Skeptoid

A look at the conspiratorial hysteria and sensationalism surrounding the United Nations' Agenda 21. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

There is a region in the Great Lakes where, some say, ships and planes mysteriously disappear. Not so much. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The Internet believes a lot of things about transgender people, but much of it isn't true. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The history of claims that secret Satanic cults are abusing children. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Sometimes speculative animals do turn out to be real, but that still doesn't validate cryptozoology as a science. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Deciding whether you want "paper or plastic" at the supermarket turns out to be a remarkably complex choice. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Brian responds to listener feedback on past episodes about environmental topics. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Science has let you down time after time, and that's one reason why it gets better and better. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The myths and facts behind the events that made the Alamo famous reveal it may not be worth remembering much. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Cow mutilation may have a simpler explanation than alien experimentation. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The history of ghost photography and its many problems as evidence. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

See if you know how many of these GMO "facts" are right. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

As the busiest part of the house, the kitchen has collected more folklore than any other room in it. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

In Costa Rica, mysterious stone spheres left behind by the country's previous inhabitants seem to defy explanation. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The Ideomotor Response underlies a number of occult phenomena and alt-med practices. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

We examine Believe it or Not! and determine if we can believe this stuff. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Did aliens visit the ancient Earth and inspire human cultures? Some people claim so. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

This poltergeist in Columbus Ohio turned out to be, like nearly all such cases, a mischievous teen. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

We respond to questions about cryptids asked by listeners to our recent episodes. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

We are a story our brain tells itself. And our brains are habitual liars. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The Discovery Channel wants you to think that a giant prehistoric shark may still swim our oceans. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Alcatraz Island is veiled in the fog of myth. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

This large riverboat is said to have vanished without a trace on the Mississippi River in 1872. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Griffins, considered absurd mythological beasts today, were actually our first attempt to explain fossils. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The first "full body cast" of an alleged Bigfoot left many experts with a different impression. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Some say fibromyalgia is a real disease, while others question the diagnosis. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

How we look at the news is as important as where we get it. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

On October 30, 1938, Orson Welles panicked a nation with a single broadcast. Or did he? Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The audiophile preference for tube amps over solid state is based more on emotion than on science. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Ionithermie is not effective for slimming or cellulite removal -- or, for anything, really. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

In 2000, Illinois police chased what has come to be known as the St. Clair Triangle UFO. We found out what it was. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

A group of 7 West Virginians looked for a crashed UFO in the hills and ended up getting the fright of their lives. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Masaru Emoto invented a New Age mythology in which water crystals reflect human consciousness. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Legend says that Grigori Rasputin, the "Mad Monk", was hard to kill; but the truth about his life is the real story. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Acupuncture, the safe and effective ancient Chinese medical treatment, turns out to be none of those things. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The clash between the champions of scientific skepticism and supernaturalism. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Frank's ghost box is a radio designed to hear communications from ghosts. Here's how it works (or not). Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

A popular tale tells of a haunted Jewish wine box that brought ill fortune upon its owners... apparently. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The real source of the ancient nautical legends of the Flying Dutchman ghost ship. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The surprising truth behind Canada's most famous ghost story. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Skeptoid supporters reveal the reason they decided to join the team. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Even in developed countries, myths persist about people who have albinism. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Stories of a lethally hot storm wind in Santa Barbara in 1859 persist to this day. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Religious-based twelve step programs are no better at stopping addiction than other programs. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Polygraphs are no better than a roll of the dice at determining whether you're lying. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Giving the Skeptoid listeners a chance to have their say. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Skeptoid answers another round of questions sent in by students all around the world. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

From the evidence we have, it seems clear there's no way Mallory could have beaten Hillary to the summit of Everest. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Clicking a "Like" button on a web site is not only useless, it may actually be counterproductive. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Pop psychology tells us we're all either left brain or right brain dominant, a concept with no scientific support. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices