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Skeptoid #979: Crusades Imagery and White Nationalism
11 maart 2025 · 15 min
Many of the Christian symbols created in the aftermath of the First Crusade have been adopted by White Nationalists. Why? Lees meer
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Skeptoid #978: Leaded Gasoline and Mental Health
4 maart 2025 · 15 min
A look at recent studies finding leaded gasoline caused 151 million mental health illnesses in the United States. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #977: A Dingo Ate My Baby
25 februari 2025 · 16 min
This catchphrase has become popular with comedians. Is that in line with its true origin? Lees meer
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Skeptoid #976: The Spanish Gold of Neahkahnie Mountain
18 februari 2025 · 16 min
Some believe a fabulous Spanish treasure is buried on the slopes of Oregon's Neahkahnie Mountain. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #975: How We Verify Our Sources
11 februari 2025 · 16 min
A few of your favorite experts weigh in on how you can make sure your information comes from the very best sources. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #974: Salt Typhoon: The Chinese Phone Hack
4 februari 2025 · 15 min
What really happened — and what didn't — in the 2024 telecom cyberattack. Lees meer
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Skeptoid Adventures: Bermuda Triangle 2025
29 januari 2025 · 2 min
Join us for our 2nd Annual Skeptoid Adventure, this time to the Bermuda Triangle! Early bird pricing ends this Friday, don't miss the boat! Lees meer
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Skeptoid #973: Cows and Global Warming
28 januari 2025 · 14 min
Just as important as the question of how much the livestock industry contributes to global warming is whether your giving up meat will have any real impact. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #972: Agent Orange on Trial
21 januari 2025 · 18 min
The newer the data, and the longer we've had to study the epidemiology, the less harm we find that Agent Orange caused. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #971: Cloud Seeding
14 januari 2025 · 14 min
Cloud seeding would seem like an easy and obvious way to create rain where none existed before. Is it really that simple? Lees meer
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Skeptoid #970: Economic Nationalism: Bounty or Bust?
7 januari 2025 · 17 min
Economic nationalism, while attractive to many populists, is not the path to economic success some believe it to be. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #969: Listener Feedback: Bats and Pyramids
31 december 2024 · 15 min
Skeptoid answers another round of feedback emails sent in by listeners. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #968: Waldorf Schools
24 december 2024 · 16 min
These schools combine an atypical education with a New Age spirituality called anthroposophy. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #967: Cryonics: A Chilling Prospect
17 december 2024 · 14 min
Cryonics promises an opportunity for you to be frozen and revived at some distant point in the future — though with plenty of controversy. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #966: Student Questions
10 december 2024 · 15 min
Skeptoid answers another round of questions from students all around the world. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #965: The Legend of the Dover Demon
3 december 2024 · 15 min
What could explain a strange creature living in the suburbs, but only ever witnessed once? Lees meer
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Giving Tuesday!
3 december 2024 · 3 min
On this Giving Tuesday, please consider supporting Skeptoid Media (a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization) and our mission of cultivating critical thinking and science literacy skills. Donations will be matched by our Board of Directors! Lees meer
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Skeptoid #964: Fixing a Flood of Flaws
26 november 2024 · 14 min
Skeptoid corrects another round of errors in previous episodes. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #963: Hunting the Gloucester Sea Serpent
19 november 2024 · 15 min
This alleged sea serpent terrorized a New England fishing village for two years in the 19th century. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #962: Bats and Rabies
12 november 2024 · 14 min
Bats are scary and rabies is deadly, but do you need to worry about you or your pets catching the disease from them? Lees meer
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Report from Death Valley, and the Bermuda Triangle
6 november 2024 · 3 min
A report from the recent Skeptoid Adventures trip to Death Valley, including how many brave souls we lost in the desert and how they met their fate; and announcing the next Skeptoid Adventures trip to the Bermuda Triangle! Reserve your spot now at https://skeptoid.com/events/30285 Lees meer
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Skeptoid #961: The Man from Taured
5 november 2024 · 17 min
A mysterious man is said to have arrived in Japan in 1959 from a country that never existed. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #960: I Know What Scares You
29 oktober 2024 · 15 min
Seven creepy stories from seven listeners, and seven guesses by me. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #959: Finding the Black Olmec
22 oktober 2024 · 16 min
A thoroughly discredited idea, that the Mesoamerican Olmec people were Black Africans, continues to gain traction. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #958: The Rock Wall of Texas
15 oktober 2024 · 15 min
This buried rock wall found throughout Rockwall County has people wondering about its origin. Lees meer
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It's Skeptoid's 18th Birthday!
11 oktober 2024 · 2 min
It's Skeptoid's 18th birthday! Won't you help us celebrate by giving us a little birthday present? Lees meer
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Skeptoid #957: Dogs Who Type
8 oktober 2024 · 14 min
Can dogs be taught to speak intelligently using floor buttons that represent words? Lees meer
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Skeptoid #956: 18 for 18
1 oktober 2024 · 20 min
Highlights from 18 years of the Skeptoid podcast. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #955: Pop Quiz: Astonishing Aviation Tales
24 september 2024 · 21 min
Fifteen trivia questions from previous aviation themed episodes of Skeptoid. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #954: 15 Sleep Myths
17 september 2024 · 16 min
15 popular myths about sleeping, debunked. Lees meer
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Skeptoid Flash Mob at CSICon 2024
11 september 2024 · 2 min
Join the Skeptoid Flash Mob at CSICon 2024 in Las Vegas. Visit skeptoid.com/store to get your shirts. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #953: Pet Pheromone Products
10 september 2024 · 16 min
Lots of companies sell pheromone products claiming to calm down your dog or cat, but there's a very big problem with that basic claim. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #952: Finding Slumach's Gold
3 september 2024 · 16 min
Is this just another in a long line of legendary lost mines that never produced a speck of gold, or is there more to it this time? Lees meer
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Skeptoid #951: Dying of Excited Delirium
27 augustus 2024 · 17 min
Turns out that the cause of death known as excited delirium is not an actual cause of death at all. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #950: A Modern Skeptic Podcast Host
20 augustus 2024 · 7 min
If I were to summarize how and why I do what I do, I might put it this way. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #949: Hunting the Graveyard of the Elephants
13 augustus 2024 · 15 min
Does a mythical place where the elephants go to die actually exist? Lees meer
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Skeptoid #948: Medical Error Is Not the Third Leading Cause of Death
6 augustus 2024 · 14 min
The claim that medical error is the third leading cause of death in the US has never been close to true. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #947: How Your Driving Is Being Tracked
30 juli 2024 · 17 min
Is your phone really tracking your driving habits and selling the data? Maybe more so than you know. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #946: Strange but True Stories from Space
23 juli 2024 · 19 min
The weirdest, creepiest, funniest, and just plain strange stories from the era of crewed space flight. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #945: A Sea of Younger Dryas Woo
16 juli 2024 · 16 min
Pseudoarchaeologists often will cite the Younger Dryas climatic event as proof of their ancient advanced civilization. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #944: Bullibility and the Cult of Wellness
9 juli 2024 · 16 min
Not only is the entire wellness industry BS, it exists because of people who are especially gullible. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #943: The Aliens Are Not Coming
2 juli 2024 · 15 min
Fear not; the aliens are not coming to Earth. Lees meer
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Death Valley for Students
25 juni 2024 · 1 min
Skeptoid's Death Valley Adventure is holding 5 tickets for students and active duty military. To apply to get one, visit skeptoid.com/deathvalley Lees meer
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Skeptoid #942: What the Movies Always Get Wrong
25 juni 2024 · 15 min
A roundup of all those things that movies always get wrong and make you mad. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #941: Docu Dangers: Why Science Documentaries Usually Suck
18 juni 2024 · 16 min
How we decide what makes a good topic for a skeptical documentary film. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #940: The Stephenville Lights
11 juni 2024 · 16 min
This modern UFO case has been declared to be one of the most compelling ever. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #939: A Visit to Lemuria
4 juni 2024 · 17 min
The true history of a mythical place. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #938: Vampire Facials
28 mei 2024 · 16 min
This procedure promising facial rejuvenation is basically a full face tattoo of your own blood. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #937: Helen Keller on Trial
21 mei 2024 · 14 min
A bizarre subculture of Helen Keller Truthers believe that she was either faking her deafblindness or even that she didn't exist at all. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #936: Coffee Myths
14 mei 2024 · 17 min
A roundup of 15 common myths about coffee. Which ones had you always believed? Lees meer
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