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It turns out there's probably no such thing as an alpha wolf. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Popular 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-choices

The 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-choices

Supplying some much-needed skepticism to an episode of the BBC podcast Uncanny. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Even today, some people cling to a pre-scientific belief that germs do not cause disease. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Time 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-choices

An 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-choices

As 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-choices

This 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-choices

Is 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-choices

Advertising 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-choices

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

Brian gets questioned while giving blood. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

How concerned do you truly need to be about vintage ceramicware leaching lead into your food? Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Oh 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-choices

A century-old hoax takes wing again, proof that good stories never stay buried. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

If ghosts don't exist, then how do we account for all the ghost experiences that people have every day? Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Mediterranean archaeologist Dr. Flint Dibble will be our resident expert on the real history (and the fake history) at our ports of call when Skeptoid Adventures sails from Málaga, Spain to Nice, France this April. He is perhaps best known for his 2024 destruction of pseudo-archaeologist Graham Hancock on the Joe Rogan Experience. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The myths and misconceptions surrounding blood donation and why you might consider donating. Links to resources from Bloodworks Northwest: Blood Donation Need to Know Eligibility Guidelines Eligibility Checker Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The history and pseudohistory of this infamous and ubiquitous obscene gesture. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

From fireplace to folklore, how the Yule log got its fake pagan backstory. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

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

An exploration of all the scientific possibilities by which ghosts might actually exist in this universe. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

It should have been impossible for the CIA's Glomar Explorer to obtain the ship's bell from the K-129 submarine... but they did. How? Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

A roundup of evidence supporting the use of radiocarbon dating to assess the age of organic matter from 500 to 55,000 years old. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Stories claim that this region of Alaska is home to a huge number of unexplained disappearances. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Did US Special Forces battle a 15-foot-tall red-haired giant in the mountains of Afghanistan in 2002? Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

A conspiracy theory claims the Hollywood and Deep State elitists have a magical bed that allows them to remain forever young and healthy. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Is the Rake mere creepypasta, or do more recent events prove it to be a real creature? Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

When ordinary deer turn grotesque, Appalachia’s forests whisper of the Not-Deer — unnatural predators lurking somewhere between folklore and nightmare. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

A pop quiz of trivia from the previous 19 years of Skeptoid shows! Can you beat the masters? Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The actual wayfinding methods used by the ancient Polynesians to navigate between islands and settle the entire Pacific Ocean. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Skeptoid Adventures will set sail on the world's largest sailing vessel, the SV Royal Clipper, from Malaga, Spain, to Nice, France this April. We'll have a mini-conference aboard and we'll stop at amazing ports of call -- all while on the coolest full-rigged sailing ship you've ever seen. Take a look at skeptoid.com/adventures.  Please note: This ship often sells out by the end of October, so reserve your cabin soon. All deposits are fully refundable. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Nearly as much mythology as science surrounds the wayfinding techniques used by early Polynesians to navigate the South Pacific. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

True stories of the pilots who have tried to land at Area 51 — and what happened to them. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

We all enjoy a nice crisp glass of water when we're feeling dehydrated — which makes sense, because our bodies need it most of all, so enjoying it is an evolved behavior. However, some people — notably wellness influencers — have determined that good old H2O is actually not a good thing at all (who knew?); and that what you really need is their own concoction that's actually an entirely different molecule: structured water. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Another round of corrections of errors from past episodes, keeping your Skeptoid archive tidy and accurate. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Ancient footprints in New Mexico are forcing scientists to rewrite the story of when humans first set foot in the Americas, and the debate is shaking paleoanthropology to its core. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Fourteen of the most unexpected and counterintuitive science findings. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Once again we go through some of your feedback to past episodes — all the good stuff that enhances and improves the presentation. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Clowns have a habit of terrifying many of us. So why shouldn't we be surprised to see mass clown panics? Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Today marks the 1000th Skeptoid episode. And it's time to raise the question: What are you going to do for it? Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Medieval tales of walking corpses reflect common misunderstandings of death and the era's blurred line between myth and reality. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

What began as 19th-century mind-cure mysticism has morphed into a billion-dollar culture that may be hurting more minds than it helps. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Using real science to investigate the question of whether some people can "hear" the aurora. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The 1928 murder of a folk healer ignited a media frenzy and moral panic, revealing how superstition and magical thinking can fuel real-world tragedy. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

