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Skeptoid #935: Fruitful Feedback and Followups
7 mei 2024 · 16 min
Skeptoid answers another round of listener feedback questions. Lees meer
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Skeptoid Adventures: Death Valley 2024
2 mei 2024 · 4 min
Come join the Skeptoid Adventures trip for 2024, a journey of exploration in Death Valley! Lees meer
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Skeptoid #934: Decoding the Kensington Runestone
30 april 2024 · 16 min
The story goes that this stone covered with Viking runes was found in a Minnesota field in 1898. Its true history is much more interesting. Lees meer
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Snazzy New Store Items
26 april 2024 · 1 min
Get the snazzy new Skeptoid Hydro Flask tumbler or radical new Skeptoid coffee mug. Both are engraved so they’ll never fade. Now available at the Skeptoid store at Skeptoid.com. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #933: COVID-19 and the Lab Leak
23 april 2024 · 20 min
Was the SARS-CoV-2 virus of natural origin, or was it engineered in a Chinese research lab? Lees meer
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Skeptoid #932: Is Recycling for Real?
16 april 2024 · 15 min
A close look at where recycling of some common materials is actually at these days. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #931: Error Erasure Extravaganza
9 april 2024 · 14 min
It's time once again for Skeptoid to correct another round of errors in previous shows. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #930: Dr. Crow and the Melon Heads
2 april 2024 · 14 min
Some say creepy children with huge balloon heads stalk the woods at night, waiting to attack you. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #929: The Trinity UFO Crash of 1945
26 maart 2024 · 20 min
The not-so-famous UFO case that caused the US Congress to spend millions of taxpayer dollars. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #928: EMDR: Looking Past the Pain
19 maart 2024 · 16 min
This controversial treatment for PTSD involves moving the eyes side to side. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #927: I Can't Believe They Did That: Human Guinea Pigs #3
12 maart 2024 · 18 min
Part 3 in our roundup of scientists who took the ultimate plunge and experimented on themselves. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #926: The Chicago O'Hare Airport UFO
5 maart 2024 · 16 min
In 2006, a flying saucer spent minutes literally hovering right above Chicago's O'Hare International Airport... so the story goes. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #925: The Conspirituality of Enneagrams
27 februari 2024 · 17 min
Can everything important about you and those you interact with be boiled down to a single digit? Lees meer
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Skeptoid #924: Foo Fighters
20 februari 2024 · 17 min
What were these early UFOs that chased and harried World War II fighter pilots? Lees meer
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Skeptoid #923: The Voodoo Ax Murders
13 februari 2024 · 15 min
Were two waves of ax murders in the American south in the early 20th century truly associated with Louisiana Voodoo? Lees meer
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Skeptoid #922: Testing Alcubierre's Warp Drive
6 februari 2024 · 15 min
Proponents of alien visitation often claim the Alcubierre drive makes faster than light possible. Here's why it can't exist. Lees meer
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Institutional Partners for Our New Show
2 februari 2024 · 1 min
Skeptoid is looking for institutional partners and/or title sponsors for a proposed video series. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #921: Reconsidering the Seveso Dioxin Disaster
30 januari 2024 · 15 min
Was this infamous 1976 dioxin disaster as bad as reported, or might it have been much worse than we thought? Lees meer
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Skeptoid #920: The Headless Goats of the Chattahoochee
23 januari 2024 · 16 min
The carcasses of headless goats are floating in the Chattahoochee River; too many for a prosaic explanation. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #919: Looking Back on the Chronovisor
16 januari 2024 · 15 min
A Benedictine monk is said to have built a device allowing him to see and hear historical events. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #918: Martin Luther King Jr. Myths
9 januari 2024 · 15 min
We break down four popular myths about Martin Luther King Jr. that just won't go away. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #917: DDT, 13 Years Later
2 januari 2024 · 16 min
A failure mode analysis of my most-hated episode ever: #230 on the use of DDT to fight malaria. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #916: Ask Me Anything, 2023 Edition, Part 2
26 december 2023 · 17 min
Skeptoid rapid fires a bunch of mini-episodes in answer to your questions. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #915: Ask Me Anything, 2023 Edition, Part 1
19 december 2023 · 14 min
A year-end Ask Me Anything session to tell you everything you ever wanted to know about Skeptoid and more. Lees meer
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Say Goodbye to 2023
14 december 2023 · 3 min
