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Episode #011

May 09, 2025
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Episode description

From the pages of The Skeptic magazine, this is The Skeptic podcast, bringing you the best of the magazine’s expert analysis of pseudoscience, conspiracy theory and claims of the paranormal since its relaunch as online news source in September 2020.

On this episode: 

  • Meet the conspiracy theorists who believe Covid isn’t real… because viruses don’t exist, by Frank Visser, from January 2021

  • Tree planting schemes look fantastic on paper, but they won't save us from climate change, by Sarah Hearne, from March 2023

  • The Secret to a bland romance is: victim blaming, by Mark Horne, from December 2020

  • Do dreams sometimes replay repressed memories of trauma experienced long ago?, by Chris French, from April 2023

Find more from The Skeptic at skeptic.org.uk, or to support the show, take out a small voluntary donation at patreon.com/theskeptic

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