, giants, phanon time, and why old ...
07.11.2022 Conspiracy Skeptic Episode 96 - The Georgia Guidestones II with Blake Smith Eleven years ago Blake Smith came on to talk about his trip to visit the Georgia Guidestones. Someone blew them up July 6, 2022. Blake and I talk about what we've learned about "America's Stonehenge", who most likely paid for ...
03.17.2022 Conspiracy Skeptic Episode 95 - Comic Conspiracy with Celestia Ward and F Andrew Taylor Comic book artists and experts Celestia Ward (Squaring the Strange podcast) and F Andrew Taylor (Geek Shock Podcast) join me to talk about comic books, the comic book moral panic, and various conspiracy theories surrounding the early comic book industry.
02.21.2022 Conspiracy Skeptic Episode 94 - In from the Cold War with Dr. Brian Regal Dr. Brian Regal is a history professor at Kean University in New Jersey. He has become the go-to guy for cryptid topics by the media. Before he started tucking into things with big feet, Dr. Regal was a Cold War ...
01.28.2022 Conspiracy Skeptic Episode 93 - NESARA with Aaron Gulyas Host of Saucer Life Aaron Gulyas has written a book on conspiracies. He returns to this podcast to talk about one of his chapters that delves into one of the weirdest pyrmaid schemes in history (the Omega Trust), a weird ...
01.11.2022 Conspiracy Skeptic Episode 92 - Covid Conspiracies with Dr. Ivor Mectin Ivor Mectin is a pseudonym of a UK-based author who has written a guide to all manner of unhinged Covid conspiracies and crank ideas. He's come on to talk about writing his book and the many facets of Covid conspiracy ...
10.10.2021 Conspiracy Skeptic Episode 91 - Sharon Hill, Geology, and the End Times Geologist and legendary blogger Sharon Hill comes to discuss the ways aspects of geology is used to totally 100% prove the world is going to end. Not so much. Get her book Scientifical Americans: The Culture of Amateur Paranormal Researchers.
09.04.2021 Conspiracy Skeptic Episode 90 - Science for Hippies: An alternative guide to how we know anything at all Tom Thumb, world traveler and author, talks about his latest book titled "Science for Hippies: An alternative guide to how we know anything at all". It's a brilliant, approachable book on how we know what we know. You can pick ...
06.25.2021 Conspiracy Skeptic Episode 89 - Gamestop Short Squeeze Dr. David D. Perlmutter, a professor of Media and Communication at Texas Tech University, returns to talk about Gamestop, conspiracies, and how major institutions are doing themselves no favors by playing into conspiracy perceptions
01.23.2021 Conspiracy Skeptic Episode 88 - It's a Q, Q Bummer Biden is president, despite all predictions made my Qanon cranks. What can we expect in the future now that prophesy has failed? Your Conspiracy Skeptic gives his hot take on the group's future. We can look to apocalyptic cults of ...
11.25.2020 Conspiracy Skeptic Episode 87 - Foundational Crank Documents Happy American Thanksgiving. In what is an on and off again tradition, I try to release a podcast for my American friends for their Thanksgiving ultra long weekend. In this episode we look at several foundational works that have become ...
11.14.2020 Conspiracy Skeptic Episode 86 - From Space Brothers to Space Torture with Aaron Gulyas Aaron Gulyas hosts Saucer Life, a great history podcast about the early days of UFOs. Aaron comes on Conspiracy Skeptic to talk about how the UFO narrative went from kindly space brothres to shadowy conspiracies about aliens here to torture ...
10.09.2020 Conspiracy Skeptic Episode 85 - Knights of the Golden Circle with Jerry Drake Monster Talk vet Jerry Drake returns to The Conspiracy Podcast to fulfill his promise to delve into a Civil War era secret society called The Knights of the Golden Circle.
11.26.2019 Conspiracy Skeptic Episode 84 - Cyber Monday with Stephen Barnes Stephen Barnes is back to talk about his new expansion pack for his conspiracy themed trivia game called Conspiracy Theory: Trivia Board Game. A perfect gift for your skeptical pal or your Qanon thumping Uncle Frank. Stephen walks us through ...
09.21.2019 Conspiracy Skeptic Episode 83 - What ever became of Glen Kealey? Glen Kealey was something of an anti-government folk hero back in the late 80s. For some, an amusing footnote in 80s Canadian politics. He's the man who pressed private criminal charges on Brian Mulroney. Kealey has returned but with a ...
