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How We Verify Our Sources

Episode 975

A few of your favorite experts weigh in on how you can make sure your information comes from the very best sources.

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1 year, 3 months ago

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Salt Typhoon: The Chinese Phone Hack

Episode 974

What really happened — and what didn't — in the 2024 telecom cyberattack.

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1 year, 3 months ago

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Skeptoid Adventures: Bermuda Triangle 2025

Join us for our 2nd Annual Skeptoid Adventure, this time to the Bermuda Triangle! Early bird pricing ends this Friday, don't miss the boat!

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1 year, 4 months ago

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Cows and Global Warming

Episode 973

Just as important as the question of how much the livestock industry contributes to global warming is whether your giving up meat will have any real …

1 year, 4 months ago

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Agent Orange on Trial

Episode 972

The newer the data, and the longer we've had to study the epidemiology, the less harm we find that Agent Orange caused.

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1 year, 4 months ago

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Cloud Seeding

Episode 971

Cloud seeding would seem like an easy and obvious way to create rain where none existed before. Is it really that simple?

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1 year, 4 months ago

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Economic Nationalism: Bounty or Bust?

Episode 970

Economic nationalism, while attractive to many populists, is not the path to economic success some believe it to be.

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1 year, 4 months ago

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Listener Feedback: Bats and Pyramids

Episode 969

Skeptoid answers another round of feedback emails sent in by listeners.

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1 year, 4 months ago

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Waldorf Schools

Episode 968

These schools combine an atypical education with a New Age spirituality called anthroposophy.

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1 year, 5 months ago

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Cryonics: A Chilling Prospect

Episode 967

Cryonics promises an opportunity for you to be frozen and revived at some distant point in the future — though with plenty of controversy.

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1 year, 5 months ago

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