Brian Dunning

Skeptoid

Science EN ↓ 1097 episodes

The true science behind our most popular urban legends. Historical mysteries, paranormal claims, popular science myths, aliens and UFO reports, conspiracy theories, and worthless alternative medicine schemes... Skeptoid has you covered. From the sublime to the startling, no topic is sacred. Weekly since 2006.

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Brian Dunning

Episodes

Skeptoid #493: How Real Is the Stockholm Syndrome? 17.11.2015 13:30

While the Stockholm syndrome sounds like a mere media buzzword, it does actually sometimes happen. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Skeptoid #492: Pouring Cold Water on Cryotherapy 10.11.2015 12:59

Questioning whether this new spa treatment provides all the medical benefits it claims. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Skeptoid #491: 420: The Cannabis Code 03.11.2015 12:46

Myths and competing claims fog the origin of the term 420, a slang code for marijuana. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Skeptoid #490: Deconstructing the Tasaday Tribe 27.10.2015 14:00

Some say this tribe of "gentle savages", discovered in 1971, was just a hoax. The truth isn't quite so simple. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Skeptoid #489: The Science of X-Ray Specs and Sea Monkeys 20.10.2015 12:57

These products advertised in the back of comic books promised improbable feats of science. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Skeptoid #488: Who Was Charles Fort? 13.10.2015 12:51

This enigmatic author of the strange continues to confound. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Skeptoid #487: About That 1970s Global Cooling... 06.10.2015 13:03

No, climatologists in the 1970s did not believe we're headed into another ice age. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Skeptoid #486: The Flying Saucer Menace 29.09.2015 13:11

The true, interwoven history of flying saucers in American folklore. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Skeptoid #485: Holocaust Denial 22.09.2015 13:40

Why some people think the Holocaust never happened, and what to do about it. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Skeptoid #484: More Unsung Women of Science 15.09.2015 13:41

Some women you haven't heard of who made significant contributions to science. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Skeptoid #483: Unsung Women of Science 08.09.2015 14:00

These important scientists are virtually unknown. Let's see if we can fix that. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Skeptoid #482: Franklin's Cannibals 01.09.2015 13:01

The fate of Sir John Franklin's Lost Expedition gives a valuable lesson in types of evidence. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Skeptoid #481: Captain Kidd's Treasure 25.08.2015 12:51

Think you're going to find Captain Kidd's buried treasure on the US east coast? Think again. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Skeptoid #480: The Nazi of Nanking 18.08.2015 14:37

This most unlikely of guardian angels saved hundreds of thousands of Chinese lives. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Skeptoid #479: Chemicals 11.08.2015 15:11

Chemicals are deadly, delicious, essential and basically, everything. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Skeptoid #478: Listener Feedback: Natural History 04.08.2015 12:14

Today we're going to answer questions sent in by listeners pertaining to episodes having to do with our natural world. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Skeptoid #477: Wag the Dogman 28.07.2015 13:45

They say that a half-canine cryptid stalks the woods of Northern Michigan. Are they right? Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Skeptoid #476: The Chess-Playing Mechanical Turk 21.07.2015 12:02

An overview of the amazing chess playing robot of the 1700s. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Skeptoid #475: Listener Feedback: History vs. Pseudohistory 14.07.2015 12:27

Brian responds to listener feedback about past history episodes. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Skeptoid #474: Solfeggio Frequencies 07.07.2015 13:54

Certain specific sonic frequencies are not the key to love, intuition, or spiritual order. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Skeptoid #473: The Loveland Frog 30.06.2015 14:37

A series of sightings of a frog-like humanoid in the suburb of Loveland, Ohio prompts an enduring folkloric legend. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Skeptoid #472: Lysenko and Lesser Science Grifters 23.06.2015 15:38

Trofim Lysenko mixed pseudoscience and ideology to set back Soviet biology. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Skeptoid #471: Male Circumcision 16.06.2015 16:31

Infant male circumcision remains common in the United States. Today we look at the reasons and the implications. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Skeptoid #470: Marijuana 09.06.2015 15:07

In the last 50 years, marijuana has gone from menace to medicine. Which is it? Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Skeptoid #469: Jade Helm 15 02.06.2015 14:49

Conspiracy theory that a military training exercise is going to lead to martial law. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices