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Skeptoid #545: First in Flight
15 november 2016 · 14 min
You always thought the Wright Brothers were the first to fly a plane? Well, it depends what country you're from. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #544: Feedback and Followups
8 november 2016 · 12 min
Some nifty extra information for a few recent episodes supplied by listeners in the know. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #543: White Hat Journal Hoaxes
1 november 2016 · 14 min
Sometimes the best way to scrutinize an open access journal is to hoax them. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #542: Photographic Memory
25 oktober 2016 · 14 min
Pop culture tells us that some people have photographic memories, but the truth is quite different. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #541: Defusing India's Ancient Atomic Blasts
18 oktober 2016 · 14 min
The facts behind an urban legend claiming a nuclear war in India some 12,000 years ago. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #540: Feng Shui Today
11 oktober 2016 · 14 min
Feng shui is much more than just a debunked way to magically arrange furniture. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #539: Radiation Hormesis: Is It Good for You?
4 oktober 2016 · 14 min
Some say that exposure to small amounts of dangerous radiation can protect you from cancer. No, it probably doesn't. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #538: The Belgian UFO Wave
27 september 2016 · 14 min
For two years, some say the Belgian skies were filled with triangular alien UFOs. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #537: Debunking the Moon Truthers, Part 3
20 september 2016 · 13 min
The hard, testable, scientific proof that we actually did land humans on the moon. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #536: Debunking the Moon Truthers, Part 2
13 september 2016 · 13 min
The science behind many of the specific claims made by Apollo moon landing hoax conspiracy theorists. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #535: Debunking the Moon Truthers, Part 1
6 september 2016 · 13 min
The history of the Apollo moon landing hoax conspiracy theory, and those who believe in it. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #534: Earthquake Lights: Do They Exist?
30 augustus 2016 · 15 min
One of those things everyone seems to believe in, but for which there's almost no evidence. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #533: Don't Try It Before You Knock It
23 augustus 2016 · 13 min
Try it before you knock it… unless you want to know if it really works. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #532: Who Killed the Red Baron?
16 augustus 2016 · 15 min
A look at which of the six competing claims for who killed the Red Baron was probably true. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #531: The Banjawarn Bang
9 augustus 2016 · 14 min
Evidence suggests a doomsday cult may have successfully tested a nuclear bomb in Australia in 1993. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #530: No, You Shouldn't Question Everything
2 augustus 2016 · 14 min
Pop wisdom continually reminds us to Question Everything -- an idea which is rarely either practical or useful. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #529: Wrongy McWrongface
26 juli 2016 · 14 min
Skeptoid corrects another batch of errors from previous episodes. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #528: The Secret History of Majestic 12
19 juli 2016 · 14 min
These purported UFO documents changed the course of the culture of UFO belief. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #527: Conjuring Up the Warrens
12 juli 2016 · 14 min
The Conjuring 2 tells a story that is fictional in a way you might not have guessed. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #526: Sky Trumpets
5 juli 2016 · 14 min
From all over the world come reports of strange trumpet-like blasts from the sky. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #525: Autopsy: The Clinton Body Count
28 juni 2016 · 14 min
The surprising origins of the claim that the Clintons kill any who get in their way. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #524: Colony Collapse Disorder: Science and Pseudoscience
21 juni 2016 · 14 min
Everyone loves to point the finger at the cause of Colony Collapse Disorder; here's what we actually know. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #523: How Do Homing Pigeons Navigate?
