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| Skeptoid #1027: Radioactive Relics: The Missing RTGs | 10 Feb 2026 | 00:17:34 | |
Radioactive nuclear generators sit out in the environment, posing a real hazard. They're mostly — but not all — in Russia. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices | |||
| Mic'd Up: Brian's Blood Donation Interview | 06 Feb 2026 | 00:14:22 | |
Brian gets questioned while giving blood. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices | |||
| Skeptoid #1019: Testing the Thunderstorm Generator | 16 Dec 2025 | 00:17:44 | |
This device claims to be able to dramatically improve the efficiency and emissions of any internal combustion engine. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices | |||
| Skeptoid #938: Vampire Facials | 28 May 2024 | 00:15:45 | |
This procedure promising facial rejuvenation is basically a full face tattoo of your own blood. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices | |||
| Skeptoid #53: Borley Rectory: the World's Most Haunted House? | 05 Jul 2007 | 00:13:51 | |
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 | 00:07:58 | |
Science magazines continue to undermine themselves by publishing ads for pseudoscientific products. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices | |||
| Skeptoid #51: Ethanol: Miracle Fuel, or Not? | 25 Jun 2007 | 00:08:39 | |
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 | 00:10:53 | |
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 | 00:12:39 | |
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 | 00:11:00 | |
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-choices | |||
| Skeptoid #47: Free Range Chicken and Farm Raised Fish | 26 May 2007 | 00:10:29 | |
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/ad-choices | |||
| Skeptoid #46: Support Your Local Reptoid | 21 May 2007 | 00:10:30 | |
The conspiracy theory that reptilian beings control our governments has a fascinating history. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices | |||
| Skeptoid #45: The Importance of Teaching Critical Thinking | 16 May 2007 | 00:08:13 | |
Teaching critical thinking to students needs to be much more than simply asking the Socratic questions. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices | |||
| Skeptoid #44: The Truth About Remote Viewing | 11 May 2007 | 00:11:48 | |
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 #937: Helen Keller on Trial | 21 May 2024 | 00:13:45 | |
A bizarre subculture of Helen Keller Truthers believe that she was either faking her deafblindness or even that she didn't exist at all. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices | |||
| Skeptoid #43: A Mormon History of the Americas | 06 May 2007 | 00:09:50 | |
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-choices | |||
| Skeptoid #42: Whacking, Cracking, and Chiropracting | 01 May 2007 | 00:11:04 | |
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 | 00:11:47 | |
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 | 00:08:56 | |
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 | 00:12:15 | |
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 | 00:09:06 | |
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.org/ad-choices | |||
| Skeptoid #37: How to Spot Pseudoscience | 06 Apr 2007 | 00:13:04 | |
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 | 00:11:15 | |
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-choices | |||
| Skeptoid #35: Revisionist Darwinism: The Theory That Couldn't Sit Still | 27 Mar 2007 | 00:09:17 | |
Some creationists claim that evolutionary theory is invalid because it improves as our knowledge increases. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices | |||
| Skeptoid #34: Homeopathy: Pure Water or Pure Nonsense? | 22 Mar 2007 | 00:13:11 | |
Contrary to what many supporters think, homeopathy is neither an herbal nor a natural remedy. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices | |||
| Skeptoid #936: Coffee Myths | 14 May 2024 | 00:16:52 | |
A roundup of 15 common myths about coffee. Which ones had you always believed? Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices | |||
| Skeptoid #33: Best of Listener Feedback | 17 Mar 2007 | 00:14:02 | |
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 | 00:09:03 | |
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-choices | |||
| Skeptoid #31: The Devil Walked in Devon | 07 Mar 2007 | 00:07:33 | |
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 | 00:12:34 | |
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: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices | |||
| Skeptoid #29: Orbs: The Ghost in the Camera | 24 Feb 2007 | 00:08:50 | |
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 | 00:06:12 | |
Natural Hygiene is a misguided, prescientific notion that nature provides everything to heal anyone of anything. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices | |||
| Skeptoid #27: Chemtrails: Real or Not? | 15 Feb 2007 | 00:09:49 | |
Some believe that airplane contrails are really dangerous chemicals being sprayed by the government. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices | |||
| Skeptoid #26: Biodynamic Agriculture | 10 Feb 2007 | 00:09:57 | |
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 | 00:07:32 | |
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 | 00:11:02 | |
Reflexology is really no more than a foot massage, but potentially deadly to those hoping for medical benefits. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices | |||
| Skeptoid #935: Fruitful Feedback and Followups | 07 May 2024 | 00:15:34 | |
Skeptoid answers another round of listener feedback questions. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices | |||
| Skeptoid #23: Paganism: A Naked Rebellion | 23 Jan 2007 | 00:07:25 | |
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 | 00:08:53 | |
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 | 00:04:27 | |
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 | 00:08:24 | |
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 | 00:12:39 | |
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: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices | |||
| Skeptoid #18: The "New" Bill of Rights | 01 Jan 2007 | 00:04:44 | |
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 | 00:09:04 | |
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 | 00:07:32 | |
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 | 00:08:40 | |
Some believe SUVs should be categorized by their cosmetic appearance, rather than by their size or fuel efficiency. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices | |||
| Skeptoid #14: Cell Phones on Airplanes | 15 Dec 2006 | 00:07:14 | |
Cell phones are perfectly safe on airplanes, despite continued claims of danger. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices | |||
| Skeptoid Adventures: Death Valley 2024 | 02 May 2024 | 00:03:47 | |
Come join the Skeptoid Adventures trip for 2024, a journey of exploration in Death Valley! Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices | |||
| Skeptoid #13: A Primer on Scientific Testing | 11 Dec 2006 | 00:10:02 | |
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 | 00:07:47 | |
Proving the literal truth of the Bible is counterproductive to Christianity. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices | |||