Episode #065
May 22, 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:
The American Culture War: Coming to a politics near you by Aaron Rabinowitz, from June 2021
Time to ‘drop the crop’ - why cutting off the tips of dogs' ears is never right by Robyn Lowe, from March 2023
Spontaneous Human Combustion: The truth behind the myth of Mary Carpenter by Matt Mills, from May 2021
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