Skeptoid

Conservative pundit Ann Coulter should stick to politics; her science is too screwed up for words. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Another round of listener feedback from the past several months. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

An examination of phrenology, physiognomy, palmistry, and iridology. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Virtually nothing that pop culture tells us about Nostradamus is true. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Learn the basic arguments against science made by Young Earthers, and how to rebut them. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

A look at the theories surrounding Spring Heeled Jack, the scourge of England in the early 1800s. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Wilson Key's magnum opus textbook about subliminal advertising was almost pure fiction. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Crop circles are commonly known to be man made, yet some still insist they must be of alien origin. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Food that has been sterilized with irradiation is not radioactive and will not hurt you. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

A popular fad holds that plastic water bottles leach toxic chemicals into your water. Don't believe it. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The Raelians are naked and they worship space aliens. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

A few fringe activists claim that fluoridation of water carries more danger than benefit. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

A look at some of those persistent hoax emails that you receive almost every day. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

California is home to a wealth of places rich with mystery and intrigue. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

An examination of the lethal pop-culture fad of chelating autistic children. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The Oakland freeway collapse was not a government ploy to prove that the Twin Towers collapsed from fire. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

This "world's most haunted house" was the invention of an imaginative showman and author. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Science magazines continue to undermine themselves by publishing ads for pseudoscientific products. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Ethanol as a fuel may be carbon neutral, but offers few other benefits. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Here is how to tell whose "scientific journal" article is actually more reputable. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Some say that the collective emotions of humans can influence electronic hardware. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Despite claims of divine origin, "Bible Codes" are found in every long manuscript, even random text. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Free range chickens and farm raised fish probably have almost none of the benefits you think they do. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The conspiracy theory that reptilian beings control our governments has a fascinating history. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Teaching critical thinking to students needs to be much more than simply asking the Socratic questions. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The psychic technique of remote viewing is consistent with simple, well known magic tricks. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The Book of Mormon's history of the Americas is full of irreconcilable errors and false archaeology. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Defined in 1895, chiropractic treats imaginary conditions with dangerous manipulations. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Despite what many UFOlogists want, the famous Phoenix Lights were not alien spacecraft. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Some claim that a legendary wildman, the Almas, is a population of relict Neanderthals. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Why everyone needs to start taking global warming more seriously. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

No matter how much we want these Texas ghost lights to be mysterious, it turns out they're all too mundane. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

This 15-point checklist will help you tell science from pseudoscience. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Mercury amalgam fillings do not release toxic levels of mercury into the body, and are harmless. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Some creationists claim that evolutionary theory is invalid because it improves as our knowledge increases. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Contrary to what many supporters think, homeopathy is neither an herbal nor a natural remedy. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The best of listener feedback from the first 32 Skeptoid episodes. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The claim that the wars in the Middle East were about oil don't stand up to economic scrutiny. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

This 100-mile track of footprints in 1855 probably was not laid by the devil. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Some claim that cooking your food ruins its nutrients or makes it poisonous, in a misguided effort to promote raw food. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Spirit orbs in photographs are not ghosts, but a common artifact of flash photography. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Natural Hygiene is a misguided, prescientific notion that nature provides everything to heal anyone of anything. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Some believe that airplane contrails are really dangerous chemicals being sprayed by the government. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Biodynamic agriculture is not a modern innovation, but rather a throwback to the Dark Ages. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The word "scientist" can mean just about anything you want it to mean. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Reflexology is really no more than a foot massage, but potentially deadly to those hoping for medical benefits. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

A look at paganism, its affinity for nudity, and how it differs from mainstream religions. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Flight 93, which crashed in a field on September 11, was not shot down by the military. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

An examination of the mysterious stones that move by themselves across the desert floor. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

America's most popular true ghost story was a hoax. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices