Brian Dunning

Skeptoid

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

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Science

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Último episódio

27 de out de 2026

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Episódios

Skeptoid #174: More Medical Myths 06.10.2009

More myths about the human body that you've always heard, and probably believe. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Skeptoid #173: All About Astrology 29.09.2009

Astrology neither has plausibility nor any test data showing that its predictions are better than random chance. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Skeptoid #172: Daylight Saving Time Myths 22.09.2009

All the reasons you've ever heard for Daylight Saving Time are nonsense. Here is the real one. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Skeptoid #171: The Battle of Los Angeles 15.09.2009

At the beginning of WWII, the American defense forces in Los Angeles fought a battle against a UFO. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Skeptoid #170: It's Raining Frogs and Fish 08.09.2009

Waterspouts have nothing to do with popular stories of frogs and fish falling from the sky. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Skeptoid #169: Bride of Listener Feedback 01.09.2009

More replies to some of Skeptoid's more colorful listener feedback. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Skeptoid #168: Decrypting the Mormon Book of Abraham 25.08.2009

Mormon Prophet Joseph Smith allegedly translated the adventures of Abraham in Egypt. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Skeptoid #167: Should Science Debate Pseudoscience? 18.08.2009

When scientists publicly debate promoters of pseudoscience, they often do more harm than good. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Skeptoid #166: Organic vs. Conventional Agriculture 11.08.2009

Organic agriculture provides no benefits whatsoever over science-based farming. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Skeptoid #165: Real or Fictional: Food and Fashion 04.08.2009

See if you can tell whether these food and fashion products are named after real people or fictitious people. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Skeptoid #164: What's Up with the Rosicrucians? 28.07.2009

Believed by many to be an ancient mystical order, but really just a mail-order New Age literature business. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Skeptoid #163: How to Make Skepticism Commercial 21.07.2009

Critical thinking offers the opposite of what seems to be popular, yet we can still make it commercial. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Skeptoid #162: Locally Grown Produce 14.07.2009

The idea of locally grown produce as nowhere near as green as its proponents seem to think it is. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Skeptoid #161: Listener Feedback Episode VIII: No New Hope 07.07.2009

Some more jabs and punches between Skeptoid and its most vocal listeners. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Skeptoid #160: Sarah Palin Is Not Stupid 30.06.2009

Good arguments often go unused because poor arguments like ad hominems are so much easier. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Skeptoid #159: The Mothman Cometh 23.06.2009

A skeptical look at the Mothman, an alleged prophet of disaster. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Skeptoid #158: Student Questions: Swine Flu and Depleted Uranium 16.06.2009

Skeptoid answers questions sent in by students all around the world. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Skeptoid #157: High Fructose Corn Syrup: Toxic or Tame? 09.06.2009

A skeptical look at whether high fructose corn syrup is really any worse for you than sugar. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Skeptoid #156: Falling into Mel's Hole 02.06.2009

Mel's Hole is said to be a mysterious bottomless pit in eastern Washington state. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Skeptoid #155: NLP: Neuro-linguistic Programming 26.05.2009

Some regard Neuro-linguistic Programming as a psychotherapy breakthrough, some as a New Age self-help trend. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Skeptoid #154: Was Chuck Yeager the First to Break the Sound Barrier? 19.05.2009

Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier in 1947, but others almost certainly did so before him. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Skeptoid #153: Revenge of the Listener Feedback 12.05.2009

Another peek into the mailbag to see who loves us, and who hates us. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Skeptoid #152: Attack of the Globsters! 05.05.2009

Mysterious blobs of flesh washed up on the world's beaches have been called everything from sea monsters to Cthulhu. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Skeptoid #151: The Placebo Effect 28.04.2009

A look at the placebo effect: What it can do, what it can't do, and what you need to know about it. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Skeptoid #150: Screwed! 21.04.2009

A secret recording of an actual meeting of the Illuminati. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

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