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Through their constant promotion of false history, TV networks may have done Amelia Earhart's legacy irreparable harm. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The Grand Canyon is millions of years old, not thousands; despite the efforts of Young Earthers. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Skeptoid answers another round of questions sent in by students all around the world. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
We analyze some of your stories of precognitive experiences. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
How likely is the most common type of UFO report to be an alien spacecraft? Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Here are the podcast episodes with conclusions that surprised me the most (part 2). Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Here are the podcast episodes with conclusions that surprised me the most (part 1). Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
A study of how a conspiracy theory as absurd as "There is no Finland" can even exist. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
False pregnancies are not only real, they're probably more complex than you imagined. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
This sideshow attraction convinced a few real scientists that it was an actual ape-man. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
We take a look at some more of the most exciting space missions, past, present, and future. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Three simple steps anyone can follow to learn to tell what's true and what's not. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
I respond to some listener feedback that enhances some recent episodes of the show. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Those stories about children raised by animals probably aren't what you've been led to believe. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
A miniature of all China's waterways in liquid mercury is said to be at the heart of the First Emperor's tomb. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Comparing the actual evidence to the Canadian claim of best evidence for alien visitation. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Skeptoid issues another round of corrections to past episodes. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The unexpected facts behind this famous ghost story from the 1970s. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Rhinos are still being killed for their horns, but probably not for the reasons you thought. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Popular stories claim Beethoven died of lead poisoning, but the science so far doesn't hold up. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Some claim that certain common false memories are evidence for alternate realities. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Deconstructing a wild tale about a Nazi military base deep inside Antarctica. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Skeptoid answers another round of listener feedback, keeping the show on the straight and narrow. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
These mighty Norse warriors fought with a frenzy that seems all but inexplicable. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Some say a marvelous cave of Egyptian wonders is hidden in the Grand Canyon. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
These next-generation reactors have attracted a nearly cultish following. Here are the real facts. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Here are the most likely ways that your credit card got stolen, and how you can prevent it in the future. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The facts, fiction, and real risk to you of all these high-profile data breaches online. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The world's only unsolved hijacking case is filled with misinformation. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
A roundup of the most exciting and important space missions you really need to know about. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