We’re sharing a preview of a new audiobook, Douglas Adams: The Ends of the Earth, which celebrates the wit and wisdom of the legendary science fiction author of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy and Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency. Douglas Adams was someone who thought deeply about the biggest problems in the world, from the internet, to artificial intelligence, to space exploration, politics, and conservation—he was a sharp critic and a profoundly disruptive thinker of the way we do things. Written and narrated by Arvind Ethan David, Adams’ former protégé, this one-of-a-kind audiobook includes rare archival material from the Adams Estate, interviews with Adams’ personal friends like Griff Rhys Jones and David Baddiel, and reenactments of his work to form an immersive journey through the mind of one of the most visionary writers of our time. Get Douglas Adams: The Ends of the Earth now at Audible, Spotify, pushkin.fm/audiobooks, or wherever audiobooks are sold. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Is there good science backing up the idea that you should eat based upon which of three body types you have? Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Will our improvements to AI's voracious appetite for electricity keep pace with the exploding demand? Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Do you really need to pay quite so much attention to which foods you eat, and which you avoid? Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Since psychic abilities do not exist outside the delusions of true believers, involving psychics in searches for missing persons is worse than useless. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

A roundup of all the biggest and scariest real sea monsters — from today and from prehistoric times. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

How one special moment redefined how a science teacher does her job. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Their exciting nature, combined with the fact nobody's ever won one, make paranormal challenge prizes important educational tools. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Here are many popular myths about chocolate. How many can you tell are true or not? Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

She may have gotten her start as Houdini's sidekick, but Rose Mackenberg became a giant of unmasking fraudulent mediums. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

You're going to get to enjoy some new guest hosts for a month or two on Skeptoid. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Super mushrooms are claimed by some to provide vague health benefits beyond their known nutritional values. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

A roundup of the world's riskiest volcanoes and fault zones — and they're not necessarily the most hazardous. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Some people try to feed their dogs the same alternative diet they eat themselves... not necessarily so good for the dog. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Many of our preconceived notions about immigrants likely bear very little resemblance to the facts. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

All of the ways you've heard that deep space wants to kill us — and how plausible or likely each scenario is. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Vaccines are history's great medical success story, having saved more lives than anything else. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Ten of the places where Atlantis true believers think the mythical city might actually be. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Many of the Christian symbols created in the aftermath of the First Crusade have been adopted by White Nationalists. Why? Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

A look at recent studies finding leaded gasoline caused 151 million mental health illnesses in the United States. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

This catchphrase has become popular with comedians. Is that in line with its true origin? Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Some believe a fabulous Spanish treasure is buried on the slopes of Oregon's Neahkahnie Mountain. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

A few of your favorite experts weigh in on how you can make sure your information comes from the very best sources. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

What really happened — and what didn't — in the 2024 telecom cyberattack. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Join us for our 2nd Annual Skeptoid Adventure, this time to the Bermuda Triangle! Early bird pricing ends this Friday, don't miss the boat! Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Just as important as the question of how much the livestock industry contributes to global warming is whether your giving up meat will have any real impact. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The newer the data, and the longer we've had to study the epidemiology, the less harm we find that Agent Orange caused. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Cloud seeding would seem like an easy and obvious way to create rain where none existed before. Is it really that simple? Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Economic nationalism, while attractive to many populists, is not the path to economic success some believe it to be. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Skeptoid answers another round of feedback emails sent in by listeners. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

These schools combine an atypical education with a New Age spirituality called anthroposophy. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Cryonics promises an opportunity for you to be frozen and revived at some distant point in the future — though with plenty of controversy. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Skeptoid answers another round of questions from students all around the world. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

What could explain a strange creature living in the suburbs, but only ever witnessed once? Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

On this Giving Tuesday, please consider supporting Skeptoid Media (a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization) and our mission of cultivating critical thinking and science literacy skills. Donations will be matched by our Board of Directors! Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Skeptoid corrects another round of errors in previous episodes. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

This alleged sea serpent terrorized a New England fishing village for two years in the 19th century. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Bats are scary and rabies is deadly, but do you need to worry about you or your pets catching the disease from them? Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

A report from the recent Skeptoid Adventures trip to Death Valley, including how many brave souls we lost in the desert and how they met their fate; and announcing the next Skeptoid Adventures trip to the Bermuda Triangle! Reserve your spot now at https://skeptoid.com/events/30285 Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

A mysterious man is said to have arrived in Japan in 1959 from a country that never existed. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Seven creepy stories from seven listeners, and seven guesses by me. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

