Sinopsis
Since 2006, the weekly Skeptoid podcast has been taking on all the most popular myths and revealing the true science, true history, and true lessons we can learn from each. Free subscribers get the most recent 50 episodes, premium subscribers (skeptoid.com) can access the full archive, all ad-free.
Episodios
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Skeptoid #303: Are Vinyl Recordings Better than Digital?
27/03/2012 Duración: 12minMany audio aficionados split into two camps, those supporting modern digital audio, and those supporting vinyl records.
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Skeptoid #302: De Loys' Ape
20/03/2012 Duración: 12minA geologist claimed to have discovered a new species of great ape in Venezuela in the early 20th century.
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Skeptoid #301: The Beale Ciphers
13/03/2012 Duración: 13minTreasure hunters comb Virginia searching for a legendary hoard of gold and silver.
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Skeptoid #300: The Secret of the Gypsy Queen
06/03/2012 Duración: 14minA little girl saves her kingdom when she is the only one who does not fall for the pop pseudoscience of the day.
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Skeptoid #299: Star Jelly
28/02/2012 Duración: 12minJellylike blobs have been reported to fall from the sky during meteor showers. Aliens? No, science.
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Skeptoid #298: Student Questions: Free Energy and Faster-than-Light Neutrinos
21/02/2012 Duración: 13minSkeptoid answers another round of questions sent in by students all over the world.
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Skeptoid #297: A Magical Journey through the Land of Reasoning Errors
14/02/2012 Duración: 12minFour common types of analytical errors in reasoning that we all need to beware of.
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Skeptoid #296: The Versailles Time Slip
07/02/2012 Duración: 14minWe can be sure that two women visiting Versaille in 1901 did not time-travel back to the days of Marie Antoinette.
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Skeptoid #295: Finding Amelia Earhart
31/01/2012 Duración: 13minThe disappearance of Amelia Earhart is one of the worst examples of television promoting pseudohistory.
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Skeptoid #294: Frequent Listener Feedback
24/01/2012 Duración: 12minSkeptoid answers some listener emails that present common flaws in scientific thinking.
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Skeptoid #293: Wunderwaffen: Nazi Wonder Weapons
17/01/2012 Duración: 14minThe true history behind the claimed Nazi "wonder weapons" like anti-gravity flying saucers.
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Skeptoid #292: The Grey Man of Ben MacDhui
10/01/2012 Duración: 12minA thin, dark phantom three times the height of a man is said to stalk this peak in the Cairngorms.
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Skeptoid #291: The Toxic Lady
03/01/2012 Duración: 12minThe story goes that in 1994, fumes from a woman's body knocked out most of an emergency room staff.
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Skeptoid #290: Approaching a Subject Skeptically
27/12/2011 Duración: 11minMy process for examining a new topic, to learn whether it's fact or fiction.
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Skeptoid #289: The Mystery of the Mary Celeste
20/12/2011 Duración: 12minThe facts, as we know them, about what really happened to maritime lore's most famous missing crew.
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Skeptoid #288: Pit Bull Attack!
13/12/2011 Duración: 12minPit bulls have a reputation for being the most dangerous dog breed. Turns out the facts just don't support that.
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Skeptoid #287: Korean Fan Death
06/12/2011 Duración: 13minAn urban legend in Korea states that running an electric fan at night can kill you.
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Skeptoid #286: Listener Feedback: Dorothy and Her Straw Man
29/11/2011 Duración: 11minSkeptoid responds to some feedback emails notable for their dependence on straw man arguments.
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Skeptoid #285: Slips and Goofs
22/11/2011 Duración: 12minSkeptoid corrects another round of errors found in previous episodes.
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Skeptoid #284: The Fate of Fletcher Christian
15/11/2011 Duración: 12minNo good evidence supports the claims that the leader of the Bounty mutineers made it safely back to England.