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Episode #064

May 15, 2026
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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:

  • As a teacher, I wish I'd handled the conspiracy theorist in my class differently by Brian Montgomery, from March 2023

  • Closed coffins and open coffers: the costs of Singaporean Chinese funeral practices by Ang Kai Randall, from July 2023

  • In an increasingly secular America, religious conservatives exert power via the culture wars by Aaron Rabinowitz, from March 2022

  • A Swift conspiracy: why almost all major celebrities get accused of being in the Illuminati by Dave Hahn, from November 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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