Skeptoid
Episodes
Skeptoid #65: How to Debate a Young Earth Creationist
11 Sep 2007
Contributed by Lukas
Learn the basic arguments against science made by Young Earthers, and how to rebut them. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Skeptoid #64: The Attack of Spring Heeled Jack
04 Sep 2007
Contributed by Lukas
A look at the theories surrounding Spring Heeled Jack, the scourge of England in the early 1800s. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-ch...
Skeptoid #63: Subliminal Seduction
28 Aug 2007
Contributed by Lukas
Wilson Key's magnum opus textbook about subliminal advertising was almost pure fiction. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Skeptoid #62: Crop Circle Jerks
21 Aug 2007
Contributed by Lukas
Crop circles are commonly known to be man made, yet some still insist they must be of alien origin. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-...
Skeptoid #61: Irradiation: Is Your Food Toxic?
14 Aug 2007
Contributed by Lukas
Food that has been sterilized with irradiation is not radioactive and will not hurt you. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Skeptoid #60: Will Drinking from Plastic Bottles Kill You?
09 Aug 2007
Contributed by Lukas
A popular fad holds that plastic water bottles leach toxic chemicals into your water. Don't believe it. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org...
Skeptoid #59: Who Are the Raelians, and Why Are They Naked?
04 Aug 2007
Contributed by Lukas
The Raelians are naked and they worship space aliens. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Skeptoid #58: All About Fluoridation
30 Jul 2007
Contributed by Lukas
A few fringe activists claim that fluoridation of water carries more danger than benefit. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Skeptoid #57: Email Myths
25 Jul 2007
Contributed by Lukas
A look at some of those persistent hoax emails that you receive almost every day. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Skeptoid #56: Bizarre Places I'd Like to Go
20 Jul 2007
Contributed by Lukas
California is home to a wealth of places rich with mystery and intrigue. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Skeptoid #55: Autism and Chelation: A Recipe for Risk
15 Jul 2007
Contributed by Lukas
An examination of the lethal pop-culture fad of chelating autistic children. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Skeptoid #54: The Twin Towers: Fire Melting Steel
10 Jul 2007
Contributed by Lukas
The Oakland freeway collapse was not a government ploy to prove that the Twin Towers collapsed from fire. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.o...
Skeptoid #53: Borley Rectory: the World's Most Haunted House?
05 Jul 2007
Contributed by Lukas
This "world's most haunted house" was the invention of an imaginative showman and author. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Skeptoid #52: Science Magazines Violating Their Own Missions
30 Jun 2007
Contributed by Lukas
Science magazines continue to undermine themselves by publishing ads for pseudoscientific products. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-...
Skeptoid #51: Ethanol: Miracle Fuel, or Not?
25 Jun 2007
Contributed by Lukas
Ethanol as a fuel may be carbon neutral, but offers few other benefits. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Skeptoid #50: How to Identify a "Good" Scientific Journal
15 Jun 2007
Contributed by Lukas
Here is how to tell whose "scientific journal" article is actually more reputable. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Skeptoid #49: Unconscious Research of Global Consciousness
10 Jun 2007
Contributed by Lukas
Some say that the collective emotions of humans can influence electronic hardware. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Skeptoid #48: The Bible Code: Enigmas for Dummies
05 Jun 2007
Contributed by Lukas
Despite claims of divine origin, "Bible Codes" are found in every long manuscript, even random text. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad...
Skeptoid #47: Free Range Chicken and Farm Raised Fish
26 May 2007
Contributed by Lukas
Free range chickens and farm raised fish probably have almost none of the benefits you think they do. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/a...
Skeptoid #46: Support Your Local Reptoid
21 May 2007
Contributed by Lukas
The conspiracy theory that reptilian beings control our governments has a fascinating history. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choic...
Skeptoid #45: The Importance of Teaching Critical Thinking
16 May 2007
Contributed by Lukas
Teaching critical thinking to students needs to be much more than simply asking the Socratic questions. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org...
Skeptoid #44: The Truth About Remote Viewing
11 May 2007
Contributed by Lukas
The psychic technique of remote viewing is consistent with simple, well known magic tricks. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Skeptoid #43: A Mormon History of the Americas
06 May 2007
Contributed by Lukas
The Book of Mormon's history of the Americas is full of irreconcilable errors and false archaeology. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad...
Skeptoid #42: Whacking, Cracking, and Chiropracting
01 May 2007
Contributed by Lukas
Defined in 1895, chiropractic treats imaginary conditions with dangerous manipulations. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Skeptoid #41: The Alien Invasion of Phoenix, Arizona
26 Apr 2007
Contributed by Lukas
Despite what many UFOlogists want, the famous Phoenix Lights were not alien spacecraft. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Skeptoid #40: Neanderthals in Present Day Asia
21 Apr 2007
Contributed by Lukas
Some claim that a legendary wildman, the Almas, is a population of relict Neanderthals. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Skeptoid #39: Heating Up to Global Warming
16 Apr 2007
Contributed by Lukas
Why everyone needs to start taking global warming more seriously. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Skeptoid #38: The Marfa Lights: A Real American Mystery
11 Apr 2007
Contributed by Lukas
No matter how much we want these Texas ghost lights to be mysterious, it turns out they're all too mundane. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx...
Skeptoid #37: How to Spot Pseudoscience
06 Apr 2007
Contributed by Lukas
This 15-point checklist will help you tell science from pseudoscience. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Skeptoid #36: Mercury Fillings
01 Apr 2007
Contributed by Lukas
Mercury amalgam fillings do not release toxic levels of mercury into the body, and are harmless. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-cho...
Skeptoid #35: Revisionist Darwinism: The Theory That Couldn't Sit Still
27 Mar 2007
Contributed by Lukas
Some creationists claim that evolutionary theory is invalid because it improves as our knowledge increases. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx...
Skeptoid #34: Homeopathy: Pure Water or Pure Nonsense?
22 Mar 2007
Contributed by Lukas
Contrary to what many supporters think, homeopathy is neither an herbal nor a natural remedy. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choice...
Skeptoid #33: Best of Listener Feedback
17 Mar 2007
Contributed by Lukas
The best of listener feedback from the first 32 Skeptoid episodes. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Skeptoid #32: Blood for Oil
12 Mar 2007
Contributed by Lukas
The claim that the wars in the Middle East were about oil don't stand up to economic scrutiny. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choic...
Skeptoid #31: The Devil Walked in Devon
07 Mar 2007
Contributed by Lukas
This 100-mile track of footprints in 1855 probably was not laid by the devil. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Skeptoid #30: Raw Food - Raw Deal?
01 Mar 2007
Contributed by Lukas
Some claim that cooking your food ruins its nutrients or makes it poisonous, in a misguided effort to promote raw food. Learn about your ad choices: ...
Skeptoid #29: Orbs: The Ghost in the Camera
24 Feb 2007
Contributed by Lukas
Spirit orbs in photographs are not ghosts, but a common artifact of flash photography. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Skeptoid #28: Natural Hygiene: Health Without Medicine (or Wisdom)
19 Feb 2007
Contributed by Lukas
Natural Hygiene is a misguided, prescientific notion that nature provides everything to heal anyone of anything. Learn about your ad choices: dovetai...
Skeptoid #27: Chemtrails: Real or Not?
15 Feb 2007
Contributed by Lukas
Some believe that airplane contrails are really dangerous chemicals being sprayed by the government. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad...
Skeptoid #26: Biodynamic Agriculture
10 Feb 2007
Contributed by Lukas
Biodynamic agriculture is not a modern innovation, but rather a throwback to the Dark Ages. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Skeptoid #25: Scientists Are Not Created Equal
05 Feb 2007
Contributed by Lukas
The word "scientist" can mean just about anything you want it to mean. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Skeptoid #24: Reflexology: Only Dangerous If You Use It
28 Jan 2007
Contributed by Lukas
Reflexology is really no more than a foot massage, but potentially deadly to those hoping for medical benefits. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail...
Skeptoid #23: Paganism: A Naked Rebellion
23 Jan 2007
Contributed by Lukas
A look at paganism, its affinity for nudity, and how it differs from mainstream religions. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Skeptoid #22: Skepticism and Flight 93
19 Jan 2007
Contributed by Lukas
Flight 93, which crashed in a field on September 11, was not shot down by the military. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Skeptoid #21: Living Stones of Death Valley
15 Jan 2007
Contributed by Lukas
An examination of the mysterious stones that move by themselves across the desert floor. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Skeptoid #20: The Real Amityville Horror
11 Jan 2007
Contributed by Lukas
America's most popular true ghost story was a hoax. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Skeptoid #19: Organic Food Myths
05 Jan 2007
Contributed by Lukas
It's marketed as a revolution in health and the environment, but it's better described as a counterproductive fad. Learn about your ad choices: dovet...
Skeptoid #18: The "New" Bill of Rights
01 Jan 2007
Contributed by Lukas
An amended Bill of Rights to better reflect modern American values. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Skeptoid #17: Internet Paranoia
28 Dec 2006
Contributed by Lukas
A look at the true threat level from Internet attacks in the mid 2000s. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Skeptoid #16: The Real Philadelphia Experiment
24 Dec 2006
Contributed by Lukas
The US Navy did not make a warship completely disappear in 1943. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Skeptoid #15: SUV Phobia
20 Dec 2006
Contributed by Lukas
Some believe SUVs should be categorized by their cosmetic appearance, rather than by their size or fuel efficiency. Learn about your ad choices: dove...
Skeptoid #14: Cell Phones on Airplanes
15 Dec 2006
Contributed by Lukas
Cell phones are perfectly safe on airplanes, despite continued claims of danger. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Skeptoid #13: A Primer on Scientific Testing
11 Dec 2006
Contributed by Lukas
Understand the basics of scientific testing. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Skeptoid #12: Killing Faith: Deconstructionist Christians
07 Dec 2006
Contributed by Lukas
Proving the literal truth of the Bible is counterproductive to Christianity. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Skeptoid #11: Killing Bigfoot with Bad Science
03 Dec 2006
Contributed by Lukas
Sometimes the skeptics' perspective on Bigfoot is just as unscientific as that of the believers. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-cho...
Skeptoid #10: An Evolution Primer for Young Earth Creationists
30 Nov 2006
Contributed by Lukas
Evolution 101 for Young Earth Creationists who want to know better. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Skeptoid #9: Sin: What's It Good For?
26 Nov 2006
Contributed by Lukas
There seems to be very little point to classifying some wrong actions as sins. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Skeptoid #8: Nocturnal Assaults: Aliens in the Dark
21 Nov 2006
Contributed by Lukas
Alien abductions and Old Hags: things that go bump in the night. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Skeptoid #7: Pond Magnet Foolishness
14 Nov 2006
Contributed by Lukas
There is no science-based reason why you should buy magnets for the pipes in your pond, despite the sales pitches. Learn about your ad choices: dovet...
Skeptoid #6: Wheatgrass Juice
09 Nov 2006
Contributed by Lukas
Wheatgrass juice contains virtually nothing of nutritional value to the human body. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Skeptoid #5: Sustainable Sustainability
01 Nov 2006
Contributed by Lukas
Focus on the year's undisputed overused buzzword: "Sustainable" Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Skeptoid #4: Rods: Flying Absurdities
24 Oct 2006
Contributed by Lukas
There is neither evidence nor plausible hypotheticals suggesting that invisible flying "rods" might exist. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx....
Skeptoid #3: Ethics of Peddling the Paranormal
19 Oct 2006
Contributed by Lukas
A proposal that it might be ethical for non-believers to sell paranormal services to the grieving in certain cases. Learn about your ad choices: dove...
Skeptoid #2: New Age Energy
11 Oct 2006
Contributed by Lukas
An examination of energy, as new agers use the term. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Skeptoid #1: Religion as a Moral Center
03 Oct 2006
Contributed by Lukas
Religion is not necessary for a good moral center. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices