Skeptoid
The true science behind our most popular urban legends. Historical mysteries, paranormal claims, popular science myths, aliens and UFO reports, conspiracy theories, and worthless alternative medicine schemes... Skeptoid has you covered. From the sublime to the startling, no topic is sacred. Weekly since 2006.
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This Internet legend claims the Earth's gravity will shut off for seven seconds in 2026.
Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choicesThis social media fad promises to supercharge your sleep and make you healthier than healthy, when in fact it probably does significantly more harm than good.
Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choicesSkeptoid is now going into production on our third feature film: Alien Echoes. Get all the details at skeptoid.org/alienechoes
Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choicesIt turns out there's probably no such thing as an alpha wolf.
Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choicesPopular influencers claim birth rates are declining disastrously. How true is that, and is it a disaster?
Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choicesThe discovery of a Martian sarcophagus in Colorado in 1864: An oddball story, or consistent with the lore of the day?
Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choicesSupplying some much-needed skepticism to an episode of the BBC podcast Uncanny.
Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choicesEven today, some people cling to a pre-scientific belief that germs do not cause disease.
Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choicesTime is running out to grab one of the few remaining cabins for Málaga, Spain to Nice, France on the SV Royal Clipper AND announcing our next adventure to New Orleans followed by the Mysteries of the Maya cruise to the Yucatán Peninsula!
Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choicesAn exploration of the validity of the Silurian hypothesis, which posits the existence of a pre-human intelligent race on Earth.
Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choicesAs a gentle reminder that you will have an hour of sleep robbed from you tonight, enjoy this episode on Daylight Saving Time Myths from the archives!
Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choicesThis secretive device has been promising to deliver clean, free energy for more than 15 years — but so far nobody's been allowed to examine it.
Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choicesIs there somewhere on Earth where Sovereign Citizens can actually be free of any nation's laws?
Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choicesAdvertising wants your attention, not your soul; and it’s not nearly as good at getting either as you might think.
Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choicesRadioactive 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-choicesBrian gets questioned while giving blood.
Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choicesHow concerned do you truly need to be about vintage ceramicware leaching lead into your food?
Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choicesOh no! Another pop quiz. Take the challenge: 9 questions about space. Think you can get them all?
Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choicesA century-old hoax takes wing again, proof that good stories never stay buried.
Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choicesIf ghosts don't exist, then how do we account for all the ghost experiences that people have every day?
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