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Skeptoid #1061: Hunting the Pictish Beast
Happy 20th Birthday Skeptoid!
Skeptoid #1060: AI Psychosis: Is It a Moral Panic?
Skeptoid #1059: Do You Have Cortisol Belly?
Skeptoid #1058: Tracking the Honey Island Swamp Monster
Feed Drop! Tales From Aztlantis and "How Conspiracy Theories Undermine Ethnic Studies!"
Skeptoid #1057: The 1973 Mansfield UFO Encounter
Skeptoid #1056: The Mystery of the Nazca Lines
Skeptoid #1055: Caught in the Feedback Loop
Skeptoid #1054: Let Yourself Get Scammed
Skeptoid #1053: Recovered Memory Therapy
Skeptoid #1052: Is CERN Altering Reality?
Skeptoid #1051: The Humble Pie Report
Skeptoid #1050: Does Torture Work?
Skeptoid #1049: The Many Worlds of Reality Shifting
Skeptoid #1048: Are Seed Oils Poisoning Our Food Supply?
Skeptoid #1047: The Pirates of Cozumel
Feed Drop! Tales From Aztlantis and "Remembering the Maya Apocalypse"
Skeptoid #1046: The Case of the Impossible Satellites
Skeptoid Adventures Early Bird Special
Skeptoid #1045: Balanced Literacy and the Reading Wars
Skeptoid #1044: Red Light Therapy
Skeptoid #1043: The Men Who Walk Through Walls
Encore! "Finding the Black Olmec"
Skeptoid #1042: On the Trail of the Rougarou
Encore! "The Voodoo Ax Murders"
Skeptoid #1041: Full Moon Myths
Skeptoid #1040: Food Dyes
Skeptoid #1039: Chemtrails: Still Haven't Blown Away
Skeptoid #1038: Project Anchor: Anatomy of a Hoax
Skeptoid #1037: A Skeptic's Guide to Sleepmaxxing
New Skeptoid Movie: Alien Echoes
Skeptoid #1036: The Myth of the Alpha Wolf
Skeptoid #1035: How Disastrous Are Declining Birth Rates?
Ep 1034Skeptoid #1034: The Colorado Martian
The discovery of a Martian sarcophagus in Colorado in 1864: An oddball story, or consistent with the lore of the day? Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Ep 1033Skeptoid #1033: Skeptifying BBC's Uncanny
Supplying some much-needed skepticism to an episode of the BBC podcast Uncanny. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Ep 1032Skeptoid #1032: Is Germ Theory a Myth?
Even today, some people cling to a pre-scientific belief that germs do not cause disease. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Sailing the Skeptical Seas! New Orleans Escapade! Mysteries of the Maya Cruise!
bonusTime is running out to grab one of the few remaining cabins for Málaga, Spain to Nice, France on the SV Royal Clipper AND announcing our next adventure to New Orleans followed by the Mysteries of the Maya cruise to the Yucatán Peninsula! Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Ep 1031Skeptoid #1031: Unearthing Ancient Advanced Civilizations
An exploration of the validity of the Silurian hypothesis, which posits the existence of a pre-human intelligent race on Earth. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Gentle Reminder: Daylight Saving Time Starts Tomorrow
bonusAs a gentle reminder that you will have an hour of sleep robbed from you tonight, enjoy this episode on Daylight Saving Time Myths from the archives! Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Ep 1030Skeptoid #1030: Testing the Rossi E-Cat
This secretive device has been promising to deliver clean, free energy for more than 15 years — but so far nobody's been allowed to examine it. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Ep 1029Skeptoid #1029: How to Become a Sovereign Citizen
Is there somewhere on Earth where Sovereign Citizens can actually be free of any nation's laws? Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Ep 1028Skeptoid #1028: Manipulative Advertising
Advertising wants your attention, not your soul; and it’s not nearly as good at getting either as you might think. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Ep 1027Skeptoid #1027: Radioactive Relics: The Missing RTGs
Radioactive nuclear generators sit out in the environment, posing a real hazard. They're mostly — but not all — in Russia. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Mic'd Up: Brian's Blood Donation Interview
bonusBrian gets questioned while giving blood. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Ep 1026Skeptoid #1026: Vintage Ceramics: Decorative or Deadly?
How concerned do you truly need to be about vintage ceramicware leaching lead into your food? Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Ep 1025Skeptoid #1025: Pop Quiz: Space Quandaries
Oh no! Another pop quiz. Take the challenge: 9 questions about space. Think you can get them all? Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Ep 1024Skeptoid #1024: The Van Meter Visitors
A century-old hoax takes wing again, proof that good stories never stay buried. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Ep 1023Skeptoid #1023: What Accounts for Ghost Encounters?
If ghosts don't exist, then how do we account for all the ghost experiences that people have every day? Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Dr. Flint Dibble Interview: Our Resident Expert for Málaga to Nice!
bonusMediterranean archaeologist Dr. Flint Dibble will be our resident expert on the real history (and the fake history) at our ports of call when Skeptoid Adventures sails from Málaga, Spain to Nice, France this April. He is perhaps best known for his 2024 destruction of pseudo-archaeologist Graham Hancock on the Joe Rogan Experience. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices