Skeptoid #682: Mexico's Zone of Silence
Legend has it that radios and compasses will not work in this remote Mexican desert. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Jul 02, 2019•15 min•Ep. 682
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Skeptoid #681: Alien Visitation and Kecksburg
We can often get a good sense of a UFO story's accuracy even without researching all the details. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Jun 25, 2019•15 min•Ep. 681
Skeptoid #680: The True Fate of the Amber Room
State-sponsored disinformation continues to drive treasure hunters who seek the legendary Amber Room. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Jun 18, 2019•15 min•Ep. 680
Skeptoid #679: The Greenbrier Ghost
A skeptical look at the time a ghost's testimony resulted in a murder conviction. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Jun 11, 2019•14 min•Ep. 679
Skeptoid #678: What the Feedback
More updates and additional information for some recent Skeptoid episodes. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Jun 04, 2019•15 min•Ep. 678
Skeptoid #677: 5G: Upgrade or Uncertainty?
An examination of the claims that 5G cell phone data service is potentially harmful to life. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
May 28, 2019•15 min•Ep. 677
Skeptoid #676: Glyphosate and Behavioral Economics
How misinformation spread over one of the safest herbicides becoming known as one of the most harmful. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
May 21, 2019•14 min•Ep. 676
Skeptoid #675: Valiant Thor: Your Friendly Pentagon Alien
Some believe this benevolent alien from Venus lived and advised at the Pentagon for three years. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
May 14, 2019•15 min•Ep. 675
Skeptoid #674: Student Questions: Drinking Urine and Studying to Music
Skeptoid answers another round of questions sent in by students all around the world. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
May 07, 2019•13 min•Ep. 674
Skeptoid #673: Yamashita's Gold
The facts behind the urban legend that billions in Japanese gold lie buried in the Philippines. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Apr 30, 2019•15 min•Ep. 673
Skeptoid #672: Refeeding Syndrome and Sudden Death
Can starving people actually die immediately upon being given their first bite of food? Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Apr 23, 2019•14 min•Ep. 672
Skeptoid #671: China, Imported Recyclables, and Ocean Plastic
Addressing the facts and the fictions around China's ending its overseas purchases of recyclable plastic. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Apr 16, 2019•15 min•Ep. 671
Skeptoid #670: Wrong Does Not Cease to be Wrong
The 15th episode devoted to corrections in previous shows. If it ain't right, we fix it. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Apr 09, 2019•14 min•Ep. 670
Skeptoid #669: Pop Quiz: History and Pseudohistory
Test your knowledge on these subjects, all covered by Skeptoid, on false history claims. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Apr 02, 2019•17 min•Ep. 669
Skeptoid #668: A Science Based Ghost Hunting Toolkit
How a TV ghost hunting show might look if they did what they claim, and used science. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Mar 26, 2019•14 min•Ep. 668
Skeptoid #667: All About Atlantis
For centuries, alternative history fans have been denying Plato's intent and trying to frame Atlantis as a real island. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Mar 19, 2019•15 min•Ep. 667
Skeptoid #666: The Historicity of Jesus Christ
A review of the evidence for and against the life of Jesus of Nazareth as a real living man. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Mar 12, 2019•15 min•Ep. 666
Skeptoid #665: Ocean Plastics: Facts and Falsehoods
The nature of the problem of ocean plastics, and the best solution, may both come as surprises. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Mar 05, 2019•15 min•Ep. 665
Skeptoid #664: The Keto Diet
It's the latest fad diet, and people are trying it for just about any benefit you can think of. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Feb 26, 2019•15 min•Ep. 664
Skeptoid #663: Pop Quiz: Urban Legends
Test your knowledge of popular urban legends, and the science underlying them. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Feb 19, 2019•17 min•Ep. 663
Skeptoid #662: Vaccine Denial: Failure Mode Analysis
The surprising history of how medical science's greatest success has become vilified by so many people. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Feb 12, 2019•16 min•Ep. 662
Skeptoid #661: Rapping with the Fox Sisters
Myth and mystery surrounds the sisters said to have founded the modern spiritualism industry. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Feb 05, 2019•14 min•Ep. 661
Skeptoid #660: Feedback and Followups
A handful of updates to past Skeptoid episodes... eyebrow raising to say the least. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Jan 29, 2019•14 min•Ep. 660
Skeptoid #659: Killing Castro
It's proven the CIA tried to assassinate Castro, but the number of claimed attempts differs wildly. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Jan 22, 2019•15 min•Ep. 659
Skeptoid #658: Ong's Hat
An urban legend tells of a group of scientists who successfully escaped into another dimension. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Jan 15, 2019•15 min•Ep. 658
Skeptoid #657: Illuminating the Illuminati
The surprisingly humble beginnings and even more surprising modern rebirth of the Illuminati. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Jan 08, 2019•16 min•Ep. 657
Skeptoid #656: And Bigfoot Said...
We compare vocalizations attributed to Bigfoot with the sounds of real animals known to be in the area. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Jan 01, 2019•12 min•Ep. 656
Skeptoid #655: Stonehenge and the Scope of Uncertainty
There are things we don't know about Stonehenge, but does that mean we know nothing at all? Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Dec 25, 2018•15 min•Ep. 655
Skeptoid #654: Pop Quiz: Consumer Ripoffs
How well do you know your Skeptoid? Today's pop quiz focuses on consumer ripoffs. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Dec 18, 2018•17 min•Ep. 654
Skeptoid #653: The Great Kentucky Meat Shower
A rain of meat is said to have fallen in rural Kentucky one day in 1876. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Dec 11, 2018•14 min•Ep. 653
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