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The Fate of Fletcher Christian
Episode 284
No good evidence supports the claims that the leader of the Bounty mutineers made it safely back to England.
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Top 10 Worst Anti-Science Websites
Episode 283
My list of the worst offenders on the web in the promotion of scientific and factual misinformation.
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The Jersey Devil
Episode 282
Said to have been haunting New Jersey for nearly 300 years, this alleged creature has its actual origins in politics.
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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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Finding Shakespeare
Episode 280
The claim that someone else wrote Shakespeare's works is popular, but virtually indefensible.
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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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Brainwashing and Deprogramming
Episode 278
Both brainwashing and its opposite, deprogramming, are equally mythological.
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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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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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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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