Help us say goodbye to 2023, Skeptoid style. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #914: Stopping Hiccups with Science
12 december 2023 · 14 min
Does science have a way to reliably cure the hiccups? Lees meer
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Skeptoid #913: Surviving Brazil's Snake Island
5 december 2023 · 16 min
This Brazilian island is said to be too dangerous to visit due to countless venomous snakes. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #912: Kambo: Let It Go
28 november 2023 · 15 min
Some believe that taking a deadly frog poison confers a vast array of New Age wellness benefits. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #911: How to Escape Nibiru
21 november 2023 · 16 min
Some believe this speculative rogue planet is on a collision course with the Earth. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #910: How to Spot Misinformation
14 november 2023 · 15 min
Much content online is designed for high engagement, not for accuracy. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #909: Fixing Former Fumbles
7 november 2023 · 17 min
Skeptoid corrects another round of errors in past episodes pointed out by listeners. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #908: Your Creepiest Halloween Stories
31 oktober 2023 · 15 min
Celebrating Halloween with the creepiest ghost stories sent in by you, our listeners. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #907: The Science of the 27 Club
24 oktober 2023 · 14 min
Do lots of famous pop musicians really die at the age of 27, or is there something in science that just makes us think so? Lees meer
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Skeptoid #906: Unraveling the Myth of Nazareth
17 oktober 2023 · 14 min
Did the village of Nazareth exist at the time of Jesus, making it possible for there to have been a Jesus of Nazareth? Lees meer
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Skeptoid #905: Artificial Turf: Poisonous Pitches?
10 oktober 2023 · 15 min
Some claim that artificial turf sports fields emit poisonous chemicals, making them dangerous for children. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #904: Pop quiz: 17 for 17
3 oktober 2023 · 19 min
What better way to celebrate 17 years of the Skeptoid podcast than a 17-question pop quiz! Lees meer
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Skeptoid #903: Tracking California's Monster Salamander
26 september 2023 · 14 min
Does a monster salamander the size of Asia's largest live undiscovered in the Pacific Northwest? Lees meer
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Skeptoid Flashmob!
25 september 2023 · 2 min
If you're going to be at CSICon 2023, join the Skeptoid Flashmob! skeptoid.com/store Lees meer
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Skeptoid #902: Focusing in on Eye Exercises
19 september 2023 · 15 min
Can you really make your eyesight better with a simple series of eye movements and exercises? Lees meer
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Skeptoid #901: The Mystery of the Severed Feet
12 september 2023 · 15 min
Severed feet have been washing up on the shores of the Salish Sea since 2007. What could be the cause? Lees meer
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Skeptoid #900: Mussolini's Aliens
5 september 2023 · 19 min
How an old Italian UFO hoax became proof of alien visitation to the US Congress Lees meer
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Skeptoid #899: Berberine: Thin Body, or Thin Evidence?
29 augustus 2023 · 15 min
This supplement is claimed by social media influencers to be Nature's Ozempic. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #898: Finding the Third Man
22 augustus 2023 · 16 min
Reports from some extreme adventurers say that a benevolent presence sometimes appears to provide comfort. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #897: The Secret of the Norden Bombsight
15 augustus 2023 · 14 min
Pop culture tells us the famous Norden bombsight from World War II was actually terribly inaccurate. Was it? Lees meer
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Skeptoid #896: The Treasures of the Copper Scroll
8 augustus 2023 · 17 min
This greatest of all imaginable treasures from the Dead Sea Scrolls probably never existed. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #895: The Hottest Temperature on Earth
1 augustus 2023 · 17 min
Is the world record highest air temperature a solid measurement, or might it be invalid? Lees meer
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Skeptoid #894: The Klerksdorp Spheres
25 juli 2023 · 15 min
Are these remarkable stones natural, or proof of an ancient advanced civilization? Lees meer
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Skeptoid #893: Finding the Lost Tribesmen: Aure and Aura
18 juli 2023 · 15 min
Were these two men from an Amazon tribe that had been massacred, or could their story be explained more simply? Lees meer
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Skeptoid #892: The UFO That Wasn't Swamp Gas
11 juli 2023 · 15 min
A look into the origin story of swamp gas as the explanation for UFOs. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #891: How to Change a Conspiracy Theorist's Mind
4 juli 2023 · 14 min
A roundup of the ways that work — and that don't work — to help a conspiracy theorist free himself from the rabbit hole. Lees meer
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