Podcast Episodes

Happy 20th Birthday Skeptoid!

In honor of Skeptoid's 20th birthday, today we're playing episode #1 from October 2006. Enjoy!

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choic…

4 hours ago

View Episode

AI Psychosis: Is It a Moral Panic?

Episode 1060

Is the moral panic surrounding artificial intelligence justified?

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

4 days, 11 hours ago

View Episode

Do You Have Cortisol Belly?

Episode 1059

Wellness influencers promise to sell you supplements to reduce your cortisol, and thus reduce your weight — even though it doesn't work that way.

Lea…

1 week, 4 days ago

View Episode

Tracking the Honey Island Swamp Monster

Episode 1058

Does a huge, hairy, ape-like creature roam the swamps of Louisiana?

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

2 weeks, 4 days ago

View Episode

Tales From Aztlantis and "How Conspiracy Theories Undermine Ethnic Studies!"

Skeptoid Adventures "Mysteries of the Maya" guest expert Kurly Tlapoyawa was invited to speak at the inaugural SkeptiCamp New Mexico, and today we're…

3 weeks ago

View Episode

The 1973 Mansfield UFO Encounter

Episode 1057

Four men in an Air National Guard helicopter had a terrifying UFO encounter in the skies above Ohio.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad…

3 weeks, 4 days ago

View Episode

The Mystery of the Nazca Lines

Episode 1056

The true origin and purpose of Peru's famous Nazca Lines.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

1 month ago

View Episode

Caught in the Feedback Loop

Episode 1055

We dive into the Skeptoid mailbag to find your best listener feedback.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

1 month, 1 week ago

View Episode

Let Yourself Get Scammed

Episode 1054

It turns out that having zero fraud in society is not necessarily a goal that would serve the general good. Why not?

Learn about your ad choices: dov…

1 month, 2 weeks ago

View Episode

Recovered Memory Therapy

Episode 1053

Some say you might have repressed memories that you know nothing about — but that might be discovered and recovered therapeutically. Is this a real t…

1 month, 3 weeks ago

View Episode