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Finding Slumach's Gold
Episode 952
Is this just another in a long line of legendary lost mines that never produced a speck of gold, or is there more to it this time?
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Dying of Excited Delirium
Episode 951
Turns out that the cause of death known as excited delirium is not an actual cause of death at all.
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A Modern Skeptic Podcast Host
Episode 950
If I were to summarize how and why I do what I do, I might put it this way.
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Hunting the Graveyard of the Elephants
Episode 949
Does a mythical place where the elephants go to die actually exist?
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Medical Error Is Not the Third Leading Cause of Death
Episode 948
The claim that medical error is the third leading cause of death in the US has never been close to true.
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How Your Driving Is Being Tracked
Episode 947
Is your phone really tracking your driving habits and selling the data? Maybe more so than you know.
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Strange but True Stories from Space
Episode 946
The weirdest, creepiest, funniest, and just plain strange stories from the era of crewed space flight.
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A Sea of Younger Dryas Woo
Episode 945
Pseudoarchaeologists often will cite the Younger Dryas climatic event as proof of their ancient advanced civilization.
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Bullibility and the Cult of Wellness
Episode 944
Not only is the entire wellness industry BS, it exists because of people who are especially gullible.
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The Aliens Are Not Coming
Episode 943
Fear not; the aliens are not coming to Earth.
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