Skeptoid #954: 15 Sleep Myths
15 popular myths about sleeping, debunked. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
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Skeptoid Flash Mob at CSICon 2024
Join the Skeptoid Flash Mob at CSICon 2024 in Las Vegas. Visit skeptoid.com/store to get your shirts. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Skeptoid #953: Pet Pheromone Products
Lots of companies sell pheromone products claiming to calm down your dog or cat, but there's a very big problem with that basic claim. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Skeptoid #952: Finding Slumach's Gold
Is this just another in a long line of legendary lost mines that never produced a speck of gold, or is there more to it this time? Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Skeptoid #951: Dying of Excited Delirium
Turns out that the cause of death known as excited delirium is not an actual cause of death at all. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Skeptoid #950: A Modern Skeptic Podcast Host
If I were to summarize how and why I do what I do, I might put it this way. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Skeptoid #949: Hunting the Graveyard of the Elephants
Does a mythical place where the elephants go to die actually exist? Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Skeptoid #948: Medical Error Is Not the Third Leading Cause of Death
The claim that medical error is the third leading cause of death in the US has never been close to true. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Skeptoid #947: How Your Driving Is Being Tracked
Is your phone really tracking your driving habits and selling the data? Maybe more so than you know. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Skeptoid #946: Strange but True Stories from Space
The weirdest, creepiest, funniest, and just plain strange stories from the era of crewed space flight. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Skeptoid #945: A Sea of Younger Dryas Woo
Pseudoarchaeologists often will cite the Younger Dryas climatic event as proof of their ancient advanced civilization. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Skeptoid #944: Bullibility and the Cult of Wellness
Not only is the entire wellness industry BS, it exists because of people who are especially gullible. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Skeptoid #943: The Aliens Are Not Coming
Fear not; the aliens are not coming to Earth. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Death Valley for Students
Skeptoid's Death Valley Adventure is holding 5 tickets for students and active duty military. To apply to get one, visit skeptoid.com/deathvalley Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Skeptoid #942: What the Movies Always Get Wrong
A roundup of all those things that movies always get wrong and make you mad. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Skeptoid #941: Docu Dangers: Why Science Documentaries Usually Suck
How we decide what makes a good topic for a skeptical documentary film. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Skeptoid #940: The Stephenville Lights
This modern UFO case has been declared to be one of the most compelling ever. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Skeptoid #939: A Visit to Lemuria
The true history of a mythical place. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Skeptoid #938: Vampire Facials
This procedure promising facial rejuvenation is basically a full face tattoo of your own blood. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Skeptoid #937: Helen Keller on Trial
A bizarre subculture of Helen Keller Truthers believe that she was either faking her deafblindness or even that she didn't exist at all. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Skeptoid #936: Coffee Myths
A roundup of 15 common myths about coffee. Which ones had you always believed? Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Skeptoid #935: Fruitful Feedback and Followups
Skeptoid answers another round of listener feedback questions. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Skeptoid Adventures: Death Valley 2024
Come join the Skeptoid Adventures trip for 2024, a journey of exploration in Death Valley! Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Skeptoid #934: Decoding the Kensington Runestone
The story goes that this stone covered with Viking runes was found in a Minnesota field in 1898. Its true history is much more interesting. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Snazzy New Store Items
Get the snazzy new Skeptoid Hydro Flask tumbler or radical new Skeptoid coffee mug. Both are engraved so they’ll never fade. Now available at the Skeptoid store at Skeptoid.com. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Skeptoid #933: COVID-19 and the Lab Leak
Was the SARS-CoV-2 virus of natural origin, or was it engineered in a Chinese research lab? Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Skeptoid #932: Is Recycling for Real?
A close look at where recycling of some common materials is actually at these days. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Skeptoid #931: Error Erasure Extravaganza
It's time once again for Skeptoid to correct another round of errors in previous shows. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Skeptoid #930: Dr. Crow and the Melon Heads
Some say creepy children with huge balloon heads stalk the woods at night, waiting to attack you. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Skeptoid #929: The Trinity UFO Crash of 1945
The not-so-famous UFO case that caused the US Congress to spend millions of taxpayer dollars. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices