Podcast Episodes

Pop Quiz: Urban Legends

Episode 663

Test your knowledge of popular urban legends, and the science underlying them.

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7 years, 1 month ago

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Vaccine Denial: Failure Mode Analysis

Episode 662

The surprising history of how medical science's greatest success has become vilified by so many people.

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7 years, 1 month ago

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Rapping with the Fox Sisters

Episode 661

Myth and mystery surrounds the sisters said to have founded the modern spiritualism industry.

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7 years, 1 month ago

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Feedback and Followups

Episode 660

A handful of updates to past Skeptoid episodes... eyebrow raising to say the least.

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7 years, 1 month ago

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Killing Castro

Episode 659

It's proven the CIA tried to assassinate Castro, but the number of claimed attempts differs wildly.

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7 years, 2 months ago

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Ong's Hat

Episode 658

An urban legend tells of a group of scientists who successfully escaped into another dimension.

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7 years, 2 months ago

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Illuminating the Illuminati

Episode 657

The surprisingly humble beginnings and even more surprising modern rebirth of the Illuminati.

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7 years, 2 months ago

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And Bigfoot Said...

Episode 656

We compare vocalizations attributed to Bigfoot with the sounds of real animals known to be in the area.

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7 years, 2 months ago

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Stonehenge and the Scope of Uncertainty

Episode 655

There are things we don't know about Stonehenge, but does that mean we know nothing at all?

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7 years, 2 months ago

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Pop Quiz: Consumer Ripoffs

Episode 654

How well do you know your Skeptoid? Today's pop quiz focuses on consumer ripoffs.

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7 years, 3 months ago

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