14 juni 2016 · 14 min
The latest and greatest research reveals that we still have no clue how birds accomplish this amazing feat. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #522: Dark Watchers
7 juni 2016 · 13 min
The true origins of the Dark Watchers, said to go all the way back to Chumash Indian stories. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #521: The New Flat Earthers
31 mei 2016 · 14 min
The reinvented Flat Earth fad is less about geophysics and more about conspiracy mongering. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #520: Solving the Haunted Hoia-Baciu Forest
24 mei 2016 · 13 min
It is said to be the world's most haunted forest. Here's what we actually find there. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #519: Alien Implants
17 mei 2016 · 14 min
Some of those who believe they've been abducted by aliens also think they were left with a souvenir. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #518: Listener Feedback: Denial and Aliens
10 mei 2016 · 13 min
Skeptoid answers some feedback sent in by listeners. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #517: Antibiotics and Hormones in Beef
3 mei 2016 · 13 min
One of pop food woo's favorite claims is that drugs given to beef cattle pose a danger to humans. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #516: Demythologizing the Shaolin Monks
26 april 2016 · 14 min
Just about everything you think you know about the Shaolin Monks was made up for tourists. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #515: All About Absinthe
19 april 2016 · 13 min
This mysterious alcoholic drink is the subject of more urban legends than any other liquor. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #514: Your Thoughts on Making Skepticism Commercial
12 april 2016 · 13 min
A proposal for how we can make skeptical programming more attractive to a larger audience. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #513: Why Musical Aliens Probably Use the Same Scale We Do
5 april 2016 · 13 min
Reliance on universal mathematical principles may mean alien music is similar to our own. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #512: Decrypting Mother Teresa
29 maart 2016 · 13 min
It's popular to criticize Mother Teresa, but that criticism might be better directed at the real culprit. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #511: Firestorm in Waco
22 maart 2016 · 15 min
The FBI did not deliberately murder the Branch Davidians in Waco, Texas. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #510: Student Questions: Multiple Intelligences and the Gender Pay Gap
15 maart 2016 · 13 min
Skeptoid answers another round of questions sent in by students all around the world. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #509: Ninjas Unmasked
8 maart 2016 · 15 min
These superheroes of martial arts lore may not be exactly what you thought they were. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #508: Demythologizing the Knights Templar
1 maart 2016 · 14 min
More pseudohistory than fact surrounds this ancient order's depictions in pop culture. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #507: No, Hitler Did Not Escape
23 februari 2016 · 13 min
There is no truth to the popular myth that Hitler escaped Berlin and went to Argentina. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #506: Bad Skepticism: Why You Should Challenge Popular Assumptions
16 februari 2016 · 13 min
From swamp gas and waterspouts to alternative medicine, the harm of not challenging popular assumptions. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #505: You've Got to Be Wrong to Be Right
9 februari 2016 · 13 min
Skeptoid corrects another round of errors from past episodes. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #504: Growing Skeptical of Hair Restoration
2 februari 2016 · 14 min
As long as people lose their hair, the market will remain flooded with sham remedies. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #503: Bad Science on PBS
26 januari 2016 · 14 min
The reasons why PBS is so quick to promote pseudoscience informercials during pledge drives. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #502: Listener Feedback: Killing the Comments
19 januari 2016 · 13 min
Your comments on our decision to remove the comments from Skeptoid episode transcript pages. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #501: Schrodinger's Cat and the Bomb Detector
12 januari 2016 · 13 min
Whatever you think you know about Schrödinger's famous cat is probably wrong. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #500: A Little Curiosity
5 januari 2016 · 7 min
If you haven't yet found your curiosity in the first 500 episodes of Skeptoid, find it here. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #499: The Hope Diamond: A Curse Deconstructed
29 december 2015 · 13 min
Find out how the obviously false story of a curse came to be associated with this famous diamond. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #498: Did the 1914 Christmas Truce Really Happen?
22 december 2015 · 13 min
Popular stories tell of WWI soldiers laying aside their rifles on Christmas 1914. The facts are not quite so simple. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #497: A Skeptical Look at the Rorschach Test
15 december 2015 · 13 min
The famous Rorschach inkblot test is not a window into the subconscious, and doesn't tell us anything useful. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #496: The Russian Sleep Experiment
8 december 2015 · 14 min
Russian test subjects are said to have done unspeakably horrible things when sleep deprived. Lees meer
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