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Mengele's Boys from Brazil
Episode 204
A town in Brazil has an unusually high twin rate, but not because Josef Mengele survived and did experiments there.
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Therapeutic Touch
Episode 203
Therapeutic touch is a pseudoscientific healing method that is neither therapeutic nor involves touch.
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The Non-Mystery of Puma Punku
Episode 202
Though some claim the stone structures at Puma Punku were alien, archaeologists find no real mysteries there.
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The Virgin of Guadalupe
Episode 201
Mexico's Virgin of Guadalupe played an important role in the Catholic colonization of the Americas.
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Buy It!
Episode 200
Don't blindly turn to science when you need answers - instead, seek out those who want to sell you something.
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Cargo Cults
Episode 199
Some native religious groups in the South Pacific hope to recreate WWII's influx of material goods.
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The Georgia Guidestones
Episode 198
Dubbed "America's Stonehenge", this granite monument in Georgia appeals to all sorts of conspiracy theorists.
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Listener Feedback Strikes Back
Episode 197
Another perilous dive into the listener feedback files.
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Zeitgeist: The Movie, Myths, and Motivations
Episode 196
The Internet movie Zeitgeist uses dishonesty to make an ideological point that could have easily been made ethically.
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Student Questions: Mosquito Repellent and Einstein's Gestation
Episode 195
Skeptoid answers more questions sent in by students all around the world.
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