The true science behind our most popular urban legends. Historical mysteries, paranormal claims, popular science myths, aliens and UFO reports, conspiracy theories, and worthless alternative medicine schemes... Skeptoid has you covered. From the sublime to the startling, no topic is sacred. Weekly since 2006.
Some people believe that CERN's Large Hadron Collider will create black holes that will destroy the Earth. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
A look at one of Russia's most bizarre mysteries of mass death. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
A look at mysterious shortwave "numbers stations" around the world. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
A look at the tale, the popular explanation, and the real science behind it. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Some people believe that your brain encodes its actual meaning in reverse within everything you say. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Another visit to the endless well of listeners comments and criticisms. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Vitamin C does nothing to prevent or reduce the severity of colds. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The Stanford Prison Experiment, said to have proven that evil environments produce evil behavior, was completely unscientific and unreliable. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
A look back correcting some of the facts and figures that Skeptoid has gotten wrong. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
When we run out of oil, society will likely peacefully and gradually adapt. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
TWA Flight 800 was not shot down by US friendly fire. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Despite their reputation for mystical powers, crystal skulls are neither ancient nor mysterious. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
New high resolution imagery has proven that this hill on Mars doesn't look quite so much like a carved face after all. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The Secret teaches that victims are always to blame, and that anyone can have anything simply by wishing. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
If someone wants you to be their salesperson and is calling it a "business opportunity", be very skeptical. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The evidence shows that Travis Walton's famous story of having been abducted by aliens probably never happened. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The real science behind the events predicted in 2012. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
There are many good reasons why environmentalists are turning again to nuclear power for the future. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
My responses to some of the more "out there" feedback I've received. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
An exploration of the mysterious rumble that some people hear all over the world. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
My thoughts on a company that sells useless pseudoscientific hardware to an ALS victim. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Unlike what's said in highly dramatized Hollywood shockumentaries, fast food is not especially unhealthy. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Cranks love to make the claim on YouTube, but you cannot run your car on water. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Superfruit juices are nothing more than super ripoffs. Don't waste your money. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The collapse of 7 World Trade Center was not a controlled demolition. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
All sorts of marvelous health claims are made for jewelry such as the Q-Ray bracelet. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Despite its sciencey-sounding name, there is no such thing as "detoxification" beyond what your body already does. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Creationism is not one set of beliefs - it is a battleground of dramatically conflicting world views. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Why the use of electronic equipment by TV ghost hunters is so stupid. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
An examination of the various claims that microwaved food and water are poisonous. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
