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Skeptoid #794: Why You Needn't Worry About the Missing 411
24 augustus 2021 · 14 min
A popular conspiracy theory claims that lots of people disappear under unexplainable circumstances in America's national parks. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #793: Your Turn Yet Again
17 augustus 2021 · 14 min
Skeptoid gives our take on some spooky experiences sent in by listeners. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #792: Your Turn Again
10 augustus 2021 · 13 min
In which I take a shot at trying to explain some of the weirdest stories sent in by listeners. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #791: Dowsing: Water Witchcraft
3 augustus 2021 · 14 min
If you need to find ground water, ask a hydrologist, not an occult magician. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #790: Is the Existence of Billionaires Inherently Harmful?
27 juli 2021 · 14 min
Pop culture tells us that the existence of billionaires is harmful to the economy. Is that so? Lees meer
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Skeptoid #789: All About Clearcutting
20 juli 2021 · 14 min
Is clearcutting of forests for logging a public nuisance or a public benefit? Lees meer
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Skeptoid #788: The UFO Rogues Gallery Takes Over America - Part 2
13 juli 2021 · 13 min
An unlikely group of paranormalists has persuaded the American public that the government takes UFOs seriously. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #787: The UFO Rogues Gallery Takes Over America - Part 1
6 juli 2021 · 13 min
An unlikely group of paranormalists has persuaded the American public that the government takes UFOs seriously. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #786: Horses in Pre-Columbian America
29 juni 2021 · 15 min
Horses went extinct in North America at the end of the last ice age, but oddly some are now saying they didn't. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #785: Desalination vs. A National Water Grid
22 juni 2021 · 15 min
A comparison of two popular ways to help cope with the new water reality of global warming. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #784: Head Transplants
15 juni 2021 · 14 min
The facts and fiction of what's possible and what's already been tried in switching human heads. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #783: The Legend of Barsa-Kelmes
8 juni 2021 · 14 min
The story behind the story of the many paranormal events associated with this former island in the Aral Sea. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #782: A Collection of Corrections
1 juni 2021 · 14 min
In which another round of corrections is made to previous episodes. Keeping it real! Lees meer
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Skeptoid #781: Space Junk: The Real Risk and What to Do About It
25 mei 2021 · 15 min
The problem of a runaway catastrophe in Low Earth Orbit looms ever larger and closer. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #780: CBD for Everything
18 mei 2021 · 15 min
Cannabidiol is sold as an additive to just about every kind of product you can imagine. Why? Lees meer
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Skeptoid #779: How the Pyramids Were (and Were Not) Built - Part 2
11 mei 2021 · 14 min
Some of what we know about the Great Pyramid that exclude it having been built by aliens or Atlanteans. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #778: How the Pyramids Were (and Were Not) Built - Part 1
4 mei 2021 · 15 min
Some of what we know about the Great Pyramid that exclude it having been built by aliens or Atlanteans. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #777: The 2019 USS Kidd Incident
27 april 2021 · 18 min
Popular reports claim that a group of US Navy destroyers were buzzed by advanced drones in 2019. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #776: The Engineered Moon Conspiracy
20 april 2021 · 14 min
Science refutes the claim made by some that the Moon is a hollow spaceship engineered by aliens. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #775: Listener Feedback: Monstrous Reversals
13 april 2021 · 15 min
Some updates and additional information to a few past episodes... better all the time. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #774: Bitcoin Fact and Fiction
6 april 2021 · 14 min
What's true and what's not about the world's most popular cryptocurrency. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #773: Top 10 Pro-Science Fictional Characters
30 maart 2021 · 15 min
A roundup of all the best pro-science characters from your favorite books, movies, and TV shows. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #772: The Monster of Port Chatham
23 maart 2021 · 14 min
This remote town in Alaska was said to have been abandoned because of violent Bigfoot attacks. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #771: Denizens of Lake Baikal
16 maart 2021 · 14 min
A host of strange monsters are said to lurk beneath the surface of the world's deepest lake. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #770: The Human Design System
9 maart 2021 · 15 min
A mishmash of eastern mysticism masquerades as psychometry. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #769: The Vampire of Croglin Grange
2 maart 2021 · 14 min
Which came first: the publication of this famous vampire story, or its associated family tradition? Lees meer
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Skeptoid #768: Inside the Mountain Meadows Massacre
23 februari 2021 · 15 min
Myths, conspiracies, and coverups cloak this 1857 massacre of American emigrants. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #767: The Year's Best of Skeptoid
16 februari 2021 · 17 min
My personal favorite Skeptoid episodes from each and every year of its production. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #766: Illuminating Our Lady of Zeitoun
9 februari 2021 · 16 min
This Marian apparition from Egypt has some science fiction explanations and a sound one. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #765: Tartaria and the Mud Flood
2 februari 2021 · 15 min
Some claim that all of world history is a coverup for the mighty ancient nation of Tartaria. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #764: Learning Styles, Re-examined
26 januari 2021 · 14 min
Most teachers believe that students have different learning styles and curricula can be tailored to it. Not so much. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #763: Elvis Sightings and You
19 januari 2021 · 15 min
People keep thinking Elvis is still alive -- and here's why that matters to you. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #762: On the Trail of the Yowie
12 januari 2021 · 15 min
Australia's version of Bigfoot may -- or may not -- have its origin in Aboriginal mythology. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #761: Havana Syndrome, Microwaves, and Hearing RF
5 januari 2021 · 16 min
The lone exception to the science fact that radio cannot hurt you. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #760: The 1994 Ruwa Zimbabwe Alien Encounter
29 december 2020 · 15 min
This popular tale claims 62 African schoolchildren were contacted by an extraterrestrial. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #759: Percy Schmeiser vs Monsanto
22 december 2020 · 15 min
The most famous case in the history of Monsanto vs. small farmers might not be what you think. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #758: Finding the USS Cyclops
15 december 2020 · 14 min
This most famous ship disappearance from the Bermuda Triangle probably had nothing to do with it. Lees meer
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You're Listening to Skeptoid...
11 december 2020 · 1 min
You ever wonder about the truth behind popular urban legends? Or how about the craziest conspiracy theories you hear about online, chemtrails, the Flat Earth, the Hollow Earth, is there anything to them at all? Famous mysteries like what happened to Amelia Earhart, what's up with the Bermuda Triangle, who was Jack the Ripper? What about famous ghost stories, like the Amityville Horror, or the Warrens? What was really going on with that? Or this stuff they show on television: Ancient Aliens, Hunting Hitler, the Curse of Oak Island? You know that junk isn't true but how do you find out what is? If you've always taken stories like these with a grain of salt, Skeptoid is the show for you. Each week, we take one famous urban legend that a lot of people believe, talk about how it got started, how and why people believe it, and what's the real science, the real history behind what's going on. It's like a short, 15-minute podcast version of Mythbusters, but exhaustively researched and referenced. If you're ready to be skeptical and ready to solve the deepest mysteries you always wondered about, listen to Skeptoid, a 501C3 educational nonprofit. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #757: The Montauk Project
8 december 2020 · 16 min
Some believe the government opened up time portals underneath Long Island, New York. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #756: The Death Ship SS Ourang Medan
1 december 2020 · 15 min
This ship was said to be discovered with all its crew dead under unexplainable circumstances. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #755: Examining Gulf War Illness
24 november 2020 · 15 min
Some researchers believe there is no such thing as Gulf War Illness, and the rest have more questions than answers. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #754: About That Life on Mars...
17 november 2020 · 15 min
Good scientists can get the wrong idea, but they don't need to make it worse by announcing bad science. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #753: The Japan Air Lines Alaska UFO
10 november 2020 · 16 min
This famous UFO case is said to be proven by military radar data. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #752: Listener Feedback Live: Outpost 2020
3 november 2020 · 21 min
Skeptoid answers some... interesting feedback LIVE at the Outpost 2020 con. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #751: Pop Quiz: Myths of the Middle Ages
27 oktober 2020 · 22 min
How well do you know the Middle Ages? Can you tell what's fact and what's fiction? Lees meer
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Skeptoid #750: How to Extract Adrenochrome from Children
20 oktober 2020 · 15 min
Conspiracy theorists believe that Hollywood elitists torture children and extract drugs from their bodies. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #749: Observing the Bystander Effect
13 oktober 2020 · 13 min
Some research has found that crowds are apathetic and don't render assistance; some has found the opposite. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #748: Who Sank the Maine?
6 oktober 2020 · 15 min
Many theories surround the mysterious sinking of the USS Maine that triggered the Spanish-American War. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #747: Hitler's Operation Long Jump
29 september 2020 · 15 min
Popular stories claim that the Nazis tried to assassinate Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin in Tehran in 1943. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #746: Error Correction: Tokyo Drift
22 september 2020 · 15 min
Skeptoid corrects another round of errors sent in by listeners just like you. Lees meer
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