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Newest Episode: Tue February 07, 2012. 12:00 AM
Skeptoid is a weekly science podcast dedicated to furthering knowledge by blasting away the widespread pseudosciences that infect popular culture, and replacing them with way cooler reality. Each weekly episode focuses on a single phenomenon — an urban legend, a paranormal claim, alternative therapy, or something just plain stupid — that you've heard of, and that you probably believe in. Skeptoid attempts to expose the folly of belief in non-evidence based phenomena, and more importantly, explains the factual scientific reality. From the sublime to the startling, no topic is sacred, politically incorrect though that may be.
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Tue February 07, 2012. 12:00 AM
Two women, college teachers from Oxford visited Versailles in 1901. While there, they suddenly time-traveled back to 1789 and saw Marie Antoinette. Is their story true?
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Tue January 31, 2012. 12:00 AM
Popular modern reports claim Amelia Earhart made it to an island and survived for a time, and though these stories are often widely reported, they are not at all consistent with the known facts.
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Thu January 26, 2012. 12:00 AM
The Skeptoid 300th Episode Party will be on March 3, 2012 at the University of California, Irvine. Featuring comedy from Joshie Berger and Troy Conrad, mentalism from Mark Edward, and of course the World Premiere of Skeptoid episode #300. Tickets at http://skeptoid.com.
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Tue January 24, 2012. 12:00 AM
There are a number of common flaws in logical thinking that pop up fairly regularly. Today Skeptoid answers some emails that illustrate a few of the most popular.
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Tue January 17, 2012. 12:00 AM
We love to attach mysticism and occultism to the Nazis. Their military might and cruelty almost demand some such explanation. But how much of this gilding is actually true?
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Tue January 10, 2012. 12:00 AM
A thin, dark phantom three times the height of a man is said to stalk this peak in the Cairngorms. What do we actually know about it, and what part of it might be real?
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Tue January 03, 2012. 12:00 AM
In 1994, a woman was brought into an emergency room in Riverside, California. When staff drew blood, fumes knocked out most of the staff and hospitalized some. What happened?
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Tue December 27, 2011. 12:00 AM
Examining a new topic to learn whether it's fact or fiction is not a trivial matter. In this episode I detail my own process, and some of the pitfalls.
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Tue December 20, 2011. 12:00 AM
The Mary Celeste was famous discovering drifting at sea with nobody on board. Many have offered explanations for what happened, but nobody knows for sure. Here's what we do know.
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Tue December 13, 2011. 12:00 AM
Pit bulls have a reputation for being the most dangerous dog breed, so much so that they are actually banned in many places. Is this reputation deserved?
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Tue December 06, 2011. 12:00 AM
Many Koreans believe that sleeping with an electric fan running can actually kill you, but many western scientists scoff at the notion. Is there a more subtle truth in between?
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Tue November 29, 2011. 12:00 AM
The straw man is one of the most common of the logical fallacies. Today Skeptoid responds to a number of feedback emails that were particular dependent on this ruse.
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Tue November 22, 2011. 12:00 AM
As always, Skeptoid gladly corrects any errors found in past episodes. Here is another batch of such corrections along with helpful additional information.
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Tue November 15, 2011. 12:00 AM
Fletcher Christian led the mutiny on the Bounty and escaped to Pitcairn Island to found the small nation's colony. But some say he actually made it back to freedom in England.
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Tue November 08, 2011. 12:00 AM
Skeptoid's Top 10 list of the worst offenders on the web in the promotion of scientific and factual misinformation. Sadly, this could easily have been a Top 100...
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Tue November 01, 2011. 12:00 AM
The Jersey Devil, also called the Leeds Devil, is said to have been haunting New Jersey since 1735. We take a look at its original roots to see if we can learn what it really is.
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Tue October 25, 2011. 12:00 AM
Democracy is a fine thing, except for one problem: No fair voting system exists to ensure the most favored candidate wins an election. What to do?
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Tue October 18, 2011. 12:00 AM
Claims that someone other than Shakespeare wrote the Bard's works have persisted since about 150 years after his death - and today, they're stronger than ever.
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Tue October 11, 2011. 12:00 AM
Whether you believe the Noah story to be a literal true account or not, the naval engineering questions associated with its construction are fascinating.
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Tue October 04, 2011. 12:00 AM
Brainwashing was attempted by the Chinese during the Korean war, and became the default explanation for cult membership. Did it really happen the way history describes it?
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