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More Hollywood Myths

Episode 238

Was John Wayne's cancer death caused by filming downwind of the Nevada Test Site? ...and other Hollywood rumors.

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15 years, 2 months ago

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Hollywood Myths

Episode 237

Skeptoid looks into some of the classic Hollywood legends that you've always believed are true.

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15 years, 2 months ago

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Whales and Sonar

Episode 236

Navy sonar is claimed to be lethal to whales, but the latest research tells a very different story.

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15 years, 3 months ago

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IQ Testing

Episode 235

IQ tests are fundamentally flawed, hopelessly inconsistent, and almost completely useless.

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15 years, 3 months ago

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The South Atlantic Anomaly

Episode 234

This mysterious region in the south Atlantic was not responsible for the crash of Air France flight 447.

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15 years, 3 months ago

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Student Questions: Bird Gender and Bad Karma

Episode 233

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

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15 years, 3 months ago

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Listener Feedback Rides Again

Episode 232

A peek inside the Skeptoid inbox, ranging from the sane to the insane.

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15 years, 4 months ago

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The Mystery of STENDEC

Episode 231

We still don't know the significance of this mysterious final transmission of an airliner just before its crash.

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15 years, 4 months ago

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DDT: Secret Life of a Pesticide

Episode 230

DDT can be both a killer of birds and a savior against malaria. Rarely is a question as black and white as we'd like.

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15 years, 4 months ago

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Speed Reading

Episode 229

Speed reading classes claim to be able to turbocharge your words per minute. Save your money; it doesn't work.

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15 years, 4 months ago

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