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Back to SearchEpisode #388
Alice looks at the latest TikTok trend of 'sungazing', and Mike digs into a new study which says honest placebos help alleviate stress, anxiety and d…
1 year, 11 months ago
Episode #387
Alice looks at the Scandinavian tobacco product Snus, and it's bizarre prevalence amongst English footballers, while Marsh examines the relationships…
1 year, 11 months ago
Episode #386
Marsh discusses the recent riots in cities around the UK, and Mike looks at a recent paper which claims to explain how the placebo effect influences …
2 years ago
Episode #385
Alice looks at the background of Hongchi Xiao, the TCM practitioner recently convicted of manslaughter for his promotion of paida lajin, or 'slapping…
2 years ago
Episode #384
Marsh talks about the winners and losers for skepticism from the UK general election, and Alice looks at the popular Zoe app and the evidence for rea…
2 years, 1 month ago
Episode #383
Alice asks if ultra-processed food is as dangerous as its made out to be, and Mike explains how the Internet was almost stolen. Meanwhile, Alice has …
2 years, 1 month ago
Episode #382
Marsh looks at strange polling data coming from the United States, and the research which calls it into question, while Mike looks at the unexpected …
2 years, 2 months ago
Episode #381
Marsh looks at the plethora of PR-based articles appearing in national and local newspaper websites, and Mike tackles claims that artificial sweetene…
2 years, 2 months ago
Episode #380
Alice looks at the promotion of platelet-rich plasma for ‘ovarian rejuvenation‘, and Marsh digs into media reports that Jeremy Clarkson has been vote…
2 years, 2 months ago
Episode #379
Alice looks at the alternative medicine diagnosis of ‘adrenal fatigue’, and Mike talks about the Baltimore bridge disaster and asks when conspiracy t…
2 years, 3 months ago