A thoroughly discredited idea, that the Mesoamerican Olmec people were Black Africans, continues to gain traction. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

This buried rock wall found throughout Rockwall County has people wondering about its origin. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

It's Skeptoid's 18th birthday! Won't you help us celebrate by giving us a little birthday present? Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Can dogs be taught to speak intelligently using floor buttons that represent words? Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Highlights from 18 years of the Skeptoid podcast. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Fifteen trivia questions from previous aviation themed episodes of Skeptoid. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

15 popular myths about sleeping, debunked. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Join the Skeptoid Flash Mob at CSICon 2024 in Las Vegas. Visit skeptoid.com/store to get your shirts. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Lots of companies sell pheromone products claiming to calm down your dog or cat, but there's a very big problem with that basic claim. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Is this just another in a long line of legendary lost mines that never produced a speck of gold, or is there more to it this time? Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Turns out that the cause of death known as excited delirium is not an actual cause of death at all. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

If I were to summarize how and why I do what I do, I might put it this way. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Does a mythical place where the elephants go to die actually exist? Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The claim that medical error is the third leading cause of death in the US has never been close to true. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Is your phone really tracking your driving habits and selling the data? Maybe more so than you know. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The weirdest, creepiest, funniest, and just plain strange stories from the era of crewed space flight. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Pseudoarchaeologists often will cite the Younger Dryas climatic event as proof of their ancient advanced civilization. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Not only is the entire wellness industry BS, it exists because of people who are especially gullible. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Fear not; the aliens are not coming to Earth. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Skeptoid's Death Valley Adventure is holding 5 tickets for students and active duty military. To apply to get one, visit skeptoid.com/deathvalley Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

A roundup of all those things that movies always get wrong and make you mad. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

How we decide what makes a good topic for a skeptical documentary film. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

This modern UFO case has been declared to be one of the most compelling ever. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The true history of a mythical place. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

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

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

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 answers another round of listener feedback questions. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

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

The story goes that this stone covered with Viking runes was found in a Minnesota field in 1898. Its true history is much more interesting. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Get the snazzy new Skeptoid Hydro Flask tumbler or radical new Skeptoid coffee mug. Both are engraved so they’ll never fade. Now available at the Skeptoid store at Skeptoid.com. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Was the SARS-CoV-2 virus of natural origin, or was it engineered in a Chinese research lab? Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

A close look at where recycling of some common materials is actually at these days. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

It's time once again for Skeptoid to correct another round of errors in previous shows. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Some say creepy children with huge balloon heads stalk the woods at night, waiting to attack you. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The not-so-famous UFO case that caused the US Congress to spend millions of taxpayer dollars. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

This controversial treatment for PTSD involves moving the eyes side to side. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Part 3 in our roundup of scientists who took the ultimate plunge and experimented on themselves. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

In 2006, a flying saucer spent minutes literally hovering right above Chicago's O'Hare International Airport... so the story goes. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Can everything important about you and those you interact with be boiled down to a single digit? Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

What were these early UFOs that chased and harried World War II fighter pilots? Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Were two waves of ax murders in the American south in the early 20th century truly associated with Louisiana Voodoo? Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Proponents of alien visitation often claim the Alcubierre drive makes faster than light possible. Here's why it can't exist. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Skeptoid is looking for institutional partners and/or title sponsors for a proposed video series. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Was this infamous 1976 dioxin disaster as bad as reported, or might it have been much worse than we thought? Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The carcasses of headless goats are floating in the Chattahoochee River; too many for a prosaic explanation. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

A Benedictine monk is said to have built a device allowing him to see and hear historical events. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

We break down four popular myths about Martin Luther King Jr. that just won't go away. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

A failure mode analysis of my most-hated episode ever: #230 on the use of DDT to fight malaria. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Skeptoid rapid fires a bunch of mini-episodes in answer to your questions. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

A year-end Ask Me Anything session to tell you everything you ever wanted to know about Skeptoid and more. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Help us say goodbye to 2023, Skeptoid style. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Does science have a way to reliably cure the hiccups? Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

