Podcast Episodes

The Science of Voting

Episode 281

Most election methods are fundamentally broken, but can be fixed with any of a number of tweaks.

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14 years, 7 months ago

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Finding Shakespeare

Episode 280

The claim that someone else wrote Shakespeare's works is popular, but virtually indefensible.

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14 years, 7 months ago

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Noah's Ark: Sea Trials

Episode 279

Why it's impossible for a wooden vessel the size of Noah's Ark to be seaworthy.

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14 years, 7 months ago

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Brainwashing and Deprogramming

Episode 278

Both brainwashing and its opposite, deprogramming, are equally mythological.

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14 years, 7 months ago

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Student Questions: A Few Good Myths

Episode 277

Skeptoid answers another round of questions sent in by students all around the world.

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14 years, 8 months ago

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The Monster of Glamis

Episode 276

The story of a living beast in Scotland's Glamis Castle may have a nugget of truth.

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14 years, 8 months ago

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All About Fracking

Episode 275

There are lots of reasons to move away from fossil fuels, but the supposed hazards of fracking just aren't among them.

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14 years, 8 months ago

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Listener Feedback Revolutions

Episode 274

Another batch of listener emails answered and dissected. And served.

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14 years, 8 months ago

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Wi-Fi, Smart Meters, and Other Radio Bogeymen

Episode 273

Demonizing radio transmitters as carcinogenic is popular, but is not supported by any reasonable science.

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14 years, 9 months ago

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Are We Alone?

Episode 272

We are not alone in the galaxy. Here's why that doesn't mean we've been visited by anyone.

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14 years, 9 months ago

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