05.25.2019 Conspiracy Skeptic Episode 82 - The Conspiracy Theory Trivia Game with Stephen Barnes Stephen Barnes has released a conspiracy themed trivia game called Conspiracy Theory: Trivia Board Game. It's an amazingly fun game and, if I can put in a plug, is a great Father's Day present for that hard-to-buy-for father. It's available ...
05.11.2019 Conspiracy Skeptic Episode 81 - That Time When Conspiracy Theories Were More Fun Wes Brown is a fellow fan of the Monster Talk podcast. He comes on to make the point before 2016 conspiracy theories were just a kind of fun. They're not so fun anymore when people in power now base policy ...
03.24.2019 Conspiracy Skeptic Episode 64 - High Strangeness with Eric Bickernicks What if The Demon-Haunted World was written as madcap comedy novel? Eric Bickernicks, along with his covivant Jan Brady, has written a book about UFOs, conspiracy theories, Bigfoot, and pretty much everything else from a skeptical POV... all in the ...
02.03.2019 Conspiracy Skeptic Episode 63 - The Tagish Lake Fireball with James Scott Berdahl James Scott Berdahl is a geologist working in Vancouver and points between there and Whitehorse in the Yukon. While researching my eventual book on Canadian conspiracies, I ran across a 2008 MA thesis by Berdahl on a meteor that smacked ...
01.27.2019 Conspiracy Skeptic Episode 62 - Archaeology Hides Everything with Jeb Card Jeb Card is cohost of an amazing podcast called Archeological Fantasies. This podcast will change the way you think. If you spend a lot of time watching Ancient Aliens and go "what the actual fuck?", Archeological Fantasies is the perfect ...
07.02.2018 Conspiracy Skeptic Episode 61 - Water and the Planned Destruction of Canada Back from the dead. Sort of. This is an early July 4 Conspiracy Skeptic podcast for my American friends about to hit the road or airline security line. I've been working on a book about Canadian conspiracy theories, written specifically ...
10.31.2016 Conspiracy Skeptic Episode 60 - Rigging the US Election Nigel St. Whitehall returns to lend his knowledge as a historian, loyal party member, and lawyer to discuss how hard it is to actually rig the US electoral system. He also reveals he's cohosting a new podcast.
10.22.2016 Conspiracy Skeptic Episode 59 - The Conspiracies of Australia Dr. Karen Stollznow, host of Monster Talk and one of the greatest all around skeptic working today, joins the Conspiracy Skeptic to talk about some surprising conspiracies people of the Land Down Under have cooked up in the last few ...
07.06.2016 Conspiracy Skeptic Episode 58 - The Black Dhalia Murder Carrie Poppy from the Oh No Ross and Carrie podcast is on to talk about a supposed conspiracy of silence around the Black Dhalia Murder. As well we talk about her amazing podcast.
04.06.2016 Conspiracy Skeptic Episode 57 - Photojournalistic Icons, Conspiracies and False Histories Dr. David D. Perlmutter is a professor at and Dean of the College of Media and Communication at Texas Tech University. He's on Conspiracy Skeptic to talk about how images are used and misused in history and politics.
02.29.2016 Conspiracy Skeptic Episode 56 - Conversations with a Satanist Wesley Bonetti is co-host of the Atheist Nomads podcast. He's also a member of the Satanic Temple. He comes on the podcast to talk about what Satanists are really about. Spoiler: they're not kidnapping babies.
11.09.2015 Conspiracy Skeptic Episode 55 - Conspiracy Theorists Lie: The Movie James K Lambert is a documentary film maker and he's recently released a documentary about JFK Conspiracy types call Conspiracy Theorists Lie. He stops in to this podcast to talk about his documentary, the JFK conspiracy theory, and ruminates on ...
10.03.2015 Conspiracy Skeptic Episode 54 - Mass shootings and mind control Rich Orman, formerly of Dogma Free American and now host of Supreme Court Briefing podcast, comes on Conspiracy Skeptic to talk about his experience as a DA prosecuting the 2012 Colorado mass shooting and the despicable conspiracy theories that formed ...
08.30.2015 Conspiracy Skeptic Episode 53 - Pluto and beyond? Dr. Stu is back to talk about participating in the New Horizons mission to Pluto and various conspiracies.
06.19.2015 Conspiracy Skeptic Episode 52 - Talking Freely about Freemasonry A real, live Freemason, Blake Oates, turns up to clear things up about Freemasonry.
08.21.2014 Conspiracy Skeptic Episode 51 - A Data Skeptic and the Bible Code Kyle Polich of the Data Skeptic Podcast comes on to talk about The Bible Code.
06.11.2014 Conspiracy Skeptic Episode 50 - Waco and the Skeptical Vegan James Foley, the Skeptical Vegan, joins Conspiracy Skeptic to talk about the Waco Siege and its implications
04.14.2014 Conspiracy Skeptic Episode 49 - Blood Moon Means We're in for a Bloody Good Time Dr. Stuart Robbins, "Stu" to just me, is back to talk about another end of the world prophesy. Do bad things happen when there are four blood moons in a row that fall on Jewish holidays?
02.28.2014 Conspiracy Skeptic Episode 48 - Ye Olde Bitcoin Show Elder Karl Mamer and Elder Neil Croll talk about bitcoin. Does it have legs? Is the government out to crush it? How much snow would we walk through to earn one bitcoin in 1987?
12.21.2013 Conspiracy Skeptic Episode 47 - Eight Men Out, Outted Mike Bohler returns to talk about the conspiracy to game the 1919 World Series. It's about baseball.
09.26.2013 Conspiracy Skeptic Episode 46 - WIFI WTF? Michael Kruse, from Huff Po and Bad Science Watch, gives us a round up on the Wifi Freak Out that's happening in Canada. Is a Canadian University professor right that wifi is a plan to make white suburban people infertile? ...
07.30.2013 Conspiracy Skeptic Episode 45 - The Squirrels of Mars Dr. Stuart Robbins, host of Exposing Pseudoastronomy, is back to talk about his TAM experience, his new World Net Daily Watch project, and whether or not a spaceship and squirrel were found on Mars. Hint: no.
05.23.2013 Conspiracy Skeptic Episode 44 - The Impossible Bomb Jakob Thorin (his last name is not pronounced like you might think) comes on to talk about an odd duck who raged all over the JREF board about the impossibility of building a nuclear (fission and fusion) bomb. Just can't ...
05.09.2013 Conspiracy Skeptic Episode 43 - There are drugs in the water? James Funston is helping get Portlanders on-side with an initiative to fluoridate the water. He's had to take on the whole range of anti-fluoridation arguments and conspiracies.
04.08.2013 Conspiracy Skeptic Episode 42 - A pilot talks chemtrails There was something in the air that night. The contrails were too bright, Fernando. They were gassing you and me. For population control, Fernando.
03.29.2013 Conspiracy Skeptic Episode 41 - Where the D in D20 stands for The Devil Your 80s flashback: When we thought role players were baby killing Satanists. Hell, even Tipper Gore thought this.
01.28.2013 Conspiracy Skeptic Episode 40 - Year in Review Conspiracy skeptic podcaster Mike Bohler joins this Conspiracy Skeptic podcaster to talk about a year in Conspiracy and what to look forward to.
11.07.2012 Conspiracy Skeptic Episode 39 - Sovereign Citizens and Freemen SGU board member and slave to corporations Derek (aka "SkepticalEsquire: Derek-Albertan") comes on to talk about the freeman/sovereign citizen movements springing up in Canada and the USA.
09.17.2012 Conspiracy Skeptic Episode 38 - Ziggurat on the moon? Huh? Dr. Stuart Robbins returns to talk about Mike Barra's claim there's a Ziggurat on the moon and how all great scientific discoveries start on a zombie themed game board. Science, bitches!
08.30.2012 Conspiracy Skeptic Episode 37 - The Love Conspiracy Does love avoid you so much it seems like a conspiracy? Imagine being an atheist among Christians. Conspiracy Skeptic talks to Colorado Skeptic Rich Ludwig about finding a relationship in Christian America.
07.31.2012 Conspiracy Skeptic Episode 36 - Is Income Tax Unconstitutional? Your Conspiracy Skeptic Karl Mamer examines whether or not American and Canadian income tax is unconstitutional.
05.31.2012 Conspiracy Skeptic Episode 35 - Joseph Steinberg on the Roanoke Colony Collapse Joseph formerly worked in US Army intelligence and now teaches English in Busan, South Korea. He comes on Conspiracy Skeptic to talk about Roanoke Colony, adding some considerable detail to Brian Dunning's Skeptoid episode on the same topic.
04.30.2012 Conspiracy Skeptic Episode 34 - Abbie Smith on the case of XMRV Abbie Smith, HIV/retrovirus researcher, returns to talk about a bizarre conspiracy involving scientists that should know better. Or why Big Pharma this time around DOESN'T want to sell you expensive drugs.

