
Skeptoid
1,087 episodes — Page 15 of 22

Ep 386Skeptoid #386: Tracking the Tasmanian Tiger
Some say this extinct Tasmanian marsupial may still roam the forests. The evidence is against them. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Ep 385Skeptoid #385: The Disappearance of Frederick Valentich
A young pilot who disappeared in 1978 might have been having a little fun, Spielberg style. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Ep 384Skeptoid #384: Asking the Socratic Questions
A line of reasoning named for Socrates helps us help believers in the strange re-examine their beliefs. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Ep 383Skeptoid #383: 5 False Arguments for Raw Milk
Some people who enjoy raw milk also make up false claims that regular milk is more dangerous. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Ep 382Skeptoid #382: Into the Maelstrom (or Not)
A look into the plausibility and historicity of the ferocious maelstrom of legend. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Ep 381Skeptoid #381: An Enthusiast's Primer on Study Types
A quick look at many of the most common scientific study types. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Ep 380Skeptoid #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. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Ep 379Skeptoid #379: I Think, Therefore I Err
Skeptoid corrects a bunch of errors made in previous episodes. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Ep 378Skeptoid #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. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Ep 377Skeptoid #377: Student Questions: Hangovers, Manuka Honey, and Probiotics
Skeptoid answers another round of questions sent in by students all around the world. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Ep 376Skeptoid #376: Salt Therapies
A new trend in spas is to let people relax in salt caves, and it's based on solid pseudoscience. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Ep 375Skeptoid #375: The Patterson-Gimlin Bigfoot Film
The true history behind the iconic Bigfoot film that launched the legend. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Ep 374Skeptoid #374: Listener Feedback: Alternative Medicine
Skeptoid answers a raft of listener emails pertaining to alternative medicine. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Ep 373Skeptoid #373: The Secrets of MKULTRA
The urban legend that the CIA conducted unethical mind control experiments has a grain of truth. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Ep 372Skeptoid #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. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Ep 371Skeptoid #371: The Vanishing Village of Angikuni Lake
The legend of the disappearing Eskimo village of Angikuni Lake turns out to be simple pulp fiction. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Ep 370Skeptoid #370: The Science of Muzak
Background music really can influence our buying decisions in a shopping environment. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Ep 369Skeptoid #369: Student Questions: Magic Wristbands, Laser Danger, and ManBearPig
Skeptoid answers another round of questions sent in by students all around the world. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Ep 368Skeptoid #368: Legislating Pseudoscience
Lawmakers are often pressured by ideologues to pass laws based on bad science. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Ep 367Skeptoid #367: Who Is the Grinning Man?
A mysterious "grinning man" is said to appear and terrorize UFO witnesses. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Ep 366Skeptoid #366: The Sedona Energy Vortex
Vortexes of spiritual energy are claimed to exist in Sedona, but science suggests we remain skeptical. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Ep 365Skeptoid #365: The Black Knight Satellite
An object claimed to be 13,000-year-old alien satellite orbiting the Earth is just a piece of an old space shuttle. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Ep 364Skeptoid #364: Listener Feedback: Conspiracies
Skeptoid answers questions sent in by listeners pertaining to conspiracy theories. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Ep 363Skeptoid #363: All About Graphology
In fact, handwriting analysis tells us nothing useful about the personality and aptitudes of the writer. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Ep 362Skeptoid #362: Polybius: Video Game of Death
The infamous arcade game Polybius, said to drive players to suicide or madness, was never more than an urban legend. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Ep 361Skeptoid #361: The 16 Personalities of Sybil
The book and movie "Sybil" told the story of a woman purported to have Multiple Personality Syndrome. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Ep 360Skeptoid #360: Lincoln Kennedy Myths
An old story claims a long list of astonishing similarities between the assassinations of Lincoln and Kennedy. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Ep 359Skeptoid #359: Cupping for the Cure
Some believe that bruise-causing suction on the skin provides a variety of health benefits. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Ep 358Skeptoid #358: Listener Feedback: Aliens and UFOs
Skeptoid digs into the feedback mailbag and answers questions about aliens and UFOs. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Ep 357Skeptoid #357: The Aquatic Ape Theory
There is a popular fringe theory about human evolution that claims we went through an aquatic phase. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Ep 356Skeptoid #356: John Titor, Time Traveler
An Internet legend claims that a man named John Titor is a visitor from the year 2036. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Ep 355Skeptoid #355: The Airplane That Wasn't There
A B-25 bomber ditched in a Pennsylvania river in broad daylight 1956 and, seemingly impossibly, was never found. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Ep 354Skeptoid #354: The Pentagon and the Missile
Some say that it wasn't an airliner that struck the Pentagon on 9/11, but a missile. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Ep 353Skeptoid #353: Pope Joan
This apocryphal Middle Ages pope said to be a woman in disguise probably never existed. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Ep 352Skeptoid #352: Facts and Fiction of the Schumann Resonance
The Schumann Resonance, 7.83Hz, is one natural radio band in our atmosphere, but holds no mystical powers. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Ep 351Skeptoid #351: Men in Black
A look at the mysterious government agents said to intimidate those who witness flying saucers. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Ep 350Skeptoid #350: Trinity: Interview with Dr. Oz, Alex Jones, and Deepak Chopra
Skeptoid interviews three of the most popular and controversial figures in modern pseudoscience. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Ep 349Skeptoid #349: Top 10 Best Pro-Science Celebrities
A list of ten Hollywood celebrities who have leveraged their fame into the promotion of science. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Ep 348Skeptoid #348: Ganzfeld Experiments
The true history of the experiment that is said to present the strongest evidence yet for telepathic abilities. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Ep 347Skeptoid #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. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Ep 346Skeptoid #346: Listener Feedback: Me and My Terrible Arguments
Skeptoid responds to another round of listener feedback. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Ep 345Skeptoid #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. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Ep 344Skeptoid #344: Olgoi-Khorkhoi: The Mongolian Death Worm
Mongolian tradition holds that a strange and deadly worm lives beneath the sands of the Gobi desert. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Ep 343Skeptoid #343: The Hollow Earth Theory
Throughout history there have been a number of different beliefs that the Earth might be hollow. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Ep 342Skeptoid #342: Was the Wow! Signal Alien?
A signal received by a radio telescope in 1977 may be the best evidence yet for extraterrestrial intelligence. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Ep 341Skeptoid #341: Free Energy Machines
Someone somewhere is always claiming to have cracked the secret of free energy forever, no fuel needed. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Ep 340Skeptoid #340: Listener Feedback: A Cacophony of Conspiracies
How you can convince your friends that their conspiracy theories are nonsensical. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Ep 339Skeptoid #339: Setting the Bloop Straight
The solution to the Bloop mystery sound is finally revealed, and Skeptoid corrects some errors from other episodes. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Ep 338Skeptoid #338: The Flat Earth Theory
The Flat Earth Theory has its origins not in alt-science but in Christian Fundamentalism. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Ep 337Skeptoid #337: The Bermuda Triangle and the Devil's Sea
Contrary to popular belief, no unusual number of disappearances has ever happened inside these two ocean regions. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices