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 #008

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: How to spot medical misinformation in a pandemic, by Brian Eggo & Matt Kemp, from December 2020 Therapy on tap: Thought Field Therapy offfers superficial solutions to deep disturbances, by Peter Panayi, from November 2020 Could A...

Apr 18, 2025

Episode #007

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: Ethics for Skeptics, by Aaron Rabinowitz, from September 2020 Brazil's government throw their weight behind Creationism and Intelligent Design, by Carlos Orsi and Natália Pasternak, from November 2020 When it comes to science, the st...

Apr 11, 2025

Episode #006

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: When you understand 5G technology, the conspiracy theories simply don’t add up, by Sean Slater, from November 2020 How to start having better arguments, according to the evidence, by Mark Horne & Matt Kemp, from November 2020 "Bu...

Apr 04, 2025

Episode #005

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: Conspiracy theories around the ‘feminisation’ of Western men shield believers from examining their own prejudices, by Thiago Vahia, from April 2021 By invoking 'Spirit of the Blitz' nostalgia, we do a disservice to what was achieved ...

Mar 28, 2025

Episode #004

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: Headlines calling HPV swabs “home smear tests” risk putting people off cervical screenings, by Alice Howarth, from February 2021 Rectal ozone therapy: Brazil’s latest COVID-19 pseudoscience, by Carlos Orsi and Natália Pasternak, from...

Mar 21, 2025

Episode #003

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: Why we should listen to Flat Earth believers (even though they’re completely wrong), by Michael Marshall, from February 2021 Are digital pregnancy tests simply taking the pee?, by Alice Howarth, from September 2020 Chiropractors love...

Mar 14, 2025

Episode #002

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 Atacama mummy: putting together the pieces of an “Archaeology bombshell”, by Paul Duncan McGarrity, from August 2020 Conspiracy theorists, anti-vaxxers and alt-med quackery put our pets in harm's way, by Danny Chambers, from Sept...

Mar 07, 2025

Episode #001

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: Coronavirus, conspiracy, challenges and compassion, by Michael Marshall, from September 2020 Hydroxychloroquine: When bad science goes mainstream, by Carlos Orsi and Natália Pasternak, from September 2020 ‘Mask Mouth’: A real dental ...

Feb 22, 2025

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