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The Conspiracy Skeptic episodes:

Conspiracy Skeptic Episode 99 - The Montreal Screwjob with Dr. Dónal Gill and Cian Gill

Conspiracy Skeptic Episode 98 - True Crime with Dr. David D. Perlmutter

Conspiracy Skeptic Episode 97 - Tartaria and Phantom Time with Sean Ondes

Conspiracy Skeptic Episode 96 - The Georgia Guidestones II with Blake Smith

Conspiracy Skeptic Episode 95 - Comic Conspiracy with Celestia Ward and F Andrew Taylor

Conspiracy Skeptic Episode 94 - In from the Cold War with Dr. Brian Regal

Conspiracy Skeptic Episode 93 - NESARA with Aaron Gulyas

Conspiracy Skeptic Episode 92 - Covid Conspiracies with Dr. Ivor Mectin

Conspiracy Skeptic Episode 91 - Sharon Hill, Geology, and the End Times

Conspiracy Skeptic Episode 90 - Science for Hippies: An alternative guide to how we know anything at all

Conspiracy Skeptic Episode 89 - Gamestop Short Squeeze

Conspiracy Skeptic Episode 88 - It's a Q, Q Bummer

Conspiracy Skeptic Episode 87 - Foundational Crank Documents

Conspiracy Skeptic Episode 86 - From Space Brothers to Space Torture with Aaron Gulyas

Conspiracy Skeptic Episode 85 - Knights of the Golden Circle with Jerry Drake

Conspiracy Skeptic Episode 84 - Cyber Monday with Stephen Barnes

Conspiracy Skeptic Episode 83 - What ever became of Glen Kealey?

Conspiracy Skeptic Episode 82 - The Conspiracy Theory Trivia Game with Stephen Barnes

Conspiracy Skeptic Episode 81 - That Time When Conspiracy Theories Were More Fun

Conspiracy Skeptic Episode 64 - High Strangeness with Eric Bickernicks

Conspiracy Skeptic Episode 63 - The Tagish Lake Fireball with James Scott Berdahl

Conspiracy Skeptic Episode 62 - Archaeology Hides Everything with Jeb Card

Conspiracy Skeptic Episode 61 - Water and the Planned Destruction of Canada

Conspiracy Skeptic Episode 60 - Rigging the US Election

Conspiracy Skeptic Episode 59 - The Conspiracies of Australia

Conspiracy Skeptic Episode 58 - The Black Dhalia Murder

Conspiracy Skeptic Episode 57 - Photojournalistic Icons, Conspiracies and False Histories

Conspiracy Skeptic Episode 56 - Conversations with a Satanist

Conspiracy Skeptic Episode 55 - Conspiracy Theorists Lie: The Movie

Conspiracy Skeptic Episode 54 - Mass shootings and mind control

Conspiracy Skeptic Episode 53 - Pluto and beyond?

Conspiracy Skeptic Episode 52 - Talking Freely about Freemasonry

Conspiracy Skeptic Episode 51 - A Data Skeptic and the Bible Code

Conspiracy Skeptic Episode 50 - Waco and the Skeptical Vegan

Conspiracy Skeptic Episode 49 - Blood Moon Means We're in for a Bloody Good Time

Conspiracy Skeptic Episode 48 - Ye Olde Bitcoin Show

Conspiracy Skeptic Episode 47 - Eight Men Out, Outted

Conspiracy Skeptic Episode 46 - WIFI WTF?

Conspiracy Skeptic Episode 45 - The Squirrels of Mars

Conspiracy Skeptic Episode 44 - The Impossible Bomb

Conspiracy Skeptic Episode 43 - There are drugs in the water?

Conspiracy Skeptic Episode 42 - A pilot talks chemtrails

Conspiracy Skeptic Episode 41 - Where the D in D20 stands for The Devil

Conspiracy Skeptic Episode 40 - Year in Review

Conspiracy Skeptic Episode 39 - Sovereign Citizens and Freemen

Conspiracy Skeptic Episode 38 - Ziggurat on the moon? Huh?

Conspiracy Skeptic Episode 37 - The Love Conspiracy

Conspiracy Skeptic Episode 36 - Is Income Tax Unconstitutional?

Conspiracy Skeptic Episode 35 - Joseph Steinberg on the Roanoke Colony Collapse

Conspiracy Skeptic Episode 34 - Abbie Smith on the case of XMRV