Episódios

  • Skeptoid #996: Murder in Hex Hollow

    Skeptoid #996: Murder in Hex Hollow
    Jul 8 2025

    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.

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    16 minutos
  • Skeptoid #995: The Eugenic History of the Body Type Diet

    Skeptoid #995: The Eugenic History of the Body Type Diet
    Jul 1 2025

    Is there good science backing up the idea that you should eat based upon which of three body types you have?

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    15 minutos
  • Skeptoid #994: Making AI Environmentally Friendly

    Skeptoid #994: Making AI Environmentally Friendly
    Jun 24 2025

    Will our improvements to AI's voracious appetite for electricity keep pace with the exploding demand?

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    17 minutos
  • Skeptoid #993: How to Decide What to Eat

    Skeptoid #993: How to Decide What to Eat
    Jun 17 2025

    Do you really need to pay quite so much attention to which foods you eat, and which you avoid?

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    17 minutos
  • Skeptoid #992: The Case of the Missing Beaumont Children

    Skeptoid #992: The Case of the Missing Beaumont Children
    Jun 10 2025

    Since psychic abilities do not exist outside the delusions of true believers, involving psychics in searches for missing persons is worse than useless.

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    18 minutos
  • Skeptoid #991: Real Sea Monsters

    Skeptoid #991: Real Sea Monsters
    Jun 3 2025

    A roundup of all the biggest and scariest real sea monsters — from today and from prehistoric times.

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    20 minutos
  • Skeptoid #990: Rethinking Science Education

    Skeptoid #990: Rethinking Science Education
    May 27 2025

    How one special moment redefined how a science teacher does her job.

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    16 minutos