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Skeptoid

The true science behind our most popular urban legends. Historical mysteries, paranormal claims, pop

Episodes

Total: 1018

A skeptical examination of pop-culture medical beliefs, like dramatically stabbing someone in the he

A description of Sumatra's own little miniature Bigfoot legend.

Neither religion nor atheism been responsible for a greater death toll throughout human history.

Despite promotional claims, neither auras nor aura photography are things.

The second part of our exploration of logical fallacies.

An examination of many of the most common logical fallacies.

Some claim to be hypersensitive to electromagnetism. Science has already solved what's really going

Proponents of colostrum supplements believe that it has a whole range of benefits.

An examination of the popular trend in women's health, bioidentical hormone therapy.

Conservative pundit Ann Coulter should stick to politics; her science is too screwed up for words.

Another round of listener feedback from the past several months.

An examination of phrenology, physiognomy, palmistry, and iridology.

Virtually nothing that pop culture tells us about Nostradamus is true.

Learn the basic arguments against science made by Young Earthers, and how to rebut them.

A look at the theories surrounding Spring Heeled Jack, the scourge of England in the early 1800s.

Wilson Key's magnum opus textbook about subliminal advertising was almost pure fiction.

Crop circles are commonly known to be man made, yet some still insist they must be of alien origin.

Food that has been sterilized with irradiation is not radioactive and will not hurt you.

A popular fad holds that plastic water bottles leach toxic chemicals into your water. Don't believe

The Raelians are naked and they worship space aliens.