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Why You Need to Care About Concrete
Episode 813
Concrete will remain one of our most important materials for decades — but there's a big problem with it.
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20 Years of Data from Portugal: Drug Decriminalization
Episode 812
20 years ago, Portugal decriminalized all drugs in an effort to reduce addiction, incarceration, and negative health impacts. How has it worked?
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Skeptoid Is Hiring
Skeptoid is hiring an operations manager. Check out the full posting at skeptoid.org/jobs
4 years, 9 months ago
Radon Therapy
Episode 811
Trying to treat pain or cancer by exposing yourself to a radioactive carcinogen provides only risk without the benefit.
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Frida Sofia, the Victim Who Wasn't
Episode 810
After the 2017 earthquake in Mexico City, rescuers dug through the rubble for a little girl named Frida Sofia — who never existed.
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The Avro Arrow Conspiracies
Episode 809
Conspiracy theories surround the cancellation of this advanced Canadian aircraft from the 1950s.
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Followups and Extras
Episode 808
Some new facts and extra information on six previous episodes.
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Huna: New Age on an Island
Episode 807
Huna blends generic New Age spiritualism with a concocted version of Hawaiian tradition.
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Eclipsed podcast preview
Sometimes the most interesting stories from history aren’t the ones we expect, it’s the stories that got lost. Eclipsed is a new weekly narrative his…
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Environmental Microplastics
Episode 806
This manmade debris permeates our bodies and our planet, but what's the harm?
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