This Brazilian island is said to be too dangerous to visit due to countless venomous snakes. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Some believe that taking a deadly frog poison confers a vast array of New Age wellness benefits. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Some believe this speculative rogue planet is on a collision course with the Earth. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Much content online is designed for high engagement, not for accuracy. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Skeptoid corrects another round of errors in past episodes pointed out by listeners. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Celebrating Halloween with the creepiest ghost stories sent in by you, our listeners. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Do lots of famous pop musicians really die at the age of 27, or is there something in science that just makes us think so? Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Did the village of Nazareth exist at the time of Jesus, making it possible for there to have been a Jesus of Nazareth? Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Some claim that artificial turf sports fields emit poisonous chemicals, making them dangerous for children. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

What better way to celebrate 17 years of the Skeptoid podcast than a 17-question pop quiz! Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Does a monster salamander the size of Asia's largest live undiscovered in the Pacific Northwest? Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

If you're going to be at CSICon 2023, join the Skeptoid Flashmob! skeptoid.com/store Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Can you really make your eyesight better with a simple series of eye movements and exercises? Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Severed feet have been washing up on the shores of the Salish Sea since 2007. What could be the cause? Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

How an old Italian UFO hoax became proof of alien visitation to the US Congress Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

This supplement is claimed by social media influencers to be Nature's Ozempic. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Reports from some extreme adventurers say that a benevolent presence sometimes appears to provide comfort. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Pop culture tells us the famous Norden bombsight from World War II was actually terribly inaccurate. Was it? Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

This greatest of all imaginable treasures from the Dead Sea Scrolls probably never existed. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Is the world record highest air temperature a solid measurement, or might it be invalid? Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Are these remarkable stones natural, or proof of an ancient advanced civilization? Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Were these two men from an Amazon tribe that had been massacred, or could their story be explained more simply? Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

A look into the origin story of swamp gas as the explanation for UFOs. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

A roundup of the ways that work — and that don't work — to help a conspiracy theorist free himself from the rabbit hole. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

In which I issue yet another round of corrections to past episodes. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Popular wisdom tells us that just touching fentanyl can produce a lethal overdose. What's the fact and what's the fiction? Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Are ground sloths that somehow survived their extinction responsible for cryptid sightings in the Amazon? Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Did giants really walk the Earth in our recent past? Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Skeptoid answers a round of student questions recorded during a visit to the College of Central Florida. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Skeptoid answers a round of student questions recorded during a visit to the College of Central Florida. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

This Bigfoot-like cryptid is said to haunt the swamps of Florida. But has the story been around as long as people think? Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Watch out next time you take a poll... is someone trying to learn about you, or manipulate you? Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The hunt for the greatest treasure of gold ever imagined. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The hunt for the greatest treasure of gold ever imagined. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The hunt for the greatest treasure of gold ever imagined. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

A popular Internet claim asserts that the DNA of the octopus is literally alien in origin. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Although the Expanding Earth may seem like a silly conjecture, it was actually one of the leading geophysical models quite recently. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Is it true that the oil companies knew how much harm they were doing as far back as the 1970s? Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Is it true that the oil companies knew how much harm they were doing as far back as the 1970s? Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Today's quiz tests whether you've been skeptical of what you think you know about St. Patrick's Day. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Popular tales claim no plants at all will grow inside this round clearing in North Carolina, said to have been made by the Devil himself. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

After every earthquake, there's always someone who claims to have predicted it. Is earthquake prediction possible? Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The state of the climate so far... how we're doing, and what do we need to work on the most. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

See if you can tell whether each of these popular beliefs about Valentine's Day are true or false. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Is there such a thing as a type of electricity running through your home's wiring that delivers horrific health impacts to anyone living there? Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Stories of goat men are all over the world. Why is the Pope Lick goat man disproportionately famous? Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Once again we round up the people working hardest to spread misinformation. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Skeptoid answers another round of questions sent in by friendly folks all over the world. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Some great ways to think about all the current UFO craze. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Was this megalithic site in the South Pacific built by the people who lived there at the time, or by aliens? Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

In which we wrap up 2022 by letting Skeptoid premium members Ask Me Anything. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The latest form of magnet therapy promises to cure everything from headaches to cancer. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Is it true that mosquitoes like some people better than others? Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

A look at some of the logically fallacious statements used to sell many of today's most popular products. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The latest news, and some clips, from my indie documentary The UFO Movie THEY Don't Want You to See! Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Legend has it this ghost light has been spooking people in Missouri for hundreds of years. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

A roundup of easy techniques anyone can employ to better discern accurate news reports from false ones. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

In this bizarre psychiatric condition, healthy children lapse into a coma that may last for years. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Some say that drinking moderate amounts of alcohol actually has certain health benefits. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Skeptoid corrects another round of errors from past episodes. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices