The Skeptic Podcast

The Skeptic•www.merseysideskeptics.org.uk

The official podcast of The Skeptic, the UK’s longest-running publication offering skeptical analysis of pseudoscience, conspiracy theory and claims of the paranormal.

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Episodes

Episode #070

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: Did earthquake guru Frank Hoogerbeets really foresee the disaster in Turkey and Syria? by Frank Visser, from February 2023 Recovering memories: The Satanic Panic by Chris French, from May 2021 Darling, you smell lovely: what role doe...

Jun 26, 2026

Episode #069

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: Are the claims for using coffee waste in the garden well grounded? by Sarah Hearne, from September 2021 The Overton window of conspiracy theories has shifted toward the extreme - we need to drag it back by Dave Hahn, from February 20...

Jun 19, 2026

Episode #068

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: Contorium: how a conspiracy narrative embraced a Turkish parody crystal by Serdar Basegmez, from February 2025 Don't Be A Dick: revisiting Phil Plait's 2010 advice to skeptics by Sean Slater, from February 2025 The Russian Game: the ...

Jun 12, 2026

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