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Skeptoid #150: Screwed!
21 april 2009 · 10 min
A secret recording of an actual meeting of the Illuminati. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #149: Coral Castle
14 april 2009 · 12 min
Although urban legends say the creator of Coral Castle had supernatural help, the photographs tell a different story. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #148: Student Questions: Zero Point Energy and Missing Time
7 april 2009 · 14 min
Skeptoid answers some interesting questions sent in by students. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #147: Binaural Beats: Not Digital Drugs
31 maart 2009 · 13 min
The science behind binaural beats: What they are, what they are claimed to do, and what they can actually do. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #146: How Old Is the Mount St. Helens Lava Dome?
24 maart 2009 · 14 min
Young Earthers point to an infamous dating error as evidence that the Earth is only as old as the Bible says. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #145: FEMA Prison Camps
17 maart 2009 · 12 min
A skeptical look at the claim that FEMA maintains a network of prison camps in readiness. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #144: The Case of the Strange Skulls
10 maart 2009 · 16 min
A collection of bizarre human skulls from around the world. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #143: The Lucifer Project
3 maart 2009 · 13 min
Some believe that NASA is trying to turn Saturn or Jupiter into a small sun. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #142: Student Questions: Sugary Behavior, Secondhand Smoke, and Wal-Mart
24 februari 2009 · 14 min
Answering more questions sent in by students. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #141: Listener Feedback 6: I Want to Believe
17 februari 2009 · 12 min
More fun from the listener feedback files. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #140: The Bosnian Pyramids
10 februari 2009 · 14 min
Belief that this hill in Bosnia is an ancient pyramid is driven by New Age woo and pathological science. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #139: Alkaline Water Systems: Change Your Water, Change Your Bank Balance
3 februari 2009 · 14 min
Sellers of new-age water treatment products charge outrageous prices for a product with zero plausibility. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #138: Is He Real, or Is He Fictional?
27 januari 2009 · 14 min
Guess whether these popular characters from history were real or fictional. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #137: The Angel of Mons
20 januari 2009 · 11 min
The facts behind the story that a heavenly host saved a small group of British from a large German force in WWI. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #136: Student Questions: Light Therapy, the Bermuda Triangle, and Isaac Newton
13 januari 2009 · 13 min
Skeptoid answers another round of questions submitted by students. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #135: The Rendlesham Forest UFO
6 januari 2009 · 17 min
Hard to believe, but it wasn't space aliens that caused blinking lights in Rendlesham Forest in 1980. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #134: Who Is Closed Minded, the Skeptic or the Believer?
30 december 2008 · 12 min
Skeptics and believers both tend to accuse each other of closed-mindedness in their thinking. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #133: Chasing the Min Min Light
23 december 2008 · 12 min
The Australian outback's mysterious jack o' lantern has sparked some good stories, but some even better science. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #132: The Sargasso Sea and the Pacific Garbage Patch
16 december 2008 · 10 min
We cast our skeptical eye upon two vast hazards to navigation said to lurk in the centers of the two great oceans. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #131: The Bohemian Club Conspiracy
9 december 2008 · 14 min
Wealthy and powerful men gather annually at the mysterious Bohemian Grove -- but not to plot global domination. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #130: Space Properties for Sale
2 december 2008 · 10 min
If they're offering extraterrestrial real estate or star-naming rights for sale, chances are it's a ripoff. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #129: The Oak Island Money Pit
25 november 2008 · 11 min
This mysterious treasure pit on a Nova Scotia island has a fascinating natural explanation. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #128: Student Questions: the Mozart Effect, Quantum Theory, and AIDS
18 november 2008 · 12 min
Skeptoid answers some questions sent in by students. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #127: The Truth about Aspartame
11 november 2008 · 13 min
The artificial sweetener aspartame is falsely accused of being the cause of nearly every disease. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #126: The Incorruptibles
4 november 2008 · 12 min
We turn our skeptical eye on claims of incorruptibility - bodies that do not decay after death. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #125: Ten Most Wanted: Celebrities Who Promote Harmful Pseudoscience
28 oktober 2008 · 14 min
A critical look at the pseudoscientific antics of some of today's celebrities. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #124: Betty and Barney Hill: The Original UFO Abduction
21 oktober 2008 · 14 min
A critical look at the original UFO abduction story, that so many people take for granted. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #123: Listener Feedback Reloaded
14 oktober 2008 · 10 min
More fun from the inbox, responding to listener feedback. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #122: HAARP Myths
7 oktober 2008 · 14 min
A close look at HAARP, the High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program, and the claim that it's a superweapon. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #121: Scalar Weapons: Tesla's Doomsday Machine?
