Brian Dunning

Skeptoid

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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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Skeptoid #256: Student Questions: Supermoons and an Apple a Day 03.05.2011 12:18

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

Skeptoid #255: Superhuman Strength during a Crisis 26.04.2011 12:30

Popular stories tell of mothers lifting cars off their children. The science behind it is less than compelling. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Skeptoid #254: Finding the POW/MIAs 19.04.2011 13:14

American POW/MIAs are probably not still being held captive inside Vietnam. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Skeptoid #253: The Port Arthur Massacre 12.04.2011 13:03

The 1996 mass murder in Tasmania was not secretly a plot by the government to get firearms banned. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Skeptoid #252: The Voynich Manuscript 05.04.2011 13:58

The true history and meaning of history's most famous undeciphered book. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Skeptoid #251: Listener Feedback: Nobody Ever Posts Twice 29.03.2011 15:39

Skeptoid answers more listener feedback. Recorded live at the 250th Episode party. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Skeptoid #250: The History of Knowledge 22.03.2011 12:08

A trip through the centuries to see how human knowledge is reflected through music. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Skeptoid #249: Student Questions: Airport X-Rays, Shampoo, and the Moon 15.03.2011 12:56

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

Skeptoid #248: The Exorcism of Anneliese 08.03.2011 13:32

Exorcisms are a brutal torture ritual with no hope of actually helping a person who believes themselves possessed. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Skeptoid #247: The Miracle of Calanda 01.03.2011 12:25

This famous story of God once healing an amputee falls apart under historical scrutiny. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Skeptoid #246: Corrections, Errata, Blunders, and Boo-Boos 22.02.2011 12:39

Skeptoid revisits another batch of episodes with errors, and rights the wrongs. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Skeptoid #245: Finding the Lost Colony of Roanoke 15.02.2011 12:58

Historians actually have a pretty complete picture of what happened to the "missing" Roanoke colonists. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Skeptoid #244: Nuclear War and Nuclear Winter 08.02.2011 11:54

Atmospheric smoke from a nuclear war would not result in devastating global cooling. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Skeptoid #243: Student Questions: Orbo, EVPs, and Shakespeare 01.02.2011 12:48

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

Skeptoid #242: Scientology 25.01.2011 13:54

The real facts behind the most notorious religion on Earth and its space opera backstory. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Skeptoid #241: The Alien Buried in Texas 18.01.2011 12:29

Some believe a space alien is buried in a rural cemetery in Aurora, Texas. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Skeptoid #240: Mystery Spots 11.01.2011 12:22

Various "gravitational anomalies" around the world have fascinating real science behind them. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Skeptoid #239: Gluten Free Diets 04.01.2011 12:18

Gluten free diets provide no benefits at all for healthy people. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Skeptoid #238: More Hollywood Myths 28.12.2010 12:09

Was John Wayne's cancer death caused by filming downwind of the Nevada Test Site? ...and other Hollywood rumors. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Skeptoid #237: Hollywood Myths 21.12.2010 12:01

Skeptoid looks into some of the classic Hollywood legends that you've always believed are true. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Skeptoid #236: Whales and Sonar 14.12.2010 13:45

Navy sonar is claimed to be lethal to whales, but the latest research tells a very different story. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Skeptoid #235: IQ Testing 07.12.2010 14:12

IQ tests are fundamentally flawed, hopelessly inconsistent, and almost completely useless. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Skeptoid #234: The South Atlantic Anomaly 30.11.2010 12:12

This mysterious region in the south Atlantic was not responsible for the crash of Air France flight 447. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Skeptoid #233: Student Questions: Bird Gender and Bad Karma 23.11.2010 10:35

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

Skeptoid #232: Listener Feedback Rides Again 16.11.2010 11:54

A peek inside the Skeptoid inbox, ranging from the sane to the insane. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices