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Skeptoid #695: Fighting Global Warming with Economics
1 oktober 2019 · 14 min
There's always been an easy solution to global warming on the table, and it won't hurt the economy. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #694: Playing Error Guitar
24 september 2019 · 15 min
Skeptoid corrects another round of errors in previous episodes caught by you amazing listeners. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #693: The Age of the Sphinx
17 september 2019 · 15 min
Popular TV shows try to persuade us that Egypt's Great Sphinx is far older than archaeology tells us. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #692: Thirteen: The Private History of a Curse
10 september 2019 · 14 min
The number 13 may have more relevance in your life than you suspect. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #691: FLICC: 5 Techniques of Science Denial
3 september 2019 · 16 min
One popular rubric for identifying the common techniques used by science deniers. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #690: Video Games and Violence
27 augustus 2019 · 14 min
Data does not support the popular belief that video games promote violent behavior. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #689: The Bili Ape of the Congo
20 augustus 2019 · 14 min
The facts behind the legend of a mysterious giant ape, said by some to be a chimp-gorilla hybrid. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #688: Your Phavorite Phollowups
13 augustus 2019 · 14 min
Updates and newer information to some of the conclusions in your favorite Skeptoid episodes. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #687: No, Electric Cars Don't Pollute More
6 augustus 2019 · 14 min
Popularly shared articles claim electric cars produce more greenhouses gases than internal combustion cars. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #686: Your Weirdest Thing, Vol. 2
30 juli 2019 · 14 min
I give my thoughts trying to solve some of your weirdest experiences. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #685: Your Weirdest Thing, Vol. 1
23 juli 2019 · 14 min
I take a shot at critical analysis of your weirdest experiences. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #684: Starlite, the Magical Mystery Material
16 juli 2019 · 16 min
The real reasons for the disappearance of this amateur material said to be able to withstand even a nuclear blast. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #683: Prehistoric Supersonic Monster Tides
9 juli 2019 · 16 min
A geophysical look at the idea that Earth's early history had enormous destructive tides. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #682: Mexico's Zone of Silence
2 juli 2019 · 15 min
Legend has it that radios and compasses will not work in this remote Mexican desert. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #681: Alien Visitation and Kecksburg
25 juni 2019 · 15 min
We can often get a good sense of a UFO story's accuracy even without researching all the details. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #680: The True Fate of the Amber Room
18 juni 2019 · 15 min
State-sponsored disinformation continues to drive treasure hunters who seek the legendary Amber Room. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #679: The Greenbrier Ghost
11 juni 2019 · 14 min
A skeptical look at the time a ghost's testimony resulted in a murder conviction. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #678: What the Feedback
4 juni 2019 · 15 min
More updates and additional information for some recent Skeptoid episodes. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #677: 5G: Upgrade or Uncertainty?
28 mei 2019 · 15 min
An examination of the claims that 5G cell phone data service is potentially harmful to life. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #676: Glyphosate and Behavioral Economics
21 mei 2019 · 14 min
How misinformation spread over one of the safest herbicides becoming known as one of the most harmful. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #675: Valiant Thor: Your Friendly Pentagon Alien
14 mei 2019 · 15 min
Some believe this benevolent alien from Venus lived and advised at the Pentagon for three years. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #674: Student Questions: Drinking Urine and Studying to Music
7 mei 2019 · 13 min
Skeptoid answers another round of questions sent in by students all around the world. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #673: Yamashita's Gold
30 april 2019 · 15 min
The facts behind the urban legend that billions in Japanese gold lie buried in the Philippines. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #672: Refeeding Syndrome and Sudden Death
23 april 2019 · 14 min
Can starving people actually die immediately upon being given their first bite of food? Lees meer
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Skeptoid #671: China, Imported Recyclables, and Ocean Plastic
16 april 2019 · 15 min
Addressing the facts and the fictions around China's ending its overseas purchases of recyclable plastic. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #670: Wrong Does Not Cease to be Wrong
9 april 2019 · 14 min
The 15th episode devoted to corrections in previous shows. If it ain't right, we fix it. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #669: Pop Quiz: History and Pseudohistory
2 april 2019 · 17 min
Test your knowledge on these subjects, all covered by Skeptoid, on false history claims. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #668: A Science Based Ghost Hunting Toolkit
26 maart 2019 · 14 min
How a TV ghost hunting show might look if they did what they claim, and used science. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #667: All About Atlantis
19 maart 2019 · 15 min
For centuries, alternative history fans have been denying Plato's intent and trying to frame Atlantis as a real island. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #666: The Historicity of Jesus Christ
12 maart 2019 · 15 min
A review of the evidence for and against the life of Jesus of Nazareth as a real living man. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #665: Ocean Plastics: Facts and Falsehoods
5 maart 2019 · 15 min
The nature of the problem of ocean plastics, and the best solution, may both come as surprises. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #664: The Keto Diet
26 februari 2019 · 15 min
It's the latest fad diet, and people are trying it for just about any benefit you can think of. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #663: Pop Quiz: Urban Legends
19 februari 2019 · 17 min
Test your knowledge of popular urban legends, and the science underlying them. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #662: Vaccine Denial: Failure Mode Analysis
12 februari 2019 · 16 min
The surprising history of how medical science's greatest success has become vilified by so many people. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #661: Rapping with the Fox Sisters
5 februari 2019 · 14 min
Myth and mystery surrounds the sisters said to have founded the modern spiritualism industry. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #660: Feedback and Followups
29 januari 2019 · 14 min
A handful of updates to past Skeptoid episodes... eyebrow raising to say the least. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #659: Killing Castro
22 januari 2019 · 15 min
It's proven the CIA tried to assassinate Castro, but the number of claimed attempts differs wildly. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #658: Ong's Hat
15 januari 2019 · 15 min
An urban legend tells of a group of scientists who successfully escaped into another dimension. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #657: Illuminating the Illuminati
8 januari 2019 · 16 min
The surprisingly humble beginnings and even more surprising modern rebirth of the Illuminati. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #656: And Bigfoot Said...
1 januari 2019 · 12 min
We compare vocalizations attributed to Bigfoot with the sounds of real animals known to be in the area. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #655: Stonehenge and the Scope of Uncertainty
25 december 2018 · 15 min
There are things we don't know about Stonehenge, but does that mean we know nothing at all? Lees meer
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Skeptoid #654: Pop Quiz: Consumer Ripoffs
18 december 2018 · 17 min
How well do you know your Skeptoid? Today's pop quiz focuses on consumer ripoffs. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #653: The Great Kentucky Meat Shower
11 december 2018 · 14 min
A rain of meat is said to have fallen in rural Kentucky one day in 1876. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #652: The Cash-Landrum UFO Incident
4 december 2018 · 16 min
The UFO story seems to defy debunking because of the physical injuries suffered by witnesses. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #651: The Electric Universe Theory
27 november 2018 · 15 min
Some believe that everything we know about the universe is wrong — and it's all electric. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #650: I Believe
20 november 2018 · 6 min
Your beliefs are fallible and can fool you. Be willing to change your mind based on new information. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #649: George Soros Conspiracy Theories
13 november 2018 · 15 min
George Soros remains the focus of many anti-Semitic conspiracy theories. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #648: Pop Quiz: Aliens and UFOs
6 november 2018 · 17 min
How well do you know your Skeptoid? Today's pop quiz focuses on aliens and UFOs. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #647: All About Mindfulness
30 oktober 2018 · 14 min
An examination of this super-trendy meditation technique to see whether it lives up to the hype. Lees meer
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Skeptoid #646: Animal Earthquake Prediction
23 oktober 2018 · 14 min
Many people believe animals have the ability to predict earthquakes. The facts tell a different story. Lees meer
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