30 september 2008 · 11 min
No, Nikola Tesla did not design a superweapon capable of vaporizing whole parts of the earth. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #120: The World According to Conservapedia
23 september 2008 · 12 min
A new Young Earth Fundamentalist online encyclopedia rears its ugly head. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #119: Student Questions: Body Searches and Theta Healing
16 september 2008 · 11 min
Skeptoid answers some more questions from students. Send yours in today! Lees meer
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Skeptoid #118: Demystifying the Bell Witch
9 september 2008 · 12 min
An exploration of the best way to evaluate an old, unsubstantiated folk legend like The Bell Witch. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #117: How Dangerous Is Cell Phone Radiation?
2 september 2008 · 12 min
There is neither evidence nor plausible hypothetical foundation for cell phone signals to be at all dangerous. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #116: How to Be a Skeptic and Still Have Friends
26 augustus 2008 · 10 min
Being known as a skeptic is not necessarily good for your social life. Here's how to overcome the difficulties. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #115: Search for the Missing Cosmonauts
19 augustus 2008 · 14 min
A pair of young Italian brothers probably didn't uncover evidence of Soviet cosmonauts dying in space. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #114: Student Questions: Fish Oil, Charities, and Rumors
12 augustus 2008 · 10 min
Skeptoid answers some questions sent in by students. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #113: The Most Effective Homeopathy Podcast Ever
8 augustus 2008 · 10 min
For the first time ever, the active ingredients in homeopathic preparations are revealed. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #112: Genetically Modified Organisms: Jeopardy or Jackpot?
5 augustus 2008 · 15 min
Despite the popular fearmongering, GMO technologies promise a boon to agriculture and humanity. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #111: Should Tibet Be Free?
29 juli 2008 · 12 min
Misinformation and fantasy surrounds the popular Tibet notions. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #110: Illuminating the Fatima Miracle of the Sun
22 juli 2008 · 12 min
The pope canonized them, but these three children didn't actually predict anything in 1917. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #109: Will the Large Hadron Collider Destroy the Earth?
15 juli 2008 · 12 min
Some people believe that CERN's Large Hadron Collider will create black holes that will destroy the Earth. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #108: Mystery at Dyatlov Pass
8 juli 2008 · 11 min
A look at one of Russia's most bizarre mysteries of mass death. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #107: Spy Radio: Numbers Stations
1 juli 2008 · 11 min
A look at mysterious shortwave "numbers stations" around the world. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #106: King Tut's Curse!
24 juni 2008 · 11 min
A look at the tale, the popular explanation, and the real science behind it. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #105: When People Talk Backwards
17 juni 2008 · 12 min
Some people believe that your brain encodes its actual meaning in reverse within everything you say. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #104: Yet More Winning Listener Feedback
10 juni 2008 · 13 min
Another visit to the endless well of listeners comments and criticisms. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #103: Should You Take Your Vitamins?
3 juni 2008 · 11 min
Vitamin C does nothing to prevent or reduce the severity of colds. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #102: What You Didn't Know about the Stanford Prison Experiment
27 mei 2008 · 11 min
The Stanford Prison Experiment, said to have proven that evil environments produce evil behavior, was completely unscientific and unreliable. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #101: Things I'm Wrong About
20 mei 2008 · 12 min
A look back correcting some of the facts and figures that Skeptoid has gotten wrong. Lees meer
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