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: David Icke’s 2018 live tour sowed the seeds for his move back to the mainstream , by Michael Marshall from April 2018 10 persistent HIV myths we need to move past to break the stigma of the disease , by Alice Howarth from February 20...
Nov 07, 2025
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: Climate change deniers set Net Zero as the new target for their misinformation , by Michael Marshall from January 2022 Science can be a candle in the dark, as long as you're not actively trying to avoid the light , by David Weinberg ...
Oct 31, 2025
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. In this special episode, our editor Michael Marshall announces the winners of the 2025 Ockham awards.
Oct 25, 2025
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: One small step at a time, the alternative medicine industry is radicalising people... with disastrous consequences , by Michael Marshall from November 2020 The Canary Islands’ Black Pyramids: history doesn’t have to be mysterious to ...
Oct 24, 2025
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: What William Radam's "Microbe Killer" can teach us about modern stem cell quackery , by David Weinberg from May 2021 Is the ultra processed food fear simply the next big nutritional moral panic? , by Alice Howarth from July 2024 Desp...
Oct 17, 2025
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: Spending time outdoors is healthy and great - we don't need to sell it as "forest bathing"! , by Brian Eggo from August 2022 Cognitive dissonance - the mental gymnastics that help us rationalise our sloppy thinking' , by Lee Traynor ...
Oct 10, 2025
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: If anal sex injuries really are on the rise, it's not a question of anatomy, but of education , by Kat Ford from March 2023 From the archives: The Demise of Parapsychology, 1850-2009 , by Ray Hyman from April 2012 How and why to set ...
Oct 03, 2025
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: In modern-day Scotland, there should be no mandatory acts of worship in schools , by Brian Eggo from May 2022 From the archives: Going to great lengths - long-hair pseudoscience , by Wendy Grossman from January 2011 January 8th, and ...
Sep 26, 2025
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: Does a prohibition-based approach to drugs and disposable vaping make sense? , by Clio Bellenis from March 2024 Walking the alt-med tightrope when a loved one has a terminal diagnosis , by Brian Eggo from January 2024 From the archiv...
Sep 19, 2025
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: In Search of Monsters? A defence of cryptozoology , by Charles Paxton from July 2002 Huge social media accounts glorify ancient architecture, while whitewashing the past , by Mark Horne from December 2024 While Artemis was heading to...
Sep 12, 2025
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 menopause can be painful, uncomfortable, and debilitating - so why is it under-researched? , by Clio Bellenis, from July 2023 The Oceangate tragedy has brought some of society's ghouls to the surface , by Brian Eggo, from June 20...
Sep 05, 2025
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: Questionable accusations over 'woke' climate change solutions empower white genocide conspiracies , by Aaron Rabinowitz, from January 2022 Whatever happened to crop circles? , by Steve Donnelly, from July 2008 Stuff you should know: ...
Aug 29, 2025
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 top 10 most infuriating climate change memes, and how to debunk them , by Mark Horne from September 2023 From the archives: Urban legends - a friend of a friend of a friend of a friend , by Toby Howard, from May 1990 A skeptical ...
Aug 22, 2025
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: To Know You More Clearly’ what the new catholic school syllabus means one year in , by Abi Kennedy, from April 2024 The Great Reset: political pipe dream, or sinister New World Order plot? , by Thiago Vahia, from May 2021 From the ar...
Aug 15, 2025
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: IQ tests continue to flourish, in spite of inherent biases, because we so badly want to feel special , by Wendy Grossman, from December 1989 A double-edge sword: should we be labeling kids? , by Clio Bellenis, from May 2023 Hugo Talk...
Aug 08, 2025
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: Behind the slick production values of "The Reason I Jump", lies Facilitated Communication, by Janyce Boynton from August 2021 Ten times the unexpected appearance of pseudoscience ruined entertainment, by Brian Eggo from July 2023 Is ...
Aug 01, 2025
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: March for Life: The UK's anti-abortion movement is becoming more organised and emboldened , by Abi Kennedy from October 2024 Ten top times skepticism made an unexpected appearance in pop culture , by Brian Eggo from April 2023 What J...
Jul 25, 2025
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: Qanon’s references to ‘Adrenochome’ echo old, anti-Semitic Blood Libel myths, by Thiago Vahia from January 2021 Weight loss: it’s just calories in/calories out... isn’t it?, by Clio Bellenis from April 2023 NATO was created to ensure...
Jul 18, 2025
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: Antivaxxers are dangerously wrong, but we should be wary of writing them off as stupid or selfish, by Michael Marshall, from December 2020 A new study suggests vegan diets are healthier for cats and dogs – but is it really true?, by ...
Jul 11, 2025
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: Haunting the Bereaved: a skeptical analysis of Colin Fry's "6ixth Sense" TV show, by Mark Williams, from July 2007 GESARA: From 9/11 ‘truth’ to global economic conspiracy, by Thiago Vahia, from November 2020 10 songs that show there'...
Jul 04, 2025
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: Failure to listen to patients is causing unacceptable delays in endometriosis diagnosis, by Alice Howarth, from October 2020 We all want to feel special and unique - which is what leads some of us to conspiracy theories, by Dave Hahn...
Jun 27, 2025
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: Nobody undergoes egg donation for the money - it is about altruism, not exploitation, by Emma McClure, from September 2024 From the archive: The Rendlesham Incident - Some Lessons for UFOlogy, by Jenny Randle, from April 2006 Nesta H...
Jun 20, 2025
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 give the illusion of control, in a system that leaves people feeling powerless, by Aaron Rabinowitz, from August 2022 HADD it's day: there's no evidence for an inherited hyperactive agency detection device, by Kat...
Jun 13, 2025
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 conspiracy theorists scaremongering about UN Agenda 21 have obviously not read Agenda 21, by Mark Horne, from September 2021 Electrician Sheds Light on Viral Birmingham Ghost Mystery, by Hayley Stevens, from September 2020 An awa...
Jun 06, 2025
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: Don't call me skeptic! Should we embrace the label, or focus on the work of being skeptical?, by Jack Lawrence, from March 2023 Pandemic Prediction Problems, by Brian Eggo, from January 2021 Tall tales: ancient British giants, by Mar...
May 30, 2025
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: Is the US government in contact with an alien “galactic federation”?, by Chris French, from January 2021 The graveyard of skeptical projects suggests it's funding, not talent, that we're lacking, by Jonathan Jarry, from January 2024 ...
May 23, 2025
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: Ghosts, curses and werewolf sightings: as archaeologists, we see human belief up close, by Paul Duncan McGarrity, from October 2020 Central Bank Digital Currencies, and why conspiracists are urging each other to use cash, by Mark Hor...
May 16, 2025
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, f...
May 09, 2025
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: Plagues and Plots: COVID-19 and 5G, by Deborah Hyde, from November 2020 It's easier to decry 'kids today' than it is to look honestly at the world we've made, by Brian Eggo, from November 2020 Despite scare stories from holistic dent...
May 02, 2025
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: Time Team's archaeologists showed us how experts can ruthlessly unpick a hoax, by Paul Duncan McGarrity, from November 2020 The story of Phineas Gage's accident is well-known; what happened to him afterwards is not, by Kat Ford, from...
Apr 25, 2025
